About Michael P.
Michael P. Gerace has an unusually academic path to the practice of law. He earned a Ph.D. in political science from Boston University in 1995. Earlier, he completed an M.A. in political science at Northeastern University in 1990 and later added an M.A. in economics at Northeastern in 1998. He finished his legal training at Suffolk University Law School, receiving his J.D. in 2010.
Those degrees trace a steady engagement with public affairs, institutions and the economic forces that shape policy. The doctoral work required years of original research, theory and method. The two master’s degrees added both disciplinary breadth and quantitative perspective. That background remains evident in how he describes complex problems: precise, evidence-based and attentive to institutional detail.
After law school he took the bar and is admitted to practice in Massachusetts. He has practiced law in the state since completing his J.D. Rather than adopting a single, narrow label, his profile reflects an interest in issues where law intersects public policy and regulation.
Colleagues and clients find his approach methodical. He breaks problems into their legal and factual elements. He values clear writing and structured argument. Those habits echo his academic training and appear in pleadings, motions and legal memoranda he prepares.
Gerace has worked on matters that require parsing statute, precedent and administrative rules. He pays close attention to record and procedure. When factual complexity matters, he turns to the same analytic tools he used in graduate school: careful sourcing, attention to competing explanations and a clear statement of assumptions.
Outside the courtroom, he has participated in professional settings that demand both technical reading and plain-English explanation. He often serves as a translator between technical experts and decision-makers. That skill can be useful in regulatory reviews, administrative hearings and contested civil matters.
He practices law in Massachusetts and draws on academic training in political science and economics to inform legal analysis. His current practice focuses on matters arising under Massachusetts law and on legal problems that intersect with public policy and regulatory questions.
