Background
Flora, Phyllis A. was born on April 13, 1963 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Flora, Phyllis A. was born on April 13, 1963 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Madonna College (Bachelor of Arts, 1989). Suffolk University Law School (Juris Doctor, 1994).
Worked at Dwyer & Collora (Boston, Master of Arts) specializing in Criminal and Civil Litigation in Federal and State Courts. Administrative, Communications, Public Contracts. Admitted to the bar, 1994, Massachusetts.
Recipient, Law Faculty Outstanding Student Award.
Editor-in-Chief, Suffolk University Law Review, 1992-1993. Author: "Content-Neutral Requirement Established for Expression Otherwise Unprotected Under the First Amendment--R.A.V. v.
City of Saint Paul, 112 South.Ct. 2538 (1992)," 27 Suffolk U. L. Review
175, 1993; "Federal Law Regulating State Banks" Interest Rates Preempts Massachusetts Law Banning Late Fees--Greenwood Trust Company v.
Massachusetts, 971 F.2d 818 (1st Circuit 1992)," 27 Suffolk U. L. Review 1029 (1993); "Acquisition of Corporation by Merger Not an Acquisition of Securities Under Section 11--Versyss Incorporated. v.
Coopers & Lybrand, 982 F.2d 653 (1st Circuit
1992)," 27 Suffolk U. L. Review 1145 (1993). Member: Boston Bar Association.
Dwyer & Collora represents individual and corporate clients in a broad range of civil and criminal litigation matters before all state and federal courts and administrative agencies. Specialty areas of practice include failed thrift bank litigation, wrongful termination and other employment disputes, securities class action and customer-broker litigation, complex federal criminal trial matters, federal and state grand jury matters, professional conduct, ethics investigations and laws concerning political campaign and finance matters.
Many lawyers in the firm gained substantial trial experience while serving in state and/or federal prosecutorial roles before joining the practice.
Member: Boston Bar Association.