Debra A. Squires-Lee
How Judge Squires-Lee rules, drawn from 3 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Squires-Lee
Debra A. Squires-Lee has served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court since 2017. She sits in the court’s Business Litigation Session 2 during its July through December rotation. Before joining the bench, she practiced business litigation at Sherin & Lodgen in Boston.
Judge Squires-Lee's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Squires-Lee's own (checked October 11, 2026), so the court's local rules and general orders are the place to look (court page ↗).
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 11, 2026).
- Procedural Order Regarding Reply Memoranda ↗
- Procedural Order Regarding Partially Dispositive Motions ↗
- Procedural Order Regarding Appearances by Telephone ↗
- Formal Guidance Regarding Hearings, Trials, and Electronic Filings ↗
- Formal Guidance Regarding Protective Orders ↗
- Standing Order 1-23: E-Filing Policies and Procedures for Civil Actions ↗
- Formal Guidance Regarding Motions for Reconsideration ↗
How Judge Squires-Lee decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
In Zemcar’s trade-secret discovery dispute, she required the plaintiff to identify its claimed secrets in detail before compelling the defendant to produce trade-secret discovery.
“But Grip must provide a more fulsome and detailed trade secret list before Uber will be ordered to respond to trade secret discovery.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Grip Mobility’s Motion to Compel Uber Technologies, Inc. to Produce Trade Secret Discovery is DENIED.”
“Defendant Uber Technologies, Inc.’s Motion for Protective Order Staying Trade Secret Discovery is ALLOWED.”
“The Motion to Dismiss of Defendants, Analytics Labs, LLC, Green Valley Analytics, LLC, and SafeTiva Labs, LLC (Dkt. No 25) is ALLOWED as to Counts II and III and DENIED as to Count I. The Motion to Dismiss pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(3) is DENIED-WITHOUT-PREJUDICE to renewal as indicated above.”
“Defendant Assured Testing Laboratories, LLC’s Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. No. 33); Defendant Green Analytics Massachusetts, LLC’s Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. No. 38); Kaycha MA, LLC’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint Pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) and Rule 9(b) (Dkt No. 44); and Defendant Massbiolytics Corp.’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint (Dkt. No 51) are ALLOWED as to Counts II and III and DENIED as to Count I.”
“For the foregoing reasons, Uber’s Motion to Dismiss is ALLOWED-in-part as to Grips claims of fraud and negligent misrepresentation premised on the wrongful inducement to enter the Brazilian pilot program partnership. Uber’s Motion to Dismiss is otherwise DENIED.”
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