Overview

Annette specializes in all areas of civil litigation, including professional malpractice defense, with a concentration in products liability and toxic tort matters.  She has vast expertise in the areas of complex case management and the coordination of multi-party litigation, including the negotiations of multi-case global settlements.

Annette is Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rated as well as a certified arbitrator and mediator.

Annette was an associate attorney at Cetrulo LLP at its inception, and in January 1999 she became a partner.

Education
  • J.D., New England School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1988
  • B.A., History, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1985
Admissions
Memberships
  • Massachusetts Bar Association
  • New Hampshire Bar Association
  • Defense Research Institute
Experience

Presentations, Classes & Seminars Taught

  • Frequently Lectures, Toxic Torts And Products Liability
Honors
  • Legal Eagles of America 2022
  • Lawyers of Distinction 2022, 2023, 2024
  • Lawyer Monthly – Women in Law Award 2021
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Rated, 2024
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Attorney –Judicial Edition, 2023
  • Massachusetts Super Lawyers, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
  • Top Rated Lawyer in Mass Torts, 2013, 2022
  • Top Rated Lawyer, Boston’s Legal Leaders, 2015
  • New England Top Rated Lawyer, 2019
  • Top Women Attorneys in Massachusetts, 2013
  • Top Attorneys in Massachusetts, 2013, 2014, 2016
  • America’s Most Honored Professionals, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • America’s Most Honored Law Firms, 2023
  • Boston Top Lawyers, 2018, 2019