Edward Maher Jr. (left) and Matt Pullen. Photos courtesy of Newmark / File
The two Boston brokers who sued Newmark earlier this summer, claiming to have been frozen out of its capital markets team, have left.
The information came in a Monday filing by Ellen Zucker and Paul Mastrocola, attorneys for Edward Maher Jr. and Matt Pullen.
“The situation has become intolerable. Mr. Maher and Mr. Pullen, given no real choice, haven now separated from Newmark, as they cannot effectively provide services to their clients in this environment,” the amended civil complaint states.
Maher and Pullen joined Newmark in 2015 along with dozens of Cushman & Wakefield executives – including Robert Griffin Jr., who became the powerful head of Newmark’s capital markets team. Under Griffin’s leadership, the team oversaw more than $20 billion in life science investment sales since 2020 alone, according to Newmark, among other transactions.
The lawsuit claims Griffin breached the terms of a shared-control agreement that made Maher co-head of the capital markets team starting in April 2025. As soon as the deal took effect, the suit claims, began breaching its terms by determining bonuses and fee sharing without Maher’s input.
Then, on March 4, Griffin removed Pullen from the Boston capital markets team and reassigned his desk to another part of the office, and ordered junior members of the team to pursue deals behind Maher’s back.
The amended lawsuit contains new claims about Griffin’s alleged actions to freeze Maher and Pullen out of the capital markets team’s activities. The Boston Globe first reported on the latest filing’s details.
Both before and after the lawsuit was first filed May 27, Griffin and Newmark’s Boston capital markets team tried to isolate Maher and Pullen, the amended lawsuit claims.
The capital markets team “determined to pitch for business in connection with the sale of a large downtown Boston office tower” in May 2026, the lawsuit claims without specifying which tower, but Maher was allegedly excluded from the bidding despite being “someone who specializes in office tower sales and who has sold the same office tower on three previous occasions in his career.”
The team also allegedly omitted discussion of the tower bid from discussion at its June meeting, allegedly in order to conceal it from Maher, then later sought to rope him in to the pitch meeting when it allegedly became apparent “the ptich was unlikely to work unless it appeared as though Mr. Maher was running point,” the suit states.
Griffin and his team also allegedly organized a June event for 20 “key clients” on June 15-17 at an unnamed “upscale resort” in Montana, but never included Maher and Pullen in the planning despite their relationships with the clients, and didn’t invite them.
A message was left with a Newmark spokesperson seeking comment.
