More details have come to light in the power struggle on a high-profile Boston commercial real estate brokerage team that has now led to two top producers leaving Newmark.

The brokers left their roles July 13 but did not resign voluntarily, Zucker wrote in the filing.

"However, through their actions and inaction, collectively, the Newmark Defendants have effectively made it impossible for them to do their jobs and earn a living," the filing stated. "Worse still, they have removed them from the work they love and left them on the sidelines where they cannot work and cannot provide for their families."

Maher and Pullen have changed their LinkedIn pages to describe themselves as "FORMER Executive Vice Chairman" and "FORMER Vice Chairman."

The 40-page filing, first reported by The Boston Globe, includes new details on the allegations that Griffin went out of his way to exclude Maher and Pullen from deals and high-profile clients.

Newmark didn't respond to Bisnow's request for comment. Griffin's attorney, Paul Popeo of Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP, said he will move to dismiss the complaint if it "isn't withdrawn first," the Globe reported.

Pullen and Maher were hired to Newmark's Boston Capital Markets team in 2015 and helped broker some of the most significant deals in the city.

Maher said in the filing the issues between him, Pullen and Griffin had been growing since 2022, when he went to global leadership citing concerns over the "direction and the management" of the Boston team under Griffin's leadership. 

The meeting led to updated employment agreements, including Maher and Pullen being promoted to executive vice chairman and vice chairman, respectively. Maher was also promoted to co-head of the Capital Markets team with Griffin.

By April 2025, Griffin and Maher's shared control agreement went into effect, with the two to "share responsibility equally" over staffing and fee sharing. The agreement also detailed the succession plan for the team once Griffin departed the firm, with Maher set to take his place.

Maher claimed that Griffin didn't respect the shared control agreement.

As part of the allegations against Newmark and Griffin, Maher pointed to the sale of an unnamed downtown Boston office tower to show the length to which Griffin was allegedly cutting the duo out of deals.

Maher argued that he and Pullen should have been part of the deal because he had sold the building three times prior and the duo had the strongest relationship with the owner. Maher said he wasn't involved in the bidding on the deal or subsequent meetings and a walkthrough of the property.

In March 2026, Griffin made the decision to remove Pullen from the Boston Capital Markets team. Though Maher argued that Griffin didn't have the authority to do so unilaterally under their agreement, Griffin went on to do it anyway. 

Following this, Maher said Griffin went out of his way to bar Maher from attending a client event in Montana. The suit said Griffin "instructed members ... not to discuss or involve Mr. Maher" at the event.

Maher also claimed that Griffin distributed funds in a way that "benefited him disproportionately" and alleged that Griffin kept him out of payment decisions "to conceal his own, impermissible self-dealing."

Pullen and Maher filed the lawsuit against their former employer and boss at the end of May.

The pair claimed that Griffin participated in "a sustained campaign of exclusion," arguing that Griffin didn't fire them because he didn't have the necessary cause to do so but instead created "an intolerable environment," excluding them from deals and clients.

The lawsuit seeks "all monetary damages they provide at trial to have suffered," but no number was provided.