Find Lawyers in Boston, Massachusetts for Land Use and Zoning Law

Dan Bailey has more than 25 years of experience in environmental, land use, real estate, and municipal law. He prides himself on offering pragmatic solutions to complicated legal matters. While Dan’s “sweet spot” is the redevelopment of commercial property, he has a strong background in all aspects of environmental and regulatory law. Dan also handles all types of real estate transactions. Dan has helped facilitate development of a wide range of commercial real estate projec...

Karla Chaffee focuses her practice on land use permitting and real estate due diligence. She helps her clients maximize efficiency by charting a coordinated permitting strategy through a deal’s lifecycle. My focus Land Use Permitting I provide guidance to clients seeking zoning approvals and other development entitlements. I lay the groundwork for successful projects by working with clients, planning staff, and elected and appointed officials to navigate local, state, and federal permit...

Paula Devereaux is an experienced commercial real estate and land use attorney, focusing her practice on development, zoning, permitting, planning, and environmental regulatory compliance. Paula serves as real estate counsel for a number of clients in the Greater Boston area, ranging from smaller organizations to large corporations, medical centers, retailers, and real estate firms. She regularly advises clients on Boston permitting matters, waterfront development issues, and in sales, acquis...

Andrew Kara is a seasoned real estate attorney with over 15 years of experience in all facets of real estate including but not limited to acquisitions, dispositions, financing, leasing, condominium creation, zoning and real estate tax abatements/appeals. Two (2) of his specific areas of expertise are real estate tax abatements/appeals and Boston zoning/permitting matters. He has represented taxpayers on all types in obtaining real estate tax relief at both the local level with Boards of Asses...

Gareth Orsmond focuses his practice on commercial real estate, land use, environmental, and energy matters in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. His practice encompasses transactional work, permitting, and litigation. Gareth started his career as an environmental and land use lawyer before building his commercial transactional practice. This background enables him to negotiate and implement complex real estate deals while resolving challenging environmental and land use issues.

Don Pinto has more than 30 years of experience as a civil litigator, with a focus on complex real estate and land use disputes. He handles cases at the trial and appellate levels in the state and federal courts and before administrative agencies. Outside the courtroom Don has successfully resolved many disputes through negotiation, mediation, and arbitration. Don has extensive litigation experience representing clients ranging from individuals to Fortune 500 companies that own, buy, sell, and...

Greg is a real estate, land use, and environmental attorney with more than 20 years of experience in commercial real estate transactions, including significant experience in the planning, design, permitting and development of contaminated properties and similarly challenging sites, as well as renewable energy and infrastructure projects. His practice covers all aspects of real estate development, including acquisitions/dispositions, entitlement, and financing, including construction loans, re...

Mr. Stearns has extensive experience advising a broad range of clients in commercial real estate developments and managing the permitting, financing and development of office, residential and other commercial development projects. Such clients include developers, institutional investors, buyers, sellers, financial institutions, hospitals, securitized mortgage brokers, landlords, tenants and others involved in real estate and business transactions. Mr. Stearns has significant experience appear...

Kathleen Heyer focuses her practice on administrative and land use litigation. She has extensive experience representing property owners, developers, and companies in a wide variety of land use matters, including boundary disputes, encroachments, and title defects. Kathleen also works with clients on energy matters, including storage, LNG, solar energy, and conservation issues. She regularly appears before various municipal boards, and represents clients in both Land Court and Superior Court....

Shawn is fundamentally a land lawyer. The majority of his practice involves litigating zoning appeals. In addition, Shawn litigates disputes involving easements, boundary lines, adverse possession and registered land. Shawn also represents clients before local permitting authorities, in real estate transactions, and in the cannabis industry. Prior to joining Davis Malm, Shawn served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Gordon H. Piper of the Massachusetts Land Court. Representative Matters include: ...

Courtney is a litigator, assisting clients in commercial litigation and real estate disputes. She zealously advocates on behalf of clients involved in business, land use and zoning issues. Courtney has a proven track record of providing high-quality representation with the goal of efficiently resolving legal disputes. Courtney’s passion for real estate and environmental law was cemented in 2014, when she drove cross-country for an internship with an Alaskan law firm. Her internship gave...