Real Estate Litigation

We undertake federal, state and local litigation and administrative controversies involving real estate leasing and acquisition, financing, environmental, zoning, and land use issues. Our nationwide practice involving real estate contract disputes includes issues involved in bankruptcy proceedings on behalf of businesses, trusts and high net worth individuals.

Representative Client Work

Represented developers and landowners in disputes over tidelands jurisdiction, boundaries of wetland resource areas, application of the public trust doctrine and Chapter 91 license proceedings
Defended three publicly-traded real estate mortgage limited partnerships and their outside directors in numerous controversies arising out of the precipitous decline in the commercial real estate market in the 1990s
Defended environmental and Superfund claims against manufacturers, including one action terminated with no fine or penalty against a well-known manufacturer of specialty consumer products, arising out of more than 100 years of manufacturing activities on the Boston waterfront
Resolved zoning, zoning enforcement, title, easements and easements by prescription, adverse possession and other land and land use disputes throughout Eastern and Central Massachusetts, including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket
Advocated for clients in local and state administrative processes, including historic district commission, conservation commission, property tax assessment, abatement, zoning board and planning board approvals and appeals
Resolved family disputes involving real estate, including ownership by family limited partnerships and other entities