Massachusetts Real Estate Lawyers

Real Estate Law

176 Federal St, Boston, MA 02110

As a co-founder for his own real estate development company, Jim understands firsthand how to start and manage a company, including partnership negotiations, management of service providers and other external relationships, employment and compliance matters, general contracting and corporate compliance, and day-to-day operations. Jim has also managed multi-million dollar real estate development projects, working with municipal governments, architects, general contractors, environmental consultants, brokers, and other crucial members of a real estate development project’s ecosystem. He appreciates the time pressures and value that goes into running a business and the costs that are associated with it. In addition to starting and running a business, Jim has extensive experience representing local, national and international clients in all facets of real estate, including purchase and sale of property, condominiums, obtaining state and local zoning/permitting approvals, leasing, joint venture development agreements, construction contracts, and commercial and private financing. Jim has negotiated and managed relationships with high-net worth individuals, family offices, and co-development companies for his company and clients in the real estate development business.

Real Estate Law

134 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02472

Jordana Roubicek Greenman is a real estate attorney in Watertown, Massachusetts, and the founder of Jordana Roubicek Greenman, Attorney at Law. Her work includes both property transactions and litigation, with residential and commercial matters forming part of her practice. Landlord-tenant disputes are one component of Greenman’s work. She represents landlords in disputes involving residential and commercial properties, and her services include eviction matters. She also assists owners, buyers, and sellers with real estate litigation, including specific performance and quiet title cases. Outside litigation, she drafts and negotiates leases for residential and commercial property. On the transactional side, Greenman assists residential buyers and sellers through the stages between an offer and closing. She works with lenders on residential and commercial real estate transactions as well. Owners and lenders can obtain title insurance assistance through her practice, which also includes contracts and legal advice concerning investment properties, homes, and businesses. Her work with property owners extends to multifamily buildings and condominiums. She provides condominium conversion and management services and represents condominium associations. Greenman also leads legal seminars for first-time homebuyers and small-property owners; her attorney profile lists speaking engagements for the Real Estate Bar Association and Real Estate Council. The firm lists its Watertown office at 134 Main Street, Suite 207. It also maintains a listed Boston office at 185 Devonshire Street, Suite 302.

Real Estate Law

2 Atlantic Ave, 6th Floor

Area of Practice: Municipal Law Mr. DeRensis has represented public entities and has served as Town Counsel or Special Town Counsel, County Counsel, counsel to a Land Bank, an Airport, and a Water Company. As a consequence he has extensive experience with City Councils, Town Managers, Boards of Selectmen, Planning Boards, Conservation Commissions, Town Meetings, Warrants, Boards of Appeals, Executive Secretaries or Town Administrators, Housing Partnerships, Study Committees, Historic District Commissions, Parks & Recreation Commissions, Boards of Health, Boards of Assessors, Treasurers, Town Clerks, Town Accountants, Building Inspectors, Police and Fire Departments, Schools and Continuing Education Programs, Alcohol Licenses and other licenses and permits, Boards of Sewer Commissioners, Special Permit Granting Authorities, Department of Revenue and the State Ethics Commission. Mr. DeRensis is experienced in municipal matters involving public procurement, land use, environmental, contracting, ethics, municipal finance/Department of Revenue issues, special education, and retirement issues. In addition, he practices in the area of corporate governance representing both non-profit and for-profit corporations.

Real Estate Law

19 Cherry Street, Danvers, MA 01923

Rick Gilmore is an attorney with Gilmore & Gilmore in Danvers, Massachusetts, where the firm maintains its main office at 19 Cherry Street. His professional profile appears on the firm’s website under the name Rick Gilmore and identifies his role as attorney. The firm also lists offices in Newburyport and Boston, both available by appointment only. Gilmore’s firm represents lenders, developers, buyers and sellers in residential and commercial real estate transactions. Its real estate services cover loans, financing, private financing, cash transactions, transactions within families, and purchases and sales through Probate Court. The firm lists single-family and multifamily properties, condominium developments, apartment buildings, subdivisions, and residential and commercial leases among the areas of its real estate work. It describes its geographic reach as Essex County and other parts of Massachusetts. Beyond real estate, Gilmore & Gilmore offers business-law services that include business purchases and sales, entity formation, nondisclosure agreements, asset purchase agreements, and stock purchases and sales. Its company-formation work encompasses corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and other entities. The firm’s estate-planning services include wills, trusts, health care proxies, real estate trusts and powers of attorney. Its probate services include estate administration, probate sales, licenses to sell real estate and probate litigation. These service descriptions concern Gilmore & Gilmore’s practice as a firm, rather than a separate list of Gilmore’s individual specialties.

Real Estate Law

34 School St., Suite 211, Foxborough, MA 02035

Samuel Reef is a Foxborough, Massachusetts, attorney whose work includes real estate and bankruptcy law. He practices at the Law Office of Samuel P. Reef, at 34 School Street, Suite 211. The firm dates his work in real estate and bankruptcy to 1994 and serves Foxborough, Sharon and the surrounding Norfolk County area, including Norwood. For property matters, Reef works with both residential and commercial real estate. His involvement can begin with reviewing a contract before it is signed; he also represents clients when a real estate dispute arises. The office lists construction defect lawsuits and development issues alongside disputes over contracts and commercial leases among its real estate services. Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 cases are both part of his bankruptcy practice. The office offers consultations to discuss a person’s financial circumstances and the available forms of debt relief. Its bankruptcy materials address wage garnishment, creditor harassment, repossession and foreclosure as concerns for people considering bankruptcy. Reef also represents people in divorce and child custody cases. For spouses seeking an out-of-court resolution, the office offers divorce mediation. Defense of operating-under-the-influence charges is another area of his work identified by the firm. Appointments are available on a flexible schedule. The office lists every day of the week as by appointment and offers free consultations.