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Recent Firm News
- Dan Dain Featured on Cover of 2024 Massachusetts Super Lawyers
The digital edition of 2024 Massachusetts Super Lawyers is out. We are thrilled and proud to see Dan Dain on the cover, leading to an in-depth story about his recently published book, A History of Boston. Read the digital edition here. - Kate Carter Honored by Mass Lawyers Weekly
Dain Torpy is proud to congratulate Kate Carter for being selected as one of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s 2024 Top Women of Law honorees. This is a well-deserved recognition that highlights Kate’s contributions and dedication to excellence within the legal field. Great job Kate! - Dain Torpy Lawyers Named Best in AmericaDain Torpy is proud to have 6 lawyers recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® and 3 lawyers recognized in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2025 editions. Thank you for your hard work and dedication! To learn more visit: www.bestlawyers.com.
- REBA highlights Dain Torpy ArticleREBA highlights Jesse D. Schomer and Daniel P. Dain’s “Affordable Homes Act Brings Big Changes to 40A” in REBA News. Read the article:
- Recognition in the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly 2024 Empowering Women List
We are honored that Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly has recognized Dain, Torpy, Le Ray, Wiest & Garner in its 2024 Empowering Women list. Our firm is dedicated to providing an empowering and inclusive work environment that supports our women attorneys. Read the excerpt here. - Daniel Dain Quoted in Mass Lawyers Weekly“The courts analysis was practical but also must be viewed in light of just how unusual it is for a member of a closely held corporation to adversely possess property owned by the corporation[…]”. Read the full article below.
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Recent Firm Publications
Dain Torpy was recently honored by the Real Estate Bar Association for Massachusetts (REBA) to be charged with the task of co-authoring an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief on behalf of REBA in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) case Attorney General vs. Town of Milton. This critically important case pertains to whether the Attorney General has the authority to enforce and compel compliance with the MBTA Communities Act – a law passed in 2021 as a central component of Governor Baker’s Housing Choice Initiative in an effort to spur the development of much-needed housing in locations with access to public transportation. To that end, MBTA Communities requires 177 towns and cities in eastern and central Massachusetts to allow multifamily housing near MBTA transit stations as a matter of right. (September 2024)
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Daniel P. Dain: History of Boston, excerpt (2023)
An Excerpt from the forthcoming “A HISTORY OF BOSTON – TELLING THE STORY OF THIS CITY; ALL OF IT.” (Chapter 6, An Industrial Revolution)
R.J. Lyman: Article (Fall 2022)
INTRODUCTION TO LOGISTICS FACILITIES & THE NEW ENGLAND MARKET
R.J. Lyman: Banker & Tradesman (July 2022)
RULING CREATES UNCERTAINTY ABOUT FUTURE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT
Daniel P. Dain: Real Estate Bar Association News (September 2020)
SJC: NO PER SE ZONING INJURIES AS BASIS FOR STANDING
Caythar Nene: Banker & Tradesman (April 2020)
LANDLORD, TENANTS HAVE OPTIONS AS COVID-19 DISRUPTS BUSINESSES
Kate M. Carter: Boston Bar Association Journal (Summer 2019)
BELLALTA: A FLOWCHART FOR THE OWNER OF A NONCONFORMING HOME