Attorneys
Alan J. Schlesinger
Alan is an experienced commercial real estate attorney working in finance and lending, zoning, construction and design contracts, small business including corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and equity investment agreements. As a partner in the Newton law firm of Schlesinger and Buchbinder Alan was engaged with many non-profit development entities and represented the developers and owners of most of the affordable housing in Newton.
Representative Experience
- Represented developer in permitting office buildings and hotels in Greater Boston and nationally
- Represented non-profit community development corporation in acquisition, development, financing, syndication and refinancing of 6 mixed income projects
- Represented commercial developer in complex acquisition, re-zoning and special permit converting a municipal parking lot to mixed income housing
- Represented non-profit senior housing developer in permitting for 3 projects including zoning for an adjacent community campus
- Represented commercial developer in 10 year permitting process for a planned development of 800 units and 100,000 s.f. commercial space under construction 2026
- Represented several private companies in acquisition of commercial properties and various leasing and financing
- Represented lenders in commercial lending for residential, commercial and construction loans
Professional Activities and Honors
- Martindale-Hubbell 30 year AV Rating
- 2020 – 2024 MA Super Lawyer
- Past Member Massachusetts Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics
Publications and Presentations
- Federal Communications Commission – Review of Regulations Relating to Provision of Data Processing Services by Communications Common Carriers XV Boston College Industrial and Commercial Law Review 1 (1972)
- In Defense of the Billable Hour column Massachusetts Lawyers’ Weekly April 8, 2008
- Adjunct Professor Brandeis International Business School 2019 – 2022, lecturer (current) Real Estate Development
Pro-Bono Activities
- Past Chair of the Board of Directors of 2Life Communities (formerly Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly);
- Past Vice President Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston
- Past President Jewish Community Day Care Corporation
- Past Director and 20 year team manager Newton Central Little League
- Past Director of Newton Schools Foundation
- Past elected member Newton North High School Council
- Class Agent, Roxbury Latin School Class of 1964
- Founding and current Director of Newton News Foundation, Inc., publisher of The Newton Beacon
Bar and Court Admissions
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1974
U.S. District Court of Massachusetts 1975
United States Supreme Court 1979 (on motion of Leonard Schlesinger)
Education
- Roxbury Latin School 1964
- Princeton University (A.B. Econ) 1968; Omicron Delta Epsilon Society
- Boston College Law School (J.D. cum laude) 1974; Order of the Coif
- Lt (jg) USNR USS Terrebonne Parish (LST 1156) 1968-1970