
Attorneys

Abigail S. LaFontan
Abigail LaFontan is an associate at Dain Torpy. Her practice focuses on real estate and land use litigation and commercial lease transactions.
Abigail represents clients in a variety of litigation matters, including commercial landlord and tenant disputes as well as environmental, title, permitting, adverse possession, and other land use disputes. Abigail has represented clients in litigation, including motion practice and trials, before the Massachusetts Superior Court and the Land Court. Abigail’s leasing practice focuses on negotiating commercial lease transactions for an array of asset classes, including office and warehouse space in the downtown Boston and metro-west markets.
Her prior experience includes teaching a college course on environmental law and policy as well as environmental and land use work with non-profit organizations and a private consulting firm. A skilled oral advocate, Abigail received the distinction of top oralist of her law school’s advocacy program two years in a row and participated as a member of the National Environmental Law moot court team.
Professional Activities and Honors
- Rated 2026 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America
- Rated 2025 Super Lawyers: Rising Star
- Co-Chair of the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy’s Glow in the Park fundraising committee, 2025-2026 (member, 2024)
- B.C. Law’s Peter Donovan Award for Outstanding Third-Year Oral Advocacy
- NAIOP Massachusetts
- Real Estate Bar Association
- CREW Boston
Bar Admissions
Abigail is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Education
- J.D., Boston College Law School, 2023
- B.A., University of Connecticut, 2020
