Katherine Braucher Adams 

Katherine Braucher Adams 

Katherine Braucher Adams is Counsel whose practice focuses on Massachusetts land use, zoning and permitting, and municipal licensing matters. She represents developers, property owners, and business operators in connection with the permitting and regulatory approval of multifamily housing, senior living facilities, and commercial development projects, including comprehensive permits under Chapter 40B of the Massachusetts General Laws.

Ms. Adams regularly represents clients before city councils, zoning boards of appeal, planning boards, historic commissions, and other municipal permitting authorities throughout Greater Boston. She works closely with developers, consultants, and municipal officials to guide projects through local land use and zoning approval processes. Her practice also includes advising property owners on easements and other property-related agreements.

In addition to her land use and development practice, Ms. Adams represents businesses in licensing and regulatory matters before local licensing authorities and state agencies, including the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission and the Cannabis Control Commission. Her clients include operators of cannabis cultivation facilities and dispensaries, restaurants, business incubators, daycare facilities, adult day health programs, and educational institutions.

Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Adams served as a Judicial Clerk in the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court from 2002 to 2004. In that role, she worked closely with the court on abroad range of civil matters, assisting judges with legal research, drafting memoranda and decisions, and gaining substantial experience in trial court procedure and judicial decision-making. Before joining Dain, Torpy, Le Ray, Wiest & Garner, P.C., she practiced at Schlesinger and Buchbinder LLP in Newton, Massachusetts.