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Nicholas S. Dorf

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Super Lawyer Rising Star: 2024-2025

NICHOLAS S. DORF 

Nicholas Dorf is an associate real estate attorney who concentrates his practice on commercial leasing, transactional, and land use matters. Prior to joining Dain Torpy, Nicholas was the Research Attorney for the Land Court Department of the Massachusetts Trial Court, where he provided in-depth guidance to the Justices of the court on a broad spectrum of real estate and land use issues. Nicholas previously worked as judicial law clerk at the Vermont Superior Court, a judicial law clerk at the Land Court, and in private practice at Kaplan Law LLC.

During law school, Nicholas interned at the City of Newton Law Department, the Land Court, and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. He was an Articles Editor of the Boston College International and Comparative Law Review, and graduated with a Certificate in Land Use and Environmental Law.

Professional Activities and Honors

  • 2025 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America
  • Super Lawyer:: Rising Star 2024
  • Member, Real Estate Bar Association (REBA)

Publications and Presentations

Making an Offer They Can’t Refuse: Corporate Investment in Africa and the Divestment of Indigenous Land Rights, 38 B.C. Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 65, 65 (2015) 

Bar Admissions

Nicholas is admitted to practice in Massachusetts. 

Education

J.D., Boston College Law School, 2015 (cum laude)
B.A., Duke University, 2012

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