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Dain, Torpy, Le Ray, Wiest & Garner is excited to announce that one of the firm’s co-founding partners, Charles Le Ray, has been elected a member of The Abstract Club.

Founded over 150 years ago, The Abstract Club comprises lawyers who are considered leaders in the field of real estate law. Membership is limited to 100 Massachusetts lawyers and is by invitation only. Charles Le Ray joins his partners Daniel Dain and Kate Carter as members of the Abstract Club.

Mr. Le Ray represents developers and owners of commercial real estate with complex land use, permitting, regulatory compliance, and environmental projects. His expertise is deepest in zoning, wetlands, MEPA, and site remediation. He also represents clients in administrative law and land use litigation matters and has experience negotiating project agreements and settlement agreements with project municipalities, project neighbors and opponents, and regulators.

On March 29, 2023, Michael McDermott joined Foley Hoag partner, Jennifer Audeh, and representatives from the City of Boston, including Chief of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion Segun Idowu, to brief City officials, small business owners, and entrepreneurs on resources and best practices responsive to the 2023 regional banking instability. More information about the briefing is available; watch the archived video.

On March 27, we heard from Judge Diane Rubin and Judge Jennifer Roberts, both Associate Justices of the Land Court, as they spoke on a panel in our conference room for the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts about their paths to the bench and their perspectives on how to achieve success as female attorneys turned judges.

Dain Torpy president Daniel P. Dain quoted in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly article about a new spoliation of evidence case.

Mass Lawyers Weekly: “Judge orders spoliation sanction in commercial dispute; Broader standard applied after remand from single justice”

Read it here

Joseph D. Feaster, Jr. has been appointed by Mayor Michelle Wu as chair of the City’s new Reparations task force charged with examining Boston’s participation in the institution of slavery and making recommendations on how the city can start repairing the legacy from that era. The task force is the product of an ordinance adopted by the City Council.

NBC Boston: Mayor Wu Unveils Boston’s Reparations Task Force