Our Civil Litigation Department attorneys have a combined experience of well over 50 years providing expert representation before numerous private alternative dispute resolution services as well as state agencies and state and federal courts, including:
- American Arbitration Association
- JAMS
- The Mediation Group
- Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
- Massachusetts Housing Appeals Committee
- Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board
- Massachusetts District Court Department of the Trial Court
- Massachusetts Land Court Department of the Trial Court
- Massachusetts Superior Court Department of the Trial Court
- Massachusetts Probate and Family Court Department of the Trial Court
- United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- Appellate Division of the District Court of Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Appeals Court
- Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
- United States First Circuit Court of Appeals
DLPN'S litigation team represents clients in a broad range of legal disputes, including disputes related to:
- Zoning
- Wetlands
- Subdivision Control
- Comprehensive Permits
- Adverse Possession
- Prescriptive Rights and Easements
- Boundary Disputes
- Construction Defects
- Condominium Association Claims
- Title Defects
- Title Insurance
- Specific Performance
- Broker Commission Claims
- Commercial and Business Litigation
- Contracts
- Wills and Trusts
- Real Property tax abatements
- Betterment abatements
- Conservation Restrictions
- Real Property Agricultural, Recreational and ForestryTax Classification
Appellate cases handled by DLPN include:
Atherton Bridge Development Co. v. Board of Appeals of Gardner, Mass. App. Ct. Docket No. 1988 P 0681
Barlow v. Planning Bd. of Wayland, 64 Mass.App.Ct. 314 (2005)
Bogien v. Amistadi, 1996 Mass.App.Div. 72 (1996)
Building Inspector of Acton v. Board of Appeals of Acton, 348 Mass. 453 (1965)
Braden v. Sliski, Mass. App. Ct. Docket No. 1992 P 0648
Capaldi v. Burlwood Realty Corp., 350 Mass. 765 (1966)
Casa Builders & Developers Corp v. Planning Board of Westborough, Mass. App. Ct. Docket No. 1990 P 1305
Casagrande v. Town Clerk of Harvard, 377 Mass. 703 (1979)
Crall v. City of Leominster, 362 Mass. 95 (1972)
Dee v. Board of Appeals of Concord, Mass. App. Ct. Docket No. 1994 P. 0413
Denardo v. Stanton, Mass. App. Ct. Docket No. 2008 P 0915
Ellis v. Liddell Development, LLC, Mass. App. Ct. Docket No. 2000 P 0319
Foster Masonry Products, Inc. v. Board of Appeals of Acton, 13 Mass. App. Ct 546 (1982)
Flemming v. Gencarelli, Mass. Supreme Judicial Ct. Docket No. SJ 2007 0457
Habitech, Inc. v. Sudbury Valley Trustees, Inc., Mass. App. Ct. 1998 P 1699
Kelly v. Planning Bd. of Weston, Mass. App. Ct. Docket No. 1993 P 1652
Lawlis v. Town of Littleton, Mass. Supreme Judicial Ct. Docket No. SJ 1999 0395
Marchand v. Dangelo, Mass. App. Ct. Docket No. 2004 P 0194
McCabe v. Mayfair Properties, Mass. App. Ct. Docket No. 1998 P 2120
McCaffrey v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Leominster, Mass. App. Ct. Docket No. 2006 P 0556
McIntyre v. Board of Selectmen of Ashby, 31 Mass.App.Ct. 735 (1992)
Old Harvard Est. Home Assn Inc. v. Habitech Inc., Mass. App. Ct. Docket No. 1998 P 0859
Normandin v. Eastland Partners, Inc., 68 Mass. App. Ct. 377 (2007)
Nyquist v. Board of Appeals of Acton, 359 Mass. 462 (1971)
Patton v. Town of Wayland Planning Bd., Mass. App. Ct. Docket No. 2001 P 0474
Premier Capital v. Dolan, Mass. App. Ct. 1998 P 2218
Quest Enterprises, Inc. v. Deschenes, Mass. App. Ct. Docket No. 2000 P 0992
Racette v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Gardner, 27 Mass.App.Ct. 617 (1989)
Roberts v. Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, Inc., 429 Mass. 478 (1999)
Sandberg v. Board of Appeals of Taunton, 349 Mass. 769 (1965)
Spry v. Passamonte, Mass. App. Ct. Docket No. 1999 P 0295
Town of Boxborough v. Joatham Spring Realty Trust, 356 Mass. 487 (1969)
Town of Chelmsford v. DiBiase, 370 Mass. 90 (1976)
Town of Maynard v. Tomyl, 347 Mass. 397 (1964)
Town of Lancaster v. Foley, 15 Mass.App.Ct. 967 (1983)
Town of Stow v. Landwest Development, LLC, Mass. App. Ct. Docket No. 2006 P 085
Satterfield v. Eastland Partners, Inc. , Mass. App. Ct. Docket No. 2000 P 1319
