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 Ed
Allcock
Mr. Allcock is a 1994 cum laude
graduate of Suffolk University Law School. He holds a Bachelor of
Science from Suffolk University. Mr. Allcock is admitted to practice
in Massachusetts and New Hampshire and has focused his practice in
the areas of real estate and complex business litigation. Mr.
Allcock represents community associations, developers, individuals
and business entities in a wide array of matters in state and
federal courts, including, zoning and land use litigation,
condominium phasing, development and common area property disputes,
creditor rights litigation, construction defect litigation, as well
as insurance, business and contract disputes. He also regularly
appears before local planning and zoning boards on behalf of
developers, abutters and community associations relative to zoning
and land use issues and is a former member of the Planning Board for
the City of Attleboro. Mr. Allcock is a member of the American Bar
Association, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Lawyers and the
Massachusetts Real Estate Bar Association. He is also a member of
the New England Chapter of Community Association Institute and
regularly volunteers his time in connection with their efforts on
behalf of community associations, including assistance in the
preparation of an amicus brief for the National Chapter of the
Community Association Institute in Berish v. Bornstein, 437 Mass.
252 (2002).
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 Richard
Brooks
Mr.
Brooks is a 1984 graduate of Boston University School of Law.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, in economics from
Boston University. Mr. Brooks currently concentrates in
representing community associations. He also focuses on
general real estate, lender representation, and corporate law.
Mr. Brooks is a past President of the New England Chapter of the
Community Associations Institute. He has been a substantial
contributor to the Massachusetts Legislative Action Committee and
has been the chairman of the Municipal Services Committee and
membership committee. For two years he was the chairman of the
Boston Bar Association condominium committee. He writes
regularly for Condo Media magazine, and has been a speaker at many
seminars on condominium subjects. He is a member of Community
Associations Institute, National Amicus Team, where he has assisted
in the drafting of several Amicus Briefs for the benefit of the
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Seth Emmer
Mr.
Emmer is a 1971 graduate of Boston College Law School. He holds
a Bachelors of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers
University and a Master of Business Administration from Pace College.
Mr. Emmer began focusing on the practice of community association law
in the late 1970's. He is an active member of the Community
Associations Institute, both nationally and on a local level, having
been Chairman of both the National and Chapter Attorneys Committee,
President of the New England Chapter, a member of the National Public
Policy Committee, Practitioners Task Force, Public Affairs Counsel,
Credentials Counsel, PMDP Faculty and Law Seminar Faculty. He
has also served as an advisor to the New Hampshire Chapter, Chairman
of its Attorneys Committee and Chairman of its Legislative Action
Committee. He has been a Trustee of the Institute and a Dean of
its College of Community Association Attorneys. Mr. Emmer writes
and speaks extensively both nationally and in New England. He
has also prosecuted the following significant cases: Trustees
of Prince Condominium v. Prosser, 412 Mass. 723, 592 N.E. 2d 1301
(1992)
Noble v. Murphy, 34
Mass.App.Ct. 452, 612 N.E. 2d 266 (1993); Maloney v. Boston Five
Cents Savings Bank, 422 Mass. 431, 663 N.E.2d 811 (1996); The
DiBiase Corp. v. Jacobowitz, 43 Mass.App.Ct. 361, 682 N.E.2d 1382
(1997) and Spinnaker Island & Yacht Club Association v. Board
Assessors of Hull, 49 Mass. App.Ct. 20, 725 N.E.2d 1072 (2000).
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 Stephen
Marcus
Since
becoming a member of the Bar in 1979, Mr. Marcus has dedicated his
practice to the fields of community association law and zoning law
on behalf of condominium associations, developers and lenders.
He has served as the President of the New England Chapter of the
Community Associations Institute, as a member of the Board of
Directors, as Chairman of the Chapter and National Attorneys
Committee, and as a member of the National Amicus Curiae Team. Mr.
Marcus has been instrumental in the various changes to the
Massachusetts Condominium Act, and he contributed significantly to
the amendment of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code protecting condominium
common area fees as well as participating as an advisor relating to
the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and its effect on condominium
associations. As a member of CAI's National College of Community
Association Lawyers, he writes and lectures extensively in the
field, serving as a member of the CAI National Law Seminar Faculty
and a speaker at CAI National Conferences.
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 Therese
Quijano
Therese Quijano received her B.A. from the State University
of New York at Oswego in English and is a 1998 graduate of
Suffolk University Law School where she graduated Cum Laude.
Therese is an active member of the CAI Attorneys Committee
as well as the Friends of the Institute of Real Estate
Management (IREM). Since joining the firm, Therese has
focused her practice in the areas of community association
law and residential landlord/tenant law.
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Jeffrey Turk
Mr. Turk is a
1992 cum laude graduate of Suffolk University Law School and received
his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts at
Amherst. Mr. Turk is responsible for the firm’s landlord/tenant
department focusing primarily on the representation of residential and
commercial landlords. He also represents clients in residential
conveyancing, community association law and civil litigation. Mr.
Turk is the former chairman of the Community Association Institute
Attorneys Committee and the Institute of Real Estate Managers “Friends”
Committee. He also serves on the Property Law Council of the
Massachusetts Bar Association (“MBA”) and has served on the faculty of
the MBA. Mr. Turk has lectured extensively on both landlord/tenant
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Janet Aronson
Janet
Oulousian Aronson has concentrated her area of practice in community
association law since being admitted to the Bar in 1990. Ms. Aronson is
licensed to practice law and represents community associations in
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire. She has received her B.A.
Degree from Rhode Island College and a J.D. Degree from the New England
School of Law. She is an active member of the New England Chapter of
Community Associations Institute where she has served as a member of a
number of committees. She has written extensively and been a lecturer on
community association law to a number of organizations including the
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., the Boston Chapter of
the Institute of Real Estate Management, the New England Chapter of
Community Associations Institute, the New Hampshire Chapter of Community
Associations Institute, and she has been a lecturer for the Condominium
Associations Institute National Law Seminar.
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 William
DeBear
Mr.
DeBear is a 1979 graduate of Boston College Law School. He
received his undergraduate degree in 1976 from Cornell University
where he was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi
Honorary Societies. Since the early 1980’s, the focus of Mr.
DeBear’s practice has been in the area of real estate and community
association law, including the representation of developers,
condominium associations, lenders, and buyers and sellers of real
estate. He also represents clients in business and civil
litigation matters, including construction defect litigation and
appeals. Mr. DeBear is a member of the Attorney’s Committee of
the New England Chapter of the Community Associations Institute. In
1997, he served as Chairman of the Attorney’s Committee, and he has
prepared amicus briefs on behalf of the Committee in appeals of
interest to the community association community in Massachusetts.
He also lectures regularly on real estate and community association
issues for the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE), and
for consumer and real estate broker associations.
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Douglas Errico
Mr.
Errico is a 1979 graduate of Boston University School of Law.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, from Hamilton College.
Mr. Errico has been involved in real estate and community
association law since the early 1980’s, representing developers,
associations and real estate interests in the Buffalo, New York
area, where he was also a President and Board Member of the Western
New York Chapter of Community Associations Institute. In July,
1985 Mr. Errico returned to New England, continuing his involvement
with the Community Associations Institute, by becoming a member of
the New England Chapter Board of Directors, serving as President and
chairing the Attorneys' Committee. A member of CAI's National
College of Community Association Lawyers, he lectures and writes
broadly in the fields of community association law and general real
estate practice.
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Thomas Moriarty
Mr.
Moriarty is a 1992 graduate of Boston College Law School where he was a
member of the Jessup International Law Moot Court Team. He holds a
Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst,
cum laude, and was nominated to Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Moriarty is a
litigation partner and has focused his practice in the area of community
associations and land use. He represents clients in zoning and
land use litigation, construction defect and transitional litigation,
common area property disputes, phasing and development matters,
constitutional liability claims, employment litigation and environmental
issues. Mr. Moriarty’s reported cases include: Daddario v. Cape
Cod Commission, 425 Mass. 411 (1997), Town of Milford v. Boyd,
434 Mass. 754 (2001), Cumberland Farms v. Planning Board of Bourne,
56 Mass. App. Ct. 605 (2002), Queler v. Skowron, 438 Mass.
304, 780 N.E.2d 71 (2002) and Marinelli v. Board of Appeals of
Stoughton, 440 Mass. 255, 797 N.E.2d 893 (2003). Mr. Moriarty
is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts, as well as New Hampshire
and Florida. He is a member of Community Associations Institute,
National Amicus Team, where he has assisted in the drafting of several
amicus briefs for the benefit of the Institute including Berish v.
Bornstein, 437 Mass. 252 (2002). Mr. Moriarty is also Chair of
the Community Association’s Institute Massachusetts Legislative Action
Committee and a past Chair of the Legislative Committee of the American
Resort Development Association (“ARDA”) N.E. Chapter. Mr. Moriarty
has lectured on condominium and real estate litigation for Massachusetts
Continuing Legal Education (“MCLE”) and other organizations, including
the Real Estate Bar Association for Massachusetts (“REBA”).
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 Douglas
Troyer
Douglas A. Troyer received his B.A. from Denison University
in 1993 and a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in
1999. Doug is a member of the firm’s litigation group and
has focused his trial practice in the areas of real estate,
condominium, business and employment law. He represents
clients in a wide range of disputes such as zoning and land
use, community association, employment discrimination, and
constitutional law issues. Doug has tried cases and appeared
before a variety of state and federal courts and
administrative agencies. He is an active member of the
Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association and
Community Association Institute. Mr. Troyer also
participates as a member of the Institute's Attorneys
Committee. He is admitted to the bar in Massachusetts
(1999), Maine (2003) and the United States District Court
for the District of Massachusetts (2000). |
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