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Amicus Committee

The Amicus Committee operates as a joint committee of REBA and the Abstract Club to write and present amicus curiae briefs relating to real estate law matters to the Massachusetts Appeals Court and the Supreme Judicial Court as well as, on occasion, to the Federal District Court of Massachusetts and the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Briefs are often submitted at the invitation of the court or, on other occasions, at the request of counsel to one of the litigants. In deciding whether to submit a brief, the Committee evaluates which party it believes should prevail in the case, whether the case involves issues with wide application in real estate law, and whether the case will have significant precedential value or, alternatively, whether the case is so fact­intensive that it will not provide a useful precedent in addressing similar issues in the future.

Because of the Committee’s nearly 50­year history, and in light of the respect afforded to REBA by the courts in the field of real estate law, the Amicus Committee is uniquely situated to play a role in assisting Massachusetts appellate courts in shaping and resolving long­standing complex issues in the real estate law arena, whether involving long­standing ambiguities in the common law applicable to title and conveyancing matters or complications of a more recent origin arising out of ongoing statutory or regulatory enactments in the ever­expanding areas of leasing, environmental and land use law. Through its involvement in each carefully selected case in which the Committee elects to submit a brief, the Committee has a very tangible and long­term impact upon the evolution of real estate law.

Membership on the Amicus Committee is by invitation. The Committee is largely comprised of current and former REBA committee chairs and select members of the Abstract Club, although briefs are often solicited from, and contributed by, the broader community of REBA members.

Co­Chair Edward M. Bloom, Esq., Director Emeritus Sherin and Lodgen, LLP ­ Boston Office 101 Federal Street, 30th Floor Boston, MA 02110­1817 [email protected] (617) 646­2114

Co­Chair Daniel J. Ossoff Esq. Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster, P.C. 160 Federal Street, 15th Floor Boston, MA 02110­1700 [email protected] (617) 951­1121

Co­Chair Diane C. Tillotson Esq. Hemenway & Barnes LLP 75 State Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02109­1466 [email protected] (617) 227­7940

Members: Benjamin O. Adeyinka Esq. Edmund A. Allcock Esq. Administrative Office of the Housing Court Marcus, Errico, Emmer & Brooks, P.C. Edward W. Brooke Courthouse 45 Braintree Hill Office Park, Suite 107 24 New Chardon Street, Sixth Floor Braintree, MA 02184­8733 Boston, MA 02114 [email protected] [email protected] (781) 843­5000 (617) 788­6517 Erica P. Bigelow Esq. Douglas J. Brunner Esq. Rich May, P.C. Law Offices of Douglas J. Brunner 176 Federal Street 1350 Main Street, Suite 216 Boston, MA 02110­2223 Springfield, MA 01103­1670 [email protected] [email protected] (617) 556­3877 (413) 781­1202 James M. Burgoyne Esq. Ruth A. Dillingham Esq. Fletcher Tilton, P.C. ­ Worcester Office First American Title Insurance Company ­ Cape Cod Office 370 Main Street, Suite 1250 86 Willow Street, Unit Seven Worcester, MA 01608­1779 Yarmouthport, MA 02675 [email protected] [email protected] http://intus.reba.net/intus/committees/committees.asp?Id=16 1/3 9/18/2015 REBA Site (508) 459­8019 (508) 778­4770 Vicki S. Donahue Esq. Stephen M. Edwards, Esq., Director At­Large Cain Hibbard Myers, PC Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP ­ Boston Office 66 West Street, Third Floor 60 State Street Pittsfield, MA 01201­5764 Boston, MA 02109 [email protected] [email protected] (413) 443­4771 (617) 526­6067 Ashly Wayne Eikelberg Esq. Richard J. Gallogly Esq. Marina Bay Realty Group Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster, P.C. 333 Victory Road 160 Federal Street, 15th Floor Quincy (Squantum), MA 02171 Boston, MA 02110­1700 [email protected] [email protected] (321) 277­8979 (617) 542­2300 Robert T. Gill, Esq. Richard M. Golder Esq. Peabody & Arnold, LLP Marsh, Moriarty Ontell & Golder, P.C. Federal Reserve Plaza 18 Tremont Street, Suite 900 600 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 6000 Boston, MA 02108­2301 Boston, MA 02210­2261 [email protected] [email protected] (617) 742­1822 (617) 951­4706 The Hon. Mel L. Greenberg (ret.) Michael P. Healy Esq. Seder & Chandler, LLP Healy & Associates 339 Main Street, Suite 300 847 Washington Street Worcester, MA 01608­1585 Holliston, MA 01746­1685 [email protected] MHealy@Healy­Associates.com (508) 479­8154 (508) 429­7700 Sheila M. Hurley Esq. Kurt A. James Esq. First American Title Insurance Company ­ Boston Office Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster, P.C. 185 Dartmouth Street, Fifth Floor 160 Federal Street, 15th Floor Boston, MA 02116 Boston, MA 02110­1700 [email protected] [email protected] (617) 225­1546 (617) 542­2300 Arthur P. Kreiger Esq. Susan B. LaRose Esq. Anderson & Kreiger LLP Doucette & LaRose, LLC One Canal Park, Suite 200 251 Main Street Cambridge, MA 02141­2203 Oxford, MA 01540­2356 [email protected] [email protected] (617) 621­6540 (508) 987­9944 Charles N. Le Ray Esq. Martin A. Loria Esq. Dain / Torpy Adelson, Loria & Weisman, P.C. 745 Atlantic Avenue, Fifth Floor 20 Park Plaza, Suite 820 Boston, MA 02111 Boston, MA 02116­4322 [email protected] [email protected] (617) 542­4800 (617) 330­1625 Clive D. Martin Esq. Paul J. Mulligan Esq. Robinson & Cole, LLP ­ Boston Office MassHousing One Boston Place, Suite 2600 One Beacon Street, Fourth Floor Boston, MA 02108­4404 Boston, MA 02108­3110 [email protected] [email protected] (617) 557­5927 (617) 854­1380 Donald R. Pinto Jr., Esq. Christopher S. Pitt, Esq., Director Emeritus Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster, P.C. Robinson & Cole, LLP ­ Boston Office 160 Federal Street, 15th Floor One Boston Place, Suite 2600 Boston, MA 02110­1700 Boston, MA 02108­4404 [email protected] [email protected] (617) 542­2300 (617) 557­5907 Mary K. Ryan Esq. Richard M. Serkey Esq. Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP ­ Boston Office Winokur, Serkey & Rosenberg, P.C. Seaport West 81 Samoset Street 155 Seaport Boulevard Plymouth, MA 02360­4500 Boston, MA 02210­2604 [email protected] [email protected] (508) 746­1023 (617) 439­2212 Michelle T. Simons Esq. F. Sydney Smithers IV, Esq. Brecher, Wyner, Simons, Fox & Bolan, LLC Cain Hibbard Myers, PC 189 Wells Avenue, Suite 302 66 West Street, Third Floor Newton, MA 02459­3355 Pittsfield, MA 01201­5764 http://intus.reba.net/intus/committees/committees.asp?Id=16 2/3 9/18/2015 REBA Site [email protected] [email protected] (617) 614­1500 413­443­4771 Lauren A. Solar Esq. Joel A. Stein Esq. Hackett Feinberg P.C. Law Office of Joel A. Stein 155 Federal Street, 9th Floor 17 Accord Park Drive, Suite 106 Boston, MA 02110­1727 Norwell, MA 02061­1629 [email protected] [email protected] (617) 422­0200 (781) 878­5600

Staff: Peter Wittenborg Esq. The Real Estate Bar Association 50 Congress Street, Suite 600 Boston, MA 02109­4075 [email protected] (617) 854­7555

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