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B2 Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • Go To Lawyers • June 28, 2021 Letter from the Publisher Dear readers, Welcome to Massachusetts Go To Lawyers, a feature we debuted last year to showcase leaders in the Massachusetts legal community by practice area. For this list, we’ve chosen to focus on commercial real estate lawyers. The attorneys featured here were all nominated by their colleagues and chosen by a panel from Lawyers Weekly. We expect that some readers will argue that there are some excellent lawyers who should have been included. Let us know! And please nominate them for future lists. Other practice areas, such health care, intellectual property, and trusts and estates, will be topics for future editions of Massachusetts Go To Lawyers. Susan A. Bocamazo, Esq. Publisher Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly 2021 Go To Lawyers Julie Pruitt Barry ..................................... 4 Eric M. Greenberg ...................................7 Paul C. Bauer ............................................ 4 Cynthia B. Keliher ....................................7 Jonathan E. Book ................................... 4 Karen J. Kepler .........................................7 Bryan C. Connolly .................................. 4 Rebecca A. Lee ........................................8 David B. Connolly ....................................5 Diane M. McDermott ..............................8 John M. Creedon .....................................5 Carla M. Moynihan ...................................9 Francesco A. De Vito .............................5 David K. Moynihan ..................................9 Amanda S. Eckho .................................5 Gareth I. Orsmond ................................10 Paul L. Feldman ........................................6 Michael D. Rosen ...................................10 Christopher R. Froeb .............................6 Michael E. 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Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • Go To Lawyers • June 28, 2021 • B3 Ropes & Gray congratulates JACK CREEDON our Go To Lawyer for Commercial Real Estate ropesgray.com B4 Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly • Go To Lawyers • June 28, 2021 JULIE PRUITT BARRY PAUL C. BAUER Partner, Prince, Lobel, Tye Partner, Bowditch Boston Framingham Despite being a woman practicing in what Paul C. Bauer represents businesses, indi- has historically been a uniquely male-dom- viduals and institutions throughout Massa- inated practice area, Julie Pruitt Barry has chusetts in sophisticated transactions with distinguished herself as a “Go To” real es- an emphasis on large real estate projects tate lawyer over the course of her career and challenging commercial law issues. while serving as a mentor to other women Bauer regularly advises developers, mort- looking to similarly distinguish themselves. gage lenders, tenants and property owners As a trial and appellate attorney with in a wide array of industries in complex more than 20 years of experience in state development, acquisition, financing and and federal courts, including the Massachu- business planning, and in both public and setts Appeals Court, Superior Court, Land private leasing transactions. Court, Probate & Family Court, U.S. District While Bauer represents property end-us- Court and the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Ap- ers in most commercial segments, he has peals, Barry represents developers, com- One of Barry’s signature accomplish- significant experience representing en- and time that deposit would be forfeited. mercial and residential property owners, trepreneurs and life science companies of ments was her successful representation of Bauer was able to close the deal by put- businesses and individuals. all sizes regarding their property leasing a developer of affordable housing against ting a team member at the project site three Barry’s practice focuses on commercial a coalition of Belmont residents who op- needs, including representing a life science and residential real estate and land use company in one of the largest lease trans- states away while jumping through numer- posed a project in their town and waged a ous hoops and deploying a number of peo- litigation and permitting, including zoning lengthy battle to block it. After a lower court actions ever to occur in the city of Boston. and planning, affordable housing, cannabis, Additionally, he has carved out a niche ple to make it happen. ruled that the project could proceed, Barry In addition, Bauer represents a medical renewable energy, historic districts, title successfully defended the developer in representing craft brewers and their brew- school with respect to several hundred and easements, construction and insurance both Superior Court and the Appeals Court ery facilities, including leasing, financing coverage. against the coalition’s claim that the devel- and permitting services. thousand square feet in life science leases Additionally, she represents clients in oper’s motion for fees and costs constituted In one sizable case, Bauer represented and real estate transactions; a regional hos- state and federal environmental admin- an illegal SLAPP suit. a large regional real estate management pital on large-scale leases, subleases, sales istrative matters, including wetlands and Meanwhile, Barry has carved out a niche company when it acquired a shopping cen- and acquisitions; and serves as general tidelands, Massachusetts Chapter 21E and in the growing cannabis law arena and ad- ter in New England. His client made a $1 counsel to the Massachusetts State College CERCLA, as well as in mediation and arbi- vised on the permitting of the first medical million deposit as part of a bidding process, Building Authority for all corporate and real tration proceedings. marijuana dispensary in Boston. MLW and if the deal didn’t close by a certain date estate matters. MLW Achievements and professional activities Achievements and professional activities Chair, environmental law practice group; treasurer and board member, Real Estate Board member, Government Affairs Committee, Greater Boston Real Estate Board; Bar Association; co-chair, REBA Environmental Law Section and Strategic Communi- board member, MassEcon; board member, Real Estate Finance Association; past di- cations Committee; member, CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) Boston; mem- rector, MetroWest Chamber of Commerce; former chair, Small Business Committee, ber, Sustainability Committee, Environmental Business Council of New England; Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce; former member, Zoning Board of Appeals, member, Women’s Bar Association; member, Boston Bar Association Bedford JONATHAN E. BOOK BRYAN C. CONNOLLY Partner, Foley Hoag Partner, DLA Piper Boston Boston Boston attorney Jonathan E. Book has Bryan C. Connolly’s sophisticated real spent decades providing in-depth and ex- estate practice focuses on development, pert commercial real estate advice to Foley acquisitions and dispositions, finance, joint Hoag clients involved in both small and ventures, land use and zoning, and leasing large commercial leasing transactions and and ground leasing. developments in downtown Boston and In his represention of developers, Con- across Massachusetts. nolly provides counseling through the entire Book’s clients include financial, corpo- development life cycle, from due diligence, rate, nonprofit and public entities that seek acquisition and permitting through joint his advice on the leasing, acquisition, sale venture and construction loan financing, to and financing of properties and on related disposition and recapitalization, negotiating construction, title and zoning matters. complex agreements with both private par- In such transactions, Book drafts and ne- ties and public entities. Connolly’s representations have led to gotiates the leases, financing documents, nance and construction of a new facility on construction mitigation agreements with purchasing agreements, and design and the development of downtown towers, ur- the Boston waterfront; municipalities such ban and suburban residential projects and abutters and continues to represent Hines construction contracts. Meanwhile, on the as Revere, Chelsea, Cambridge, Arlington a wide range of mixed-use developments. as the project proceeds through further de- financing side, he has represented banks, and Springfield in land disposition matters Perhaps his signature accomplishment is velopment phases. other institutional lenders and private bor- to support urban renewal projects; and a serving as lead counsel to the international Connolly also represented developers in rowers in real estate and asset-backed fi- private conservation organization with the