Our Team

P&A attorneys are knowledgeable municipal counsel, litigators and transactional attorneys who understand local government and the operational realities of cities, towns and school districts. In addition to our core expertise in municipal law, public construction and infrastructure counseling and litigation, we specialize in municipal labor and employment, municipal real estate, land use, marijuana regulations and facility siting.

Engaged & Accessible

Our attorneys are accessible, engaged, and responsive. We staff our cases leanly and our attorneys are always available for consultation, to answer questions and to help you make informed decisions.

Experienced

Collectively, we possess over 100 years of practice experience. Representative litigation, settlements and transactional and outcomes include:

• Successful defense or prosecution and skilled handling of over 400 lawsuits involving cities and towns in Land Court, Superior Court, the Appeals Court, the Supreme Judicial Court, the United States District Court and the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals

• Negotiation and enforcement of intermunicipal agreements governing the sharing of sewer or water infrastructure between municipalities

• Evaluation and negotiation of complex personnel disputes and severances

• Resolution of multi-million dollar and multiple-party complex construction claims through litigation, mediation and arbitration

• Municipal real estate transactions for the sale, lease or purchase of land or buildings.

Preeminent Public Construction and Infrastructure Practice Group

Our Public Construction and Infrastructure Practice Group is recognized at the state and national level for our expertise, judgment and savvy in handling a broad variety of public construction disputes. We represent public owners at all stages of the public construction process, in both vertical and horizontal construction projects. Our past and present clients include over 30 cities, towns, school districts, water and sewer districts, and public agencies whom we have represented in litigation involving a variety of issues, including:

• Contractual disputes arising from the bidding process

• Claims alleging changed circumstances or scope of work

• Claims in quantum meruit to recover disputed contract balances

• Claims seeking liquidated damages for delay

• Claims for breach of contract arising from default by contractors

• Negotiating and enforcement of intermunicipal litigation over allocation of shared public infrastructure costs and services.