Mark B. Johnson

Practice Areas:
General Civil Litigation
Real Estate Transactions and Financing
Real Estate Dev. & Land Use Permitting & Appeals
Title Litigation and Title Insurance Defense
Corporate representation and counseling

Phone:
978-475-4488 x223

Paralegal/Legal Assistant: Karen L. Bussell

Born: Brooklyn, NY

Education/Special Degrees:

• American University, Washington DC, B.A., 1974;

• Boston University, Boston, MA, J.D., 1977; LL.M, Taxation, 1982.

Date Admitted to Bar:

• 1977, MA;
• 1980, District of Columbia;
• 1986, NH;
• US District Court for the District of Massachusetts;
• US District Court for the District of New Hampshire.

Professional Associations/Memberships: 

• Massachusetts Bar Association;
• The District of Columbia Bar;
• American Bar Association;
• Real Estate Bar Association.

Areas of Practice:

• Real Estate Development and Land Use Planning;
• Civil Litigation, including personal injury, commercial and permitting;
• Zoning, planning and wetlands regulation;
• Appellate Practice;
• Business Transactions;
• General Corporate Representation;
• Title Insurance Defense.

Special Agencies:

• Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection;
• Housing Appeals Committee.

Professional Activities:

Speaker at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education programs on:

•  Title Insurance (April, 1997 and January, 1998);
•  Obtaining Comprehensive Permits (February, 2002);
•  Obtaining and Enforcing Comprehensive Permits (February, 2003).

• Negotiating Purchase and Sales Agreements (2002);
• Buying and Selling The Subdivision House Under Construction-If You Build It We Will Close It (Or Try To): From the Seller's Perspective (November, 2006)

Community Activities:

• Recipient of Rotary Club of Andover’s Citizens Who Care Award (2003);
• Chairman, Town of Andover Elementary and Middle School Building Committee (1999-present);
• CLASS, Inc., Chairman of the Board of Directors (1996-1999); Member, Board of Directors (1990 to 2002); Treasurer (1995);
• Service Club of Andover, Inc, founding Member (1993); Treasurer (1994); member of Board of Directors (1993-2002).