Donald F. Borenstein

Partner

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

Phone:
978-475-4488 x206

Legal Assistant: Maria B. Fraser

Born: Malden, MA

Education/Special Degrees:

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, B.S., 1991
Suffolk University Law School, J.D., Boston, MA, Cum Laude, 1994
Vermont Law School, Environmental Law Center, visiting student in residence, 1993

Date Admitted to Bar:

1994, MA & ME;
2006, NH
1996 U.S. District Court, District of MA

Year Joined Firm:

1997

Special Agencies and Courts:

Massachusetts Land Court
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Massachusetts Housing Appeals Committee
Various municipal boards and commissions, such as planning boards, conservation commissions, zoning boards of appeals, boards of selectmen and city councils

Professional Associations/Memberships:

Real Estate Bar Association,
- Land Use & Affordable Housing Committees
Massachusetts Bar Association
Maine State Bar Association,
- Real Estate & Environmental Committees
New Hampshire Bar Association,
- Real Property Law Section
Lawrence Bar Association

Published Works:

Author: "End of the Dominance of the Dominant Estate Holder," Mass. Bar Assoc., Sect. Review, Vol. 7, No. 1 (2004).

Reported Cases:

Proulx v. D'Urso, 60 Mass. App. Ct. 701 (2004)
Jarvis v. West Newbury Planning Bd, 6 LCR 225 (1998)
United Mortgage v. Long, 9 LCR 368 (2001 ) & 12 LCR 247 (2004)
Brown v. Saugus Planning Board, 9 LCR 179 (2001)
Watson v. YMCA and Newburyport 5 Cent Savings Bank, 14 LCR 528 (2006)

Community Activities:

Andover Soccer Association, Youth Coach, Board Member www.AndoverSoccer.org
N.H. Appalachian Mountain Club, Whitewater paddler and instructor
Lexington Christian Academy, Alumni Association (co-founder, former officer) www.LexChristian.org
"Over the Hill League" Men's Soccer, player, Asst. Manager www.OTHSL.org