Top best Land Use & Zoning Lawyers in Newburyport | 6 available

Jeff Roelofs has been practicing law since 1993, with a specialty in environmental and land use law. He counsels and advocates for clients in a wide range of matters including permitting, regulatory compliance, enforcement defense, real estate and business transactions, and litigation. Jeff appears regularly before state and federal environmental agencies and regulators and has appeared before nearly 100 local boards and commissions. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Oregon.. Jeff currently represents a broad range of clients, from individual homeowners confronted with wetlands or zoning issues, abutters and citizen groups in administrative and judicial appeals of local and state permit decisions, municipalities and a state agency in need of specialized environmental or land use counsel, and one of Massachusetts’ largest residential and commercial developers in subdivision and zoning approval processes, environmental permitting, litigation, and other land use and environmental matters involving a variety of project types. Other representative matters include challenging or defending defense and prosecution of private cost recovery and contribution actions, regulatory counseling in the context of contaminated properties, administrative and judicial wetlands, subdivision and zoning appeals, environmental due diligence in connection with real estate and corporate transactions, and compliance, permitting and enforcement-related counseling and advocacy under federal, state and local environmental and land use laws.Jeff is a member of the Boston Bar Association’s Environmental Section Steering Committee, the Licensed Site Professional Association, and the North East Builder’s Association of Massachusetts. Jeff formerly served as the co-chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Wetlands, Waterways and Water Quality Committee (2007-2010) and the co-chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Solo and Small Firm Section (2011-2013). He is also a former member of the Newburyport Planning Board. Prior to opening his own practice in 2007, Law Offices of Jeffrey L. Roelofs, P.C., Jeff worked seven years with Anderson & Kreiger LLP (2000-2007), where he joined the firm as a partner in 2005, and six years with Foley, Hoag & Eliot LLP’s environmental department (1994-2000). Jeff is a graduate of Colgate University, where he received his undergraduate degree in Economics cum laude, and Cornell Law School, where he received his law degree cum laude and was Articles Editor for the Cornell International Law Journal. Best Lawyers in America: Environmental Law (2014-2017)

Adam J. Costa is an attorney with the firm of Mead, Talerman & Costa, LLC, with offices in Millis and Newburyport, Massachusetts. Adam works with a varied clientele including municipalities, private developers and other individuals. He advises municipal clients on a wide range of topics, from substantive matters such as bylaw enforcement and property sales/acquisitions to procedural matters such as procurement and Open Meeting Law compliance. Representing both municipal and private clients, Adam has extensive experience with Chapter 40B development, the adoption of Chapter 40R smart growth zoning and expedited permitting under Chapter 43D. Adam is also well-versed in all aspects of residential and commercial real estate law.Adam frequently represents clients in the District Courts, Superior Courts, Housing Court and Land Court, as well as before administrative agencies including the Housing Appeals Committee (HAC), the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the Appellate Tax Board (ATB) and the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABCC). Adam has successfully argued before the Massachusetts Appeals Court on multiple occasions. Representing a municipal client, Adam defended its denial of the protections afforded nonconformities to a structure that was not lawfully in existence at the time of its creation. See Godfrey v. Board of Appeals of Lancaster, 71 Mass. App. Ct. 1118 (2008). Adam also rebuffed an effort by a group of residents in a different municipality to prevent the sale of property for the development of an age-restricted affordable housing project. See Baun v. Board of Selectmen of Ashland, 87 Mass. App. Ct. 1130 (2015).Specialties: Adam’s practice includes municipal, land use/zoning and real estate law. Adam is admitted to the practice of law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the State of New Hampshire, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire.

Experienced Land Use & Zoning attorney serving clients in Newburyport and surrounding areas.

Experienced Land Use & Zoning attorney serving clients in Newburyport and surrounding areas.

Experienced Land Use & Zoning attorney serving clients in Newburyport and surrounding areas.