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John M. Lynch has been a practicing attorney since 1969. He is primarily engaged in the practice of commercial litigation with an emphasis on valuation for eminent domain and tax abatement litigation. He extensive knowledge of real estate law also includes development, environmental, land use and zoning; sales and use tax; and municipal law. He also has experience with a variety of administrative law issues, including classification and valuation of commercial, industrial, special purpose and utility property, signature office buildings, apartment complexes, hotels, regional shopping centers, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, tax collection, tax foreclosure, and general litigation before trial and appellate courts and administrative agencies concerning the same.
Mr. Lynch's representative clients include a broad range of public and private technology, software, investment, insurance, manufacturing, construction and real estate development companies. He has also represented various municipalities in Massachusetts in complex commercial real estate, tax- exempt status disputes, negotiation of PILOT Agreements, personal property and utility valuation matters.
A graduate of Suffolk University Law School, Mr. Lynch has been admitted to practice before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He is an active member of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, serving as both Director and Vice-Chairman in recent years. He is the Faculty Chairman of the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., where he also serves as a frequent lecturer in the area of commercial litigation, particularly eminent domain and tax abatement litigation. |
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Education
Suffolk University Law School,
J.D., 1969
Boston College, B.A., 1966
Professional Affiliations
Municipal Tax Committee of Boston Bar Association, Chairman, 1996-1997
Institute of Property Taxation, Member, New England Region, Vice-Chair, 1993-1998
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., Faculty Chairman
Real Estate Tax Abatement Seminar, 1985-1997
Electric Utility Valuation Seminar, 1998
Associated Industries of Massachusetts, Member and Director, 1992-2004,Vice-Chairman, 2002-2004 |
