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Two recent court decisions which will have implications in land use cases across the state.
Happy Holidays from Hill Law! This year we continued our tradition of participating in the Boston ABCD Toy Drive.
We are proud to announce that Boston Magazine has named four of Hill Law’s attorneys on their annual list of Top Lawyers in the greater Boston region for 2022!
On Friday September 2, 2022, a year to the day after the Nantucket Conservation Commission ordered geotubes to be removed from ’Sconset Beach on Nantucket’s eastern shore, a judge of the Superior Court resoundingly affirmed the Commission's order of removal. The geotubes, erosion-control tubes filled with sand placed at the toe of the bluff, were installed several years ago by homeowners who live atop the bluff, the Siasconset Beach Preservation Fund (SBPF). Among its reasons the Court cited for affirming the Commission’s removal order were SBPF’s longstanding history of noncompliance with the Commission’s Order of Conditions (OOC), which SBPF never appealed or sought to amend, and SBPF’s steadfast refusal to bring the project into compliance unless it were expanded.
On June 2, 2022, Hill Law participated in the American Heart Association’s annual Lawyers Have Heart 5k. It was a great event as usual, for a great cause. Please consider making a donation to the American Heart Association here.
Our office is feeling very festive these days, and the 2021 toy drive was a success! All toys have been delivered to BostonABCD, an organization which supports low-income residents in Boston and the Mystic Valley with food and fuel assistance, child and elder care, healthcare, housing, and a number of other programs.
On November 23, 2021, the Newbury Conservation Commission issued a Denial Order of Conditions under the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act for a proposed 24-home development on a forested parcel of land at 55 Pearson Drive in Newbury that contains extensive wetlands resource areas, including vernal pools.
We are proud to announce that Boston Magazine has named three of Hill Law’s attorneys on their first annual list of Top Lawyers in the greater Boston region for 2021! Selection to this list was based on peer nomination.
On June 22, the Nantucket Superior Court (Wilkins, J.) overturned a decision by the Housing Appeals Committee (“HAC”) denying the Nantucket Land Council (“NLC”), a nonprofit environmental organization represented by Hill Law, intervention in the HAC’s review of a comprehensive permit issued by the Nantucket Zoning Board of Appeals to developer Nantucket Surfside, LLC.
We are very excited to welcome our newest associate, Elizabeth Ellis, to Hill Law! Elizabeth brings a passion for environmental, land use and municipal law that aligns superbly with our firm’s practice. Welcome, Elizabeth, we are so happy to have you on the team!
Dan Hill, Kaitlyn Baptista and Dennis Murphy on trial at the Dukes County Courthouse on Martha's Vineyard.
