Law Firm Overview

Davis Malm is committed to serving the wide-ranging business needs of start-ups, closely held businesses and publicly traded corporations. We take tremendous pride in our record of achievement and in our personal and responsive service.

Our business attorneys represent clients in a full spectrum of industries and are experienced in handling all areas of corporate practice, finance and employment issues.

Our real estate and land use attorneys represent owners and developers in the acquisition, development, financing and sale of residential and commercial projects and in all aspects of land use and environmental permitting and compliance. In serving our clients, we proactively identify issues before they become problems. But if problems cannot be avoided, we have the right mix of resources to solve them.

Our litigators have extensive experience in all courts and types of cases, from basic disputes to difficult, protracted cases.

Our commitment to our clients is reflected in the longstanding nature of many of our client relationships. We are dedicated to providing not only legal expertise and sound judgment, but timeliness, responsiveness and accessibility.

Areas of Practice

• Bankruptcy and Financial Law
• Business Law
• Closely Held Business
• Commercial and Real Estate Finance
• Employment Law
• Environmental Law
• Land Use and Real Estate
• Litigation
• Public Finance
• Trusts and Estates

Representative Clients

• Aqua Leisure Industries, Inc.
• Avery Dennison Corporation
• Barrington Partners
• The Bernardi Companies
• Benthos, Inc.
• Braintree Laboratories, Inc.
• Brendon Homes, Inc.
• Brook Venture Fund
• The Carney Companies
• Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc.
• Conroy Development Company
• F.W. Webb Company
• Genesys Software Systems, Inc.
• Massachusetts Business Development Corporation
• The McCourt Company, Inc.
• New England Office Supply, Inc.
• M&T Bank, N.A.
• Striar Development Corporation
• Trigen-Boston Energy Corporation
• U.S. Mills, Inc.
• Wendy's International, Inc.
• Vazza Properties

Representative Cases

• Haufler v. Zotos, 446 Mass. 489 (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 2006)
• Murphy v. Olsen, 63 Mass. App. Ct. 417 (Massachusetts Appeals Court 2005)
• Fieldstone Meadows Development Corp. v. Conservation Commission of Andover, 62 Mass. App. Ct. 265 (Massachusetts Appeals Court 2004)
• Knott v. Racicot, 442 Mass. 314 (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 2004)
• KinderCare Learning Centers, Inc. v. Town of Westford, 62 Mass. App. Ct. 924 (Massachusetts Appeals Court 2004)
• Frank J. DiCarlo, Jr., & another v. Rosario Lattuca, 60 Mass. App. Ct. 344 (Massachusetts Appeals Court 2004)
• Lattuca v. Robsham, 442 Mass. 205, 212 (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 2004)
• Meaney v. Dever, 326 F.3d 283 (1st Cir. 2003) (Fedeal Court of Appeals 2003)
• V.S. Haseotes & Son, L.P. v. Haseotes, 819 A.2d 1281 (R.I. 2003) (Rhode Island Supreme Court 2003)
• John G. Danielson, Inc. v. Winchester-Conant Properties, Inc., 322 F.3d 26, 39 (1st Cir. 2003) (Federal Court of Appeals 2003)
• Queler v. Skowron, 438 Mass. 304 (MassachusettsSupreme Judicial Court 2002)
• Lapidus v. Bd. of Appeal of Boston, 51 Mass. App. Ct. 723 (Massachusetts Appeals Court 2001)
• Hobbs Brook Farm Property Co. L.P. v. Planning Bd. of Lincoln, 48 Mass. App. Ct. 403 (Massachusetts Appeals Court 2000)
• Wynn & Wynn v. Mass. Commission Against Discrimination, 431 Mass. 655 (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 2000)
• McCarthy v. Tobin, 429 Mass. 84 (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 1999)
• A. Shapiro & Sons, Inc. v. Rutland Waste & Metal Co., 76 F. Supp. 2d 82 (Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts 1999)
• Planning Board of Marshfield v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Pembroke, 427 Mass. 699 (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 1998)
• Striar v. American Medical Intern., Inc., 45 Mass.App.Ct. 87, 695 N.E.2d 1079 (Massachusetts Appeals Court 1998)
• Berkshire Power Development v. Agawam, 43 Mass. App. Ct. 828 (Massachusetts Appeals Court 1997)
• Labonte v. Hutchins & Wheeler, 424 Mass. 813 (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 1997)
• Roman v. Friedland, 849 F. Supp. 827 D. Mass. (Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts 1994)
• 21 Merchants Row Corp. v. Merchants Row, Inc., 587 N.E.2d 788 (Mass. 1992)
• In re Legal Data Systems, Inc., 135 B.R. 199 (Bkrtcy.D.Mass. 1991)

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Public Finance, Bankruptcy Law, Business & Commercial Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Environmental Law, Estate Planning, Trusts, Litigation & Appeals, Real Estate Law, Land Use & Zoning