Law Firm Overview

BROWN & BROWN, P.C., founded in 1925, provides comprehensive legal services in traditional areas of practice. We recognize the importance of establishing and maintaining a close working relationship with our clients. We deliver efficient and cost-effective service to individuals, families, local government, non-profit organizations and business. Our success is largely the result of our ability to create and nurture long-term relationships with our clients. Brown & Brown, P.C. and our attorneys are members of numerous legal and professional associations such as the Middlesex County, Massachusetts and New Hampshire Bar Associations, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and American Institute of Certified Planners as well as community organizations such as the Rotary Club and service groups. We often conduct free seminars in areas of interest to residents of the community. Today we are an office of six attorneys and six support staff, including a Civil Engineer in our Land Use group.

Areas of Practice

• Probate and Estate Administration
• Land Use Permitting
• Bankruptcy & Business Reorganization
• Commercial & Residential Real Estate
• Guardianship & Conservatorship
• Municipal Regulatory Drafting  
• Personal Injury
• Zoning Matters
• Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning
• Civil Litigation, Criminal Defense
• Business Law

Planning/Land Use Law Focus

BROWN & BROWN, P.C. offers a broad spectrum of real estate services beyond traditional property acquisition or sale. We are well versed in zoning; local, state and federal permitting, including wetlands and other environmental compliance issues. Attorney Pamela Brown has focused the last 17 years of her career on assisting private clients with permitting strategy and communities with defining visions and action plans for the future via consensus building, comprehensive planning and regulatory revision. She has experience in Massachusetts Towns from Avon to Merrimac, Lexington to Wayland, Boxborough, Rutland and West Springfield. Brown & Brown, P.C.'s expertise ranges from zoning and subdivision control issues to adverse possession, and from town center design controls to open space preservation and inclusionary housing.

Estate Planning/Asset Protection/Elder Issues

BROWN & BROWN, P.C., offers years of experience in sensitive treatment of client issues and needs related to estate planning and planning for the aging years. Our expert advise is tailored to individual needs, whether they be related to concerns regarding basic wills, living trust, insurance trusts, charitable giving, family limited partnerships, asset protection, providing for disabled spouses or children, wealth transfer, health care proxies and durable powers of attorney or long term health care. We are pleased to work along side other professionals, including accountants, health care or social workers and financial planners as best accomplish our client's needs.

Commercial and Residential Real Estate

BROWN & BROWN, P.C. offers a broad spectrum of real estate legal services to individuals, developers, businesses, banks and other financial institutions. We have decades of experience in handling residential and commercial real estate matters both large and small. Our experts can assist with real estate acquisition, permitting and development, preparation and negotiation of purchase and sale contracts, construction agreements and architectural contracts, title examinations, loan closings, residential and commercial leases, landlord/tenant disputes, construction disputes, zoning and subdivision control issues, boundary line disputes, adverse possession litigation and serve as Title Insurance Agents.

Business Law

For generations, BROWN & BROWN, P.C. has assisted the business owner in identifying and creating the most effective business entity for our client's needs. Whether you are engaged in real estate, contracting, a service business, are setting out to open a professional office, or want to buy a donut shop or a gas station, we will explore with you a variety of options that will shelter your personal assets, protect you from liability, and maintain an appropriate organization to facilitate your business needs. We work closely with our clients, and have represented them not only in Massachusetts, but also in such places as Korea, United Arab Emerates, Nicaragua, Honduras, Equador, Venezuela, Scandanavian countries and Germany.

Civil and Criminal Litigation

BROWN & BROWN, P.C. offers representation in a wide variety of civil issues arising from personal injury, bankruptcy and business reorganization, collections matters, business agreements, land and title disputes, landlord and tenant conflicts, and contracts. Our attorneys pay close attention to the details of every client's case and explain every step of the claims, negotiation and litigation process and/or the feasibility, time limits, advantages and disadvantages of bankruptcy protection. We prosecute and defend cases in state and federal trial courts and administrative agencies. We guide clients through a variety of alternative dispute resolution procedures, and always attempt to narrow the issues involved in a dispute to determine the needs and expectations of the client and plan accordingly.

Non-Profit Groups

Over the years, BROWN & BROWN, PC has assisted numerous non-profit professional, cultural and religious group with their various organizational needs, including incorporation, locating sites for organizational activities, real estate acquisition and permitting. Our non-profit clients include Bedford Center for the Arts, Inc., Massachusetts Association of Planning Directors, Inc., Bedford Minutemen, Bedford Historical Society, Bedford Education Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, Lexington Methodist Church, First Church of Christ Congregational (Bedford), Chinese Bible Church (Lexington), Boston Buddha Vararam Temple.

Areas of Practice

• Probate and Estate Administration
• Land Use Permitting
• Bankruptcy & Business Reorganization
• Commercial & Residential Real Estate
• Guardianship & Conservatorship
• Municipal Regulatory Drafting
• Personal Injury
• Zoning Matters
• Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning
• Civil Litigation, Criminal Defense
• Business Law

Representative Clients

• Bedford Center for the Arts, Inc.
• Massachusetts Association of Planning Directors, Inc.
• Bedford Minutemen
• Bedford Historical Society
• Middlesex County Foundation (4-H)
• Habitat for Humanity
• Bedford Education Foundation
• First Church of Christ Congregational (Bedford)
• Chinese Bible Church (Lexington)
• Boston Buddha Vararam Temple

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Law, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Business Organizations, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Wills, Labor Law, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Real Estate Law, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, State, Local & Municipal Law