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Daniel C. Perry
has been a
partner at the
Firm since 1986.
He graduated
from Pomona
College in 1973,
and Boston
University
School of Law in
1978, where he
was Note and
Case Editor of
the Boston
University Law
Review. Before
joining Perry,
Hicks, Crotty &
Deshaies, Mr.
Perry was an
associate at the
Boston law firm,
Foley, Hoag &
Eliot for five
years.
Mr. Perry
concentrates in
land use law,
business law,
and estate
planning and
wealth
management.
Mr. Perry has
successfully
represented the
proponents in
many private and
public
construction
projects,
including
permitting work
before boards
and agencies, as
well as
defending and
prosecuting
litigation in
state and
federal courts.
These projects
include schools,
shopping
centers,
television and
cellular
telephone
towers,
industrial
buildings, and
numerous
residential
developments,
including
condominiums. He
was responsible
for all the
legal work in
the permitting,
financing and
construction of
a 152 acre
regional
landfill and
recycling
facility by a
governmental
district. He has
tried over sixty
cases in the
zoning,
environmental
and land use
fields, and has
argued numerous
land use cases
before the
Massachusetts
Appeals Court,
and Supreme
Judicial Court
of
Massachusetts.
He was a member
of the Property
Council of the
Massachusetts
Bar Association
from 1996 –
2000, and
chaired its land
use
subcommittee,
where he
authored
proposed
amendments to
the
Massachusetts
Zoning Act
sponsored by
that
Association. He
has published a
number of
articles on
zoning and
subdivision law;
he chaired
seminars on
these topics for
the
Massachusetts
Bar Association
in 1998 and
2000, and
presented the
zoning
curriculum for a
seminar on
commercial
buildings for
MCLE in 2003. He
was named as a
“super lawyer”
by Boston
Magazine in the
field of
environmental
and land use law
in 2004.
Mr. Perry
currently serves
as counsel to
the towns of
Rochester and
Gosnold. He was
also counsel to
the Town of
Mattapoisett
from 1989 to
2003, and the
Town of Westport
from 1996 to
2000.
Mr. Perry has
been active in
the historic
preservation and
land
preservation
fields. He is
currently the
president of
Waterfront
Historic Area
League of New
Bedford (WHALE),
and has acted as
their attorney
since 1998. He
was responsible
for the legal
work in
connection with
many of their
projects,
including the
acquisition and
preservation of
the Corson
Building, which
is being
restored to
become the
education center
of the National
Whaling Historic
Park in New
Bedford. He
served on the
board of
directors and as
Vice President
of Dartmouth
Natural
Resources Trust
and acted as
their counsel in
connection with
the acquisition
of numerous
parcels for
permanent
conservation,
totaling over a
thousand acres.
He authored an
article on
conservation
restrictions for
the
Massachusetts
Bar Association,
and has prepared
numerous private
restrictions for
individual
landowners
throughout
southeastern
Massachusetts. |
