Alan J. Schlesinger

Practice Areas: Commercial real estate; real estate finance and lending; zoning; construction and design contracts; small businesses including corporations, limited liability companies, partnership and equity investing agreements; condominiums; affordable housing; non-profit organizations

Representative Clients: Alan serves as counsel to individuals and to small and medium sized companies in a broad range of industries including real estate and business clients. Typical business clients include real estate owner/developers such as Brophy & Phillips Co. Inc., Forest Properties Management Co., Fairlane Properties Inc., The Barkan Companies, and architectural and design firms such as ADD, Inc.. Alan also serves as general counsel to not for profit firms such as The Philanthropic Initiative and Newton Community Development Foundation

Education: Princeton University (A.B. Econ) 1968; Boston College Law School (J.D. cum laude) 1974; Boston College Industrial and Commercial Law Review; Order of the Coif

Admitted: 1974 Massachusetts; 1974 United States District Court, Massachusetts; 1979 United States Supreme Court

Community: Alan has served in a variety of community organizations including terms as a Director of Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly (Chair 1993-1996), Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston (Vice President), Jewish Community Day Care Corporation (President 1991-1993), Newton Schools Foundation, Newton Central Little League, Newton North High School Council

Little known facts: Alan served as an officer in the U.S. Navy 1968-1970, has taken up piano lessons this year, skis really badly and has a pseudonym for writing in his blog

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