Heather G Merrill

Practice Areas: Commercial real estate; real estate finance and lending; construction and design contracts; real estate entities, including corporations and limited liability companies; equine law

Education: Mount Holyoke (A.B. Sociology, cum laude with high honors in sociology) 1991; Suffolk University Law School (J.D. cum laude) 1994; Moot Court Board, 1992-1994.

Admitted: 1994 Massachusetts

Community: Heather has represented several therapeutic riding organizations, served on the Board of Directors for Lovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program, Inc. and as the volunteer coordinator for the Spring and Fall Symposiums of New England Dressage Association. She is training her Samoyed to be a therapy dog with the Delta Society and Tufts Paws for People and is a regular volunteer for Wayside Hospice.

Practice Description: For the past 15 years, Heather has focused her practice in the area of Commercial Real Estate, representing owners and developers in the acquisition, development, construction, management, leasing and sale of commercial properties throughout the country. She has worked in both large and small law firms, bringing the best of both worlds to her practice. She learned to be a community attorney, focused on practicing with an attention to detail and a personal touch during her early years at Schlesinger and Buchbinder, LLP (1994-1997). After three years at Schlesinger and Buchbinder, Heather joined the real estate group at Hill & Barlow, where she assumed primary responsibility for major transactions across the country. When Hill & Barlow dissolved in early 2003, Heather joined the Boston office of Piper Rudnick, LLP, now known as DLA Piper. In mid-2004, Heather left Piper to return to Schlesinger and Buchbinder, where she continues to practice commercial real estate and equine law, bringing large firm training to the personal, community nature of a suburban firm. At Schlesinger and Buchbinder, Heather maintains the same high standards of creativity, thoughtfulness, attention to detail and responsiveness of a downtown firm, with the efficiency, economy and convenience of a suburban law firm.

Little known facts: Heather rode horses for more than 20 years (primarily, in the disciplines of eventing and dressage). She has owned two horses and leased many others. Her current passions are spending time with family, hospice, training her dog in sled pulling, agility and therapy work and Nia.

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