Practice Areas

Hill Law specializes in representing municipalities and private clients in evaluating, permitting, or opposing development projects. Our attorneys are experts in Massachusetts zoning and planning law, the Subdivision Control Law, the Wetlands Protection Act, and Chapter 40B. We also advise clients on the permitting and siting of cell towers, wind turbines and solar farms.

We regularly appear before local boards and commissions, and we represent clients in land use matters in adjudicatory appeals before state agencies, and in litigation before state and federal courts. Our attorneys are also actively engaged in their own communities, having served on planning and zoning boards, conservation commissions, and advisory panels.

The Massachusetts law known as Chapter 40B permits developers of affordable housing projects to bypass local zoning regulations and environmental standards. Despite its good intentions, the law can result in oversized projects that do not properly account for a community’s available resources, or adequately protect public health, safety or the environment. Hill Law specializes in working with municipalities and resident groups to ensure that Chapter 40B projects follow environmental protection regulations, safety standards, public health requirements, and local planning objectives.  

We regularly assist Massachusetts cities and towns in navigating Chapter 40B applications, and we represent citizen groups in Chapter 40B matters before municipal boards and commissions, the state Housing Appeals Committee (HAC), and in litigation before Massachusetts courts. 

Our attorneys represent public and private clients in environmental matters, including wetlands protection, stormwater and wastewater management, water quality issues, traffic mitigation, and abutter impacts. We regularly appear before conservation commissions, zoning boards, and planning boards across the Commonwealth, and we have successfully litigated environmental law claims before administrative agencies such as the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and its Office of Appeals and Dispute Resolution (OADR), and the Massachusetts courts. Our expert knowledge of environmental regulations enables us to achieve our clients’ environmental protection objectives. 

Hill Law handles all real estate litigation matters, including title issues, purchase and sale agreements, boundary disputes, restrictions and covenants, easements, and adverse possession claims. Our team is focused on helping clients efficiently navigate the litigation process to protect their property rights. 

Hill Law attorneys represent municipal and private clients in tax lien foreclosures in the Land Court, and tax collection actions in Massachusetts District and Superior Courts. Our efforts have resulted in the successful recovery of hundreds of thousands of dollars in outstanding property taxes for our clients. With more than twenty years of experience in this area, our skilled attorneys and paralegals are experts in the title, estate, and bankruptcy law necessary to protect our clients’ interests.

Hill Law puts 20 years of experience to work in protecting our clients’ rights as creditors in the Bankruptcy and Appellate Courts of the First Circuit. We represent municipalities, financial institutions, businesses and individuals in bankruptcy matters in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Our efforts have resulted in the preservation of hundreds of thousands of dollars in debtor obligations for our clients.