| Joshua Lee SmithAssociate |
Mr. Smith’s practice includes a variety of complex commercial real estate matters involving acquisitions and dispositions, zoning, permitting and development, leasing, environmental compliance, financing, condominium creation and real estate tax abatement and exemption appeals. He works closely with public utility companies on projects involving the siting, upgrading, development and permitting of substations, high voltage transmission lines and operation centers.
Mr. Smith represents estates, colleges and universities and charitable organizations in the development, gifting, acquisition and disposition of commercial and residential properties.
He is a 2011 recipient of the "40 Under Forty" Award by the Worcester Business Journal.
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| Mr. Smith worked as a Summer Associate for Bowditch & Dewey, LLP (Summer 2004) and as a Summer Intern for the Office of the Inspector General in New York City (Summer 2003). Mr. Smith was also an Executive Editor of the Syracuse Law Review. Prior to his legal career, Mr. Smith worked as a market analyst in both the staffing and software industries. |
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- Corporator, Worcester Art Museum
- Corporator, Greater Worcester Community Foundation
- Board Member, Board of Directors of Music Worcester, Inc.
- Board Member, Board of Directors of Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce
- Executive Committee Member, Babson College Real Estate Career Affinity Group
- Member, Asian-American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts
- Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
- Council Member, Worcester Art Museum (former)
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- Speaker, "Lifecycle of a Business - Commercial Leasing" Massachusetts Bar Association seminar, June 15, 2011.
- Speaker, "Risk Identification and Mitigation for Leases: Casualty, Terrorism, Security and Flexibility" Moody, Famiglietti & Andronico, LLP seminar, November 13, 2008.
- Speaker, "ADA/OCR Compliance Reviews Event and Web Accessibility" James E. Wallace, Jr. College and University Roundtable Series, April, 12, 2007.
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| 7/14/11 | Ambiguous Environmental Indemnification Fails to Protect Seller from Claims for Cleanup Costs | | 9/22/10 | Brokers Beware! Your Exclusive Listing Agreement May Not Be So Exclusive | | 7/31/10 | The New Massachusetts Permit Extension Act |
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| | B.S., 1997, summa cum laude, Babson College | | J.D., 2005, magna cum laude, Syracuse University College of Law |
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