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E-mail: severett@k-plaw.com
Phone: 617.654.1731
Practice Areas: General Municipal, Real Estate
Attorney Shirin Everett represents cities and towns in all aspects of general municipal law, including procurement, municipal finance, town meeting, and has particular expertise in real estate law, and serves as chair of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. Attorney Everett has over 25 years of experience in real estate law, including development of property, acquisitions and dispositions, affordable housing, protection of land, title issues, chapter lands, and roadway projects. She has extensive experience with the Community Preservation Act and complex multi-party, public-private developments advancing economic development, affordable housing, and land conservation, and regularly negotiates with state agencies. Attorney Everett is experienced in purchase and sale agreements, leases, including renewable energy and telecommunications leases, land development agreements, and affordable housing documents. She also advises affordable housing trusts, regional transit authorities, and municipal light plants, among other public entities. Additionally, Attorney Everett drafts requests for proposals, warrant articles, and conducts real estate closings.
Attorney Everett’s prior experience includes both private and public sector practice, representing lenders, borrowers, developers, and governmental bodies.
- Represented the Towns of Amherst, Provincetown, Duxbury, Williamstown and other municipalities, as well as affordable housing trusts, in acquiring and selling and leasing land to national and regional non-profit organizations for the development of affordable housing in participation with state and private lenders
- Assisted many municipalities in rail-trail projects, including, without limitation, the City of Haverhill and the Towns of Salisbury, Norton, and Swampscott
- Advised the Towns of Amherst, Provincetown, Walpole, and Belchertown, among others, in acquiring and permanently preserving land for open space, recreation, and watershed protection purposes
- Represented housing authorities, redevelopment authorities, transit authorities, and municipal light plants with acquisition of properties
- Represented many municipalities with procuring and leasing land for telecommunications purposes and for the installation and operation of solar voltaic systems
- Assisted coastal communities with undertaking and implementing beach and dune restoration projects
- Assisted municipalities in selling and developing properties in partnership with the Department of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance
- Negotiated the Belmont Municipal Light Plant in the sale of real estate and other assets for $45 million, including acquisition of property rights from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the disposition of assets to a public utility company
- Represented a municipality in the lease, acquisition, and closure of a mobile-home park devastated by a tropical storm
- Obtained a favorable decision from the Supreme Judicial Court on the land registration system, affirming the ability of the Land Court judges to invalidate defective certificates of title.
- General municipal law services as primary contact attorney for towns. Responsible to Boards of Selectmen and Town Administrators and Managers for providing efficient and cost effective Town Counsel services
Boston Housing Authority, Boston, MA
Attorney, General Counsel’s Office (1998-2000)
Researched and analyzed contracts, construction, and real estate law issues. Responsible for two large construction law cases
Peabody & Arnold, LLP, Boston, MA
Associate (2000-2002)
Represented commercial developers, lenders, and borrowers
- Real Estate Bar Association (REBA)
- Past co-chair and chair, Boston Bar Association, Title and Conveyancing Committee
- Massachusetts Bar
Boston University School of Law
Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1997
Paul J. Liacos Scholar
Member, Public Interest Law Journal
Lawrence University
Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1993
Phi Beta Kappa