Riemer & Braunstein Llp

Lawrence J. Crowley, Jr.

Senior Partner / Litigation: Boston Office; 617-880-3521; 617-692-3521 fax; lcrowley@riemerlaw.com

Larry is responsible for complex commercial litigation involving the Uniform Commercial Code, contracts, corporate issues, real estate, and insolvency. The primary focus of his practice is on rights and remedies for creditors and commercial landowners. He has represented commercial landowners in lawsuits covering variances, special permits, restrictive covenants, and regulatory takings.

Larry also devotes a substantial amount of time to banking and lending litigation, representing banking institutions and mortgage lenders in commercial disputes, business torts, unfair trade practices, and environmental litigation.

He has appeared in Massachusetts trial courts, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the Supreme Judicial Court, U.S. District Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, as well as before state and local administrative agencies.

Representative Cases

Trial counsel for a commercial landowner challenging a municipal land use restriction involving uncompensated regulatory taking
Trial and appellate counsel for a commercial lender defending the commercial reasonableness of disposition of collateral
Trial counsel for a minority shareholder in a closed corporation challenging unlawful freeze-out
Counsel for residential landowners seeking waterfront development/access rights before a regulatory agency
Trial and appellate counsel for a mortgage lender in a matter establishing the duties of disclosure in a lender liability case
Trial and appellate counsel in numerous cases involving landowners' rights in land use planning and zoning matters

Affiliations: American Bar Association; Boston Bar Association; Massachusetts Bar Association

Admissions: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1974; U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1975; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 1982

Education: Boston College Law School, J.D., 1974; Boston College, A.B., cum laude, 1968