James D. Masterman
Greenberg Traurig
One International Place
Boston, MA 02110
Tel:(617) 310-6284 | Fax:(617) 310-8408
Email | www.gtlaw.com
James D. Masterman is a shareholder with the Boston office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Mr. Masterman is a member of the bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the US District Court, US Tax Court, the First Circuit Court of Appeals and the US Supreme Court.
He received his B.A. from Cornell University in 1976 and his J.D. from Boston University School of Law in 1979.
Areas of Practice
A former law clerk to the Hon. John J. McNaught of the US District Court and former Assistant District Attorney, Mr. Masterman now concentrates his trial practice in the areas of eminent domain and tax abatement proceedings.
Experience
Mr. Masterman has appeared in US District Court and the First Circuit Court of Appeals (See, e.g., Portland Natural Gas Transmission System v. 19.2 Acres of Land, 318 F. 3d 279 (1st Cir. 2003)), in every Superior Court of the Commonwealth and before the New Hampshire Board of Tax and Land Appeals. Other reported decisions include, Boston Water & Sewer Commission v. Commonwealth, 64 Mass. App. Ct. 611 (2005) and as trial counsel in Liberty Square Dev. Trust v. Worcester, 441 Mass. 605 (2004).
Speaking and Publications
Featured speaker at the Eminent Domain Committee's presentations at the ABA's Annual Meetings; faculty member of the American Law Institute-American Bar Association ("ALI-ABA") annual seminar Eminent Domain and Land Use Litigation; speaker for many Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education programs, at the Suffolk University Law School, Boston University, the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts School of Law, Tufts University, the Appraisal Institute, Massachusetts Board of Real Estate Appraisers, the American Association of Cost Engineers, The Federalist Society and the Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research. Publications: "Massachusetts Regulatory Takings Law after Lucas", 21 M.L.W. 229 (1992); "Valuation of Contaminated Real Estate", 21 M.L.W. 32 (1993); Cost Is Not Value: Post-Inmar Valuations, 10 Real Estate Finance 33 (1993); Damages in Massachusetts Litigation--Real Property Damages, MassCLE, 1993, (with Neal C. Tully, Esq.), of the Eminent Domain chapter in Real Estate Title Practice in Massachusetts, MassCLE, 2003, and of a series of articles for ALI-ABA published as part of the ALI-ABA Course of Study. He is Editor of the Firm's Eminent Domain Bulletin.
Professional Affiliations
Nationally, Chair of the American Bar Association's Committee on Condemnation, Zoning and Land Use [Eminent Domain] Litigation (1995-1998). Affiliate Member of the Appraisal Institute; "Super Lawyer" for 2005 in Real Estate Litigation.
Volunteer Service
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino's Advisory Panel on Housing in 2004; Town of Needham Finance Committee (1999-2002); currently an elected Town Meeting Member.
