Experience

Attorney Gregg Corbo’s practice focuses on general municipal law, local code enforcement, and civil rights and tort litigation. He represents municipal clients in proceedings before the First Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. District Court, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the Massachusetts trial courts, and numerous administrative agencies, including the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, the Architectural Access Board, and the Appellate Tax Board. Attorney Corbo counsels clients on the development and implementation of policy, drafting by-laws and regulations, contract review, and consultation on day-to-day operations, with primary emphasis on issues related to public health. Attorney Corbo also has extensive experience in land use litigation, including the defense of permit appeals and the prosecution of enforcement actions.

Attorney Corbo also advises clients on municipal law issues, including town meetings, municipal charters and by-laws, conflict of interests, public records, the Open Meeting Law, and municipal finance.

Representative Matters

• Working with numerous municipal officials and state legislators on issues related to controversial state-wide policies of the DEP regarding public water supplies and the Department of Public Health (DPH) involving emergency preparedness.
• Defending police officers against claims of false arrest, malicious prosecution, and charges of wrongful conviction where plaintiffs serving life sentences were released from prison based on DNA technology that did not exist at time of original investigations.
• Charles F. McCoy, Jr. v. Town of Kingston, 68 Mass.App.Ct. 819 (2007). Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld Superior Court’s ruling in favor of Town on indemnification dispute.
• Thore v. Howe, 466 F.3d 173 (1st Cir. 2006). First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld District Court decision granting police officer’s motion for summary judgment on excessive force claim arising out of officer’s decision to shoot at a moving vehicle to prevent imminent bodily harm to himself and others.
• Padden v. Town of West Boylston, 64 Mass.App.Ct. 120 (2004). Massachusetts Appeals Court reversed a Superior Court finding that a Board of Health mandatory sewer connection regulation was invalid and entered judgment upholding Board of Health regulations.

Bar & Court Admissions

• Massachusetts Bar
• U.S. District Court, (Mass.)
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Education

Boston University School of Law
Juris Doctor, 1998

Long Island University
Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1995

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