Experience

Attorney George Pucci represents municipalities and municipal boards in complex litigation. He litigates wetlands, zoning, and subdivision permitting disputes, including defense of G.L. c.40B affordable housing permitting appeals, adult use zoning cases, real estate disputes, and wetland and zoning enforcement cases. Attorney Pucci also litigates land use related state and federal civil rights claims, including equal protection and constitutional regulatory takings claims. Additionally, his real estate litigation experience includes representing municipalities seeking to exercise their land acquisition rights under the Massachusetts Chapter Land statutes, G.L. c.61, 61A and 61B.

As head of the firm’s tax title litigation practice, Attorney Pucci assists municipalities in tax title litigation, tax taking, and Land Court foreclosure matters. Attorney Pucci’s litigation practice also includes insurance defense, contract claims and licensing disputes. Additionally, he has substantial experience defending municipalities and public housing authorities in serious personal injury cases, including cases involving premises liability claims, negligent security, motor vehicle accidents, miscellaneous tort and general liability claims. Attorney Pucci practices before all state and federal courts and has substantial experience successfully arguing appeals before the Massachusetts Appeals Court and Supreme Judicial Court.

Prior to joining the firm, Attorney Pucci had 10 years of experience as an insurance defense litigator, specializing in construction accident litigation, personal injury defense, and defense of professional liability claims.

Representative Matters

• Winchendon v. Boyd. Recovered $583,706 in delinquent taxes, plus 16% interest and attorneys’ fees against an out-of-state developer in a vigorously contested Land Court foreclosure action, which assisted the Town in funding the acquisition of valuable forestry land under G.L. c.61 for open space and recreational purposes.
• Adams Road Trust v. Grafton Board of Appeals. Successfully defended the Grafton Zoning Board of Appeals in a seven day trial of a developer’s appeal of a G.L. c.40B comprehensive permit decision, obtaining a ruling from the State’s Housing Appeals Committee upholding the validity of the Board’s denial of extension of Town water to the proposed 40B development on the grounds that the proposed extended water line would result in the increased likelihood of development through an environmentally sensitive area where the Town had intended to preserve rural character for open space and natural resource protective purposes, and that local concerns thus outweighed the regional need for housing.
• Town of Dedham v. Home Depot. Recovered $178,548 for the Town of Dedham on a breach of contract claim in order to fund engineering analyses to determine the extent of roadway and infrastructure improvements necessitated by a box-store commercial development.
• Secured a $900,000 settlement in favor of client on a counterclaim asserted in defense of a real estate contract dispute after three days of trial in Norfolk Superior Court (2003).
• Hopedale v. Alderman & MacNeish, Inc. 2001 WL 544024, 13 Mass.L.Rptr. 91 (Mass.Super.2001). Obtained $140,000 in settlement of an architectural malpractice claim after a successful summary judgment ruling accepting the Town’s argument that the defendant was subject to a higher standard of care than the ordinary negligence standard applicable to professional liability cases under an express warranty theory of liability.

Memberships & Affiliations

• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Town of Sherborn Conservation Commission (2003-2007)

Bar & Court Admissions

• Massachusetts Bar
• New York Bar
• U.S. District Court (Mass.)

Education

Hofstra University School of Law
Juris Doctor, 1989

University of Massachusetts
Bachelor of Arts, 1986

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