Services
Education
- University of Massachusetts, LL.D., (Hon.)
- Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, M.P.A.
- Suffolk University Law School, J.D.
- Harvard College, A.B., cum laude
- Boston Latin School
Admissions
- Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
RecognitionMr. DiCara has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2012 and 2013, recognized in the area of Real Estate Law. Inclusion in Best Lawyers is based on a peer-review survey. He has also been recognized as a “Massachusetts Super Lawyer” in Real Estate based on a peer-review survey by Thomson Reuters (2004-2011).
In recent years, he has received the Judge Learned Hand Award from the AJC, the Father of the Year Award from the ADA, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Massachusetts Boys State/Girls State Foundation.
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LAWRENCE S. DICARA
Lawrence S. DiCara practices real estate and administrative law. He has taught at Harvard, Boston University, and the University of Massachusetts.
Mr. DiCara has been intimately involved with the development process in Boston for over thirty years, and has been named Special Counsel to the Massachusetts House of Representatives with respect to redistricting on several occasions. He has represented owners and developers before the Boston Redevelopment Authority and most every other city and state agency. Mr. DiCara has extensive experience counseling clients on legislative matters at the federal and state levels. He travels to Washington D.C. frequently to represent clients.
Mr. DiCara has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2012 and 2013, recognized in the area of Real Estate Law. Inclusion in Best Lawyers is based on a peer-review survey. He has also been recognized as a “Massachusetts Super Lawyer” in Real Estate based on a peer-review survey by Thomson Reuters (2004–2012).
Mr. DiCara has been quoted in regional and national publications on issues of law and public policy for over 40 years. He has written articles for newspapers and magazines on a number of important topics. His law review article, “Public Education in Greater Boston: Does America’s Commitment to Equality and Integration Stop at the City Line?” which was co-authored with Professor Charles P. Kindregan, was published in volume 11, number 5 of the Suffolk University Law Review in summer 1977.
Most recently, he has authored an article along with James Sutherland, a PhD student at Northeastern, which is being published this spring in Commonwealth Magazine. It concerns electoral patterns in the City of Boston.
Mr. DiCara has spoken across the Commonwealth and nationally for over 40 years. He has frequently spoken at commencements and other high-profile activities. His political memoir, Boston in Transition, will be published this coming fall. Representative Experience- Represented the developer in the negotiation of a loan from the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) and a grant from the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) that resulted in the construction of the Boston Tea Party Ships Museum, a histo
Represented the developer in the negotiation of a loan from the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) and a grant from the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) that resulted in the construction of the Boston Tea Party Ships Museum, a historic attraction in the Fort Point Channel that replicates the Boston Tea Party. Nixon Peabody negotiated a multi-tiered financing and navigated myriad governmental regulations to obtain the more than 60 permits required for the museum’s construction. - Represented Boston Residential Group in a proposal to construct 196 privately financed rental housing units that will overlook Boston’s famed Emerald Necklace, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.
Represented Boston Residential Group in a proposal to construct 196 privately financed rental housing units that will overlook Boston’s famed Emerald Necklace, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. - Representation of the developer in the construction of an office building on a site remaining from the Copley Place Air Rights Lease over the Massachusetts Turnpike.
Representation of the developer in the construction of an office building on a site remaining from the Massachusetts Turnpike. . . . View all . . .
- Determined the applicability of, and obtained all requisite approvals for, the expansion of the Boston campus of an institutional client, including examining zoning relief and processes under Large Project Review, Institutional Master Plan Requiremen
Determined the applicability of, and obtained all requisite approvals for, the expansion of the Boston campus of an institutional client, including examining zoning relief and processes under Large Project Review, Institutional Master Plan Requirements, Impact Advisory Group requirements, and MEPA.
- Representation of Instrumentation Laboratory Company in litigation, real estate acquisitions and development, ERISA, and other personnel-related matters.
Representation of Instrumentation Laboratory Company in litigation, real estate acquisitions and development, ERISA, and other personnel-related matters.
- Represented Liberty Mutual in the negotiation of TIF and EDIP awards of some $33 million, resulting in the construction of an office building in Boston’s Back Bay. This was the largest TIF/EDIP agreement in the history of the Commonwealth
Represented Liberty Mutual in the negotiation of TIF and EDIP awards of some $33 million, resulting in the construction of an office building in Boston’s Back Bay. This was the largest TIF/EDIP agreement in the history of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and required extensive negotiations among various state and city agencies and elected officials.
- Represented ParkMobileGlobal in its negotiations with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), resulting in the adoption of the ParkMobile electronic system for managing the MBTA’s 31,000 parking spaces.
Represented ParkMobileGlobal in its negotiations with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), resulting in the adoption of the ParkMobile electronic system for managing the MBTA’s 31,000 parking spaces.
- Representation of various restaurant owners in connection with zoning and liquor licensing matters before the Boston Licensing Board and the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission.
Representation of various restaurant owners in connection with zoning and liquor licensing matters before the Boston Licensing Board and the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission.
- Represented Converse/Nike in seeking a PILOT agreement with the city that will result in the relocation of Converse Headquarters to a facility near the North Shore.
Represented Converse/Nike in seeking a PILOT agreement with the city that will result in the relocation of Converse Headquarters to a facility near the North Shore.
- Representation in the acquisition, development, and leasing of multiple supermarkets in Allston, Boston, Brighton, Cambridge, Dorchester, Malden, Medford, and Milford, Massachusetts.
Representation in the acquisition, development, and leasing of multiple supermarkets in Allston, Boston, Brighton, Cambridge, Dorchester, Malden, Medford, and Milford, Massachusetts.
- Closed the acquisition of public way from the City of Boston for United Waste Management, culminating two years of work to obtain city and utility approvals and co-petitioned the City and the Boston Redevelopment Authority to take the street and disc
Closed the acquisition of public way from the City of Boston for United Waste Management, culminating two years of work to obtain city and utility approvals and co-petitioned the City and the Boston Redevelopment Authority to take the street and discontinue its use as a public and private way. The deal allows the client to secure its property and to create more efficient intake for its facility, one of the largest construction recycling facilities in the metro-Boston area.
- Representation of a large funeral and cemetery services company in the purchase, acquisition, development, and permitting of funeral homes, as well as in litigation resulting from their various businesses.
Representation of a large funeral and cemetery services company in the purchase, acquisition, development, and permitting of funeral homes, as well as in litigation resulting from their various businesses.
. . . Hide Representative Experience . . .AffiliationsMr. DiCara is a former member and president of the Boston City Council and has served as a member of the Democratic State Committee for over 40 years.
He serves as a director and chairman of the Audit Committee of the Harvard Cooperative Society, and as chairman of A Better City. He also serves as an overseer of The Children’s Museum. He is chairman of the Audit Committee of the City of Boston and is active in many other civic and charitable endeavors. For over forty years, he has taught government at Massachusetts Boys State/Girls State. Mr. DiCara has served as treasurer of the Boston Bar Association and a member of its Council and chairs its Legislative Steering Committee. He is former president of the Boston Latin School Association, the Greater Boston Council, Boy Scouts of America, and the Boston Theatre District Association, former chairman of the Boston Municipal Research Bureau, and a former trustee of the University of Massachusetts.
In recent years, he has received the Judge Learned Hand Award from the AJC, the Father of the Year Award from the American Diabetes Association, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Massachusetts Boys State/Girls State Foundation. Press
Media Clips- Where the Votes are in Boston
CommonWealth | April 9, 2013
This contributed article co-authored by Boston Real Estate partner Larry DiCara focuses on how voting power in Boston has shifted geographically over the past decade. - Menino's State of the City to Be Watched Closely
WBUR (Boston's NPR Station) | January 29, 2013
Boston partner Larry DiCara, former Boston City Council president and one-time candidate for mayor, discusses the likely content of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s upcoming State of the City address and the mayor’s possible political future. - 4 Decades After Clashes, Boston Again Debates School Busing
New York Times | October 5, 2012
Boston partner and former Boston City Councilor Larry DiCara is quoted in this feature story addressing Boston’s efforts to reduce its reliance on busing in a school system. . . . View all . . .
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