Erica P. Bigelow

Erica P. Bigelow, Counsel, concentrates on real estate and business transactions and litigation. Her transactional practice includes representation of both lenders and developers/owners. As developer counsel, she has represented individual and corporate developers in a variety of commercial and multi-family residential projects, from property identification and due diligence, through zoning, wetlands and planning permits, to acquisition and construction financing. She advises solo-preneurs and small businesses, including formation of corporations and limited liability companies, financing, intellectual property, negotiation of contracts, leases, work-for-hire and other agreements. Ms. Bigelow’s litigation practice focuses on contract disputes relating to real estate, including construction contracts, partnership agreements, permit appeals, and title matters, including easements, adverse possession and lien priority issues.

Ms. Bigelow has written and lectured on zoning, affordable housing, smart growth and property law legislation, and was co-author and assistant editor for the first edition of Massachusetts Foreclosures (MCLE, 1990). She is incoming co-chair of the Legislative Committee of the Real Estate Bar Association for Massachusetts and a member of its Board of Directors. She is one of the principal drafters of pending legislation to reform, modernize, and expand the Massachusetts Homestead Act. In addition, Ms. Bigelow is a volunteer lawyer with Senior Partners for Justice, representing individuals in family law matters.
Ms. Bigelow has an AV rating in Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating.