Areas of Practice

The Law Offices of William C. Henchy, LLC is available for all of your litigation, municipal law, land use, and criminal defense needs. We are available to provide representation to your business, and to counsel you in connection with the formation and dissolution of business entities and partnerships, and to represent your legal interests in a wide variety of settings.

The foregoing is by no means an exhaustive list of our services. If you are in need of legal services, please contact us.

Land Use Matters

 

  • Eminent Domain litigation

  • Zoning matters before Planning Boards, Board of Appeals, and litigation in the Superior Court and Land Court

  • Wetlands Protection Act cases before Conservation Commissions and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, including Adjudicatory Proceedings and Judicial Appeals

Civil Litigation

 

  • Probate and Estate Contests

  • Personal Injury and accident cases

  • Business litigation

  • Real Estate disputes

  • Construction and Contractor disputes

  • Partnership and Closely held corporate dissolutions and liquidations

Criminal Defense

 

  • Jury trials in all Courts, including the defense of OUI (Operating Under the Influence) cases

Municipal Law

 

  • Counseling and advice to municipalities; representation of Cities and Towns before Administrative Agencies and the Courts of the Commonwealth

Fisheries Litigation

 

  • Actions under the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries compact among the States and under the Magnuson Sustainable Fisheries Act

  • Enforcement actions and Penalty Assessments (NOVA) by NOAA and Massachusetts Environmental Police / Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries

  • Transfer of Permits and documentation of commercial fishing vessels