Daniel Bailey

Practice Areas

Dan Bailey has 30+ years of experience in environmental, land use, real estate, and municipal law.

Dan has helped facilitate development of a wide range of commercial real estate projects, including mixed use (retail, office, and housing), multifamily housing, athletic facilities, marinas, and large residential subdivisions. He works regularly with development teams seeking state and local permits. Dan has participated in hundreds of public hearings before state agencies and municipal boards and commissions throughout Massachusetts.

Dan also advises clients on federal and state environmental matters and defends administrative enforcement actions brought by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. Dan’s transactional practice includes acquisition, sale, financing, and leasing, frequently of contaminated or otherwise compromised properties.

He has experience in municipal law related to real estate development and sale, including eminent domain, public/private infrastructure financing programs, municipal procurement, and town meeting proceedings. Dan's background as a geologist prior to law school has helped him become an expert in waterfront property law. He handles complex real estate matters on Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.

Personal

J.D. (cum laude), University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, Order of the Coif; A.B. (cum laude), Middlebury College.