Richard D. Paster | Attorney

Main Office

355 Weatherbee Drive
Westwood, MA 02090

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About Richard

Richard D. Paster, a 1972 Graduate of Suffolk University Law School with an undergraduate degree in business administration from Northeastern University, concentrates his practice in the areas of business law, administration of estates, real property law and zoning. Mr. Paster serves as general counsel to numerous small to mid-sized corporations as well as local counsel to several publicly owned national corporations. In the area of business law, Mr. Paster is experienced in general corporate matters including incorporations, shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, general business litigation matters including debt recovery and defense of discrimination and sexual harassment claims before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and the courts. Mr. Paster also has significant experience in commercial and residential real estate matters including purchase and sales, mortgages, leasing, title examinations, actions to quiet title, closings, zoning appeals and land use matters. Mr. Paster was a member of the Westwood Zoning Board of Appeals between 1986 - 1991 and has significant experience in all aspects of zoning appeals and regularly appears before zoning boards representing both applicants and opponents to zoning relief. Mr. Paster also has significant experience in appealing local zoning board's decisions to the courts. Mr. Paster was admitted to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in 1972, the Federal District Court of Massachusetts in 1973 and the United States Supreme Court in 1979.

Admission

Verified Massachusetts

1972

Education

Northeastern University B.S.

Paster Rice & Castleman LLC Highlights

Affirmative Action, Americans with Disabilities Act , Corporate, Business Organization, Business Successions, Collection; Commercial Leasing; Commercial Real Estate; Condominiums; Construction Contracts; Construction; Construction Liens; Consumer Protection; Contract; Conveyancing; Corporate Tax; Criminal; DUI-DWI; Credit & Debt; Dissolution; Domestic Violence & Neglect; Pension & Benefits; Employment Contracts; Employment Discrimination; Employment; Gift Taxation; Estate Planning; Family Law; Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA); Federal Employees; Felony; Foreclosure; Grand Jury Proceedings; Guardianships & Conservatorships; Housing & Construction Defects; Income Tax; Insurance; Juvenile Law; Land Use & Zoning; Landlord-Tenant; Limited Liability Companies; Litigation; Living Wills; Misdemeanor; Motor Vehicle; Car Accident; Non-profit; Partnerships; Paternity; Personal Injury; Power of Attorney; Wills & Probate; Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Banking & Finance; Sexual Harassment; Slip & Fall Accident; State Trial Practice; State and Local; Tax Litigation; Tax; Title Insurance; Trade Associations; Traffic; Transactions; Trusts; Uniform Commercial Code; Victims' Rights; Warranties; Whistleblower; White Collar Crime; Wills; Wrongful Death; Wrongful Termination

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