Overview
Although the state regulatory environment can present a burden, smart, strategic advocacy at both the State House and Executive Offices can reduce your load significantly, clearing away obstacles impeding your most important business goals.
Foley Hoag's Government Strategies lawyers have a long and successful record advancing legislation and regulations that benefit the life sciences, insurance, healthcare, energy, infrastructure, transportation, business, manufacturing and real estate industries in Massachusetts while preserving the Commonwealth’s quality of life.
As a top law firm with offices in Boston, New York, Paris and Washington, D.C., Foley Hoag provides expert legal counsel to our clients on a wide range of legal, legislative, regulatory and policy matters, working closely with elected officials, State House staff, executive agencies and law makers.
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Our state government strategy legal services are comprehensive. They include legislative and regulatory drafting, analysis, committee/floor testimony, strategic communications and negotiations with makers of policy, law and regulations. Foley Hoag represents clients before rate-setting agencies for insurance, healthcare and energy, and have particular experience appearing before environmental regulators.
Our lawyers also provide strategic advice in major projects, including compliance with regulatory, planning and land use requirements. Foley Hoag attorneys with design teams to ensure permitting is always in order and never delays a program’s progress. Our lawyers have drafted special legislation and land disposition agreements, written contracts, negotiated land purchases, and advised eminent domain takings.
Foley Hoag views state officials as colleagues, sometimes literally. Attorney Jeffrey B. Mullan, for example, served as the state’s first Secretary and CEO of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation under Gov. Deval Patrick. He is now an integral part of our infrastructure and construction practice.
Talk to Foley Hoag about easing the burden of state regulation, efficiently meeting the state’s requirements, and thriving in your business objectives.
