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TOMLINSON|LAW provides first rate, client-centered litigation and legal counseling services to individuals and businesses engaged in a broad range of industries, including automotive, banking, construction, commercial real estate and development, entertainment, high technology, hospitality, land use and permitting, manufacturing, medical, dental and other professional services, and catastrophic personal injury.
TOMLINSON|LAW understands that the most effective way to help our clients meet the unique and evolving legal, financial and regulatory challenges they face on a daily basis is for us to gain an in-depth understanding and appreciation for the industries our clients serve. We take a personalized approach to our practice because there is nothing more important than achieving the best possible result for our clients.
TOMLINSON|LAW provides first rate, client-centered litigation and legal counseling services to individuals and businesses engaged in a broad range of industries, including automotive, banking, construction, commercial real estate and development, entertainment, high technology, hospitality, land use and permitting, manufacturing, medical, dental and other professional services, and catastrophic personal injury.
TOMLINSON|LAW understands that the most effective way to help our clients meet the unique and evolving legal, financial and regulatory challenges they face on a daily basis is for us to gain an in-depth understanding and appreciation for the industries our clients serve. We take a personalized approach to our practice because there is nothing more important than achieving the best possible result for our clients.
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RAYMOND H. TOMLINSON, JR.
Principal
Phone: 508.348.9030
Fax: 508.422.0930
Email: [email protected]
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Ray Tomlinson is the principal of Tomlinson|Law. After practicing for many years with highly-regarded national and regional firms in Boston, Ray returned to Cape Cod in 2012 to establish his own firm and raise a family.
Ray has represented Fortune 100 corporations, major insurers, small and medium-sized, closely-held and family-owned businesses and individuals, and specializes in litigating and resolving complex commercial disputes through bench and jury trials and appeals in both state and federal court, as well as various methods of alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration, mediation and negotiated settlement. Before practicing law, Ray served for many years in municipal government and local and regional land use planning, and is able to bring keen insight into all phases of municipal law and real estate development. Ray routinely represents developers, investors, lenders and owners of commercial and residential property, including mixed-use developments, shopping centers, hotels, office buildings, condominium properties and manufacturing facilities. Ray's commercial real estate practice includes master plan and zoning amendments, amendments to local government comprehensive plans, site plan and zoning approvals, subdivision and plat approvals, land use and environmental permitting with state, regional and local permitting authorities including the Cape Cod Commission and Boston Redevelopment Authority, Development of Regional Impact review, and building code compliance. Ray also counsels clients with financial transactions and workouts. Ray is a graduate of the University of Vermont (B.S., economics and natural resources) and a graduate of Vermont Law School (J.D.), where he served as managing editor of the Vermont Law Review. Ray practices before all state and federal courts in Massachusetts. Ray is a licensed race car driver and enjoys building road race cars and instructing at teen, winter driving and high performance driver education events. Ray and his wife Laura live in East Sandwich with their two boys, Jack and Henry, and an adopted German Shepherd, Gigi. Admissions: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Massachusetts Appeals Court Professional Affiliations: Massachusetts Bar Association Boston Bar Association Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association Defense Research Institute Reported Decisions:
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Practice AreasArchitect & Engineer LiabilityAutomotiveBanking & Financial ServicesBusiness Law / Corporate & Partnership LitigationConstruction DefectConsumer Protection - M.G.L. c. 93AEnvironmental LiabilityInsurance Coverage & "Bad Faith" - M.G.L. c. 176DLabor & EmploymentLand Use, Development, Permitting & ZoningHospitality, Restaurant & Liquor LiabilityPersonal InjuryPremises LiabilityProduct LiabilityReal Estate & FinanceRecreational Liability Technology
TransportationUtility Law
Advantage Electric, Inc.
Aiden by Best Western Cape Cod
AMG Realty, LLC
Aplaya Kitchen + Tiki Bar
Barley Neck Inn
Bayside Resort Cape Cod
Boy Scouts of America Brax Landing Restaurant
Breakthrough Coatings, Inc.
Cape Cod Pediatric Dentistry, Inc.
CapeCodRentals.com Cape Media Center
Central Cape Construction Co., Inc.
Carey Commercial, Inc. Chatham Squire
Clarion Inn Cape Cod CMS Landscape - Chris Mark & Sons, Inc.
Columbia Gas of Massachusetts
Crossfit Cape Cod
Design No. Five, Inc. El Colibre Restaurant, Inc.
Ember Coal Fire Pizza Emerson Electric
E-One Emergency Vehicles and Rescue Trucks Evoke Yoga
Family Dollar Stores Funding Solutions, Inc.
Gainsboro Restaurant, Inc.
Gayla Elliot Designs - Needlepoint
Garabedian Law Offices, P.C.
Global Marble & Granite, Inc. Golden Needle Alteration & Tailoring
Golf Fore Less, Inc.
Hayden Building Movers, Inc.
High Efficiency Heating, Plumbing & Air Conditioning
Kenmore Management, Inc.KentCo Properties, Inc. Mom & Pops Burgers
Napi's Restaurant
Nolia Mabel Skin Spa
Nor'easter Restaurant
Northern European Automotive, Inc. Oak & Ember Whiskey Bar & Grill
O'Connor Plumbing, Heating & Cooling
Odile Fine ArtOrleans Auto Supply, Inc.Osterville Fitness Center, Inc. Osterville Needlepoint
Outer Cape Health Services, Inc. Pizza 1 Subs 2
Pufferbellies Cape Cod
Renata Beauty and Wellness
Roundel Motor Werks, Inc. Salon Evolution
Sandwich Pizza House
Shade & Shutter Systems, Inc.
Seaside Boutique Cape Cod
Shepley Wood Products, Inc. Smith Family Beer Garden
Smith Family Popcorn
Sterling National Bank, N.A. SurTan Leather & Western Wear
Sweet Tomatoes Pizza
TD Bank, N.A.The Port Restaurant and Bar, Inc. The Realty Advisory, Inc.
Two Brothers Pizza & Mexican
von Thaden Builders, Inc.
Wellesley Rosewood Maynard Mills, L.P.Woolfie's BakeryWicked Fire Kissed Pizza |