Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

105 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Real Estate Law

Biography

For more than 25 years, Bob Fitzpatrick has advised private and publicly traded corporations, REITs, nonprofits, municipalities, developers and investors on matters involving environmental, real estate and administrative law. He is best known for crafting creative solutions to high-profile matters involving management of environmental risks, development permitting, regulatory compliance and enforcement. Mr. Fitzpatrick's practice covers transactions, administrative litigation and enforcement defense. He has served as co-chair of the Environmental and Energy Section of the Boston Bar Association, adjunct professor of environmental law at Suffolk University Law School, and he co-authored the annual update to Administrative Law and Practice in the Massachusetts Practice Series from 1996–2007.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

105 Best Lawyers awards

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP logo

Overview

  • Suffolk University, JD, graduated 1992
  • University of San Francisco, MS, Environmental Management, graduated 1985
  • Tufts University, BS, Civil Engineering, graduated 1981

  • Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bar Association

  • US Supreme Court

  • Massachusetts - Supreme Court
  • Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bar Association
  • Suffolk University, JD, graduated 1992
  • University of San Francisco, MS, Environmental Management, graduated 1985
  • Tufts University, BS, Civil Engineering, graduated 1981
  • US Supreme Court
  • Massachusetts - Supreme Court

Client Testimonials

Robert Fitzpatrick offers a very practical approach to environmental issues. He offers creative solutions to a difficult and highly regulated legal landscape.

Mark Sullivan (Bose Corporation)

Framingham, MA

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Real Estate Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Administrative / Regulatory Law
  • Environmental Law
Awards:
  • Named a "New England Super Lawyer" (formerly Massachusetts Super Lawyer") in environmental, land use/zoning and administrative law in the 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 issues of Boston Magazine

Case History

Cases
  • Other Court Admissions
  • United States Supreme Court

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