Krista L. Hawley
Associate
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- Commercial Litigation
- Complex Project Permitting
- Environmental Litigation
- Land Use and Natural Resources
- Wetlands - Land Use
- Environmental
- Land Use
- Litigation
- Pennsylvania State University (B.A. Journalism, 1999)
- Lewis & Clark Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005)
- Massachusetts
- U.S. Federal District Courts: Massachusetts
- U.S. Federal Court of Appeals: First Circuit
- American Bar Association
- Boston Bar Association
- National Association of Industrial and Commerical Properties
- New England Women in Real Estate
Krista Hawley is an Associate in the Massachusetts office of Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. Her practice is focused in the areas of land use and project development, litigation, and environmental law.
In her land use and project development practice, Ms. Hawley primarily represents developers and property owners seeking all types of permits and approvals, including special permits, comprehensive permits, and wetlands orders.
Ms. Hawley has pursued project approvals in the trial courts when necessary, litigating appeals of permitting and wetlands decisions in the Massachusetts Land Court and Superior Court. In addition to litigation arising out of project permitting, Ms. Hawley has experience litigating numerous commercial and real estate disputes under state statutory and common law.
Ms. Hawley counsels individual businesses and trade associations on matters affecting the electronics industry related to product design, recycling, and producer responsibility, with a particular focus on developments and compliance issues in the New England states. She also has experience counseling industrial clients seeking compliance with NFPA and state standards governing the storage of flammable and combustible liquids.
Ms. Hawley maintains a significant pro bono practice, litigating and providing regulatory compliance counseling to a variety of clients. Ms. Hawley successfully litigated constitutional claims in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on behalf of a prison inmate seeking access to legal research materials. She also advises a nonprofit environmental education organization on a broad array of employment, insurance and regulatory issues.
Prior to joining Beveridge & Diamond, Ms. Hawley served as judicial law clerk to the Hon. Charles W. Trombly, Jr., Justice of the Massachusetts Land Court. During law school, Ms. Hawley served as a judicial intern and extern to the Honorable Anna J. Brown of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
Ms. Hawley received her law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005), where she served as Articles Editor of Environmental Law. She received her undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1999) with a major in journalism, where she was managing editor and sports editor of the daily newspaper.
Ms. Hawley is admitted to the Massachusetts Bar. She is a member of the American Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, and New England Women in Real Estate. Ms. Hawley was named a “Rising Star” by Boston Magazine in 2008 and 2009.
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Practice Contacts
- Massachusetts SJC Defines Trigger for MEPA Appeal Period
- Massachusetts SJC Rules DEP Cannot Impose Conservation Steps on Municipalities Without Regulations
- Legislative Process Begins on Wind Energy Siting Reform Bill
- Massachusetts Appeals Court Finds Abutter Standing Based on Impacts to Street Parking, Rejects “Separate Identity” Exception to Merger Doctrine
- Massachusetts Appeals Court Rules Abutters Have Standing to Appeal Based on Density Impacts
- Massachusetts DEP Shifts to Mandatory Electronic Filing for Contaminated Site Cleanup Documents
- Massachusetts Housing Appeals Committee Declines to Review Project Compliance with Federal and State Environmental Cleanup Standards
- Massachusetts SJC Clarifies Steps Necessary to Avoid Lapse of Variance
- Massachusetts SJC Rules on Availability of Eight-Year Zoning Freeze in Cases of Constructive Approval of Subdivision Plans
- Massachusetts SJC Rules on Availability of Process Zoning Freeze after Rescission of Constructive Approval
- Massachusetts Superior Court Rejects Mitigation Fee Imposed on Developer of Retirement Community to Fund Town Senior Center
- Sewer Banking Charges Found to Constitute an Unlawful Tax - Court Orders Return of “Fees” to Developers
- EPA Issues Amendments to SPCC Rule
- EPA Issues NPDES Multi-Sector General Permit for Stormwater Discharges and NPDES General Permit for Dewatering Activities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire
- Massachusetts SJC Rules Town Cannot Bring Independent Challenge to DHCD Calculation of Subsidized Housing Inventory
- Massachusetts Adopts Aggressive Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Green Job Creation Laws
- Massachusetts SJC Decision Overturns HAC Use of De Facto Denial
- US EPA Proposes to Issue Two-Year Stormwater Construction General Permit
- Appeals Court Annuls and Affirms Subdivision Plan Rescissions in Separate Decisions
- Massachusetts Wetlands Rules Amended to Reduce Regulatory Burdens for Certain Stormwater Activities
- DHCD Issues Chapter 40B Guidance in Response to Massachusetts SJC Decision
- Massachusetts Appeals Court Rules Site Plan Review May Be Used to Impose Dimensional Requirements
- Massachusetts Enacts Green Communities Act
- New Massachusetts Law Allows Consolidation of Certain Planning Board Hearings
- Reversing Appeals Court, Massachusetts SJC Rules Abutter Standing Cannot Be Based on Bylaw Alone
- Massachusetts Appeals Court Invalidates Major Residential Development Special Permit Requirement in Westwood Bylaw as Inconsistent with Subdivision Control Law
- Massachusetts Court of Appeals Affirms Relocation of Beach Easement under M.P.M. Builders
- Massachusetts DEP Proposes Mercury Management Act Regulations Implementing Sales Ban, Labeling Requirement, and Disposal Prohibition
- Massachusetts DEP Proposes Regulations Implementing Broad Statewide Stormwater Discharge Permitting Program
- Claim Against Abutters Filing Multiple Appeals Dismissed Under Anti-SLAPP Statute
- MassHighway Issues Highway Access Regulations
- SJC Determines Conservation Commission’s Failure to Timely File Produces a Null Decision but not Constructive Approval
- Appeals Court Holds a Decision of the HAC in an Administrative Appeal of a Comprehensive Permit Issued under Chapter 40B Does Not Moot an Abutter’s Appeal to Superior Court
- Appeals Court Strikes Weston Zoning Bylaw Provision for Granting Unlimited Discretion to Board
- Supreme Judicial Court Rules View Easements May Not Be Limited to 30 Years
- Recent Developments in Massachusetts Land Use Law
Land Court Permit Session Meeting Goals (REBA News, Spring 2009)
Commercial Development’s New Tools for Towns (Banker & Tradesman, 2008)