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15 Walnut Street
Suite 400
Wellesley, MA 02481-2133
Boston

• Commercial Litigation
• Complex Project Permitting
• Construction Litigation
• Environmental Litigation
• Land Use and Natural Resources
• Media, Entertainment, and Sports Law
• Real Estate Litigation
• Wetlands - Land Use
• Land Use
• Litigation

• Lehigh University (B.A., Economics and Journalism, summa cum laude, 1994)
• Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1997)

• Massachusetts
• District of Columbia
• U.S. Federal District Courts: Massachusetts
• U.S. Federal Court of Appeals: First Circuit; Third Circuit; D.C. Circuit
• American Bar Association
• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Boston Bar Association
• National Association of Home Builders
• Builders Association of Greater Boston
• Graduate, Leadership MetroWest Leadership Academy (2007)
• Board of Directors, Leadership MetroWest

Marc J. Goldstein is a Principal in Beveridge & Diamond’s Wellesley, Massachusetts office, with a practice that focuses on (i) the planning, permitting, and litigation associated with the development of land and (ii) litigation arising out of environmental permitting and enforcement actions by regulatory agencies.

Land Use Permitting and Litigation

Mr. Goldstein’s real estate development, land use, and zoning law practice focuses on the representation of builders, developers, and property owners seeking all types of permits and approvals, including Comprehensive Permits, wetlands, Title V, historic districts, and special permits and variances.  Mr. Goldstein assists commercial clients of all sizes whether they are opening new branches, expanding operations at an existing site, or developing a project in a new location.  In recent years, Mr. Goldstein has assisted a number of clients in obtaining or modifying Site Assignments for waste handling and recycling facilities from the Department of Environmental Protection and local boards of health.  Prior to joining Beveridge & Diamond, Mr. Goldstein served as Town Counsel and Special Town Counsel for municipalities at a major Boston law firm on the complete spectrum of land use and development issues and applies this experience to provide a unique insight into the planning and permitting process.  As discussed below, with extensive experience before the trial courts, appellate courts, and administrative agencies, Mr. Goldstein is prepared to provide strong and effective advocacy in the event of an appeal.    

Litigation Arising Out of Environmental Permitting and Enforcement Actions

After more than a decade representing clients before courts and administrative agencies, Mr. Goldstein brings practical, persuasive, and strategic experience to the resolution of disputes through litigation.  Mr. Goldstein has extensive experience with cost-effectively managing large and small litigation and the complex discovery that often accompanies these cases.  Mr. Goldstein has experience with electronic discovery methods and the use of technology to manage the production and review of documents as part of significant litigation.  Mr. Goldstein has successfully briefed and argued cases before many state and federal courts, and his experience includes matters before the Land Court, Superior Court, Appeals Court, and Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the U. S. Court of Appeals for the First and Third Circuits. His litigation practice has concentrated on assisting clients with environmental matters including obtaining and defending permits, defense or pursuit of environmental remediation claims under  G.L. c. 21E and CERCLA, and defending clients in federal and state enforcement actions.  Mr. Goldstein's experience on these subjects is supplemented with experience in complex commercial disputes including cases involving enforcement of non-competition agreements, breach of contract, and construction and real estate disputes.

Representative projects include:

• Defense of an entity in a multi-count federal Clean Water Act penalty brought by US EPA and alleging a variety of discharge permit violations, resulting in a settlement requiring payment of a small penalty and completion of corrective actions.

• Defense of a missile component subcontractor under Defense Department contract sued by the main contractor, requiring location, review, and production of hundreds of thousands of documents located throughout the country, many held by governmental entities at US Air Force installations. 

• Defense of water authority in complex design and construction dispute requiring organization and production of records located throughout various physical office locations and electronic databases.

• Defense of major Boston-based educational institution in response to environmental contamination claims, managing paper and electronic document repository for joint defense group.

Media and Entertainment Law

Mr. Goldstein taps his experience as a newspaper reporter and a journalism major to bring a unique perspective to First Amendment and media-related issues. During the prepublication review stage, Mr. Goldstein counsels media clients on how to avoid liability while relying on his journalism experience to ensure that reducing liability does not eviscerate the story. When litigation is unavoidable, Mr. Goldstein has represented media clients, including local affiliates of national broadcasters, cable news channels, newspapers, and radio stations, in successfully defending defamation and privacy claims. Mr. Goldstein has also aggressively pursued impounded records, discovery, and other key information on behalf of reporters.

Mr. Goldstein received his J.D. in 1997 from Harvard Law School (cum laude), where he was a member of the Board of Student Advisers. He received a B.A. from Lehigh University (summa cum laude) in 1994 with majors in journalism and economics, where he was the editor in chief of the semi-weekly newspaper. He is admitted to the Massachusetts Bar and the District of Columbia Bar, and was named a "Rising Star" by Boston Magazine in 2006, 2007 and 2008.  He currently serves as the Chair of the Zoning and Land Use Subcommittee of the American Bar Association's Real Estate Litigation Committee.