Cheryl A. Blaine is a partner at Keegan Werlin and has been a member of the Firm's Environmental and Land Use Group since 1997. Ms. Blaine specializes in assisting individuals, corporations and municipalities in project development. She has significant experience in land use and environmental permitting, real estate transactions involving contaminated properties, insurance claims for environmental damage, and litigation, adjudication, negotiation, enforcement and defense involving environmental and land use issues.

Ms. Blaine received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School in 1993 and completed her Bachelor of Science degree from Northeastern University in 1981. Before attending law school, Ms. Blaine was an analytical chemist and environmental consultant providing technical and quality-control/quality-assurance support to the United States Environmental Protection Agency in connection with New England Superfund Sites.

Ms. Blaine is admitted to practice before the bars of Massachusetts and the United States District Court. She is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association's Property Law and Public Law sections, the Real Estate Bar Association and the Women's Bar Association.

AREAS OF PRACTICE
Environmental Law
Land Use & Zoning
Municipal Law

BAR ADMISSIONS
Massachusetts, 1993
U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1994

EDUCATION
Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1993
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude

Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1981
B.S.
Honors: With Honors
Major: Biology

PUBLISHED WORKS
"Alteration of Nonconforming Structures and Uses under the Zoning Act: Is there a Difference between Lawful and Unlawful?" co-author with Barry P. Fogel and H Theodore Cohen, Massachusetts Bar Association Section Review, Summer, 2002

"Standing in Wetland Appeals: How Recent Developments Alter the Right to Challenge State and Local Decisions" co-author with Barry P. Fogel, Massachusetts Bar Association Section Review, Fall, 2005

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Massachusetts Bar Association
Massachusetts Real Estate Bar Association
Massachusetts Women's Bar Association

PAST EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS

McGregor & Shea, P.C., Associate, 1993 - 1997
Roy F. Weston, Inc., Consulting Scientist, 1992 - 1995
Roy F. Weston, Inc., Senior Scientist, 1989 - 1991
Ceimic Corp., GC/MS Laboratory Manager, 1988 - 1989
ERCO/ENSECO, Inc., Chemist/Data Coordinator, 1985 - 1988
Smith Kline-Bio Science Laboratories, GC/MS Analyst, 1979 - 1985

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