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At Keegan Werlin, our attorneys bring a wealth of experience and deep legal knowledge to every case. Based in Lexington, MA, our team specializes in energy, environmental, public utility, and governmental law, representing clients in New England. We are committed to providing strategic, results-driven counsel, offering innovative solutions to navigate complex legal challenges in highly regulated industries. Our attorneys are dedicated to achieving successful outcomes tailored to client needs. Our Team Practical advice from a knowledgeable legal team. Cheryl M. Kimball Managing Partner & Chair of Energy & Regulatory Practice Read More David S. Rosenzweig Executive Partner & Chair of Energy Facilities Siting & Permitting Practice Read More Brian Golden Partner and Chair of Real Estate Development and Permitting Practice Read More Robert J. Keegan Chairman Emeritus Read More Molly K. Agostinelli Associate Read More Jonathan A. Goldberg Senior Counsel Read More Robert J. Humm Partner Read More Peter E. Madsen Senior Associate Read More Anna Rendell-Baker Associate Read More Cheryl A. Blaine Partner Read More John K. Habib Partner Read More Joseph F. Kelley Associate Read More Ashley S. Marton Associate Read More Tiffany N. Tisler Associate Read More Barry P. Fogel Partner Read More Erika J. Hafner Partner Read More Catherine J. Keuthen Partner Read More Kevin F. Penders Partner | Practice Manager Read More Brendan P. Vaughan Partner Read More Steven Frias Associate Read More Michael B. Hershberg Associate Read More Michael J. Koehler Partner Read More Jessica Ralston Partner Read More Danielle Winter Partner Read More Practice Areas Energy & Regulatory Law Energy Facilities Siting & Permitting Governmental & Legislative Relations Environmental, Municipal, & Land Use Real Estate Development & Permitting Learn More

Keegan Werlin LLP is a premier greater Boston-based law firm now headquartered in historic Lexington, Massachusetts. Specializing in energy, environmental, and public utility law, we serve clients across Boston and throughout New England with trusted legal counsel on complex regulatory matters. Practical advice from a knowledgeable and dedicated legal team. We take great pride in our ability to understand our client businesses, the environments in which they operate and their priorities for achieving success. We commit to client objectives at all stages of representation and know that, ultimately, there is no success without client success. If you would like to discuss a matter of interest, please contact us today. About Our Firm At Keegan Werlin LLP, we specialize in developing creative solutions to the complex challenges our clients encounter in their business environments. Keegan Werlin attorneys are industry leaders in energy and regulatory issues, project siting, licensing and permitting, environmental compliance and permitting, land use, government and legislative relations, municipal law and real estate. From start to finish, Keegan Werlin has unrivaled experience and knowledge of energy-related regulatory and policy matters and the project-development and permitting landscape. Experience & Expertise Keegan Werlin has a team of attorneys with unparalleled experience dealing with complex energy, real estate and regulatory issues. The firm combines its legal and regulatory expertise with a thorough understanding of the technical, strategic and financial challenges in emerging industries to provide successful and cost-effective representation of client interests. Learn More Practice Areas Energy & Regulatory Law Read more Energy Facilities Siting & Permitting Read more Real Estate Development & Permitting Read more Governmental & Legislative Relations Read more Environmental, Municipal & Land Use Read more Partnerships

David S. Rosenzweig is Executive Partner at Keegan Werlin LLP and Chair of the Firm’s Energy Siting & Permitting Practice, representing clients before state regulatory agencies, local permitting authorities and the Massachusetts courts. He advises a wide array of electric and gas companies, energy project developers and end users on issues concerning the siting, permitting and licensing of energy facilities, rates, planning, energy procurement and transmission arrangements. Energy, Contract, Regulatory, & Administrative Law David S. Rosenzweig is Executive Partner at Keegan Werlin LLP and Chair of the Firm’s Energy Siting & Permitting Practice, representing clients before state regulatory agencies, local permitting authorities and the Massachusetts courts. He advises a wide array of electric and gas companies, energy project developers and end users on issues concerning the siting, permitting and licensing of energy facilities, rates, planning, energy procurement and transmission arrangements. David S. Rosenzweig Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: drosen@keeganwerlin.com ● Administrative Law ● Energy Law ● Regulatory Law ● Contract Law Bar Admissions U.S. Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals First Circuit U.S. District Court District of MA U.S. Supreme Court Massachusetts New Hampshire Mr. Rosenzweig’s siting expertise includes: electric transmission lines (underground, aboveground and underwater); natural gas, oil and coal-fired electric generating facilities; interstate and intrastate natural gas pipelines; natural gas storage facilities; and solar, wind and battery storage renewable energy facilities. He represented the region's first large-scale, offshore wind power project in obtaining its state and local permits, licenses and siting approvals for energy infrastructure facilities from the Energy Facilities Siting Board, the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs pursuant to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act, the Department of Environmental Protection and various other state and local agencies, boards and governmental authorities. He has also represented utility companies and project developers in judicial proceedings in state and federal courts, including the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, regarding challenges to permits and approvals initiated by project opponents. Mr. Rosenzweig has also represented the region's electric and natural gas distribution companies on all regulatory matters before the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. He has negotiated electric and gas supply agreements for large institutional energy users and power sale agreements for wholesale electric generators. He has advised clients in restructurings, buydowns and buyouts of power sale agreements between competitive wholesale generators and electric distribution companies. In addition, he has counseled clients on transmission, power delivery and project interconnection issues concerning the New England Power Pool and the New England Independent System Operator. Mr. Rosenzweig has also performed regulatory and permitting due diligence reviews for asset acquisitions of natural gas, oil and coal-fired electric generating facilities. Before joining the firm in 1990, Mr. Rosenzweig worked at Boston Edison Company for seven years in a variety of legal, financial, rate and planning areas. Education Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, J.D., cum laude, 1988 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, M.B.A., 1982 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, B.S. Management, 1981 Recognitions "The Best Lawyers In America" 2007 - 2022 Associations Boston Bar Association Massachusetts Bar Association

Mr. Humm advises energy and public utility companies on legal, regulatory, commercial, and legislative matters to support their objectives and ensure compliance. His representation includes advocacy and strategic guidance on issues related to distribution rates, planning and system reliability, infrastructure replacement, capital and operational expenses, energy supply, service quality, safety, compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and state investigations. Energy and Regulatory Law, Litigation, Administrative & Public Utilities Robert J. Humm is a partner at Keegan Werlin LLP, focusing on energy, regulatory, and public utility law. He represents a number of gas and electric utilities in state regulatory and administrative proceedings in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Robert J. Humm Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: rhumm@keeganwerlin.com ● Energy & Regulatory Law ● Public Utilities ● Administrative Law ● Litigation Bar Admissions Rhode Island Massachusetts Connecticut U.S. First Circuit of Appeals U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut Mr. Humm advises energy and public utility companies on legal, regulatory, commercial, and legislative matters to support their objectives and ensure compliance. His representation includes advocacy and strategic guidance on issues related to distribution rates, planning and system reliability, infrastructure replacement, capital and operational expenses, energy supply, service quality, safety, compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and state investigations. In addition, his background as a litigation attorney allows him to assist clients with court appeals from administrative agency decisions. Before joining Keegan Werlin, Mr. Humm served as Senior Counsel at National Grid in its New England Legal Regulatory Group, and as the Assistant General Counsel – Litigation at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, where he represented the company in federal and state administrative proceedings, among other responsibilities. Mr. Humm began his career as a litigation attorney at Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. Roger Williams University School of Law, J.D., 2008 Brown University, B.A., Modern American History, 2004 Memberships & Associations Town Council, Town of Barrington, Rhode Island – Vice President Leadership Rhode Island – Member. Friends of Brown Basketball – Executive Board Member. Education Recognitions Rhode Island Super Lawyers, “Rising Star,” 2014, 2015, 2016 Roger Williams University School of Law Alumni Association - President (2012-14). Roger Williams University School of Law Alumni Board of Directors - Board Member (2009-16). Roger Williams University School of Law Board of Directors - Ex Officio Member (2012-14).

Peter is a senior associate in the firm’s energy facilities siting and permitting practice. Before joining the firm in 2024, Mr. Madsen worked in the energy practice group at a large, national law firm, representing public utilities and energy companies in a variety of regulatory matters before state public utilities commissions, including utility ratemaking proceedings, obtaining approvals for large energy facility siting and permitting, regulatory compliance... Administrative & Energy Law; Public Utilities Peter is a senior associate in the firm's energy facilities siting and permitting practice. Peter E. Madsen Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: pmadsen @keeganwerlin.com ● Administrative Law ● Energy Law ● Public Utilities Bar Admissions U.S. District Court District of MN Minnesota Colorado Massachusetts Before joining the firm in 2024, Mr. Madsen worked in the energy practice group at a large, national law firm, representing public utilities and energy companies in a variety of regulatory matters before state public utilities commissions, including utility ratemaking proceedings, obtaining approvals for large energy facility siting and permitting, regulatory compliance, contested case proceedings, and other administrative proceedings and related appeals. Prior to moving to private practice, Mr. Madsen served as an assistant attorney general in the Minnesota Attorney General's Office and primarily represented a state agency in a wide variety of energy and public utility regulatory matters before the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, including general rate case and certificate of need proceedings for large energy infrastructures, such as transmission lines and crude oil pipelines. Mr. Madsen received his Juris Doctor from the Mitchell Hamline School of Law (formerly the Hamline University School of Law) with honors. While in law school, Mr. Madsen was the Operations Editor as well as an Associate Editor of the Hamline Law Review . Mr. Madsen received his Bachelor of Arts in economics from the Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Education Mitchel Hamline School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, J.D., cum laude, 2011 Operations Editor and Associate, Hamline Law Review Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, B.A. Economics, 2003 Recognitions Honoree, Best Lawyers , Ones to Watch, 2022 - 2025 Honoree, Top Lawyers, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Minnesota Monthly , 2024 Associations Minnesota State Bar Association Hennepin County Bar Association

Ms. Tisler received her Juris Doctor from The University of Toledo College of Law with a Certificate in Environmental Law. While in law school, Ms. Tisler participated in Moot Court and was the Assistant Managing Editor of The University of Toledo Law Review.  Ms. Tisler authored and co-authored two environmental law articles published in The University of Toledo Law Review. Administrative & Energy Law; Public Utilities Ms. Tisler advises public utilities on legal and regulatory issues related to energy procurements, renewable energy, grid modernization, energy efficiency, and rate cases. Tiffany N. Tisler Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: ttisler@keeganwerlin.com ● Administrative Law ● Energy Law ● Public Utilities Bar Admissions Connecticut U.S. District Court of Connecticut Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Tisler worked as a Staff Attorney at the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, advising on proceedings related to renewable energy, electric vehicles, energy affordability, reliability and resilience, grid modernization, rate adjustments, annual reconciliations, revenue requirements, company restructuring, and investigations. Ms. Tisler completed a Certificate in Financing and Deploying Clean Energy from Yale University. Ms. Tisler also has experience in civil litigation and court operations. Ms. Tisler received her Juris Doctor from The University of Toledo College of Law with a Certificate in Environmental Law. While in law school, Ms. Tisler participated in Moot Court and was the Assistant Managing Editor of The University of Toledo Law Review. Ms. Tisler authored and co-authored two environmental law articles published in The University of Toledo Law Review. Ms. Tisler received her Bachelor of Arts in political science, zoology, and environmental science from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. In addition to her professional accomplishments, Ms. Tisler maintains an interest in international travel and experiences after living and working abroad for several years. Education Yale University, Certificate in Financing and Deploying Clean Energy, 2022 The University of Toledo College of Law, J.D., 2011, cum laude Miami University, B.A. in Political Science, Zoology, and Environmental Science, 2008, magna cum laude

An attorney since 1993, Golden is a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where he served the Allston-Brighton neighborhood of Boston. He was also the New England Regional Director at the US Department of Health and Human Services, a Commissioner at the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy, and a Non-Executive Director at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston. Golden has served as a US Army officer, active duty and reserve, for more than 25 years. Real Estate Development & Permitting Brian Golden serves as Partner and Chair of the Real Estate Development & Permitting practice. Brian Golden Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: bgolden@keeganwerlin.com ● Real Estate Development & Permitting Practice Bar Admissions Massachusetts Brian Golden served for more than eight years as Director of the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA), managing the largest building boom in Boston’s history, while ushering in policy and public process reforms to improve the lives of Bostonians. As the longest serving chief executive in the agency’s history, he focused on improving transparency, accountability, and community engagement, while increasing affordable housing, economic development, and climate resiliency across Boston’s neighborhoods. Golden led an intensive operational reform effort over multiple years and rebranded the agency from the former Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) to the Boston Planning & Development Agency to better reflect the agency’s mission. During his tenure, Golden guided more than 90 million square feet of development approvals through the BPDA’s permitting process, representing approximately $43 billion of investment, and supporting over 80,000 permanent jobs, over 90,000 construction jobs, and 46,000 additional induced (indirect) jobs. Golden grew the BPDA’s planning capacity, overseeing completion of the first general city plan since 1965, Imagine Boston 2030, in addition to comprehensive neighborhood planning studies representing 30 percent of Boston’s land mass. As Director, Golden oversaw 20 million square feet of BPDA-owned property, including the Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park (RLFMP) and the Charlestown Navy Yard (CNY), prioritizing public land for public good. In July 2022, Golden traveled to Singapore to accept an international planning award on behalf of the City of Boston. The 2020 Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize honored Boston with a Special Mention based on the city’s holistic work on climate resilience, improving housing affordability and mobility options, and fostering civic participation. Boston was the only city in the United States honored in the 2020 prize cycle, and one of only four cities honored worldwide. An attorney since 1993, Golden is a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where he served the Allston-Brighton neighborhood of Boston. He was also the New England Regional Director at the US Department of Health and Human Services, a Commissioner at the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy, and a Non-Executive Director at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston. Golden has served as a US Army officer, active duty and reserve, for more than 25 years. His military experience includes duty in Bosnia, Iraq, and Israel/West Bank. His military awards include the Bronze Star Medal for service in Iraq and the Defense Meritorious Service Medal for service in Jerusalem and the West Bank. Education College of William and Mary, School of Law, JD, 1992 U.S. Army War College, Master's Degree, Strategic Studies, 2014 Harvard College, Bachelor of Arts, Government, 1987

Keegan Werlin LLP provides expert legal counsel for energy facility development, regulation, and compliance. Based in Lexington, MA, we serve clients across New England in navigating permitting, land use, and environmental compliance for energy infrastructure projects. Our team offers strategic, results-driven solutions for the energy industry. Energy Facilities Siting & Permitting Overview Siting and licensing critical energy infrastructure in New England has become increasingly complex in recent years. Groundbreaking changes in the permitting landscape, such as the Massachusetts Green Communities Act (2008), Global Warming Solutions Act (2008), Climate Change Act and Roadmap Law (2021), and the most recent Clean Energy Act (2022), have instituted complex requirements and new opportunities for critical energy infrastructure facilities, including, but not limited to electric transmission networks, wind power, solar resources, large-scale battery storage systems, and next-generation electric transmission equipment. KW’s team has been at the forefront of successfully implementing and ensuring compliance with these crucial energy and environmental objectives on behalf of clients throughout the region. The interrelated array of federal, state and local siting and permitting standards requires extensive knowledge of the applicable statutory enactments and regulatory requirements to represent investor-owned utilities and private developers in New England effectively. KW has an unmatched team of legal professionals with over 30 years of experience permitting the most complex array of projects, such as innovative new substation facilities to address sea-level rise, energy storage systems to ensure reliability of electricity, renewable energy facilities such as solar and wind generation, and needed transmission infrastructure to power the New England economy, including the electrification necessary to support the region’s climate change and carbon reduction goals. KW attorneys also have extensive experience defending client interests in state and federal courts when challenged by project opponents. KW’s team-based approach with a demonstrated track record in the areas of environmental science, economics, and state and local land-use requirements ensures that necessary energy infrastructure is permitted and developed in an efficient and successful manner to meet the overarching business objectives of our clients.

Keegan Werlin LLP is a leading New England law firm headquartered in historic Lexington, MA, with decades of experience in energy, environmental, and public utility law. Our dedicated attorneys deliver strategic legal counsel across Massachusetts and the region, aligning with client goals through deep expertise, responsiveness, and a strong understanding of regulatory challenges unique to New England industries. Unrivaled knowledge in regulatory matters. About Our Firm At Keegan Werlin LLP, we specialize in developing creative solutions to the complex challenges our clients encounter in their business environments. Keegan Werlin attorneys are industry leaders in matters regarding energy and regulatory issues, project siting, licensing and permitting, environmental compliance and permitting, land use, government and legislative relations, municipal law and real estate. From start to finish, Keegan Werlin has unrivaled experience and knowledge of energy-related regulatory and policy matters and the project-development and permitting landscape. Our goal is to provide clients with successful results through commitment to client objectives, expertise and responsiveness. We take pride in our ability to understand our client businesses, the environment in which they operate and their priorities for achieving success. We commit to client objectives at all stages of representation and know that there is no success without client success. If you would like to discuss a matter of interest, please contact us today.

Mr. Vaughan received his Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School. While attending Boston College Law School, he worked as a Judicial Intern for The Honorable F. Dennis Saylor, IV, of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. After his first and second years of law school, Mr. Vaughan worked for the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and as a summer associate for Keegan Werlin. Administrative & Energy Law; Public Utilities Brendan P. Vaughan is a partner at Keegan Werlin LLP specializing in energy, regulatory, and public utility law. He represents energy and utility clients before administrative agencies such as the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities and the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Brendan P. Vaughan Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: bvaughan@keeganwerlin.com ● Administrative Law ● Energy Law ● Public Utilities Bar Admissions U.S. District Court District of MA Connecticut Massachusetts Mr. Vaughan received his Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School. While attending Boston College Law School, he worked as a Judicial Intern for The Honorable F. Dennis Saylor, IV, of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. After his first and second years of law school, Mr. Vaughan worked for the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and as a summer associate for Keegan Werlin. Mr. Vaughan received his Bachelor of Arts in political science, cum laude, from Salve Regina University in Rhode Island. At Salve Regina University, he was a member of the Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society and a Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society Honoree. He brings a wide berth of experience to the firm; before joining the firm in 2016, Mr. Vaughan practiced law at Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy, handling civil litigation matters, and Northern LNG LLC, a small energy start-up. Education Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, J.D., 2014 Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, B.A. Political Science, 2011 Member, Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Honor Society; Honoree, Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society

Keegan Werlin LLP provides expert regulatory law services, specializing in energy, public utility, and environmental regulation. Based in Lexington, MA, our team offers strategic solutions to businesses across New England, navigating complex government compliance, policy issues, and infrastructure challenges with proven success. Energy & Regulatory Law Overview Keegan Werlin’s energy and regulatory team has a thorough understanding of the economic, policy and strategic issues emerging in client industries, particularly in relation to the clean energy future. Members of the practice have extensive backgrounds in public utilities regulation, government and legislative relations and environmental regulation. With over 30 years of experience, the energy and regulatory team is able to provide effective representation on a wide range of energy industry issues. Keegan Werlin actively participates on behalf of clients in state regulatory proceedings involving a broad spectrum of industry issues, with a focus on assisting clients in their core obligations to provide safe and reliable energy service to customers. Our attorneys have represented clients in proceedings before New England regulators in relation to mergers and acquisitions, facility divestitures, complex rate proceedings and establishment of complex performance-based rate mechanisms, service quality performance, storm reviews and grid-modernization proceedings, and long-term contracting for clean energy procurements to name just a few. Our attorneys are thoroughly familiar with the broad range of issues involved in the provision of natural gas and electric delivery service to retail customers, in an era of change. The Clean Energy Future On behalf of energy clients, Keegan Werlin is involved in all aspects of the electric distribution industry, assisting in regulatory matters in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island and other states in the region. Today, participants in the energy market have both significant opportunities and historic challenges in planning and providing for the electricity needs of electric customers in the marketplace. Familiarity with the regulatory framework is absolutely necessary to succeed in the region. In the Commonwealth, the impetus for energy-industry change stems from a series of legislative actions taken by the Massachusetts legislature since 2008 to advance clean energy goals and to address climate change concerns through both mitigation and adaption. In 2008, the Massachusetts legislature enacted Chapter 169 of the Acts of 2008, An Act Relative To Green Communities (“Green Communities Act”), and An Act Establishing the Global Warming Solutions Act, St. 2008 c. 298, § 7 (”GWSA”). The Green Communities Act established an entirely new construct for energy efficiency program planning, paving the way for the aggressive expansion of demand resources (energy efficiency, demand response and renewable generation). The GWSA put in place a comprehensive policy framework designed to result in marked reductions to greenhouse gas emissions on a designated timeline. Since the enactment of the Green Communities Act and the GWSA, the operating environment for the electric industry has experienced a profound transformation, evolving into a highly dynamic setting characterized by declining electric consumption on a per-customer basis, coupled with intensifying pressure for more reliable electric service, unbounded digital access and the widespread accommodation of distributed energy resources, among other factors. In just the past few years, a shift in focus to future electrification has placed electric utilities at a crossroads where the ability to extract revenue from the system to cover necessary operating costs and capital investment has been declining, while the obligations and demands for performance to meet a range of stakeholder interests is rapidly expanding, anticipating a future with exponentially expanded reliance on the electric grid. Many initiatives are underway to achieve the goals and objectives of the Green Communities Act and GWSA, by promoting the development of the electric-vehicle market and associated charging infrastructure; to expand the use of electric storage; and to enable DER interconnection, as examples. The goals and objectives of the Green Communities Act/GWSA were affirmed by the Baker Administration’s Executive Order No. 569, Establishing an Integrated Climate Change Strategy for the Commonwealth (September 16, 2016) (“Executive Order No. 569”), setting directives for the reduction of greenhouse gases and preparation for the impacts of climate change. On August 11, 2022, Governor Baker signed into law An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind, St. 2022, c. 179. As with other legislative initiatives enacted since the Green Communities Act and GWSA in 2008, this far-reaching legislation provides a strong impetus for achievement of the Commonwealth’s goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 through initiatives relating to offshore wind and solar power, battery storage, electric grid modernization and the electrification of the transportation and building sectors. Mergers & Acquisitions Keegan Werlin attorneys have extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions involving electric and gas companies in the New England region. Keegan Werlin advises clients on regulatory issues associated with mergers and acquisitions and represents clients in agency proceedings to secure the necessary approvals for such transactions. Keegan Werlin attorneys have also been actively involved in the development of merger-related rate plans, including the recovery of acquisition premiums and the development of quality-of-service standards, in order to meet requirements necessary to achieve regulatory approval for mergers and acquisitions.

Keegan Werlin LLP’s Real Estate Development and Permitting practice, led by Brian Golden, former Director of the BPDA, provides expert legal counsel in land use, planning, and permitting. Based in Lexington, MA, we assist developers, municipalities, and clients in matters including conveyances, abatements, licensing, and environmental compliance across New England. Real Estate Development & Permitting Overview Keegan Werlin’s Real Estate Development and Permitting practice is led by Brian Golden, the former Director of the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA). The practice provides expert land use, planning and permitting services, supporting real estate developers, municipalities and other clients. During his tenure at the BPDA, Golden guided more than 90 million square feet of development approvals through the BPDA’s permitting process, representing approximately $43 billion of investment, and supporting over 80,000 permanent jobs. Golden grew the BPDA’s planning capacity, overseeing completion of the first general city plan since 1965, Imagine Boston 2030, in addition to comprehensive neighborhood planning studies representing 30 percent of Boston’s land mass.