Municipal Law

Reynolds, Rappaport, Kaplan & Hackney municipal lay attorneys have over thirty years of experience representing Martha's Vineyard towns in all aspects of municipal law. On a daily basis the firm advises our municipal clients on a wide range of substantive areas, including zoning, land-use, ethics, governance, finance and real estate.

Mr. Rappaport currently serves as Town Counsel to the Towns of Edgartown, Aquinnah, Oak Bluffs, Chilmark and West Tisbury, and has argued numerous landmark cases before all levels of Massachusetts Courts in the areas of land-use and zoning, including several cases before the Supreme Judicial Court and the Appeals Court.

The firm provides superior and vigorous advocacy from trial through appeal, and takes pride in searching out cost-effective solutions to our towns' legal problems and in assisting them with avoiding expensive legal entanglements.