1. Resume
Stephen I. Burr
18 Chestnut Street, Unit 3
Boston, MA 02108
Email: SBurr@SBurrlaw.com
Telephone: 617-320-2945
1. Personal:
(a) Graduate, Lawrence University, B.A. with distinction
(b) Graduate, Boston College Law School, Magna Cum Laude, Editor, Law Review
(c) Captain, U.S. Air Force, Special Agent, Air Force Office of Special Investigation
(d) Admitted to Massachusetts Bar
2. Professional:
(a) Eckert Seamans, Partner, Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of
Business and Real Estate Department
(b) Greenberg Traurig, Senior Partner and Founder/Managing Partner, Boston Office
(c) Foley & Lardner, Senior Partner and Head of Business Development for national
real estate practice
(d) General Counsel, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Gaming Authority
3. Professional Honors:
(a) Designated for numerous years as a “Best Lawyer in America” by U.S. News and
World Report
(b) Designated for numerous years as a Massachusetts “Super Lawyer”
(c) Martindale-Hubble Peer Review Rated “AV Preeminent”
(d) Author of regular monthly column on real estate development issues in national
Journal of Real Estate Finance.
Practice Areas:
Real Estate and Project Development, including entity formation, site assembly, purchase and
sale agreements and closings, title insurance, construction and permanent financing, permitting,
leasing and design and construction contracts.
Real Estate workouts and restructurings.
2. General Corporate, including entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, business contracts,
corporate finance, intellectual property and Board of Directors investigations and compliance.
General Counsel services, including services as General Counsel for four years of Tribal Gaming
Authority with respect to development of a Tribal Casino in Massachusetts.
4. Representative Clients:
Delaware North
Retirement Systems of Alabama
Public Pension Fund of Pennsylvania
Merrill Lynch
Shawmut Bank
Bank for Savings
Park Communications
Raycom Media
Atrium Holdings
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Gaming Authority
5. Representative Transactions:
New Boston Garden (now TD Garden)
Brighton Landing (New Balance headquarters)
Raycom Media
World Golf Village
Over $2 Billion in total value mergers and acquisitions, both private and public
Over $5 Billion in total value of commercial contracts for corporate and financial
institution clients
Board of Director investigations for financial institutions and banks
First Light Resort and Casino ($1B project in coordination with Mashpee
Wampanoag Tribe and developer/operator Genting)