Valerie A. Moore

A wide range of clients, including commercial real estate developers, residential and commercial property owners, nonprofits, institutions, and government entities, frequently turn to Valerie in permitting and environmental matters. Valerie has particular expertise in zoning, the Wetlands Protection Act, Chapter 91, the Dover Amendment, and Chapter 40B affordable housing permitting and development. She also counsels clients in real estate disputes concerning easements and other title matters. Valerie has extensive experience representing clients before the Land Court, the Superior Court, the Appeals Court, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Housing Appeals Committee, and municipal zoning boards and conservation commissions.

Representative matters include:

• Permitting for large commercial and multifamily developments throughout Massachusetts under both Chapter 40B and special permits, and as of right development permitting
• Obtaining zoning amendments and map changes to facilitate large scale development
• Permitting multiple developments under the MBTA Communities Act
• Overturning multiple denials of affordable housing projects at the Housing Appeals Committee
• Representing multiple religious, educational, and child care institutions in obtaining Dover Amendment protection before both Zoning Boards of Appeal and the Land Court
• Obtaining numerous approvals from local zoning and planning boards for projects
• Waterways permitting and appeals under M.G.L. c. 91
• Environmental permitting under the Wetlands Protection Act and Groundwater Discharge Permitting for large projects and defending those permits on appeal

Valerie continues her leadership outside the firm as a member of the Board of Directors of the Environmental Business Council of New England and as co-chair of the CREW Boston Counsel Collective. She is a member of the NAIOP Government Affairs Committee and the Boston Bar Association. Valerie completed the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s Women’s Leadership Program for 2019-2020.

Valerie maintains an active pro bono practice and has represented multiple asylum seekers before both the Immigration Court and the USCIS Asylum Office. She has provided pro bono representation in Dover Amendment cases and in support of affordable housing projects. She co-chairs the firm’s Pro Bono Committee.

Prior to joining Nutter, Valerie was an associate at a Boston law firm.