John E. Rattigan Jr.

The Legal 500 United States

• Recommended, Land Use / Zoning (2016-2017, 2019-2020, 2022, 2024)
• Recommended, Real Estate (2015, 2024)

Chambers USA

• Band 1, Massachusetts Real Estate (2012-2024)
  Chambers describes him as "a leading lawyer in the real estate field" who is "greatly respected," "groundbreaking and innovative," and "a strong and effective lawyer." Clients have championed him as "the best real estate lawyer in Boston" who is "at the pinnacle of developers' lawyers." John, clients have said, "stands at the helm of some of the firm's most significant work" and "is exceedingly creative in solving business problems"; he is "one of those people who can simultaneously see the big picture and the details." "He does a really good job of putting himself in the client's position and really helps facilitate the transaction."

Additional Awards

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Real Estate
• Named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer
• Elected to the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (2002)

• John is a longtime advocate for Boston's traditional downtown. He is a current board member and the former chair of the Board of Directors of the Downtown Boston Business Improvement District
• He serves on the Board of Directors of Friends of Post Office Square, which owns the Norman B. Leventhal Park and the Garage at Post Office Square in the heart of Boston's financial district
• In 2001, John served on Mayor Thomas Menino's Linkage Commission, which proposed revisions to the City of Boston's linkage requirements for major real estate developments
• Former member of the Advisory Board, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Real Estate

Teaching Experience

John has been a guest lecturer at the MIT Center for Real Estate and at Harvard Law School.