William H. Shaevel
William H. Shaevel (Bill)
Managing Partner
(617) 556-0244, Ext. 200
Fax (617) 556-0284
“To me, lawyering is a special kind of problem-solving that involves 1) understanding my client’s desires 2) appreciating my opponent’s needs and 3) devising a strategy that leads to successful cost effective resolutions. There is no substitute for thorough preparation and a realistic game plan. I love being called ’someone’s lawyer’ and consider myself lucky to have chosen this calling many years ago.”
Practice Focus
Sample Matters
1. Real Estate Development
Assists developers in constructing affordable elderly housing, religious institutions, residential townhouses, office buildings, healthcare facilities, and nonprofit community centers.
2. Labor and Employment
Represents individuals and labor unions at mediation, arbitration, jury trials, the Massachusetts Labor Relations Commission and Appellate Courts for matters involving termination of employment, racial discrimination, sexual harassment, disability discrimination, and unfair labor practices.
Memberships
- Boston Bar Association: Zoning Section, Labor and Employment Section
- Massachusetts Bar Association: Labor and Employment Section, Real Estate Section, and Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section
- Fifty Plus New England Council on Senior Housing
- Greater Boston Real Estate Board - Real Estate Finance Association
Community Involvement
- Vice President and Real Estate Development Chair, Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly
- Treasurer for John Joseph Moakley Charitable Foundation
- Volunteer Legal Counsel to Newton Conservators, Inc.
- Treasurer Boston Ward 19 Democratic Committe
- Treasurer Cabot Estate Condominiums
Past Community Involvement
- President, Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph Bethany Hill Housing
- President, Cooperative Living of Newton (Congregate Living)
- Alderman and Vice Chair of Zoning and Reform Committee, City of Newton
- Chairman, Newton Economic Development Commission
- General Counsel Massachusetts Legislative Committee on Urban Affairs
- Brookline Town Meeting member (1997 - 2001)
- Treasurer for the Re-elect Congressman Joe Moakley Committee (1972-2001)
- Treasurer for then State Representative David Cohen, now Mayor of Newton
Education
- New England School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1967) Associate Editor Law Review
- University of Massachusetts at Amherst (B.A., 1962) Departmental Honors in History
Honors and Awards
- 2008 named Environmentalist of The Year by the Newton Conservators, Inc.
- 2005 Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly, Annual Award recipient