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Roger P. Lipton
rliptonesq@comcast.net
(413) 586-8218 ext. 3010
Summary
 Employment Position(s)
  • Managing Partner at GML since 1990
  • Partner at GML since 1986
  • Associate Attorney at GML 1984-1986
  • Lipton & Weiss, partner 1983-1984
Lawyer Overview
A New York City native and third-generation lawyer, he has made Massachusetts his home since 1971.  Among Attorney Lipton's numerous accomplishments during his 40 year legal career are the following:
  • Obtained a dismissal of a Superior Court suit filed by a Boston firm against a local attorney (2022);
  • Prevailed in a four day hybrid Land Court trial (half Zoom/half in person) in favor of defendant-land owners whose neighbor was trying to take their land and convert their driveway to a public way (2021);
  • Settled a 7 figure accidental insurance death claim, following denial (2018);
  • Successfully defended a Will Contest case in Franklin County (2018);
  • Trial Attorney in the first case in Hampshire County applying the new Alimony Law to termination of alimony judgments retroactively, and testing the durational limits that apply to long-term marriages (2014);
  • Represented the Buyer in the then highest-priced home sale in Northampton history (2013);
  • Argued a discrimination Appeal before the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in Washington, D.C. (2011);
  • Trial Attorney in the first same-sex Divorce case in Hampshire County history (2008);
  • Settled a 6 figure wrongful death claim against trucking company (2001);
  • Represented a Postal Worker in the then highest personal injury settlement (1994) in the history of the Hampshire Bar Referral Service;
  • Agent for First American Title Insurance Company, since 1984;
  • ALTA Registry member https://www.altaidregistry.org/home/search?altaid=1169109
  • Panel Attorney for Hyatt Legal Services/MetLife, since 1983
  • Has handled the following Lender closings: -Applied Mortgage, -Bank of America, -Bank of Western Mass, -Berkshire Bank, -CitiMortgage, -Citizens Bank, -Camden Nat'l Bank, -Chicopee Savings Bank, -Country Bank for Savings, -Easthampton Savings Bank, -Envoy Mortgage, -Evolve Bank, -First Choice Loan Services, -First Niagara Bank, -Flagstar Bank, -Florence Bank, -Greenfield/Northampton Coop Bank, -Greenfield Savings Bank, -Greylock Federal Credit Union, -HarborOne Mortgage, -Member Advantage Mortgage, Merrimack Mortgage Co., -Metro Credit Union,  -Mortgage Master,  -Mortgage Network, -NUVO Bank, -People’s Bank, -People’s United Bank, -Polish Nat'l Credit Union, -TD Bank, -UMass Five Federal Credit Union, United Bank, -USAA, -Village Mortgage Co., -Wells Fargo, -Westfield Savings Bank, and many others;
  • Massachusetts Notary Public.

Areas of Practice
  • Residential & Commercial Real Estate closings
  • Civil Litigation/Arbitration/Mediation
  • Probate Court cases
  • Trust & Estate and Fiduciary services/Will Contests
  • Personal Injury, Auto and Insurance settlements
  • Business and Condominium formation
  • Landlord/Tenant cases
Social Media
  • LinkedIn® professional networking services​
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
  • Massachusetts, 1982
  • U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1983
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Massachusetts, 1994
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 2000
  • U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 2009
Professional Associations and Memberships
  • Hampshire County Bar Association (Member)
  • Massachusetts Bar Association (Member)
  • Town of Whately Zoning Board of Appeals, 1994 - Present (Chairman), Member, since 1989.
Representative List of Past and Current Clients
  • Amherst School System
  • McDonald's Restaurants
  • Garden Cinema of Greenfield
  • City of Easthampton (Former City Solicitor)
  • Towns of Conway and Worthington (Former Town Counsel)
  • Town of Charlemont Zoning Board of Appeals (Former Counsel)
  • Mercedes Benz Credit Corporation
  • Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)
  • United Bank
  • Housing Allowance Project (formerly HAP, Inc. now Way Finders)
  • Open Square of Holyoke
  • Adviser "Remember Boston" photo/book project
  • Panda Garden Restaurant
  • Osaka Japanese Restaurant
Published Articles
  • "Contracts: Put it in Writing", Business West Magazine, 1990.
Honors and Awards
  • Strathmore's Who's Who Registry of Business Leaders
  • "Massachusetts Super Lawyers", 2004 - 2005, 2011
Pro Bono Activities
  • Past Member, Board of Directors, Western Massachusetts Legal Services  (1984-86)
  • Recipient of Western Massachusetts Justice Project Pro Bono Certificate (2005)
Education
  • Western New England University School of Law, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1982, J.D. -- Honors: cum laude
  • Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1975
    • B.A. in Political Science
      • Studied under Professor Howard Zinn