Matthew Lawlor is an attorney with Robinson & Cole in the firm's Boston office and a member of the LandLaw Section, where he focuses his practice on representing developers, nonprofits, municipalities, commercial landlords and tenants, and industry and advocacy groups in matters involving transit-oriented and mixed-use development, commercial real estate development and leasing, and land use and planning law. His experience includes obtaining permits and land use entitlements for developers of large-scale, mixed-use projects, as well as drafting new land use regulatory provisions, including form-based codes, for municipalities. Mr. Lawlor regularly advises a national real estate organization on land use initiatives and trends across the country and serves as a faculty member at continuing education seminars.  Mr. Lawlor frequently presents at planning and real estate industry conferences on the related topics of land use regulation, New Urbanism, and smart growth.

Mr. Lawlor works extensively with the firm's representation of the Congress for the New Urbanism/New England Chapter as that organization's pro bono counsel and treasurer. Before attending law school, Mr. Lawlor worked for Comsis Corporation in Silver Spring, Maryland, as a consulting transportation planner for local and state governments. Mr. Lawlor achieved CNU-Accredited status in 2009 from the Congress for the New Urbanism.

EDUCATION

—	J.D., Boston College Law School
—	M.R.P., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Regional Planning
—	B.A., cum laude, Amherst College, Modern European History

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

—	Boston Bar Association, Real Estate Pro Bono Committee
—	Congress for the New Urbanism, Board Treasurer of New England Chapter; CNU-A Certification
—	American Planning Association, Massachusetts Chapter
—	Citizens' Housing and Planning Association, Inc.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

—	Southwest Boston Community Development Corporation, Board of Directors and Corporate Counsel

HONORS AND AWARDS

—	Listed as a Rising Star in Massachusetts Super Lawyers® in the area of Land Use/Zoning Law for 2008, and 2010 - 2011/2012 (Super Lawyers is a registered trademark of Key Professional Media, Inc.)
—	Louise Venable Coker Award for Most Outstanding Masters Project at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill