Christopher Tolley
Meeting Your Business And Personal Legal Needs
Your needs are our needs. Your goals are our goals. We strive to provide our clients the best representation we can, employing rigorous legal analysis and considerable experience to develop client relationships where we consistently deliver success. From common to complex legal issues we seek solutions that are creative, inventive, even counter-intuitive – but always practical.
Our areas of practice include:
Debt Collection Regulation - Federal and Massachusetts
Construction Supplier Litigation
Real estate transactions – buying, selling, mortgages title issues, title insurance
Commercial and Consumer Collections
Commercial And Consumer Mortgage Foreclosures
Personal injury
Chapter 7 and 13 for Individuals and Small Businesses
Bankruptcy and creditors’ rights litigation
Focus and Determination
We are diligent and proactive, thorough and meticulous. We expends the time and resources necessary to fully address our clients’ needs. As a small office, we give our clients’ matters personal attention.
Collaboration and Litigation
We have the experience and judgment to employ negotiation, collaboration and strategic concession as needed, as well as the flexibility to abandon either friendly or hostile approaches to meet evolving needs.
Keeping You Informed
You are our partner and employer. Your understanding of what we are doing and why is critical to our success. We keep you informed so you can advise us on whether we are performing according to your goals, needs and wants. We are always here to answer questions.
Part of a Team
The Phillips & Angley culture of mutual support and collaboration means I and my clients can call on the additional wealth of experience and acumen of my colleagues.
Please call me at 617-367-8787 or email at ctolley@phillips-angley.com to learn more.
Phillips & Angley
1 Washington St. Suite 7A
Boston, MA 02108
YOUR GOALS ARE OUR GOALS. YOUR NEEDS ARE OUR NEEDS.
- Suffolk University Law School
- J.D. (1986)
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- Bowdoin College
- B.A. (1981)
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- Board of Governors, Mill Corner COndominium Association
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- Town of Acton Planning Board, Former Chairman, Former Member
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- American Bar Association
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- Real Estate Bar Association
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- Massachusetts State Bar # 548180
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- Massachusetts
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- 1st Circuit
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Free Consultation
Initial consultation and discussion of your legal matter is free. - Contingent Fees
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
I work almost exclusively on an hourly basis. For certain matters I accept flat fees. I accept contingent fees only after consultation and investigation.
- Consumer Law
- Class Action, Lemon Law
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Collections
- Bankruptcy
- Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Debt Relief
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- English: Spoken, Written
- Q. are cases filed in Small Claims Court by Debt Collectors subjected to Massachusetts Rule of Civil Procedure 8.1 require
- A: I know of nothing in the rule addressing this specifically, but the references to complaint, clerk, district court, etc. lead me to believe Rule 8.1 does not apply to small claims. Also, small claims rule 2(b) contains its own verification of debt requirements for assigned debt.
- Q. 780 CMR Sec 105.1 recently amended w/ stipulation all unpermitted work must be removed? Can you provide actual wording?
- A: It's in Chapter 1 of the code. Here is a link to Chapter 1: https://www.mass.gov/doc/780-cmr-ninth-edition-base-code-chapter-1-scope-and-administration-amendments/download 780 CMR 105.1 is on .pdf page 8. 780 CMR 114 is on .pdf page 21.
- Q. Can I withhold my broker's fee payment?
- A: If the possibility of delay was written into the lease there would be an argument that you assumed the risk of delay and therefore have no recourse for your losses due to the delay. You should examine any separate contract you may have with the broker as to whether and how his fee is earned. Maybe there is something in that agreement that would give you a right to withhold some or all of his fee. If you are incurring costs for the alternate housing, you might consider reminding him you signed the paperwork based on his representation and now you ae having to spend extra money so it is only fair that he should negotiate a reduction in his fee.