Scott Adam Schlager

Scott Schlager represents lenders, institutional investors, commercial and retail tenants, developers, and other owners and operators of commercial real estate and emerging companies in a wide variety of transactional matters throughout the United States.

Scott’s practice focuses on acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, portfolio transactions, leases, and development in the retail, office, multifamily, industrial, cold storage, and life sciences real estate sectors. Scott continues to advise clients on issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, including borrowers, lenders, landlords, and tenants. He also provides practical counsel to emerging companies.

Prior to joining Pierce Atwood, Scott was an associate at a Boston-based boutique law firm where he served as lead counsel for a Harvard Square property owner in a RICO case of first impression in Massachusetts over diminution of property value stemming from a neighboring marijuana dispensary. After defeating a motion to dismiss, the case settled, resulting in a seven-figure settlement for the client.

A nationally recognized lawyer, Scott has been quoted in The New York Times and Bloomberg Businessweek. Scott has been recognized as a Massachusetts SuperLawyers Rising Star in 2020 and 2021.

Suffolk University Law School

J.D. (2015)

2012 - 2015

Honors: Dean's List; Business Law concentration with Distinction

University of Pennsylvania

B.A. (2012) | Political Science; Urban Studies

Honors: magna cum laude; Dean's List; Wharton Seevak Competition-First Place

Activities: Wharton Real Estate Club (Co-President); Honor Council

State Bar of Massachusetts

Member

Current

American Bar Association

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Boston Bar Association

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Massachusetts Bar Association

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REBA

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Massachusetts

Since 2016