Seven Rubin and Rudman Partners Named to 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers

BOSTON, Sept. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Rubin and Rudman is pleased to announce that Andrea Toulouse, Chair of the firm's Real Estate Group, and partners Susan Doren, James Greene, Andrew Kara, Andrew Kelley, Michael Novaria, and Joseph Tarby, have been selected for inclusion in the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers list. The guide recognizes the "talented and accomplished group of lawyers who are unsurpassed in their accomplishments in real estate transactions, development, land use, finance, REITs, and more."

Andrea Toulouse is a well-known commercial real estate attorney with over 20 years of experience in acquisition, development, financing, and leasing for a broad range of local, regional, and national developers and financiers of commercial properties. Her practice encompasses industrial properties, educational uses, suburban office parks, and downtown office buildings. She is regularly listed in The Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law and as a Boston Magazine Top Lawyer in Real Estate and was named a 2023 Go To Commercial Real Estate Lawyer by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. She is a member of the Steering Committee for the Master Plan for the City of Beverly, MA and a Board of Trustees member for the Glen Urquhart School. She received her B.A., magna cum laude, from the State University of New York at Albany and her J.D. from Boston College Law School.

Susan Doren is the former co-chair of Rubin and Rudman's Real Estate Group and has over 30 years of experience representing clients in commercial real estate matters. With expertise in all aspects of office and retail leasing, Doren is one of the most sought-after real estate lawyers in the field. She has won numerous awards throughout her career including being named to Boston Magazine's Top Lawyers in Real Estate Law and Massachusetts Super Lawyers. She received her B.A. from Saint Anselm College and her J.D., cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School.

James Greene has decades of experience in real estate development and permitting with a focus on zoning, subdivision, environmental review, and permitting, with special emphasis on Chapter 121A Urban Redevelopment Projects. He counsels clients on property tax valuation, assessment practice, and eminent domain actions and litigation. Greene has been named a Boston Magazine Top Lawyer in Real Estate for the past three years. He is Chairman of the Boston Industrial Financing Authority and is a member of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council Zoning Committee and BBA Land Use and Development Committee. He received his B.A. from Boston College and his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School.

Andrew Kara has nearly 24 years of experience in real estate, including acquisitions, dispositions, financing, leasing, condominium creation, planning and zoning matters, and real estate tax abatements/appeals. He is especially knowledgeable in zoning and permitting matters in urban environments and real estate tax abatements/appeals. He has been listed for many years in The Best Lawyers in America®, Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law and Boston Magazine Top Lawyer in Real Estate. He is a Board Member of the Commonwealth Cooperative Bank and is active in NAIOP and the Boston Bar Association, Real Estate Section. He earned his B.A., cum laude, from College of the Holy Cross and his J.D., cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School.

Andrew Kelley has over 25 years of experience representing landlords and tenants in commercial lease transactions. His experience includes advising both landlords and tenants in lease negotiations and ongoing lease administration for office, retail, medical office, and industrial properties both nationally and regionally. He recently served as the Boston Bar Associations Co-Chair of the Commercial Leasing Committee and is the former vice chair of the Zoning Board of Appeals for the Town of Belmont. He received his B.A. from Haverford College, his M.Sc. from the University of Edinburgh, and his J.D. from Boston College Law School.

Michael Novaria focuses his practice on commercial real estate and financing, with a specialty in negotiating office leases, retail leases and ground leases. He represents developers, retailers, and restaurants in the acquisition, permitting, development, financing and leasing of office buildings, shopping centers, and mixed-use developments. He is regularly named in The Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law, Boston Magazine's Top Lawyers in Real Estate, and as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the Commercial Brokers Association and a long-time Associate Member of the Andover Zoning Board of Appeals. He received his B.A. from the University of Massachusetts Boston and his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School.

Joseph Tarby represents national and regional developers, retailers, and restaurants in a wide range of real estate, zoning, land use, and leasing matters. He also regularly advises lenders and borrowers in commercial real estate and asset-based financing. He has been regularly listed in The Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law and as a Boston Magazine Top Lawyer in Real Estate. He is active in many community organizations, including serving as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of Winchester Hospital and Chair of the hospital's Quality Patient Experience and Care Assessment Committee. He is the Past President of the Woburn Chamber of Commerce and a current Board Member. He received his B.S.B.A. from Boston University and his J.D. from New England Law.

About Rubin and Rudman LLP

Founded over a century ago, Rubin and Rudman is a full-service law firm with nearly 100 lawyers in Boston, Massachusetts. With a diverse mix of practices, Rubin and Rudman serves national and international companies, including large public companies and closely held businesses; real estate developers; biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device makers; regulated industries, public entities and municipalities; insurance companies and their insureds; educational and other institutions; non-profit organizations; families and high net worth individuals. Rubin and Rudman also has suburban offices in Andover and Woburn, Massachusetts. Web: www.rubinrudman.com.

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