About Michelle
MICHELLE N. [email protected] Farkas joined Gravel and Shea in 1999 after practicing at Goodwin Procter in Boston. At Gravel and Shea, Michelle focuses on complex commercial real estate transactions, representing developers and non-institutional investors in real estate acquisition, development, financing, zoning and land use matters. Michelle has extensive experience in assisting developers with establishing and managing condominium and planned unit developments, assisting both local and national landlords and tenants with commercial and retail leasing, and assisting a major wireless service provider with its site acquisition activities throughout the state, including complex title work, leasing activities, and permitting efforts and strategy.Honors & AwardsListed in Chambers USA; America's Leading Lawyers for Real Estate (2003-2011)Listed in Best Lawyers in America® for Real Estate Law (2004-2011)Listed as a "Rising Star" in New England Superlawyers (2007-2011)EducationBoston College Law School, J.D. 1996, cum laude, Note Editor, Third World Law JournalCornell University, B.A., with distinction in all subjects, 1993; Phi Beta KappaAffiliationsMember, Vermont, Massachusetts and American Bar AssociationsBar AdmissionsVermont (1999)Massachusetts (1996)
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Michelle Farkas joined Gravel and Shea in 1999 after practicing at Goodwin Procter in Boston. At Gravel and Shea, Michelle focuses on complex commercial real estate transactions, representing developers and non-institutional investors in real estate acquisition, development, financing, zoning and land use matters. Michelle has extensive experience in assisting developers with establishing and managing condominium and planned unit developments, assisting both local and national landlords and tenants with commercial and retail leasing, and assisting a major wireless service provider with its site acquisition activities throughout the state, including complex title work, leasing activities, and permitting efforts and strategy.
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Education
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Real Estate Law, Burlington (2020)
- Lawyer of the Year: Real Estate Law, Burlington (2012)
- Recognized: Real Estate Law
- Special Focus: Commercial
- Special Focus: Condominiums
- Special Focus: Development
- Special Focus: Land Use
- Special Focus: Planned Real Estate
- Special Focus: Real Property Law
- Special Focus: Residential
- Special Focus: Resorts
- Special Focus: Tax Certiorari
- Special Focus: Title Matters
- Special Focus: Transactions