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TINTI, QUINN, GROVER & FREY, P.C.:
A TEAM APPROACH

The attorneys and professional staff of Tinti, Quinn, Grover & Frey, P.C. bring unique experience and qualifications to bear in handling the complex needs of their business and real estate clients. In many cases, a team of personnel works with a senior attorney to assure that clients receive all of the specialized legal and tax advice necessary for the decision making process. Tinti, Quinn, Grover & Frey, P.C. is proud of its staff and is committed to maintaining the highest level of professional service to its clients. The attorneys of the firm combine years of successful experience in litigation, collection, estate planning, probate, business and real estate law, environmental law, real estate development, real estate workouts and specialized financing. The firm further provides tax planning, bankruptcy and preservation consulting service.

William J. Tinti concentrates in business and banking law, real estate law, creditors and debtors rights, zoning, conveyancing, environmental, historic preservation and administrative law. He has been singled out by The New York Times for playing a key role in the award-winning redevelopment of downtown Salem. He has authored and represented clients in unique plans bringing together private and public funding for many projects.

Mr. Tinti served for nine years as Salem’s City Solicitor. He is the former chairman of the Salem Redevelopment Authority, and a former commissioner on the Massachusetts Historical Commission. He currently holds a position as a registered land court title examiner.

A graduate of Boston College Law School, he served on the faculty of Suffolk University School of Administration as a senior lecturer teaching courses in Administrative Strategies of Local Government and the Legal Basis of Public Management. He has lectured and authored articles on land use, historic preservation and zoning. He has been Chairman of the Salem Zoning Committee, member of the Massachusetts Council of the Antiquities, Council Member of the Public Law Section of the Massachusetts Bar Association, and Commissioner of the Massachusetts Land Records Commission, the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers Committee on Zoning and Planning, and the legal Committee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Mr. Tinti is past president and currently the Chairman of the Salem Partnership, a non-profit public-private partnership including nearly one hundred members from business, industry, education, government and cultural institutions, a prime mover in the re-vitalization of the City of Salem.

Mr. Tinti is past Chairman of the North Shore Chamber of Commerce, the regional Chamber consisting of approximately 1,200 businesses located throughout the North Shore. Mr. Tinti is the former Chairman of the Law Technology Section of the Essex County Bar Association.Board of Overseers of the Peabody-Essex Museum, Clerk of the Essex National Heritage Commission, Inc., Salem State School of Business and Economics Business Leader Advisory Council, Board of the Brookhouse Home, Board of Trustees of the North Shore Music Theatre, Director of the Ipswich Savings Bank and Board of the Southern Essex Regional Employment Board as well as Co-Chairman of the School to Work Committee of the North Shore Regional Employment Board and Co-Chairman of North of Boston Regional Center at Salem State College.

William F. Quinn concentrates in business, real estate and personal injury litigation. He is the head of the firm’s litigation department. With over twenty years experience as a litigator, Mr. Quinn handles matters in all state courts, as well as the U.S. District Court and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Massachusetts.

Mr. Quinn's practice for business clients in recent years has concentrated on collections, commercial disputes under the Mass. Unfair Trade Practices law, land use disputes and protecting creditors' rights in bankruptcy actions. In the personal injury area, Mr. Quinn handles all matters, including workers compensation and work-related accidents.

Mr. Quinn received his J.D. from Boston University School of Law and is a cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College. He has attended the National Institute of Trial Advocacy conducted by the Harvard University Law School. A former Assistant City Solicitor for Salem, he is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, and the Trial Practice and Tort Reform Sections of the Massachusetts Bar Association. Mr. Quinn resides with his family in Marblehead, where he has served as an elected member of the Town Board of Library Trustees. He is a member of the Corinthian Yacht Club and coaches youth baseball and soccer.

Scott M. Grover received a B.A. in English Literature at Bentley College, 1978; M.B.A. Boston College, 1985; J.D. Cum Laude, Boston College, 1985.

Mr. Grover has been at Tinti, Quinn, Grover & Frey, P.C. since 1985 specializing in land use, real estate development, commercial and residential real estate lending, condominium law, leasing and real estate related litigation. He is a member of the Massachusetts Conveyancers Association.

Marc P. Frey was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1987, and to the Michigan bar in 1981. He holds the following degrees: Vassar College (B.A. 1976); the Boston University School of Law (J.D. 1981); Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration (Master of Science in Taxation, with High Distinction, 1986).

Previously employed by the law firm of Shaheen, Jacobs & Ross, Detroit, Michigan, Mr. Frey has been at Tinti, Quinn, Grover & Frey, P.C. since 1987, specializing in tax, estate planning, business law and probate administration. He is past President and a current Director of the Essex County Estate Planning and Business Council.

Marcia Mulford Cini has been affiliated with the firm since 1984, developing a historic preservation practice which handled approximately 15% of the investment tax credit project volume in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shortly before the enactment of the Tax Reform Act of 1986. In addition, she specializes in assisting municipal, non-profit, and private clients participate to advantage in other public purpose activities: general economic revitalization and the development and preservation of affordable housing. She also routinely handles real estate permitting, design review board, historical commission and real estate development project management matters. Mrs. Cini has been of counsel to the firm from her Martha's Vineyard Office since 1995.

A past Executive Director of Historic Salem, Inc., Mrs. Cini is past Chairman and Member of the Topsfield Historic District Commission; Member of the West Tisbury Historic District Commission; Member of the Board of Advisors of Historic Massachusetts, Inc.; a Trustee of the Architectural Conservation Trust (ACT); Counsel to the Dukes County Regional Housing Authority and the North Shore HOME Consortium; and a Corporator of Historic Harrisville (N.H.), Inc. She has been a quest lecturer at and has served on the Interdisciplinary Curriculum Committee of the Boston University Preservation Studies Master's Degree Program of which she is a graduate. She received her J.D. degree from Boston University School of Law.

Marcy D. Hauber received her B.A. in 1989 from Bethany College and her J.D. in 1994 from New England School of Law.

Attorney Hauber was awarded the BNA Law Student Award for scholastic achievement in 1994. Prior to joining Tinti, Quinn, Grover & Frey, P.C., she managed her own firm. Attorney Hauber has extensive experience in title examination; land research and litigation; and closing practices. Attorney Hauber currently serves on the Board of Directors of Salem Harbor Community Development Corporation; as a leader for the Girl Scouts of the Spar and Spindle Council; and as a member of the Massachusetts Conveyancers Association. Attorney Hauber also continues to volunteer at various times for the North Shore Habitat for Humanity, Crombie Street Shelter, Saltonstall School PTO and Tabernacle Church.

John D. Keenan is a lifelong resident of Salem; John attended Salem Public Schools (K-12). In 1983, he graduated fourth in his class from Salem High School. After high school, John attended Harvard College. He was an economics major and graduated with honors (B.A., 1987).

Following Harvard, John enrolled at Suffolk University Law School, where he graduated with honors (J.D., 1992). As the lead articles editor on the Suffolk University Law Review, John published legal articles of his own and selected and edited others submitted for publication. He was also a member of the Constitutional Law Appellate Team and a representative to the Student Bar Association. Upon graduation, he was chosen by the faculty to receive the Leo J. Wyman Memorial Award, as the Suffolk Law School student who most advanced the civic and professional responsibilities of a lawyer.

John started his legal career as a criminal prosecutor in Essex County under then District Attorney Kevin Burke. He prosecuted cases in the district courts, primarily in Lynn District Court - one of the busiest courts in the Commonwealth. He was one of the first assistant district attorneys to serve as a prosecutor in the Domestic Violence Unit in Lynn.

After serving in the Essex County District Attorney's office, John worked for a small law firm in Salem specializing in family law. In 1996, former Mayor Neil Harrington appointed him as Assistant City Solicitor. Mayor Stanley Usovicz reappointed him in that capacity in 1999. In 2001, the Mayor promoted John to City Solicitor, the top legal job in the city. During his eight year tenure the Salem Legal Department, John represented the City in all matters regarding zoning and development and fought to preserve and redevelop Salem in a historically sensitive manner and negotiated with state officers to keep Salem’s largest taxpayer economically viable.

Since graduating from Harvard, John has been very active in the community. He has served on the Boards of the Salem Rotary, Salem Y, Chamber of Commerce, Friends to the Council on Aging, and the Foundation for Salem Public Education. He has served as the Co-President of the Foundation for Salem Public Education since 2001. John has been an active Rotarian since 1999 and has volunteered as the coach of the Salem High School mock trial team. He has bicycled in sixteen Pan Mass Challenge fundraising rides since 1989 raising some $100,000 to help find a cure for cancer.

In March 2004, John stepped down as the City Solicitor in order to run for State Representative. John won 74% of the vote in the general election in November. In the legislature, John serves on the Judiciary Committee, the Tourism, Arts, and Cultural Development Committee, and the Post-Audit and Oversight Committee. He also is a member of the legislature’s Northeast Caucus, Progressive Caucus, Children’s Caucus, Boating Caucus, Coastal Caucus, Elder Affairs Caucus, Bicycle & Pedestrians Caucus, and the subcommittee on shared parenting. As Salem's State Representative, John remains as dedicated as ever to the community in which he grew up. He is honored to represent the people of Salem in the Massachusetts State House and is a candidate for re-election in 2006.

James G. Gilbert received his B.A. in 1983 from Fairfield University and his J.D. in 1988 from Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America where he served as an Editor of the Catholic University Law Review. During his second year in law school, Mr. Gilbert won First Place in a national writing competition sponsored by the Insurance and Corporate Counsel Foundation.

Mr. Gilbert began his legal career as a Commercial Litigation Associate with the Boston law firm of Bingham, Dana LLP (now Bingham McCutcheon LLP). He also worked with Warner & Stackpole LLP (now Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP) in the area of Business and Real Estate Litigation before joining the administration of former Massachusetts Governor William F. Weld in 1995. He held a number of high-level positions within the Weld administration, including Chief of Staff and General Counsel for the Executive Office of Public Safety, Chair of the Governor’s Task Force on Hate Crimes, Chair of the Criminal History Systems Board, and Chair of the Sex Offender Registry Board. He is the author of several important pieces of legislation including laws pertaining to the use of DNA evidence in criminal proceedings, distribution of community-policing grants, creation of a state sex offender registry, municipal police and fire retirement and disability, and he served as the primary author of several bills reorganizing public safety agencies in Massachusetts.

Prior to joining Tinti, Quinn, Grover & Frey, P.C., Mr. Gilbert operated his own private legal practice and served as City Solicitor for the City of Salem, Massachusetts.

Mr. Gilbert’s current legal practice includes personal civil and commercial litigation, including labor and employment law, and real estate. His client list includes several local businesses, a major real estate developer, a number of private individuals, and several local businesses and condominium associations. Mr. Gilbert’s previous experience includes representation of commercial banks, Fortune 500 companies, and developers in a wide range of business and real estate litigation before state and federal courts.

Mr. Gilbert is also an expert on government law and municipal legal practice and has served as a consultant on municipal legal and management issues for several communities. He has been asked to present his views on municipal legal and land use issues before a number of government-related organizations, including the Massachusetts Municipal Association, as well as several local and state government organizations. Most recently he served as lead counsel for the City of Salem, Massachusetts in a landmark lawsuit regarding affordable housing and zoning restrictions.

He is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Association of Trial Attorneys, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Essex County Bar Association, and the Salem (MA) Chamber of Commerce.