Ms. Howitt Easton is of counsel to Sherin and Lodgen LLP and a member of the firm's Real Estate Department. Her practice covers all aspects of commercial real estate including acquisitions, sales, leasing, financing and development.

She represents a variety of clients, including owners, tenants, retailers, developers and lenders in the full spectrum of commercial real estate transactions, including drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements, leases (including retail, office and laboratory space) and loan documents.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Howitt Easton practiced real estate law for several years in Albany, New York.

Representative Experience

Represents landlord of multiple office locations in the Greater Boston area in connection with leasing to general corporate and biotech tenants

Represents national grocery store chain concentrated in New England in lease negotiations in connection with the addition of fueling facilities to existing locations

Publications

Tenant Exit Strategies: Planning Ahead for a Way Out Commercial Leasing Law & Strategy, Volume 17, No. 4, September 2004

Real Estate Law: Supreme Judicial Court Abandons the Independent Covenant Rule in Commercial Leases, Massachusetts Law Review, Volume 87, No. 3, Winter 2003

Memberships

National Association of Industries and Office Properties

New England Women in Real Estate

Boston Bar Association

Florida Bar Associations

Bar and Court Admissions

Massachusetts

New York

Florida

Education

Albany Law School of Union University, J.D.

Named to the Order of the Barristers in recognition of her success in national moot court competitions

University of Michigan, B.A.