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Donna Brewer MacKenna is a partner in the Litigation Department of Casner & Edwards, LLP, where her practice encompasses a broad range of general civil litigation areas. On behalf of individuals, corporations, partnerships, non-profit organizations and municipal clients, Ms. MacKenna has litigated zoning and land use, real estate, business contracts, civil rights, consumer protection, professional malpractice, products liability, guardianship and conservatorship, employment, surety and insurance coverage disputes. She has experience in all levels of regional federal and state courts and alternative dispute resolution forums. In addition to her background in litigation, Ms. MacKenna has expertise in the field of municipal law and finance. She is experienced in the broad range of matters of particular concern to towns and regional school districts, including budget disputes, citizens’ petitions, Proposition 2 1/2, local board practice and procedure, Open Meeting Law, Public Record Act, intermunicipal agreements, public works and construction projects, and zoning and non-zoning land use matters. As municipal officials and agencies know well, the range of questions that arise in municipal practice are as broad as human experience allows. Ms. MacKenna is a member of the City Solicitor and Town Counsel Association, the Boston Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the International Municipal Lawyers Association. She is a board member of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under the Law of the Boston Bar Association. She has been a contributor or speaker for MCLE conferences on the topics of municipal law and legal malpractice and for the Massachusetts Municipal Association on conflicts of interest law for municipal officials. Ms. MacKenna received her A.B. degree from Middlebury College and her J.D. from New York University School of Law. She is admitted to practice before the courts of the State of New York, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, District of Massachusetts and First Circuit Court of Appeals. | 