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About John Boehnert
Mr. Boehnert has been involved in virtually every major development project in Rhode Island since 1980 as well as in most major real estate issues.
As an attorney, Mr. Boehnert has focused his law practice on real estate, land use and environmental law. Over the years he has represented developers, energy companies, multi-national corporations, investors, lenders, non-profit corporations, and state and local governmental entities.
His governmental representation has included the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation on environmental and economic development matters, the Providence Redevelopment Agency on urban redevelopment and environmental issues, and the Capital Center Commission on general legal matters, including drafting of its Design and Development Regulations regulating development within the 77-acre downtown Providence Capital Center District. He is also actively involved in practice before governmental bodies regulating permitting and development along Rhode Island’s extensive coastline, including the Coastal Resources Management Council.
Mr. Boehnert continues to engage in the active practice of law, and founded Terra Firm Ltd to offer real estate property owners, investors and developers non-legal consulting services.
Active in civic and business organizations, Mr. Boehnert’s present and past positions include serving as a Trustee of the Providence Foundation, a member of the Board, and Executive Committee, of the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce, Trustee of the Rhode Island Bar Foundation, and Co-Chair of the International Conference of Shopping Centers Government Affairs Task Force on Property Rights. He has also served on numerous governmental advisory and stakeholder groups, such as the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management’s Task Force on Wetlands and its Task Force on Air Regulations.
A frequent writer and speaker on real estate and environmental issues, Mr. Boehnert has published over 100 articles, and has addressed national conferences on International Submerged Lands, International Coastal Zone Management, coastal permitting and coastal zone management, and land use law, as well as other professional groups on real estate and environmental law issues. He authored a chapter in a book on legal issues affecting the shopping center industry, and his article on the Public Trust Doctrine was published in the William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review. For years he has authored a column in the Providence Business News on real estate and environmental issues, and he has contributed articles to the Providence Journal.
Mr. Boehnert served as an aide in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives for six years. He graduated from Boston University, Summa Cum Laude, and from Georgetown University’s Law Center, Cum Laude. He is certified as a mediator and as an arbitrator.
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