Arthur I. Reade, Jr.

Arthur I. Reade, Jr. is a Nantucket attorney and partner at Reade, Gullicksen, Hanley & Gifford, LLP with a long-standing practice involving Nantucket land transactions and title matters. Arthur practiced in Boston from 1965 to 1985, while a portion of his work involved Nantucket real estate beginning in 1973. Since 1985, his practice has been entirely based on Nantucket, with substantial experience in property and land use issues.

Arthur earned an A.B., cum laude, from Harvard College in 1959 and an L.L.B. from George Washington University Law School in 1963. He received the highest score on the December 1964 Massachusetts bar examination and was admitted in 1965. His education and early Boston practice provided a foundation for the detailed title, conveyancing, land use, and property analysis that later became central to his Nantucket legal work.

Arthur has worked on Nantucket land transactions for decades and serves as a Land Court Examiner. He has also qualified as an expert witness on title matters in both the Massachusetts Land Court and Superior Court. Those roles reflect extensive experience with property records, title questions, and land-related legal issues. His practice history combines transaction work with the specialized analysis needed when ownership, title, or land use questions become disputed.

Arthur I. Reade, Jr. is a member of the Nantucket Bar Association and the Real Estate Bar Association of Massachusetts. He has served on the Board of Trustees of Nantucket Community Sailing and as of counsel to Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Arthur’s professional record reflects decades of Nantucket-focused real estate work, detailed title knowledge, and sustained involvement in legal and community institutions connected to the island.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Reade Gullicksen Hanley & Gifford, LLP
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, Nantucket Bar Associations
• Member, Real Estate Bar Association of Massachusetts
• Land Court Examiner, Massachusetts Land Court
• Board of Trustees, Nantucket Community Sailing
• Former Secretary, Nantucket Yacht Club
• Of Counsel, Nantucket Cottage Hospital

Licensed State

• Massachusetts

Education

• George Washington University Law School
  Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
• Harvard College
  A.B. (Cum Laude)

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