David A. Lourie

David A. Lourie is a sole practitioner based in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. He focuses on municipal law, land use, zoning, property tax abatements, eminent domain, administrative appeals, and civil rights litigation. Lourie represents property owners, businesses, individuals, and municipalities in disputes involving government agencies, local boards, and development decisions. He also assists clients with permits, variances, conditional uses, contracts, and other matters affecting property and public regulation.

Lourie earned his J.D. from Boston College Law School in 1974 and received a B.A., cum laude, from Queens College of the City University of New York in 1968, where he studied political science and history. He also attended the University of Leeds in Yorkshire, England. His academic background supports a practice requiring careful statutory analysis, knowledge of government procedure, and practical evaluation of property, constitutional, and administrative law issues.

Before entering private practice, Lourie served as deputy corporation counsel and later corporation counsel for the City of Portland, advising city officials, boards, and commissions while leading the municipal legal department. His representative matters include zoning and land use appeals, municipal liability, civil liberties claims, property tax disputes, and eminent domain issues. Reported cases include Adelman v. Town of Baldwin, Golder v. City of Saco, and Mowles v. Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices.

Lourie has received the Maine Civil Liberties Union Award for Service and the NAACP Martin Luther King Service Award. He has also served as a cooperating attorney on the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine Legal Panel and as chair of the NAACP Legal Redress Committee. David A. Lourie brings the perspective of a former municipal attorney to complex disputes, helping clients understand government procedures, protect property and civil rights, and pursue practical solutions through negotiation, administrative review, or litigation.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney/Owner, Law Offices of David A. Lourie
• Member, Maine State Bar Association
• Member, Cumberland Bar Association
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association

Licensed State

• Maine
• Massachusetts

Education

• Boston College Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Queens College of the City University of New York
  BA in Major: Political Science & History, Honors: Cum Laude

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