Ari B. Pollack

President and Shareholder – Director

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Firm president Ari Pollack represents business, construction, land use development, and environmental clients on a variety of land use permitting, development, environmental, and litigation matters. Ari continues to be listed in Woodward/White Inc.'s Best Lawyers in America® for Real Estate, Land Use and Zoning, and was recently selected by Best Lawyers as Concord's 2013 "Lawyer of the Year" for Land Use and Zoning Law. He is also named to the Super Lawyers 2012 list of New England Rising Stars® for Land Use/Zoning. He is among the New Hampshire Union Leader's 2012 "40 Under 40" class.

Recently, Ari represented the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of New Hampshire on the question of residential fire sprinkler legislation, and in negotiating amendments to the State Comprehensive Shoreland Protection Act. He has also managed the negotiation and closing of several commercial asset sales and purchases while leading the processing of various state and municipal development, environmental, and excavation permit applications.

He represents clients in all phases of construction, permitting and development, including conceptual business and development planning, contractual negotiations, and the retention of qualified land use and environmental experts.

Ari also was involved in acquiring rights of way for a natural gas pipeline through negotiation and federal condemnation.

Through the firm, he is an active member of the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of New Hampshire, the National Association of Home Builders, and serves on the National Association of Home Builders’ Legal Action Committee, Litigation Oversight Group and Legal Action Network for Development Strategies (LANDS).

Ari is a commissioner and chairman of the board of commissioners of the Concord Housing and Redevelopment Authority. He is also a member of Concord 2020, a community advisory group dedicated to improving the workability and livability of the City of Concord. Lastly, Ari is a volunteer handyman with the Mr. Fixit Program and a former director of the Concord Merrimack County SPCA.

Ari graduated from Colgate University in 1994 and Boston University School of Law in 1997. He is a member of the bar in the State of New Hampshire and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Recent articles by Ari B. Pollack:

Permitting Considerations for Redevelopment Projects - Alteration of Terrain Permits
November 2012

Shoreland Water Quality Protection Act Receives An Extreme Makeover – Take Two!
August 2011

NH Shoreland Protection Receives an Extreme Makeover
May 2008

NH Superior Court Declares Exclusionary Multifamily Zoning Unlawful
March 2005

Getting the Most Out of Your Environmental Due Diligence
New Hampshire Business Review
December 2003

Understanding New Hampshire’s Excavation Taxes
New Hampshire Business Review
July 2003