Zoning & Land Use on Cape Cod
 

 


26 Upper County Road
P. O. Box 67
Dennisport, MA 02639

Tel: (508) 398-2221
Fax: (508) 398-1568
 

REBA

Our Attorneys

Andrew L. Singer, Esq.

Andrew L. Singer has been representing clients on Cape Cod since 1996. Andrew was raised and educated on Cape Cod and resides with his wife Fanny and two children in Yarmouthport.

A Phi Beta Kappa and Honors graduate of Vassar College (B. A. in Asian Studies in 1988), he studied at Beijing University from 1986 to 1987. He was a teaching assistant and received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center (J.D. 1994). He is admitted to the Oregon State Bar (1994) where he worked for the State Legislature and Secretary of State drafting legislation and administrative rules. He is admitted to the Massachusetts State Bar (1996).

Andrew is a member of the Barnstable County Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Oregon State Bar Association, and Massachusetts Real Estate Bar Association (REBA), and is a Sponsor Member of Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE).

Andrew has qualified as an expert witness and testified in two Eminent Domain/Land Damages cases in Barnstable Superior Court.

Andrew serves and has served on the nonprofit Boards of local business and community organizations, including:

  • Former Trustee - Cape Cod Museum of Art, 2002 - 2011, Clerk 2003 - 2011
  • Former Trustee - Duffy Health Center, 2002 - 2011 Clerk 6/2004 - 2011
  • Former Trustee - The Laurel School, 2001 - 2009, President 2004 - 2009
  • Former Director - Board of the Dennis Chamber of Commerce, 1998 - 2004.

Andrew speaks Chinese (Mandarin).

Jonathon D. Idman, Esq.
Associate

Jon was raised and educated on Cape Cod and resides with his wife Sarah and two children in Harwich.

He is a graduate of Boston University (B.A., cum laude with distinction, philosophy and comparative religion, 1994), and Penn State University, the Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 2004). During law school, he received the CALI award for the highest grade in his Environmental Law class.

Jon has practiced in the field of zoning and land use law on Cape Cod since his admission to the Massachusetts State Bar in 2005. He is a member of the Barnstable County and Massachusetts Bar Associations, the Boston University Alumni Club of Cape Cod and the Islands, and the Penn State Alumni Association.

He currently serves as a coach and Director of Harwich Little League; as a member of the Town of Harwich Finance Committee; as a member of the Land Acquisition Committee of the Harwich Conservation Trust; as a member of the Economic Development Committee of the Harwich Chamber of Commerce; and as a member of the Vestry of the Church of the Holy Spirit in Orleans.

Jon formerly served as a member and Director of the Harwich/Dennis Rotary Club, a Director and Treasurer of the Dennis Chamber of Commerce, and as a member of the Town of Harwich Planning Board.

Before attending law school, clerking and practicing as an attorney, Jon was a residential carpenter and remodeler in Washington State.

Myer R. Singer, Esq.
Of Counsel

Myer R. Singer, founding partner, has been representing clients on Cape Cod for more than 40 years. Born in Everett and raised in Malden, Massachusetts, Mr. Singer has lived and practiced on Cape Cod since 1965.

An Honors graduate of Boston University (B.S. in Business Administration., 1960), he received his law degree from Boston University School of Law (LL.B, 1963). He is admitted to the Massachusetts Bar (1963). He is a member of the Barnstable County Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association and American Bar Association.

He has testified as an expert witness in Eminent Domain/Land Damage cases.

Myer Singer is Peer Review “AV” rated by Martindale - Hubbell, the highest rating.

Myer Singer serves on the Boards of the following business and community organizations:

  • Corporator (1977 - present); Trustee (1980 - present) and Member of the Board of Investment (1989 - present) - The Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank
  • Trustee - Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Vice Chairman 2003 - Present
  • Trustee and Member of the Executive Committee of the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust (2007 - present)
  • Member of the Workforce Housing Zoning Subcommittee of the Cape Cod Business Roundtable (2006 - present)
  • Former President - Legal Services for Cape Cod and Islands Inc.
  • Former Member - Yarmouth Zoning Board of Appeals (1980 - 1986)

Myer Singer's publications include: Everything You Need to Know About the Cape Cod Commission Act (90-19.63), MCLE Handbook, Co-author, 1990 and Condominiums: Creation, Conversion and Care (83-6A) MCLE Practice Handbook, Co-author, 1982.

Myer Singer's professional activities include:

  • Author and Lecturer, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE); Faculty Member (1982, 1990 - 1998) - Practical Skills for Real Estate Conveyancing and Condominium Law; Lecturer on Cape Cod Commission Act
  • Panelist at Forum on "Land Use Regulation and the Cape Cod Commission: Update on Permits v. Takings", presented at Massachusetts Bar Association's 1993 Annual Meeting
  • Speaker on Zoning and Planning at 1993 Barnstable Bar Association Seminar entitled, "Recent Developments in Federal and Massachusetts Law - Part II"
  • Program Speaker on the Cape Cod Commission Act at Suffolk University and at Cape Cod Community College
  • Hearing Committee Member, Board of Bar Overseers, Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1982 - 1987)
  • Recognized by Who's Who in the East, Who's Who in American Law, and Who's Who in America
  • Appointed as a Massachusetts Land Court Title Examiner