Allison A. Finnell

Senior Associate

finnell@brownlegalllc.com

Allison is a Senior Associate with the firm focusing on real estate title and land use matters.  She brings over eleven years of experience working intimately with the Land Court examiners and surveying staff.  Allison's real estate expertise extends to all matters affecting title, including boundary disputes, surveying challenges, the application of various legal statutes and theories to determine the correct record owner of a property, title curative resolutions, and working through title issues arising out of recorded and registered commercial and residential leases, trust instruments, and condominium documents.  

Allison has worked with numerous title insurance companies to resolve title issues and to close transactions. Whether the issue raised is large or small, a title issue can derail a major transaction and disrupt people's lives or business.  Allison brings her legal knowledge and practical approach to promptly and efficiently resolve the problems encountered.     

Allison also works closely with municipal clients to achieve their tax title collection goals.  She understands the need for compassion in these matters and has been largely successful in recovering millions of real estate tax debt for her clients.  Allison has many years of experience litigating hundreds of cases in the Massachusetts Land Court, as well as working closely with the Land Court to assist in developing programs for tax title litigation state-wide.  She has participated as a REBA Webinar Panelist on tax title matters, as well as presented an education session at the REBA Annual Conference. 

Allison received her J.D. from New England Law | Boston and her B.A. from Boston University. She is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Allison was also selected as a 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Stars Honoree.