If you need a zoning approval or a liquor license in Boston, go to McDermott, Quilty & Miller.
The law firm of McDermott, Quilty & Miller specializes in all things planning. "The firm's lawyers rarely lose, even at times when an affected neighborhood and the Menino administration oppose them - creating the impression that the lawyers have a special relationship with the board before which they have practiced for years. Dennis A. Quilty and his partner, Stephen V. Miller, in separate interviews, said they succeed not because of favoritism but because they work diligently to assuage concerns of neighborhood groups and Menino's administration. They turn down cases they don't think they can win, they said."
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