Daniel Dain

Dan Dain was born in Boston and grew up in Newton before leaving the area to attend Vassar College and Michigan Law School. Since then, he has spent his entire professional career as a lawyer in Boston, working with commercial property owners and developers on issues related to their use and development of real estate. Dan is the founder and president of the law firm Dain Torpy, where he chairs the firm’s real estate litigation practice. He writes and lectures widely on land-use law and urban planning. Dan is active in the community. He is the manager of a private equity fund that invests in independent local restaurants, chairs the arts company White Snake Projects, chairs the Town of Needham’s Golf Club Advisory Committee, chairs the Massachusetts Real Estate Bar Association’s Litigation Section, is on the board of the Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture, is a co-founder and treasurer of the Needham Land Trust, and is on the board of business advocacy groups NAIOP of Massachusetts and A Better City. The legal-rating publication Super Lawyers has recognized Dan as one of the top 100 lawyers in Massachusetts every year since 2013. Dan is an avid hiker and has climbed mountains around the world. He is a fanatic follower of Boston and University of Michigan sports teams. He loves giving tours of Boston to friends and visitors, and he’s known for his ability to give restaurant recommendations for any cuisine or location around Greater Boston. He lives in Needham with his wife and two kids. - Peter Vanderwarker is a photographer and artist. His photographs are in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Addison Gallery of American Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.