Landlord/Tenant

Thomas F. Feeney, Counsellor at Law, admitted to bar in 1991 (Hawai’i) and 2000 (Massachusetts), United States District Court for the Districts of Massachusetts and Hawai’i, United States Courts of Appeals for the First and Ninth Circuits. Education: Rutgers College (B.A. 1981); University of Hawai’i at Manoa (J.D./M.A. 1991); both graduate degrees earned through a research grant from the Environment and Policy Institute of the East-West Center. In the Spring of 2003, Mr. Feeney taught at Brandeis University’s Legal Studies Program through a Lawrence A. Guberman Teaching Fellowship. Law Clerk: to the Honorable Robert B. Collings, Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts; to the Honorable Helen Gillmor, Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai’i; to the Honorable Barry M. Kurren, Magistrate Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai’i; to the Honorable Robert G. Klein, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai’i; and to the Honorable Thomas K. Kaulukukui, Civil Motions/Administrative/Land Court/Tax Appeal Court Judge of the First Circuit Court, State of Hawai’i. Member: Massachusetts, Boston, Hawai’i, and American Bar Associations. Publications: “Wage and Hour Update” (2001 and 2002, Pub.: Sterling Educational Seminars); “Discussion of the Overlap of the ADA, FMLA, and Worker’s Compensation Act When Dealing With Absences of Ill, Injured, or Disabled Employees” (2001, Publ.: Sterling Educational Seminars; “Civil Motions Practice” (1992 - Hawai’i Bar Journal). Practice Areas: Business/Contract Formation and Litigation for small/medium and family-run Businesses Construction Industry Transactions and Litigation Commercial AIA and Home Improvement Contracts Mechanics Liens, Surety Bond, and Direct Pay Claims and Defense Bid Protests Landlord-Tenant - Commercial and Residential Leases and Litigation Employment Law Employment Agreements, Non-Disclosure, Non-Solicitation, and Non-Compete Employment Discrimination Claims and Defense Wage Act Claims and Defenses ADA Title III Barrier Access Claims and Defense Mr. Feeney serves also in an Of Counsel capacity for the Baba & Sawada Law Offices in Tokyo, Japan. Professional Endeavors: Since 1985, Mr. Feeney trained in mediation through the non-profit organization now known as the Mediation Center of the Pacific, training mediators and becoming a Board Member of the Center in 1998-99. With regards to other non-profit community activities, Mr. Feeney was elected to the Board of Directors of the Young Lawyers Division of the Hawai’i State Bar Association and chaired several committees responsible for community services.

I am a sole pracitioner wtih fifteen years experience in general practice concentrating in civil litigation- particularly in collections/creditors' rights. I handle pre and post judgment collections cases involving consumer and business debt. I handle residential and commercial real estate- buying, selling and leasing. I also handle residential and commercial landlord/tenant matters and evictions.

I am an associate at Pabian & Russell, LLC, concentrating in the areas of immigration and corporate law. Received his Juris Doctor from Villanova University School of Law in 2008 and a Bachelor of Arts degree in the Chinese language and English from Union College in 2004. While at Villanova, I was the recipient of the 2008 Villanova University School of Law Dorothy Day Award for Community Service and was a founding member of the Philadelphia Immigration Raid Coalition. I also served as Vice-President and Secretary of the Pro Bono Society and participated in the Villanova Farmworker Legal Aid Clinic (FLAC). I am proficient in Mandarin Chinese and spent a semester studying in China at Nanjing Teachers University, and additionally studied international law at Beijing Normal University. I am admitted to practice before the bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I am also a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Boston Bar Association and the Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition.

Principal of Holiday Law Firm P.C. located in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, Michael Holiday’s practice includes commercial office and retail leasing, commercial real estate development, real estate finance, banking law, secured lending, corporate law, insurance law, finance law and franchise law. Admitted to practice in Massachusetts, Mr. Holiday has extensive experience as a commercial real estate attorney with a boutique commercial leasing practice involving office, retail and industrial properties. Mr. Holiday draws on his experience as an in-house senior real estate attorney for a national retail chain, as an in-house title insurance attorney, as a real estate broker and as an incorporator of a bank, in addition to being in private practice for many years representing developers, multinational corporations, as well as regional and national retailers. In his practice, he represents corporations and national retail chains, as well as lending institutions, franchisees and franchisors in their acquisition, management, leasing and disposition of their commercial real estate assets and liabilities and can be reached at www.leaselaw.com. Mr. Holiday is a member of: the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC); the New England Corporate Counsel Association (NECCA); the Real Estate Bar Association of Massachusetts (REBA) where he sits on its Leasing Committee and its Commercial Real Estate Finance Committee; and the Boston, Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. He earned a B.A. degree in Economics from Tufts University (1977) and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the New England School of Law (1983), where he was a member and case editor for the New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement. He also went on to earn his LL.M. degree from Boston University School of Law, Morin Center for Banking Law Studies (1987). He frequently lectures for Lorman Educational Services and MCLE.

My practice concentrates in real estate, corporate, trust and estate, and personal injury law. I possess extensive experience in both commercial and residential real estate transactions and condominium conversions, as well as corporate law, business formation, business mergers and acquisitions, estate planning, and trust and estate matters.

I enjoy working with small business owners, esp. regarding (a) Business purchases & sales; and (b) Dispute resolution issues, including dissolutions without litigation. As a creative planner, I add value by listening to all sides and advising clients accordingly.