Robert Tuchmann

Robert Tuchmann is a retired partner in WilmerHale’s Regulatory and Government Affairs and Corporate and Transactional departments, where his practice focused on real estate development and leasing, remediation of contaminated sites, and environmental permitting. Rob is a former chair of the Environmental and Real Estate Practice Groups, and of the Executive Committee at Hale and Dorr. Rob also chaired the Central Artery Environmental Oversight Committee, which was formed by the Massachusetts state secretaries of Environmental Affairs and Transportation and Construction, for over 17 years and was the co-chair of the Central Artery Completion Task Force. Rob was a visiting clinical instructor at the Harvard Law School Legal Services Center, where he mentored students at the WilmerHale Legal Services Center in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. In addition, he chaired the Downtown Boston Transportation Management Association, served for four years as public director of the Boston Society of Architects, is the former chair of the Real Estate Section of the Boston Bar Association, and is the former president of Project Bread – The Walk for Hunger Inc.

As an Access to Justice Fellow, Rob plans to work on a number of projects that capitalize on his prior real estate and environmental practices. Through the Community Dispute Settlement Center, he will provide volunteer mediation in the Waltham and Woburn District Courts and the Land Court. He is also working with the Environmental League of Massachusetts on new initiatives and will assist it in reworking its corporate governance structure. With his background in real estate and environmental expertise, Rob will aid The Trustees of Reservations in special assignments involving acquisition of conservation interests in large tracts of land. Additionally, he will work as a gadfly to stimulate the reemergence of urban agriculture in Boston, which will involve bringing together those engaged with community gardens, rooftop farms, community supported agriculture, hunger relief organizations, the food service industry, restaurant chefs, school feeding programs, and the like.

2017 Update:

Rob Tuchmann was a Fellow in our inaugural class of 2012-2013. Rob’s main Access to Justice Fellows project has been his work with Boston Public Market Association to create and operate the new Boston Public Market. The development of the Boston Public Market was a partnership between the not-for-profit Boston Public Market Association, individual and corporate donors, foundations, the City of Boston, and the project’s seed funder, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Boston Public Market Association developed and operates the Boston Public Market with a public impact mission to support the farmers, fishers, and entrepreneurs who grow, catch and produce local food, and to nourish our community with food and experiences.

As a Fellow, Rob has devoted 1500-2000 hours to the effort to create and operate Boston Public Market. He also continues to recruit Fellows from WilmerHale and has served as moderator for our new Fellows monthly meetings.