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CREED & FORMICA About
Us... We believe no other group of attorneys can provide the competency, expediency and quality of services that Creed & Formica offer. In the area of conveyancing, lender and property management representation we believe our service and dedication to be superb. Creed & Formica individually tailors its fee schedule to the mutual benefit of client and firm. Creed & Formica is a law firm which concentrates in real estate law. The firm is comprised of the two named partners named partners, and an associate. Staff includes three conveyancing paralegals, a litigation paralegal and receptionist. Each attorney is involved in, and has the expertise to, coordinate and conduct real estate conveyances. In addition to its Needham locations, the firm has access to conferencing facilities statewide. James F. Creed, Jr., has closed over 1000 residential transactions of which many have been loans involving multi-family residential housing. Mr. Creed has also represented the secured lender in more complex, multi-million dollar commercial transactions. In representing Fannie Mae and the Dime Savings Bank of New York FSB, Mr. Creed worked closely with the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services (Boston) and the Drug House Task Force in efforts to provide affordable housing. Mr. Creed facilitated conveyances in conjunction with the Mayor's Office to ensure that neighborhood groups would be afforded the option to purchase and provide afford-able housing and stable local ownership opportunities to the community. Mr. Creed is formerly an elected member of the Marshfield Planning Board, and is familiar with all aspects of the Subdivision Control Law, and state and local zoning requirements. Additionally Creed was formerly staff intern with the Boston City Council, and while employed there his work centered on the creation of affordable housing in the City of Boston. He was extensively involved in efforts to expand the Section 8 and METHAP Programs, encouraging local banks to provide more money for affordable housing creation, and urged that Boston's Linkage Fund be established as a revolving loan fund, rather than a grant program, to ensure permanent funding for affordable projects within the city. Jeffrey N. Formica has closed over 2,000 residential loans of which a great number involved multi-family residential housing. In addition to his prior representation of various conventional lenders, such as BayBanks and Alliance Funding Company, the firm currently represents the Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae") in connection with the conveyance and finance of bank owned real estate at prices conducive to providing affordable housing. Mr. Formica was also involved in several transactions in which he worked with the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency ("MHFA") to provide affordable financing to eligible borrowers. Sara D. Trupe is a former Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Boston, has been associated with Creed & Formica for two and one-half years. With Creed & Formica, Ms. Trupe has represented various entitles in civil litigation, primarily on real estate issues. Additionally, Ms. Trupe has assisted with closing residential loans for conventional lenders. Prior to her association with Creed & Formica, Ms. Trupe represented the City of Boston in civil litigation, in torts alleged against the City and real estate matters. This representation included affirmative litigation against property owners to bring city properties into compliance with the Boston Zoning Code, and various environmental codes. 
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