Michael Ross Feniger

Overview Noteworthy Publications Matters Activities Seminars Michael P. Ross is a land-use attorney and a member of Prince Lobels Real Estate Group. He brings years of experience as a commercial real estate attorney, and previously, as a former elected official, to solving complex problems for his clients. Mike is co-chair of the Cannabis Practice Group. Mikes legal practice has focused on the successful permitting of commercial real estate projects throughout Boston and beyond. He has permitted residential and commercial project in all the neighborhoods of Boston, including historic neighborhoods and empowerment communities. He also has permitted numerous Cannabis Entities including Bostons first adult-use retail establishment. Together with the Cannabis Practice Group, the team also assisted in the opening of the states first retail business, both in Massachusetts and in New York. He regularly appears before government boards and agencies in order to advance the needs of his clients. Mike is a regular speaker on panels and conferences, discussing the experiences he has gained as an attorney. He regularly presents to Bar Associations and CLE courses for fellow practitioners, as well as serves as a speaker at industry events. He has authored several guidance documents for the use of fellow attorneys. Mike served for 14 years as a Boston City Councilor, and was President of the body from 2009 to 2010. In 2013, he entered the race for mayor, sharing a bold vision for the citys future. Mike holds a bachelors degree from Clark University in Worcester, an MBA from Boston University, and a law degree from Suffolk University. He is a regular contributor to various publications including The Boston Globe, Boston Magazine and Politico. 2023/2024 & 2024/2025: Named a Top 200 Cannabis Lawyer in the Global Top 200 Cannabis Lawyers list published by Cannabis Law Report & Cannabis Law Journal 2022 and 2021: Named a Top 200 Cannabis Lawyer in the Global Top 200 Cannabis Lawyers Directory 2021 - 2025: Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of Real Estate Law 2017: Chai in the Hub Honoree 2015: Executive Committee Member for the Commonwealth Housing Task Force for The Boston Foundation 2014: Appointed by Pres. Obama to serve on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council June 24, 2025: Prince Lobel Groundbreaking Developments Post, How Can State and Local Government Stimulate the Housing Market? February 18, 2025: Quoted, Common Wealth Beacon, Regulators Take Aim at Wild West of Cannabis Host Community Agreements January 15, 2025: New Years Reflections from Prince Lobels Cannabis Group December 12, 2024: Prince Lobel Client Alert, Social Consumption Update December 2, 2024: Quoted, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Cannabis Industry Watching 1st Circuit Case with Interest October 2, 2024: Prince Lobel Client Alert, CCC Provisional License Update September 24, 2024: Prince Lobel Client Alert, Cannabis Control Commission Addresses Issue of Expired Licenses August 22, 2024: Prince Lobel Client Alert, Expired Provisional License Approvals July 25, 2024: Groundbreaking Developments , Bostons New Planning Department June 26, 2024: Groundbreaking Developments , Recent Permitting Approvals Obtained for Prince Lobel Clients May 8, 2024: The Boston Globe, A $19 Big Mac meal is a good thing April 30, 2024: Prince Lobel Client Alert, DEA to Reclassify Cannabis March 22, 2024: Prince Lobel Client Alert, Im a Massachusetts Cannabis Operator - Should I Sue My Town? May 19, 2023: Interviewed, WBUR Radio Boston, A Look at Redistricting in Boston, As Tensions Run High and Time Runs Short May 27, 2021: The Boston Globe, Post-Pandemic is the Time to Redefine the Work Week October 5, 2020: Prince Lobel Client Alert, Boston Cannabis Board Announces Policy Shift on Share Transfers November 2020: The Boston Globe, Bostonians Are Moving to Vermont-and Vermonters Arent Happy About It June 22, 2020: Prince Lobel Client Alert, Ready to Dominate the Cannabis Delivery Market? June 25, 2020: Prince Lobel Client Alert, Report on Boston Cannabis Boards Inaugural Hearing March 2019: Quoted in the Jamaica Plain Gazette on the conditional use permit granted for a Centre Street recreational marijuana dispensary January 2019: Quoted in The Mission Hill Gazette, on a Boston Zoning Board of Appeals approval for a project in Mission Hill April 2018: The Boston Globe, The River Needs Leadership. Let Massport Provide It September 2017: The Boston Globe, To Get Revenue, Get Creative September 2017: Boston Magazine, Sell the State House May 2017: The Boston Globe, A World Class City Needs Dog Friendly Offices December 2015: The Boston Globe, Boston Turns Its Back on Millennials November 2015: The Boston Globe, Our Houses Dont Fit Us Anymore October 2015: The Boston Globe, Let the Bubbly Flow on Boston Common June 2025: Obtained approval for his client from the Zoning Board of Appeal for a five-story, 40-condo building in Mattapan Secured license from city licensing board for dorms for a private school in Bostons Back Bay July 24, 2025: Guest, GBH, The Culture Show Podcast, July 24, 2025 - Elisa New on Walt Whitman, Robin Givhan on Virgil Abloh, and the legacy of Steve Ross June 6, 2024: Interviewed, Boston Globe Today., OPINION: $19 for a Big Mac meal? January 2024: Served as an expert witness to overturn the denial of a retail cannabis establishment by the City of Boston Zoning Board of Appeals April 3, 2025: Presenter, MCLE New England, 9th Annual Cannabis Law Conference 2025 March 21, 2025: Presenter, NECANN Boston, 2025 Key Cannabis Topics April 4, 2024: Speaker, MCLEs 8th Annual Cannabis Conference, Federal Rescheduling and Host Community Agreements March 22, 2024: Presenter, NECANN Boston, 2024 Key Cannabis Topics: Rescheduling, SAFER Banking, and M&A Transactions October 11, 2023: Presenter Quimbee CLE Program, The Cannabis Industry: Best Practices for Attorneys September 20, 2023: Presenter, CLE Program, Leasing to Cannabis Tenants April 6, 2023: Speaker, MCLE 7th Annual Cannabis Conference, HCA and Local Control Items November 21, 2019: Speaker, Boston Bar Association Cannabis Law Conference, Hot Topics in Cannabis Law October 24, 2019: Panelist, CWCBExpo April 2018: Speaker, Boston Center for Adult Education, Cannabis in the Commonwealth March 2018: Speaker, New England Cannabis Conference, How to Win a Cannabis License in Massachusetts December 2017: Speaker, Commercial Real Estate and the Cannabis Industry, Boston Bar Association CLE, Marijuana Regulatory Impacts on Zoning and Entitlements June 2017: Panelist, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Event at John Adams Courthouse, Reflections on Law, Justice, and the Holocaust April 2016: Speaker, REBAs New Lawyers Committee, Boston Zoning and the BRA, with Ian Urquhart April 2015: Panel Moderator, Boston Society of Architects (BSA)s Designing Boston Series, Defining Innovation March 2015: Panel Moderator, BSAs Designing Boston Series, Olympics 2024 December 2014: Panel Moderator, BSAs Designing Boston Series, The City and the Sea: Bostons Evolving Dance With Water October 2014: Moderator, Prince Lobel Young Professionals Series, Craft Beer and Conversation: Brewing and the Law September 2014: Panelist, Boston Globe Panel, The Redevelopment of Boston August 2014: Moderator, #Hubis Home House Party June 2014: Panel Moderator, Boston Idea Week, Changemakers and Innovators