Biography
Julie Charpentier focuses her practice on business and real estate litigation. She is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation Group and its Real Estate and Title Insurance Team.
Business Litigation
Julie assists clients in handling complex business disputes, including claims for breach of contract and business torts such as fraud, misrepresentation, and unfair and deceptive trade practices. In addition to helping clients in traditional litigation, she also assists with alternative dispute resolution, such as arbitration.
Real Estate Litigation
Julie works with clients in a wide range of disputes, including land use, zoning, fraudulent title and conveyances, and commercial lending, representing individuals, businesses, and associations.
Pro Bono
Julie’s pro bono efforts include working with the Political Asylum/Immigration Representation (PAIR) Project, helping asylum-seekers navigate the judicial process. She also has represented a client in an Eighth Amendment claim against employees of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections.
While in law school, Julie interned for the Brunswick County, North Carolina District Attorney’s Office where her responsibilities included drafting court documents and researching and reviewing new cases. She also did pro bono work for the North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence, reviewing potential client files of inmates claiming factual innocence. Julie traveled to Cherokee, North Carolina, where she assisted low-income individuals by drafting wills and child custody forms.