Laura Hartz represents and advises businesses, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and individuals on a wide range of issues including land use, real estate, acquisitions, project development, nonprofit matters, and general business matters.  Laura also has specialized expertise in agriculture and food systems and is able to provide guidance to clients with opportunities related to these areas.

As a business and real estate attorney, Laura is able to combine her passion for helping clients and her interest in food, agriculture, and land use.  Recent examples of her work include guiding a solid waste client through emergency local permitting in aftermath of facility fire, leading the acquisition of a boutique hotel for a regional developer, and assisting a sustainable agriculture nonprofit with the formation and organizational issues.

Laura enjoys exploring Maine’s coast, mountains, and bakeries with her spouse, child, and chocolate lab.  In addition to pursuing outdoor passions like trail running and bird watching, she likes to bake and coax her sourdough starter into doing the same.