Attorney Janelle M. Austin, a Shareholder of the Firm, has, for the 8th year in a row, been asked by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE), the premier attorney education provider in Massachusetts, to serve as a faculty member and panelist for the MCLE “Public Records & Open Meeting Law: What... read more 
Attorney Deborah Ecker successfully defended the City of Amesbury at arbitration relating to the Fire Department’s decision to assign firefighters rather than permanent lieutenants to the 55 position, which included their sitting in the right front seat of the ladder truck. After hearing, Arbitrator Timothy Hatfield found that the... read more 
Attorney Brian Maser successfully defended the Reading Municipal Light Department in an important case at arbitration relating to the Department’s decision to bypass a first class lineworker for promotion to the position of Leader Lineworker in favor of a first class lineworker with less seniority. After a two day... read more 
KP Law was proud to support the annual Lawyers Have Heart Charity Run in Boston on June 25, 2019 to support the American Heart Association. Attorneys Janelle Austin and Jared Collins participated in this great cause. The event raised more than $330,000 to benefit the American Heart Association. 
KP Law is thrilled to announce that Attorney Jackie Cowin has been confirmed as an Associate Justice at the Massachusetts Superior Court. She was vetted by the Judicial Nominating Committee and then, on March 13, 2019, nominated by Governor Charlie Baker. She appeared earlier this month before the Governor’s... read more 
Attorney Janet H. Pumphrey was recently selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, a rare achievement in the western part of the state. Attorney Pumphrey resides in our Lenox office and was also selected to Super Lawyers in 2018, for the third year in a row.... read more 
KP Law is pleased to report that Attorneys Jonathan M. Silverstein and Michele E. Randazzo, Members at the firm, and Attorneys Deborah I. Ecker and Janet Hetherwick Pumphrey, Counsel at the firm, were named as Super Lawyers for 2018. The designation is bestowed after a rigorous selection process, including independent research and peer nomination and... read more
Attorneys Jackie Cowin and Gregg Corbo secured Summary Judgment in favor of the Town of Plymouth in a suit brought by the County of Plymouth for alleged harm arising from the Town’s prior operation of a landfill on property owned by the County. The Town had operated the landfill,... read more 
In the case of Town of Swansea v. Maura Healy, Suffolk Superior Court, C.A. No. 1784CV03269, Attorney Gregg J. Corbo successfully prosecuted the Town of Swansea’s appeal of a determination by the Attorney General’s Division of Open Government that the Town’s Board of Selectmen violated the Open Meeting Law with respect to... read more