Attorney Lauren F. Goldberg will present the municipal perspective at a seminar sponsored by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education on the topic of “Transparency and Transition: the Public Records Law & Records Retention.” Attorney Goldberg will provide guidance based on her years of experience in meeting the special challenges to... read more
Attorney Jeffrey T. Blake successfully defended the City of Amesbury in a taxpayer’s suit in land Court seeking to recover more than $230,000 in alleged wrongfully assessed real property taxes. Amesburyport Corp. sought a refund of approximately $230,000 in taxes already paid on the Hatter Point Condominiums. With interest,... read more
Attorney Michele E. Randazzo secured a significant victory in favor of the Town of Dennis in a case involving the ever-challenging issue of wind turbine siting. In the recent decision from the Appellate Division of the District Court Department, Aquacultural Research Corp. & Town of Dennis v. Old King’s... read more
Kopelman and Paige’s Jonathan Silverstein, who leads the firm’s Expanded Gaming and Casino practice, recently secured a victory for the Town of West Springfield in the first ever “surrounding community arbitration” regarding a Casino proposal by MGM Resorts, to be developed in Springfield. Under the Commonwealth’s Expanded Gaming Act,... read more
Kopelman and Paige attorneys, Jackie Cowin, Janelle Austin, Megan Bayer and Timothy Zessin, and executive assistant Kate Welch participated in the lawyers Have Heart 5K walk/run in Boston to raise money for the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association. This is a significant annual event to benefit... read more
Kopelman and Paige is please to be participating in the Massachusetts Collectors and Treasurers Association Annual Conference on June 9 and 10, 2014. Attorney Brian Riley will be co-presenting a seminar on June 9th from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. entitled “Taking the Mystery out of Bankruptcies.” Along with... read more
Attorney Janet Pumphrey‘s review of two books on writing has recently been published by the Massachusetts Law Review in Volume 95, number 2. The first book reviewed is entitled Point Made: How to Write Like the Nation’s Top Advocates, by Ross Guberman, and is written for lawyers, using extensive... read more
We are thrilled to announce three new Members of the Firm! Jackie Cowin and Brian Maser became Members on January 1, 2014. Over the past years, many of you have worked with Jackie, whose practice focuses on litigation, and Brian, who is a senior attorney in our Labor and... read more
The latest edition of the Massachusetts Law Review has published Attorney Janet Pumphrey’s reviews of two recent books on writing. Both books are valuable reading for all writers of legal documents and decisions, but provide useful guidance, as well, to readers and writers of all writing, legal and otherwise.... read more
Attorney Lauren Goldberg will be speaking at the Massachusetts City and Town Clerks Association Fall Conference at Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort in Hancock, MA on the topic of “The Mysterious World of Municipal Finance.”