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The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island has granted a preliminary injunction in the ongoing dispute over the Town of Coventry’s eminent domain taking of Johnson’s Pond, halting a parallel state court proceeding so that the property owners’ claims can be decided in federal court. KSPR Law obtained the ruling on

KSPR, by and through Attorney Michael Resnick, obtained dimensional relief and combined master/preliminary plan approval for the expansion of an industrial business in Johnston by way of a second principal structure for sheet metal fabrication and the like before the Johnston Planning Board under Unified Development Review. The approvals clear the way for the business to add the new structure and

KSPR Law successfully obtained a significant victory on behalf of Patriot Builders, Inc., with the Rhode Island Superior Court remanding a Planning Board decision that had denied a proposed residential redevelopment project in North Providence. Patriot Builders sought to transform a former industrial property into much-needed housing through Rhode Island’s adaptive reuse framework. The Town’s

KSPR, through attorney Katherine Norman, successfully obtained both a special use permit and a dimensional variance on behalf of its client for a short-term rental property in Newport. This result enables the client to move forward with their plans despite local zoning restrictions, highlighting KSPR’s experience in navigating complex land-use and permitting matters. The approval

KSPR, through Attorney Michael Resnick, successfully guided a proposed 80-room hotel on Gooding Avenue in Bristol, Rhode Island through the master plan approval phase. Following an extensive public hearing before the Bristol Planning Board on March 5, the board voted 4-1 to grant conditional master plan approval, advancing the project to the preliminary phase where

KSPR Law recently prevailed at the Rhode Island Supreme Court on behalf of its client in contested real estate litigation. The unanimous opinion authored by Associate Justice Long of the Rhode Island Supreme Court can be read here: https://www.courts.ri.gov/Opinions/Supreme-24-203.pdf This Opinion in 1100 North Main, LLC v. Shoreby Hill Properties, Inc., where Michael A. Kelly,

KSPR successfully represented the Defendants in The Murray Revocable Trust v. Thomas Gerald, LLC, securing a favorable Superior Court ruling that dismissed all claims against the individual members of the LLC. The Court agreed with KSPR’s arguments that the individuals acted solely in their corporate capacities and could not be held personally liable. This outcome reaffirms Rhode

We are pleased to announce that KSPR Law successfully defended a summary-judgment decision on appeal before the Massachusetts Appeals Court. The appellate court unanimously upheld the lower court’s ruling in favor of KSPR’s client, confirming that the Framingham Planning Board acted appropriately in issuing special permits and preliminary site plan approval for our client’s proposed