To My Clients and Friends Over These 43 Years of Law Practice
As of December 31, 2023, I will be closing my law office. I do so for the best of all reasons; to spend more time with family, which, mirabile dictu,…
Pay Attention to What You Sign After You Sign the Purchase and Sales Agreement
This is the clear lesson from a recent Rhode Island Superior Court decision involving the sale of a multi-million dollar Barrington waterfront property. Buyers and Sellers signed a Purchase and…
A New and Comprehensive Guide to Rhode Island Land Use Laws
A Practical Guide to Land Use Law in Rhode Island was just published this summer by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. I had the privilege, and the pleasure, of editing…
Whose Beach Is It, Anyway? *
That is a question which will echo throughout Rhode Island’s coast this summer, as in years past. Disputes over beach rights and access to the shore are not confined to…
Some Facts for the Quonset Debate
Published in The Providence Journal (March 17, 1998) To judge from the reaction of environmental groups such as Save the Bay, to the draft Quonset Point/Davisville Master Plan, you'd think…
Those Environmental Crime Waves
Published in The Providence Journal (August 3, 1998) Well, it's summertime and the criminals are running amok. Just look at the two-person environmental crime wave shown in the picture above.…
Honk If You Hate Geese
Published in Providence Business News (September 9, 1996) If you're honking, you're probably a golfer, golf course owner, farmer, or one or the other victims of the thousands of geese…
Court Speaks for Property Rights in Cumberland Case
Published in Providence Business News (September 8, 1997) Every state and municipal official with any responsibilities for regulating property should read, posthaste, a recent opinion by the Rhode Island Supreme…
Buyers and Sellers Need Protection at Auction
Providence Business News, February 15-21, 2010 Selling property at auction has become increasingly popular, particular for condominiums and some high end residential properties, given the shattered real estate market. Sellers…
Auctions Can Create Buzz To Close Home Sales
Providence Business News, December 14-20, 2009 The implosion of the residential real estate market has forced sellers across the country to rethink how they market real estate in a down,…