Following a four-day trial, attorneys Christopher Hennessey and Michael Rivkin of Cohen Kinne Valicenti & Cook LLP persuaded a Worcester County jury to find in favor of their client, the plaintiff, a commercial tenant of a medical office building located in Oxford, Massachusetts. CKVC filed suit on behalf of their client after the landlord materially interfered with the client’s ability to provide medical services to their patients, forcing them to relocate. CKVC successfully obtained a jury verdict in their client’s favor on all counts, resulting in an award of damages that compensated their client for their loss of business revenue, reimbursement of rent, and an entry of punitive damages that included CKVC’s reasonable attorney’s fees, for a total of $1,963,621.74.
Cohen Kinne Valicenti & Cook LLP is pleased to announce the opening of a new office location at 57 Spring Street, Williamstown, Massachusetts. We are thrilled to be able to continue to serve Northern Berkshire County with our new location.
Cohen Kinne has prided itself on its longtime presence in Berkshire County and having the opportunity to represent clients – individuals and business alike – across the county, state, and beyond. The firm has long been a staple on Park Square in Pittsfield and Main Street in Great Barrington and is excited to extend its roots to Williamstown.
With offices in Pittsfield, Great Barrington, and Williamstown, Cohen Kinne continues to serve Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and beyond.
WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS – Kevin M. Kinne speaks with NBC10 Boston reporter Alysha Palumbo about the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, its benefit to working families, its allowances for full or part time employees, and how businesses will be affected.
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August 31, 2020
PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS – Kevin M. Kinne, of the law firm Cohen Kinne Valicenti & Cook LLP, has been recognized as Western Mass. Lawyer of the Year for his work in Litigation – Labor and Employment Law. He also has been named to list of The Best Lawyers in America© 2021. The individual award and the Best Lawyers list are chosen based only on a peer-review evaluation process.
Kinne was honored for his work in Litigation – Labor and Employment Law. Kinne regularly advises employers throughout the Berkshires on a broad range of employment law matters including counseling for employee issues, defending against discrimination and harassment claims and drafting employment-related documents. Kinne is an experienced federal and state court trial attorney who has achieved verdicts and settlements in excess of $20 million for his clients. Kinne also has been selected as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer for 2020.
Founded in 2009, Cohen Kinne Valicenti & Cook LLP is one of the Berkshires largest law firms and was chosen as the “Best Law Firm” for the past several years in the The Berkshire Eagle’s Best of the Berkshires poll.
Dennis Egan joined a panel of experts in an online educational session to discuss loan forgiveness under the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program. Dennis leads the Real Estate Division of Cohen Kinne’s Business and Banking Group.
Cohen Kinne Partner Dennis Egan participated as a panel member in 1Berkshire’s Virtual Town Hall : Banking During COVID-19. The Q&A-style virtual town hall brought together leaders, stakeholders and experts in the banking industry to discuss resources available to businesses to help navigate successfully through the COVID-19 pandemic event.
Cohen Kinne Attorney Beth Tully was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. at its 2020 annual meeting. Beth joined the firm and moved to the Berkshires in 2019 after beginning her career in Boston. Her focus is litigation and employment law. At the meeting, Cohen Kinne partner Jesse Cook-Dubin stepped down as President of the organization after four years of service. For many decades, the firm has been deeply involved in the economic development mission of the Berkshires. DPI has been fostering the ongoing growth and vitality of downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts since 1983 by developing strategies and programs, mobilizing resources and supporting the enhancement of a creative, lively, sustainable environment.
Boston CBS affiliate WBZ turned to Kevin Kinne to answer important and interesting workplace questions concerning employees who have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Kevin is actively advising a variety of clients about COVID-19 related employment issues. He has been practicing employment law for over 25 years and is a partner of the firm.
The WBZ report can be seen here:
Cohen Kinne Valicenti & Cook was voted best law firm in the Berkshire Eagle’s “Best of the Berkshires 2019.” The firm has received the award, which is based on public voting, for the past three consecutive years.
We decided to organize a new firm because of our continuing commitment to all of our clients. The ideals on which the firm was founded include: (1) working within our individual areas of specialty at the highest level available anywhere, (2) establishing great working relationships with members of the Berkshire Bar and lawyers outside the Berkshires, and (3) embracing our passion and spirit for this work.
On January 1, 2009, we started the firm with six lawyers and six staff members. Many have remained and the Firm has doubled in size so that, on our Tenth Anniversary, we have 12 lawyers, and an amazing group of other experienced and capable professionals – all of whom subscribe to the firm’s Service Commitment (and work hard every day for our firm to be the best that it can be):
We know that our clients’ most exciting opportunities and most troubling challenges do not arise just on Monday through Friday between the hours of 8 AM to 5:30 PM; and whenever those opportunities or challenges arise, we are determined to immediately respond to our clients’ needs on a 24-7 basis.
We are pleased that we have upheld our Service Commitment throughout the first ten years of our existence. We are also very pleased that over the ten years we have made three new partners, Christopher M. Hennessey, Dennis G. Egan Jr. and Jesse Cook-Dubin, each of whom has been recognized as among the very best lawyers in Western Massachusetts in his practice specialty. And we are very proud of our very strong and growing relationships with other Berkshire County lawyers who have regularly turned to us to collaborate on the most difficult matters for their clients.
To our clients, colleagues, fellow Berkshire County lawyers, friends and family: we express our deep appreciation for the good fortune of our success to which all of you have contributed.