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John’s focus over the last 20 years has been on real estate, business, and corporate law, servicing his clients and their needs in a responsive, dedicated and efficient manner. As a result, John has handled some of the largest developments in the State of Rhode Island and litigated case setting precedents in real estate and tax assessment law.
In his practice, John has represented major real estate developers, construction companies and financial institutions in Rhode Island and Massachusetts on such matters as commercial office projects, shopping centers, planned unit and condominium developments (residential and commercial), financing, general and limited partnerships, and joint ventures. John’s business and real estate practice often leads him to address such issues as environmental concerns, title disputes, easements and construction litigation.
Moreover, his knowledge, experience and temperament have been the basis for his appointment on occasions as a Receiver or a Special Master for the purpose of restructuring various entities in real estate and other areas. Recently, John was appointed a Receiver of a failed recycling company and became responsible for overseeing the clean-up of the recycling facility in East Providence, Rhode Island.
John frequently lectures on land use issues and real estate law, and his accomplishments have enabled him to be selected by his peers in “New England Super Lawyers” in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. He has been named as one of the top lawyers in Rhode Island for Business Litigation and Real Estate by the Rhode Island Monthly Magazine for the years 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. John earned his B.A., cum laude, from Boston College and his J.D. from Boston University School of Law, where he remains an active alumnus.
Additionally, John has a leadership role in the firm’s management, responsible for the day-to-day operations, and the firm’s growth plans for the future. His goal at Mancini Carter is to develop attorneys that are competent, compassionate, passionate and professional; ensuring that the client gets practical advice by a knowledgeable, straight forward-thinking attorney.
John’s dedication, responsiveness, hard-working style, knowledge and temperament have been the bench mark of his success and the premises of Mancini Carter’s mission, to ensure that the clients’ needs and issues are professionally and zealously advocated and addressed.
Prior to starting Mancini Carter, PC, John worked as a partner for fifteen (15) years at a Providence based real estate law firm and previously worked as an associate at Edwards & Angell assisting on numerous leasing and acquisition transactions for clients throughout the Northeast, including CVS Corporation and Fleet National Bank. John started his legal career at Holland & Knight (F/K/A McGovern, Noel & Benik), where he represented numerous developers in respect to the acquisition and development of real estate.
In the community, John has been involved as a local councilman, where he was first elected in 1996 to the Cranston City Council. John served as a city-wide councilman representing 80,000 residents from 1996 to 2002. As a city-wide councilman, John was the chairman of the finance committee, vice chair of the ordinance committee, and member of the public works and claims committee. In 2004, John ran for Mayor of Cranston, where he was the Democratic contender. John gathered thirty (30%) percent of the votes in 2004 and learned that the majority of the residents of the City of Cranston felt he would be a better Attorney than Mayor.
John’s municipal legislative experience is of unique and invaluable benefit to clients as he assists and counsels them through the process of real estate development and agency approval. Because of his first-hand knowledge, John has ushered numerous residential and commercial client projects through the maze of Rhode Island’s regulatory approval processes.
Boston University (J.D., 1998)
Boston College (B.A., cum laude, 1995)
Real Estate & Development
Corporate & Business
Commercial & Civil Litigation
Construction Law
Administrative Law
Environmental Law
Development & Permitting
Land Use Litigation
Property Tax and Assessment Law
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
“The Case of the State of Rhode Island v. Edward D. DiPrete: Trial of the Prosecutor,” Recent Developments in Massachusetts and Federal Law (MCLE 1998) at 475
“Practical Guide to Zoning and Land Use Law,” National Business Institute, June 2007
Nunes v. Meadowbrook Development Co., Inc., 807 A.2d 943 (R.I. 2002)
Nunes v. Meadowbrook Development Co., Inc., 824 A.2d 421 (R.I. 2003)
Koussa v. United States, 261 F. Supp. 2d 91 (D.RI 2003)
Bourque vs. Bruce, et.al., 2004 WL877615 (2004)
Tonetti Enterprises, Inc. v. Mendon Road Leasing Corp., 2006 WI 1028760 (R.I. Super. 2006)
Tonetti Enterprises, Inc. v. Mendon Road Leasing Corp., 2006 WI 1515840 (R.I. Super. 2006)
Grand Banks Yachts, Ltd. Et al.V. Roberts, 2006 WI 2927318 (D.R.I. 2006)
Brochu v. Santis, 939 A.2d 449 (R.I. 2008)
Cornell, et al v. Marvelle, et al, 2008 WI 3312294 (Mass.Super. 2008)
Plainfield Pike Gas & Convenience, LLC v. 1889 Plainfield Pike Realty Corp., 994 a2d 54 (R.I. 2010)
CMI Associates, LLC, v. Regional Refinancing Co., LLC, 775 F. Supp.2d 281 (D. Mass. 2011)
Moreau v. Flanders, 15 A3d 565 (R.I. 2011)
West, et al V. McDonald, 18 A3d 565 (R.I. 2011)
Narragansett Improvement Company, et al v Wheeler et al, 21 A. 3d 430 (R.I. 2011)
Narragansett Electric Company v. Minardi, 21 A3d 539 (R.I. 2011)
Nunes v. Meadowbrook Development Co., Inc., 24 A3d539 (R.I. 2011)
North End Realty, LLC v. Pat’s Italian Food to Go, Inc. et al (R.I. 2012)
Wilkes Street Realty Trust v. Hallinan Capital Corp. Regional Financing Co., LLC C.A. No.:08-31553 (R.I. 2012)
Nunes v. Meadowbrook Development Co. Inc., 24 A.3d 539 (R.I. 2011)
Narragansett Elec. Co. v. Saccoccio, 43 A.3d 40 (R.I. 2012)
Miller v. Metropolitan Property and Casualty Ins. Co., 88 A3d 1157 (R.I. 2014)
Shine v. Moreau, 119 A.3d 1 (R.I. 2015)
Calcagni v. Fleet Construction Co., Inc., C.A. No. 10-2078
Richmond Holding Corporation v. Richmond Ready Mix, Inc. C.A. No. 08-0616
Demetrios B. Haseotes v. V.S. Haseotes & Sons Limited Partnership, et al, C.A. No. 10-1783- 10-1790
Lindemannv. John P. Caito Corporation, Inc., C.A. no. 11-0005
Anthony F. Rosciti, Jr., v. South Shore Utility Contractors, Inc., C.A. no. 06-2623
Trans Load America, Inc. v. TLA-Providence LLC C.A. PB 12-1475
Michael A. Miller and Carol J. Miller v. Water Wells Systems, Inc. C.A. No. 12-4349
Rhode Island Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association
Selected by the American Council of Young Political Leaders to travel to Japan as a delegate representing the United States government, November 1999.
Honored member of the Strathmore’s Who’s Who in America, 2001/2002 edition.
Elected to the Cranston City Council as a City-Wide Councilman 1996-2002; 2004 Democratic Nominee for Mayor of the City of Cranston.
Names as New England “Super Lawyer” years 2012, 2014 2015, 2016 and 2017; and named as one of the top lawyers in Rhode Island by Rhode Island Monthly Magazine for years 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Fluent in Italian.