Areas of Practice

• Personal Injury

• Workers’ Compensation

• Employment Litigation

• Unemployment and TDI appeals

• Business Corporations and Contracts

• Probate and Estates

• Wills, Trusts, and Powers of Attorney

• Social Security Disability

• General Practice

 

Bar Admissions

• Rhode Island, 1979

• Massachusetts, 1979

• U.S. District Court of Rhode Island, 1979

• U.S. District Court of Massachusetts, 1989

 

Education

• East Providence High School, Class of 1972

• Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, 1976

• Suffolk University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, Juris Doctor, 1979

 

Professional Associates and Memberships

• Rhode Island Bar Association

• Rhode Island Association for Justice

• Municipal Court Judges Association

 

Professional Awards

• Rhode Island Bar Association Pro Bono Publico award, 1987

 

Prior Judicial Service

• 1982 – 1986, Probate Judge for the City of East Providence

• 1990 – 1993, Chairman, Juvenile Hearing Board for the City of East Providence

• 1994 – 2008 and 2011 – Continuing, Municipal Court Judge for the City of East Providence

 

Past Public Service

• 2000 – 2008, Member, Municipal Court/Traffic Tribunal Liaison Committee

• 1997 – 1998, Member, Legislative Commission to Study the Feasibility of Modernizing Probate Law and Procedure

• 1991, Chairman, Charter Review Commission for the City of East Providence

• 2012, Member, East Providence City Manager search committee

• 2012, Member, Welcoming America Organization