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Personal Injury/Product Liability Litigation Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning Family Law Corporations, LLC's, and Business Law Labor Law Government Law Municipal Finance Admirality and Maritime Law Real Estate General Practice PERSONAL INJURY/PRODUCT LIABLITY We have represented clients in this area for more than 75 years. We have represented clients in a number of landmark Rhode Island Supreme Court cases in this area, and have achieved multi-million dollar settlements for others. We have extensive experience in trial, arbitration, mediation and all types of insurance claims, including uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage. We have a pool of experts in Accident Reconstruction, Professional Photography, Videography and Economic Loss Valuation ready to document, preserve and optimize every aspect of your case, on a moment’s notice. We will help you achieve a fair settlement or, if that if not possible, we have the skill and experience to vigorously try your case in court, all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary. In short, we are ready to handle your case immediately and effectively. Back to Top LITIGATION If you have a dispute that cannot be resolved, whether it concerns real estate, boundaries or a breach of your company’s contract, we are prepared to represent you in nearly any type of litigation. We’ve successfully represented clients in United States Supreme Court, United States Courts of Appeals, United States Tax Court, Internal Revenue Service, United States District Courts, National Labor Relations Board, United States Bankruptcy Court, United States Board of Contract Appeals, Rhode Island Supreme Court, Rhode Island Superior Court, Rhode Island Family Court, Rhode Island District Court, Probate Courts, Rhode Island Labor Relations Board, Rhode Island Division of Taxation, Zoning Boards, Planning Boards, Coastal Resources Management Council, Department of Environmental Management, Commissioner of Education, Board of Regents, Human Rights Commission, City and Town Councils, Rhode Island Liquor Control Administrator, Department of Employment Security, Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission. In recent years, we have successfully represented clients in a number of landmark Rhode Island Supreme Court decisions. Back to Top WILLS, TRUSTS, ESTATE PLANNING From planning large complex estates to the most basic family situations we can provide tax saving advice and solutions to the most difficult personal and financial planning problems. Whether your needs are in the areas of drafting, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, establishing guardianships, contesting wills or settlement of estates, our experience enables us to serve you effectively, efficiently and at reasonable cost. Back to Top FAMILY LAW This is one of the most difficult and fastest changing areas of the law. It encompasses divorce, child custody and support, tax considerations in questions of alimony and property settlement, adoption and child abuse problems. We are equipped to help our clients through the most difficult situations and to represent them aggressively in the Family Court. Back to Top CORPORATIONS, LLC’s AND BUSINESS LAW We’ve been involved in everything from organizing and incorporating business ventures to purchases, sales, mergers and acquisitions of businesses of every size from the most modest neighborhood enterprise to multi-million dollar corporations. We are particularly experienced with small, family-owned corporations that require corporate and estate planning to be coordinated as one. We routinely prepare stock option plans, buy-out provisions and other matters frequently required by small business entities Our background in litigation and administrative law make us uniquely qualified to handle your work even for matters outside the corporation, as well. Back to Top LABOR LAW In addition to advising businesses on labor relations questions, we have very extensive experience representing municipalities and school districts in their dealings with various public employee unions – police, fire, teachers, laborers (including contract negotiation and arbitration) and arbitration of grievances as well as court action when there are strikes. Back to Top GOVERNMENT LAW Our experience and success in this field is significant. We have represented municipalities, state agencies, school districts, zoning boards, planning boards and police departments. On the other side of the coin we have also represented individuals in their dealings with agencies of the federal, state or local governments. We have defended civil rights claims along with many other types of litigation involving government agencies. We have been involved in numerous arbitration cases and we have been the attorneys in a number of leading municipal law cases decided by the Rhode Island Supreme Court and the federal courts. A most difficult area where we have unique expertise is that of special education. Back to Top MUNICIPAL FINANCE We have worked closely with municipalities, school districts, and financial institutions on all aspects of municipal finance. We have acted as bond counsel for large and small issues. Back to Top ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME LAW Rhode Island is a maritime state and in keeping with that tradition, we have handled cases involving everything from sail boats to super tankers. Back to Top REAL ESTATE Whether you are buying or selling a home, evicting a tenant, faced with eviction, or involved with the most complex real estate transaction or title or zoning problem, we have the experience to give service and advice. If you wish to preserve your land, We are authorized to examine titles and to issue policies of title insurance through the leading title insurance companies, and we are approved as title and closing attorneys by the leading banks and lending institutions. We perform services for real estate brokers and residential and commercial real estate developers. Our experience in litigation also enables us to represent clients in adverse possession, boundary dispute and easement/right of way determination cases. We have tried many cases in this area as well. Back to Top GENERAL PRACTICE Not every legal problem fits neatly into a particular area or specialty. That’s where our broad experience enables us to give advice and help in all kinds of situations, whether you need someone to prepare your income tax return or defend you in a criminal case, whether you need precise answers to legal questions or just plain old-fashioned advice. If you are involved in something we don’t handle, we can recommend competent lawyers to you. Back to Top ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW 25 DANIELSON PIKE P.O. BOX 46 NORTH SCITUATE, RI 02857 TEL. 401-647-1400 FAX 401-647-1446 |
