Honors and Awards:

•   Rhode Island Discovery and Depositions, Mass. Cont. Legal Education, Rhode Island Practice Series, co-editor with the Honorable Patricia A. Hurst, Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court, published September 2010  Rated ACLEA's Best" award from the Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA). Outstanding Achievement in the category of Best Publication.  , Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA), 2011
•  Recipient of the Dorothy Lohmann Public Service Award Presented by The Rhode Island Bar Association for work with Defenders of Animals , 2011

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• 2000 – present    National Board of Trial Advocacy            Certified in civil trial advocacy, 2000

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member: Federal Court Bench Bar Committee 2002 - present
• Sustaining Member: American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America), Board of Governors, 2001-2007, Rhode Island State Delegate 1999-2001; President’s Club, 2005-2007, Member, Elections Committee, 2004- present, Membership Committee, 2004  
• Member: Animal Law Committee  2011
• Member: Family Court Bench Bar Committee 2005
• Member: Technology in Court Subcommittee, appointed by Superior Court Presiding Justice Joseph P. Rodgers, Jr.  
• Member: House of Delegates: Rhode Island Bar Association 2003 - present    Member: Executive Committee: Rhode Island Bar Association 2011- present
• Member: User Friendly Court Review Committee, appointed by Chief Justice Frank Williams 1995  
• 1986 - present    Member, Chairman: 2006 to present, RI Bar Assn Superior Court Bench Bar Committee,  2003 to 2005 Chairman: RI Bar Assn Committee to Review Rhode Island Rules of Civil Procedure 2004 to 2006       
• Member, Past President: Rhode Island Association for Justice (formerly Rhode Island Trial Lawyers Association) Board of Governors and Editor of Rhode Island Trial Lawyers Journal since 1999 – present 

Pro bono/Community Service:

• 2000 Legal Counsel: Northern Rhode Island Council for the Arts,  Beacon Charter School
• 1996 Member of Board of Directors: National Kidney Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Inc.      
• Chairman: Town of Johnston, RI Board of Canvassers 2001-2004       
•   Legal Counsel and Member: Friends of the Music Mansion 2000 – present     
• Member and Past President: Providence Plantations Lions Club, 1989 – 1991, Chairman: Rhode Island Lions Club Drug Awareness Committee   1992 - 1993         
• Legal Counsel: Feinstein Foundations and related organizations 1992 - 1994     
•   2000 - present    Legal Counsel and Member: Defenders of Animals  
•   Participating Attorney, Trial Lawyers Care: Pro Bono Representation of 9/11 Victims before Compensation Fund1985 - present     

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

•  “May It Please the Court” presentation sponsored by The National Business Institute 6/7/11
•  “Medical Affidavits: Issues and Solutions” presentation sponsored by the Rhode Island Association for Justice 4/14/11  
•  “Admissibility of Medical Affidavits: Problems and Solutions” presentation sponsored by the Pawtucket Bar Association 1/20/11  
•   “Medical Affidavits” Issues on Presentation of Evidence and Use of Medical Affidavits in Trial sponsored by the Rhode Island Association for Justice 11/12/09  
•    “Federal and State Rules of Evidence: Do the Differences Matter” presentation  sponsored by the Rhode Island Bar Association: Federal Bench Bar Committee presented to The Rhode Island Bar Association Annual Meeting 6/22/09  
• Guest Lecturer: Roger Williams Law School Procedural Issues Pertaining to Revisions of Rules of Civil Procedure 4/16/09  
•    “Building Your Civil Trial Skills” presentation sponsored by The National Business Institute 2/24/09  
•      Moderator and presenter:Tips on Practicing Before the Business and Formal and Special Cause Calendars presented to The Rhode Island Bar Association Annual Meeting 6/13/08
•    Legal Issues Regarding Your Pets presentation  sponsored by the Rhode Island Association for Justice and presented to the Citizens Law School 6/10/08
• Removal and Remand Issues in Federal Court sponsored by Federal Bench Bar /Superior Court Joint Committee Meet  4/9/08
•   “Removal and Remand Issues in Federal Court” presentation sponsored by the Rhode Island Bar Association: 4/9/08
• “How to Protect Your Pets” presentation sponsored by The Defenders of Animals  1/17/08        
• PUBLICATION:    Article published "Contribution in Title VII, Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Worker's Union," 18 New England Law Review  217 (1983) 
• “Don’t Lien on Me” presentation regarding subrogation liens and rights and responsibilities of party to reimburse first party lien holder 10/20/00
• “ERISA Litigation: What You Need to Know” presentation regarding basic litigation, pitfalls, and issues of claims arising under ERISA 10/20/04
•     Moderator and presenter:Update of the Rhode Rules of Civil Procedure revisions presented to The Rhode Island Bar Association Annual Meeting  6/9/05
• “Selecting a Jury in Federal Court” presentationsponsored by the Rhode Island Bar Association: Federal Bench Bar Committee   3/29/06     
•   “Preparing With Retaining Counsel to Testify” presentation  sponsored by SEAK Expert Services 6/23/06    
•   “Building Your Civil Trial Skills” presentation  sponsored by The National Business Institute 2/28/07    
•   “Impeachment in Cross Examination” presentation regarding successful impeachment techniques during cross examination of witnesses10/20/04  
• “Building Your Civil Trial Skills” presentation sponsored by The National Business Institute 2/24/09, Presenter, National Business Institute (NBI), 2009
•   Rhode Island Discovery and Depositions, Mass. Cont. Legal Education, Rhode Island Practice Series, co-editor with the Honorable Patricia A. Hurst, Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court, published September 2010  Rated ACLEA's Best" award from the Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA). Outstanding Achievement in the category of Best Publication.  , Editor: Discovery & Depositions, Publisher: MCLE: New England Division, 2010

Educational Background:

•    University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, 1980; Dean's List
• New England School of Law, Boston, MA.J.D. Received May, 1983; Cum Laude; Research Editor, New England Law Review; First Place representing New England School of Law in 1982/1983 National Trial Competition; Chairman, 1983 Commencement Day Committee; Student Representative, Faculty Recruitment Committee.