Honors and Awards: I am profiled in Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in the World, among other similar publications. PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS: 1.  In 1981 I was appointed to serve as Special Assistant Attorney General under Attorney General Dennis Roberts II to serve as counsel to the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission. In that capacity, I represented the Commission and the State of Rhode Island in electric energy hearings before the Power Authority of the State of New York. 2.  In 1991 I was appointed by the Governor to serve as legal counsel to the State of Rhode Island Personnel Appeal Board and I continue to serve in that position.  The Board is a quasi-judicial body that hears appeals by Rhode Island State employees from job actions such as demotions, layoffs and terminations.  My duties involve advising the bipartisan board with respect to hearing procedures and applicable law.  I prepare draft decisions for the Board and handle Superior and Supreme Court appeals for the Board. 3.  In 1992 I was appointed by the Presiding Justice of the Superior Court as an Arbitrator of civil cases in the Rhode Island Superior Court.  In this role I conduct arbitrations of civil cases involving $100,000.00 or less in damages and render decisions.  The civil arbitration program has greatly reduced the backlog of cases pending in the Superior Court.  4.  In 1993 I was appointed by the Presiding Justice of the Superior Court as a Special Master/Commissioner of Real Estate.  In that role I can be authorized to conduct hearings involving real estate matters and report my findings to the Superior Court. 5.  In 1994 I was one of five persons nominated by the Judicial Nominating Commission to fill a vacant judgeship in the Rhode Island Superior Court. 6.  In 1997 I was appointed by Governor Almond to the Planning Advisory Committee that assisted in the preparation of the State's Master Development Plan for the Port of Galilee. 7.  In 1999 I was named a Mediator for the Rhode Island Bar Association Mediation Program. 8.  In 2000 I was selected as Special Legal Counsel to the Rhode Island Ethics Commission. 

Special Licenses/Certifications: PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: I am admitted to practice before all Courts in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Tennessee; the United States District Courts for Rhode Island, Massachusetts and the Eastern District of Tennessee; the United States Courts of Appeals for the First, Fifth and Sixth Circuits; and the United States Supreme Court.   I regularly practice before the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission and the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers, and I am an approved attorney for the Rhode Island Energy Facility Siting Board. I am a member of the American and Rhode Island Associations for Justice (formerly the American and Rhode Island Trial Lawyers Associations).   I am a member of the Rhode Island Bar Association's Supreme Court Bench/Bar Committee, the Federal Court Bench/Bar Committee, and the Superior Court Bench/Bar Committee.   I am certified to serve as (1) a Guardian (Personal Injury) in Superior Court, (2) a Receiver/Trustee in Superior Court, and (3) a Commissioner of Real Estate in both Superior Court and Family Court. 

Bar/Professional Activity: I was appointed by the President of the Bar Association to be the Chairman of the Superior Court Bench/Bar Committee for three consecutive fiscal years, from 2003 to 2006.  During my tenure, and working with the Presiding Justice, we revised the Rules of Civil Procedure and we also established a mandatory medical malpractice mediation program.   The mediation program became a significant success.  Moreover, when I stepped down as Chairman, The Presiding Justice wrote a letter to me stating that "In my 15 years as presiding justice, I cannot recall any individual from the bar who has worked as diligently as you have to improve not only the relationship between the bench and the bar, but also trying to make the judicial system more efficient and effective." In 2006, I was elected to the Bar Association's House of Delegates.  I was then elected by the House of Delegates to the Bar Association's Executive Committee. In 2008, I was elected Treasurer of the Rhode Island Bar Association, and in 2009 I was elected Secretary.

Pro bono/Community Service: COMMUNITY/POLITICAL ACTIVITIES: In 1982, I was an advisor and counsel to District Court Judge Robert Pirraglia in his primary campaign for U.S. Congress.   In 1984, I served briefly as Chief Speechwriter to Warwick Mayor Joseph Walsh in his primary campaign for Governor.   From 1988 to 1990, I served as Chief Legal Counsel to Bruce Sundlun in both his 1988 and 1990 Campaigns for Governor.  In 1988, Mr. Sundlun lost to the incumbent Governor by less than 1%.  In 1990, Mr. Sundlun was elected Governor.   I was legal counsel to the Pawtuxet Valley Historic and Preservation Society for many years. I have coached boys and girls CYO basketball teams and Babe Ruth league baseball teams in Providence.  I was the statistician for the Classical High School Boys Basketball team for four years. In 2004, Jammat Housing and Community Development Corp., a non-profit community organization in Providence, named me to its Advisory Board and dedicated a room in its new community day-care facility in my name in recognition of the many years of legal service I provided to them.

Verdicts and Settlements: I am a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which is limited to trial lawyers who have achieved a verdict or settlement of $1,000,000 or more.

Representative Clients: Representative Clients. Cardi Corporation; Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.; Fleet National Bank; AT&T Corp.; Stonebridge Fire District; McDonald's Corporation; Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company; First Federal Savings Bank of America; Realty Financial Partners; Fafard Real Estate and Development Corp.; Providence Water Supply Board; Block Island Power Company; Interstate Navigation Company (The Block Island Ferry); Prudence Ferry, Inc.; Block Island Cable TV, Inc.; Town of Cumberland; Rhode Island Personnel Appeal Board; Rhode Island Ethics Commission; Jammat Housing and Community Development Corp; Miles Ave. Property Co. LLC; The Energy Council of Rhode Island (TEC-RI); ISO-New England, Inc. (ISO-NE); Bluewater Wind, LLC; City of Central Falls School District.

Educational Background: PRELEGAL EDUCATION 1969-1973 UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDKingston, Rhode Island B.A. Highest Distinction, 1973Cumulative Average 3.76/4.0 Major: Political Science Honors:  Captain of the U.R.I. Crew Team; Appointment by the U.R.I. President as the first student Ombudsman in U.R.I. history; Rhodes Scholar nominee; recipient of Honorary Danforth Fellowship. LEGAL EDUCATION 1973-1976 BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAWBoston, Massachusetts J.D. cum laude, 1976Class Rank 12/427 (top 3%)Cumulative Average 85.19  ADVANCED EDUCATIONSummer 1982 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYEast Lansing, Michigan Graduate Studies Certificate Intensive Regulatory Studies Program in Public Utility Law 1982-1987 BRYANT UNIVERSITY Smithfield, Rhode Island M.S.T. with honors (Master of Science in Taxation)Degree awarded in May 1987Cumulative Average 3.75/4.0 Member of Delta Mu Delta Graduate Honor Society in Business. 1993-1994  BRYANT UNIVERSITY Smithfield, Rhode Island In 1994 I successfully completed Bryant College's Microcomputer Software Applications Certificate program.