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DAVID W. CARROLL: 1.401.521.7000 x2330

Admitted in Rhode Island in 1963; U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island in 1967. Education: Providence College (A.B., cum laude, 1960); Boston College (LL.B., 1963). Member: Rhode Island and American Bar Associations.
PRACTICE AREAS: Professional Malpractice Defense (medical, dental, attorney, psychiatrist); Civil Litigation Defense; General Business Representation.



EDWARD D. FELDSTEIN: 1.401.521.7000 x2221

Admitted to practice in Rhode Island in 1967; U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island in 1969. Education: Providence College (A.B., cum laude, 1964); Boston College (LL.B., 1967). Member: Rhode Island and American Bar Association.
PRACTICE AREAS: Corporate Law; Business Transactions; Real Estate; Estate Planning; Probate; Banking Law; Commercial Law; Creditors Rights; Workouts.



RICHARD M. PEIRCE: 1.401.521.7000 x2216

Admitted to practice in Maine in 1971; Rhode Island, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island in 1972; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts in 1978; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit in 1999. Education: College of the Holy Cross (A.B., 1967); University of Maine (J.D., 1971). Member: Rhode Island Bar Association (Member, 1993- and Co-Chair, 1993-1995, Labor Law Committee, Member, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1998-; Member, Annual Meeting Committee, 1998--), Massachusetts Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) and American Bar Association ( Member, Labor and Employment Law and Litigation Sections); Massachusetts Conveyancers Association; Rhode Island Bar Foundation.
PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate; Commercial Transactions and Litigation; Labor and Employment.



R. KELLY SHERIDAN: 1.401.521.7000 x2329

Admitted to practice in Rhode Island in 1977; U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island and U.S. Court of Appeals First Circuit in 1978. Education: Hampden-Sydney College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); University of Virginia (J.D., 1977). Member: Rhode Island Bar Association (President, 1995; Member, Executive Committee, 1981-1985, 1989-1997; Member, House of Delegates, 1979 --) and American Bar Associations (Member, Litigation Section).
PRACTICE AREAS: Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Legislative Affairs.



ROBERT P. LANDAU: 1.401.521.7000 x2318

Admitted to bar, 1983, Rhode Island; 1984, U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island; 1985, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Duke University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1979); Boston University (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Semifinalist, Albers Moot Court Competition, 1982. Member: Rhode Island Bar Association (Member: District Court Bench and Bar Committee, 1984-1985; Superior Court Bench and Bar Committee, 1986-1988, 1989-1995), Massachusetts Bar Association and American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Tort and Insurance Practice).
PRACTICE AREAS: General Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice.



DENNIS E. CARLEY: 1.401.521.7000 x2322

Admitted to practice in Rhode Island in 1984; U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island in 1985. Education: University of Rhode Island (B.A., with high distinction, 1976); The Ohio State University (M.A., 1978); Capital University (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Member: Rhode Island Bar Association and American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section).
PRACTICE AREAS: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice.



R. JEFFREY KNISLEY: 1.401.521.7000 x2222

Admitted to practice in Rhode Island in 1987; U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island in 1987. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1983); Boston University (J.D., 1986). Member: Rhode Island (Member, Probate and Trust Committee) and American (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Business Law) Bar Association.
PRACTICE AREAS: Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Real Estate Law; Estate Planning; Probate.



EDWARD G. AVILA: 1.401.521.7000 x2215

Admitted to practice in Rhode Island in 1987; U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island in 1988; Massachusetts in 1995; U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts in 1999. Education: Wake Forest University; Providence College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1984); Boston College (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Member: Rhode Island, Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. Second Language: Portuguese.
PRACTICE AREAS: Bankruptcy; Commercial Law; Real Estate Law; Banking.



JAMES A. MUSGRAVE: 1.401.521.7000 x2228

Admitted in Rhode Island in 2002; U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island in 2003; Massachusetts in 2003; U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts in 2005; U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals in 2004. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1999); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Member: Rhode Island and American Bar Associations: American Inns of Court.
PRACTICE AREAS: Labor and Employment; General Civil Litigation.



JASON C. PRECIPHS: 1.401.521.7000 x2331

Admitted to practice in Rhode Island and Massachusetts in 2002; U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island in 2003; United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in 2007; U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts in 2009.  Education: Brown University (A.B., 1998); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2002).  Member: Rhode Island and American Bar Associations.

PRACTICE AREAS: Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Intellectual Property.Civil Litigation.



KRISTIN BARKETT PETTEY: 1.401.521.7000 x2291

Admitted to bar, 1998, Rhode Island; 1999, U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island; 1999, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 2000. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., cum laude, 1995); Suffolk University (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Rhode Island Pro Bono Publico Award, June 2004. Member: Rhode Island Bar Association, Family Court Bench Bar Committee (2002-2004), Rhode Island Women's Bar Association, Massachusetts and American Bar Associations.
PRACTICE AREAS: General Civil Litigation; Landlord/Tenant Disputes; Domestic Relations.