Leonard Decof

Personal Injury, Mediation
One Smith Hill
Providence, Rhode Island 02903


Personal Injury

Admitted

1953, Rhode Island; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Districts of Rhode Island and Arizona; U.S. Court of Appeals, First and Ninth Circuits

Law School

Harvard University, LL.B., 1953

Law School Graduation Year

1953

College

Yale University, B.A., 1948

Memberships

Rhode Island and American (Member, Action Commission to Improve Tort System) Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (National Chairman, Aviation Section, 1976-1978; State Delegate, 1984-1985; Board of Governors, 1984-1986)

Biographical

Author: Preparation of a Case for Trial, Rhode Island Bar Annual, Vol. 1, October, 1964; Damages in Action for Wrongful Death of Children, Notre Dame Law Review, 1971, Personal Injury Annual, 1972 and Marquette Law Review, 1972; Damages in Child Death Cases, Trial Magazine, Publication of American Trial Lawyers Association, 1971; Damages for Wrongful Death of, or Injury to Child, 20 Am Jur Trials, 1973; Art of Advocacy, Opening Statements, Matthew Bender, 1981. Member, 1973-1989 and Chairman, 1984-1989, Rhode Island Board of Bar Examiners, 1973-1989, Lecturer: Trial Advocacy, Yale Law School, 1974; Trial Advocacy, Harvard Law School, 1975—; Chairman, Administrator and Principal Lecturer, Rhode Island Clerkship Program, 1965-1980. Fellow: International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Director, 1975-1981; Dean, 1980-1981; President, 1984-1985); Inner Circle of Advocates; American College of Trial Lawyers; International Society of Barristers; American Board of Trial Advocates; American Law Institute. (Also at Newport Office)

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