Admitted
1988, Rhode Island; 1989, Massachusetts; U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island; 2001, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Law School
Boston College, J.D., cum laude, 1988
Law School Graduation Year
1988
College
University of Keele, Staffordshire, England; St. Anselm College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1985
Memberships
Rhode Island (Chairman, Committee on Creditors' and Debtors' Rights, 2002—; Superior Court Bench Bar Committee, 1999-2001) and Massachusetts Bar Associations.
Biographical
Omicron Delta Epsilon; Order of the Coif. Editor, Boston College Law Review. Author: Casenote, Meritor v. Vinson: An Equitable Solution for Employer Liability in the Work Place, Boston College Law Review, Spring, 1988; Comment, Massachusetts' Three-Prong Obscenity Test, 1988 Annual Survey of Mass. Law; The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994, Rhode Island Bar Journal, January, 1995; Rhode Island Superior Court Receiverships - Opportunities and Recent Developments, Rhode Island Bar Journal, March 2003. Presentation, Bankruptcy Reform Act's Impact Upon Banking, Shawmut Bank, New Bedford Institution of Savings, Providence, Rhode Island, February, 1995. Member: Rhode Island Lawyer Teacher Partnership Program, 1989-1992; Advisory Board to the Office of Economic Development, Cranston Industrial Development Commission, Cranston, Rhode Island, 1998—. Arbitrator, State of Rhode Island Superior Court Arbitration Program, 1999—.