Admitted: 1969, Rhode Island; 1970, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1971, District of Columbia; 1985, Massachusetts
Law School: Georgetown University, J.D.
Member: Rhode Island (Chairman, Committee on Insurance, 1981) and American (Member, Section of Litigation; Member, Subcommittee on Religious Organizations, Committee on Exempt Organizations, Section of Taxation, 1987) Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar; Rhode Island Trial Lawyers Association.
Biography: Phi Alpha Delta. Chief, Estate and Gift Tax Section, Rhode Island Division of Taxation, 1969. Special Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, The Brooklyn Strike Force, U.S. Department of Justice, 1970-1973. Member, Committee on Rules of Professional Conduct, Rhode Island Supreme Court, 1985. President, Federal Bar Association, 1995-1997.
Born: Providence, Rhode Island, September 29, 1943
Cases: U.S. vs. Valerio, 48 F.3d 58 (1st Cir. 1995); U.S. vs. Zuleta, 961 F.2d 15 65 (1st Cir. 1992); U.S. vs. Lopez, 989 F.2d 24 (1st Cir. 1993); Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. vs. Kelly, 889 F.Supp. 535 (D.R.I., 1995); Taft vs. Pontarelli, 100 F.R.D. 19 (D.R.I. 1983); Rhode Island Federation of Teachers, AFL CIO vs. Norberg, 479 F.Supp. 1364 (D.R.I. 1979); Thomas vs. Schmidt 397 F.Supp. 203 (D.R.I. 1975); Thomas vs. Burke 379 F.Supp. 231 (D.R.I. 1974); Kelly vs. Marcantonio, 678 A.2d 873 (R.I. 1996); DeCiantis vs. State, 666 A.2d 410 (R.I. 1995); Rhode Island Student Loan Authority vs. NELS, Inc. 550 A.2d 624 (R.I. 1988); Smith v. O'Connell, 977 F. Supp. 226 (D.R.I., 1998); Heroux v. Carpenter, 1998 WL 388298 (R.I. Super. 1998); Kelly v. Marcantonio, 187 F.3d 192 (1st Cir. 1999); Conetta v. National Hair Care Centers, Inc.; 236 F.3d 67 (1st. Cir. 2001).