Top Real Estate Lawyers Near Me in Providence Area

The focus of my law practice is helping people who were injured.  Over the past decade, I have helpe people who are either injured at work or due to the negligence of others 1) know their rights, 2) make informed decisions, and 3) obtain whatever benefits they are entitled to and wish to pursue.

Michael Mineau is an attorney at Kelly, Souza, Rocha & Parmenter, P.C. in Providence, RI. His practice focuses primarily on business litigation, real estate litigation, construction litigation, land use, business law, and employment law.. In 2006, Michael graduated from Miami University in Oxford, OH and earned a B.A in Political Science. He then attended Roger Williams University School of Law and graduated with a J.D. in 2009.Michael is admitted to practice law in Rhode Island state and federal courts. In addition, he is a licensed title agent in Rhode Island.  In 2010, Michael was published in Hofstra's Journal of International Business and Law for his article entitled "Pirates, Blackwater and Maritime Security: The Rise of Private Navies in Response to Modern Piracy".

If you are looking for an experienced trial attorney, someone who actually tries cases and doesn't just settle them quickly for less than their full value, please consider the following:. Undergraduate degree from Brown University.. Masters in Business Administration degree from Boston University.. Law degree from Northeastern University School of Law.. Law Clerk for judges on the Rhode Island Superior, Family and District Courts for approximately nine months.. Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Rhode Island for approximately nine and one half years.. Litigation attorney for three different law firms for approximately seven years.. Owner of my own litigation law firm for approximately eleven years.. Have settled and/or tried hundreds of cases.

I help clients with business and estate planning legal matters. I assist Rhode Island and Massachusetts businesses with corporate governance, contracts, leasing, employment, business financing, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder disputes, and commercial real estate transfers. My clients include construction companies, restaurants, engineering and accounting firms, physicians, commercial landlords, and condominium associations. In addition to corporate law, I also assist business owners and other individuals with estate planning matters, such as the preparation of wills and trusts, business succession planning, probate, estate and trust administration, guardianship, and elder law. I am a past president and a current member of the Rhode Island Women's Bar Association and am a current member of the Estate Planning Council of Rhode Island and National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA). I have served on the boards of several professional and community organizations and am proud to participate in the Rhode Island Bar Association Elderly Pro Bono program, providing free legal services to low income elderly Rhode Islanders.

Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, raised in Blackstone, Massachusetts. Deb always knew she wanted to be an attorney. Both of her parents worked in textile mills and wanted to ensure that their daughter had every opportunity to go to college and then to pursue a degree in law. She was able to attend Classical High School in Providence, commuting daily from Blackstone, Massachusetts!. One of the highlights of her legal career was to serve as President of the Rhode Island Bar Association from 1999 - 2000. At that time, the organization had in excess of 5000 lawyers as members.. In 2004, she became the only divorce attorney (and remains so) from Rhode Island to be elected and designated a Diplomate of the American College of Family Trial Lawyers, of which there are approximately 100 members nationwide. Prior to that, in 1991, Deb became the first female from Rhode Island and only one of six attorneys to be elected and designated a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. In 1997, she was awarded the Distinguished Service Award. She has been on the Board of Governors of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers since 2012 and is President of the Acadamy's newly formed Northeast States Chapter. In 2013, Deb was appointed by Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Judge, Paul Suttell, to the Board of Bar Examiners. Deb has been chosen by her peers, since inception in 2007 as a Rhode Island Super Lawyer as well as the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in New England.. Most recently, in 2009 and continuing, she is the Co-Editor of A Practical Guide to Divorce in Rhode Island which was published in 2009 and is a go-to guide for attorneys, judges, accountants, and mediators.. She participates in various 5K's, half-marathons as a walker, raising money for various charities. In 2009, she walked the Boston Marathon for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute's Jimmy Fund walk.