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            401.453.1700 (RI)

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PRACTICE AREAS:
Business Start-Ups; Business Purchases, Sales and Financings; Limited Liability Companies; Trademarks/Copyrights; Franchising; General Business Law.

ADMITTED TO BAR:
1966, Massachusetts; 1983, Rhode Island

EDUCATION:
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, LL.B. [J.D.], 1966
Virginia Law Review, Editorial Board (1965-1966)
Order of the Coif

AMHERST COLLEGE, A.B., 1963

WORK EXPERIENCE:
HINCKLEY, ALLEN & SNYDER, LLP
Providence, Rhode Island
Partner (1986 - June 1995)
Associate (1983 - 1985)

TAYLOR RENTAL CORPORATION
Springfield, Massachusetts
General Counsel, Vice President (1973 - 1982)

ROPES & GRAY, LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
Associate (1966 - 1973)

PRACTICE:
- Practice concentrates in providing comprehensive legal services to private businesses and their owners in many industries with extensive practice in the formation, financing and operations of limited liability companies, corporations and other business entities; mergers, acquisitions and sales of businesses and franchising.
- Knowledgeable regarding protection of trademarks and copyrights and experience with federal securities law issues.
- Actively participated in drafting Rhode Island's limited liability company law.
 
LECTURESHIPS :
Frequent presenter, Rhode Island Bar Association CLE; several publications regarding Rhode Island's Limited Liability Company Act.

CHARITABLE/CIVIC INVOLVEMENT:
Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Visiting Nurse Service of Greater Rhode Island; Past Chairman, Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce; Memberr, Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce,  Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce.