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One Smith Hill
Providence, Rhode Island 02903 (Providence Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.7
out of 5
 Free Initial Consultation (Main Office) Statement of PracticePractice in all State and Federal Courts. Medical Malpractice, Product Injury, Automobile Accidents, Personal Injury and Death Claims, Admiralty & Maritime Injury Claims, Antitrust and Commercial Litigation. Year Established: 1975
Firm Size: 11
Rate InformationFree Initial Consultation
AddressOne Smith Hill
Providence, RI 02903, (Providence Co.)
PhonePhone: 401-272-1110
Facsimile: 401-351-6641
Website
http://www.decof.com
Office HoursMonday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Leonard Decof (Member) born Providence, Rhode Island, May 1, 1924; admitted to bar, 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. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1948); Harvard University (LL.B., 1953). 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. Member: Rhode Island and American (Member, Action Commission to Improve Tort System) Bar Associations; American Association for Justice (National Chairman, Aviation Section, 1976-1978; State Delegate, 1984-1985; Board of Governors, 1984-1986). 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). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Product Liability; Personal Injury Law; Antitrust; Commercial Litigation; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Litigation; Birth Trauma; Failure to Diagnose; Medical Liability; Medical Negligence; Medication Errors; Obstetric Malpractice; Brain Injury; Catastrophic Injury; Head Injury; Motorcycle Accidents; Wrongful Death.Email: Leonard Decof
Mark B. Decof (Managing Partner) born Providence, Rhode Island, December 14, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Rhode Island and U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Georgetown University (B.A., 1976); Suffolk University (J.D., 1979). Member: Rhode Island Bar Association; Rhode Island Association for Justice; American Association for Justice; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates; American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury Law; Wrongful Death Law; Maritime Accidents; Maritime Personal Injury; Birth Trauma; Failure to Diagnose; Gynecology Malpractice; Medical Negligence; Medication Errors; Obstetric Malpractice; Brain Injury; Head Injury; Motorcycle Accidents; Wrongful Death; Catastrophic Injury.Email: Mark B. Decof
Vincent T. Cannon (Member) born Providence, Rhode Island, August 26, 1948; admitted to bar, 1979, Rhode Island and Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island and District of Massachusetts; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1997, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Providence College (B.A., 1970); University of Rhode Island (M.C.P., 1975); Suffolk University (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Member, Suffolk University Law Review, 1977-1979. Law Clerk to the Honorable Anthony N. Votolato, Jr., U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, 1979-1980. Member: Massachusetts and Rhode Island Medical-Legal Committee, 1982; Chairman, Rhode Island Medical-Legal Committee, 1990-1991; Superior Court Bench-Bar Committee, 1986; Delegate, Rhode Island Bar Association, House of Delegates, 1992. Member: Rhode Island and American Bar Associations; Rhode Island Association for Justice; American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury Law; Wrongful Death Law.Email: Vincent T. Cannon
Donna M. Di Donato (Member) born Providence, Rhode Island, April 4, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Rhode Island; 1988, U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island; 1992, Massachusetts. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1980); Suffolk University (J.D., 1983); Northwestern University (Prosecutor's School, 1984). Lecturer, Paralegal Law, Providence College, 1986. Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Rhode Island, 1984. Justice of the PeaceBail Commissioner for the District Courts and Family Courts, State of Rhode Island, 1985-1989. Assistant Solicitor, Town of Charlestown, 1986-1987. Member: Rhode Island and American Bar Associations; Rhode Island Association for Justice; American Judicature Society; American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury Law; Wrongful Death Law.Email: Donna M. Di Donato
Neil F.X. Kelly (Member) born Bridgeport, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 1993, Rhode Island; 1994, U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Rhode Island (B.A., 1979); Suffolk University (J.D., 1991). Special Assistant Attorney General, 1991-2003 and Assistant Attorney General, 2003-2009, Rhode Island Department of Attorney General. Author: "Access to Justice: The Use of Contingent Fee Arrangements By Public Officials to Vindicate Public Rights," 13 Cardozo Journal of Law & Gender 759, Kelly and Fitzpatrick, Spring 2008; comment, "Banking Law: Foreign Parent Bank Liability, Repayment and Collection of Foreign Branch Bank Eurodollar Deposit Frozen Under a Foreign Decree, Citibank, N.A. v. Wells Fargo Asia Ltd., 110 S.Ct. 2034 (1990)," 15 Suffolk Transnational Law Journal 291, 1991. Member: Rhode Island Bar Association; Rhode Island Association for Justice.Email: Neil F.X. Kelly
Howard B. Klein (Member) born New York, N.Y., December 8, 1958; admitted to bar, 1991, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1993, Rhode Island and U.S., District Court, District of Rhode Island; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: University of Maryland; Berklee College of Music (B.Mus., 1984); Suffolk University School of Law (J.D.,cum laude, 1990). Editor, Suffolk Law Review. Law Clerk to Chief Judge Francis J. Boyle, U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island, 1990-1991. Member: Rhode Island Bar Association; American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Howard B. Klein
Thomas J. Marks (Member) born Schenectady, New York, April 23, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Massachusetts; 2004, Rhode Island; 2006, New York. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1998); Harvard University (J.D., 2003). Member: Rhode Island Bar Association; Rhode Island Association for Justice. Languages: English. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice(40%); Wrongful Death(40%); Personal Injury(10%); Maritime Law(10%).Email: Thomas J. Marks
Daniel J. Schatz (Member) born Syracuse, New York, January 15, 1948; admitted to bar, 1978, Rhode Island and U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1987, Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit. Education: Brown University (A.B., Sc.B., 1971); University of Maine (J.D., 1978); Harvard University (M.P.A., 1988). Tau Beta Pi. Adjunct Professor: Planning and Environmental Law, University of Rhode Island, 1982, Roger Williams Law School, 1996. Rhode Island Dept. of Attorney General, 1979-1983. Legal Counsel, Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission, 1983-1988. Member: Rhode Island (Member, Environmental Law Subcommittee) and American Bar Associations; Rhode Island Association for Justice; American Association for Justice. Reported Cases: Wood v. Picillo, 443 A.2d 1244; Jamestown School Committee v. Schmidt, 699 F.2d 1. Practice Areas: Administrative; Regulatory; Litigation; Environmental Law; Insurance Law; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury.Email: Daniel J. Schatz
OF COUNSELMark J. Brice (Of Counsel) born Osaka, Japan, March 26, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, District of Columbia; 1980, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1998, Rhode Island. Education: American University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975); Georgetown University (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Law Clerk to the Hon. William E. Stewart, Jr., Associate Judge, District of Columbia Superior Court, 1978-1980. Formerly with Koonz McKenney & Johnson. Member: Rhode Island Bar Association; Rhode Island Association for Justice; American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Products Liability.Email: Mark J. Brice
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