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Press Releases | Accolades | Articles | Announcements | Media
Press Releases
Duffy, Sweeney and Scott Named Super Lawyers
(November 2007) Firm partners Bob Duffy, Mike Sweeney and Craig Scott were selected as Super Lawyers and recognized in the publication New England Super Lawyers for 2007. Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 60 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Super Lawyers magazine names attorneys in each state who received the highest point totals, as chosen by their peers and through independent research.
Patrick Guida Joins Firm As A Partner
(November 2007) We welcome Patrick A. Guida as a partner in our Business Law group. A seasoned banking and real estate practitioner with more than two decades of experience, Mr. Guida will continue to represent banks, non-bank lenders, real estate developers and other business clients in a wide range of sophisticated transactions and financings. Mr. Guida holds the Martindale Hubbell rating AV, the highest rating given to attorneys, as well as several notable professional awards and distinctions.
Michael Sweeney Featured Speaker At Bar Association Business Event
(October 2007) Michael Sweeney recently served as a speaker on business law and national trends that impact business for the Rhode Island Bar Association’s “Recent Developments in the Law” day-long program. Mike is a regular speaker/moderator at RIBA forums on business law. He is the past chair of the Business Organizations Committee of RIBA where he led the three-year initiative to enact the new Rhode Island Business Corporation Act, which took effect on July 1, 2005. For complete PowerPoint presentation, click here.
Charles Henderson Joins Litigation Team
(October 2007) We welcome Charles Henderson, III, to Duffy Sweeney & Scott as a litigation associate. Chad concentrates his practice in business and commercial litigation including intellectual property. Chad spent five years at the New York City law firm of Quirk and Bakalor where he represented clients in commercial, intellectual property, product liability, and general liability disputes. Prior to law school, Chad spent six years at the United States Senate in the Office of the Sergeant at Arms. He is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law, American University and Choate Rosemary Hall.
Five Partners At Firm Recognized in Best Lawyers in America
(September 2007) Four partners at Duffy Sweeney & Scott were recently selected for the 25th anniversary edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Best Lawyers uses exhaustive and rigorous peer-review surveys comprising more than 2 million confidential evaluations by top attorneys in the country. Because no fee or purchase is required, being listed in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Robert Duffy was recognized for the specialty of Commercial Litigation, Michael Sweeney for Corporate Law, and Craig Scott and Roger Hood for Intellectual Property Law. Firm attorneys have been recognized in Best Lawyers for the last four years.
Christine Rossi Joins Duffy Sweeney & Scott Team of Business Attorneys
(September 2007) We are pleased to announce that Christine Rossi has joined the firm, handling general corporate law and commercial transactions as well as a wide range of real estate matters. With six years of business law experience, Ms. Rossi is admitted to practice in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Providence College, her law degree, cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School, and her MBA from the Suffolk University School of Management. For full biography, click here.
Five Attorneys Recognized By Chambers USA in 2007 America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
(August 2007) Partners Robert Duffy, Michael Sweeney, Craig Scott, and Christine Bush as well as senior associate Ralph Gaboury were recognized as leading attorneys in Rhode Island by world-renowned Chambers and Partners’ 2007 America’s Leading Lawyers for Business Directory. All attorneys named won strong endorsement from clients and peers. Some of this year’s comments from clients included “never happier with a law firm” and “six mental steps ahead of everyone else” and “terrific negotiators with phenomenally perceptive people skills.” For full press release, click here.
Partner Stacey Nakasion Wins Case of First Impression In Wickford
(July 2007) Rhode Island Superior Court Associate Justice Judith Savage broke new legal ground by adopting a standard for what constitutes a "willful or knowing" violation of the Open Meetings Act. “The Court's recent decision is the first in Rhode Island to address the standard for proving a willful or knowing violation of the Open Meetings Act,” said Duffy Sweeney & Scott’s Stacey Nakasian. The decision came in phase two of the action Ohs v. North Kingstown School Committee, et al. After the first trial, Judge Savage found that the School Committee and its Superintendent violated the notice provisions of the Open Meetings Act when it voted in May 2005 to close the historic Wickford Elementary School. For complete press release, click here.
Duffy Sweeney & Scott law firm announces Jean A. Harrington has been promoted to Partner
(January 2007) Duffy Sweeney & Scott Law Firm is pleased to announce Jean A. Harrington has been elected a partner in the firm. Ms. Harrington joined the firm in 1999 and concentrates her practice in the areas of corporate and securities law, commercial real estate and tax planning. Please click here for more information about this press release.
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Accolades
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For the fifth year in a row, Duffy Sweeney & Scott received top rankings from Chambers USA, America 's Leading Lawyers for Business. Chambers is a publisher of guides to law firms and lawyers and uses thousands of interviews with clients to rank business lawyers by reputation and expertise.
Clients selected this specialty boutique having reviewed the market and decided: “It is by far the best – it has an outstanding group of professional, ethical lawyers who are responsive, give us a lot of attention and offer great service levels.” Its strengths are that its lawyers “clearly understand business and are businessmen besides being attorneys, providing a balance of practical advice along with a full perspective of options and not just an hour legal lesson on what case law says.” read more ››
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Craig Scott was recently honored by the BTI Consulting Group of Wellesley, Ma as one of 113 attorneys from 93 law firms as a 2007 Client Service All-Star. BTI interviewed more than 250 corporate counsel at large and Fortune 1000 companies with in-depth research probing all aspects of client relationships. This elite group was singled out, unprompted, as delivering the absolute best client service.
BTI research with key decision makers shows 3 themes driving outstanding client service performance:
1.) Deep understanding of the client's business
2.) Focused, practical advice that is responsive to the issues at hand
3.) Attorneys who put the client's need ahead of their own
Craig is the only attorney from the State of Rhode Island who was honored with this distinction.
http://www.bticonsulting.com/PDFs/BTI_Client_Service_All-Star_Team_2007.pdf
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Robert Duffy and Craig Scott were both selected for inclusion in the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Commercial Litigation by Woodward/White, Inc. publishing. Bob and Craig were listed in Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property Law respectively. These selections are based on thousands of surveys and telephone interviews with leading attorneys throughout the United States and are considered a most prestigious honor. This year, American Lawyer Monthly has chosen those lists to be excerpted in Corporate Counsel (and other ALM publications) calling Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice"
http://www.americanlawyer.com/
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Corporate Directors name Duffy Sweeney & Scott, LTD one of the best law firms in Providence
Reprinted with permission from Corporate Board Member Magazine 2002
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Articles
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Four Duffy Sweeney & Scott attorneys achieve honors
Robert Duffy and Craig Scott were both were both selected by their peers to be included in the 2007 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, published by American Lawyer magazine. Bob and Craig were listed in Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property Law respectively. These selections are based on thousands of surveys and telephone interviews with leading attorneys throughout the United States and are considered a most prestigious honor.
Michael Sweeney was elected as a Fellow of the Rhode Island Bar Foundation. Fellows of the Rhode Island Bar Foundation are those members of the Rhode Island Bar Association selected for such professional honor by the board of Directors of the Foundation whose professional, public and private careers have demonstrated their outstanding dedication to the welfare of the community and maintenance of the objectives of the Foundation.
Ralph Gaboury was appointed to the Board of Trustees for First Works Providence. FirstWorks presents year-round arts celebrations that allow participants of all ages to "Experience the Art of What's New." FirstWorks is an organization dedicated to firsts, whether by premiering mind-opening and diverse arts events, bringing artists to Providence for their first appearances, or offering children their first experience of attending an arts performance.
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Ralph N. Gaboury harbors concerns about what could be at stake for businesses in an article in Providence Business News Article entitled "Web site archive could raise copyright concerns" read more ›› |
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Robert Duffy and Stacey P.Nakasian appear in guest column in Providence Business News' Personal Finance Section the week of Feb 21st.
Article entitled "Is your broker consistent with objectives?" read more ›› |
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Announcements
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Duffy Sweeney & Scott would like to congratulate our client Stirrings ® for being recognized as #78 on the Inc. Magazine 2006 List of the Nation's 500 Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies. |
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Duffy Sweeney & Scott congratulate the stockholders and employees of our client Retail Solutions International, Inc. on its recent aquisition by VeriSign, Inc. read more ›› |
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Duffy Sweeney & Scott, LTD help sponsor "Meet the Beetles" fundraiser
The event helped raise over $181,000... visit the IYRS web site to learn more |
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Media
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