Stacey prosecutes and defends cases before Federal and State courts across the country, as well as in private arbitration settings. She has tried numerous cases to a jury, regularly appears in court to present or defend issues before judges, and has argued many appeals.

• Secured summary judgment in favor of a condominium developer defending a claim by the condominium association regarding the exact property submitted to the condominium.  In affirming the developer’s ownership of the disputed tract, the Court clarified how real estate deeds and condominium documents are interpreted under Rhode Island law.
• When a business owner refused to pay a D&S client for construction of a warehouse claiming the warehouse had construction defects, Stacey overcame the allegations and secured an arbitration award for the general contractor for the full amount due
• Secured judgment in favor of a client, the developer of a residential condominium, striking down claims by the condominium association that a parking lot owned by the developer should be declared part of the condominium
• Obtained a FINRA arbitration award in favor of an elderly client against the client’s former broker, his supervisor and their brokerage firm by proving that the client suffered portfolio losses resulting from unsuitable investment recommendations
• Successfully defended trustees against fiduciary claims and obtained an award of both executor and trustee compensation after an 11-day trial in Superior Court
• Secured a $268,000 award in an action against an investment advisor, the advisor’s supervisor and the investment firm in a six-day arbitration, building the case that the brokers and firm had violated various securities regulations and common law duties by recommending and purchasing unsuitable investments
• Won a $438,000 award, including punitive damages, in an arbitration against brokers and brokerage firms on claims for churning and failure to supervise
• Secured a $1.2 million judgment, including attorneys’ fees and punitive damages, in a trade secrets case tried to a jury on behalf of a manufacturer against its former employee and competitor
• Represented the Small Business Association in a complex federal receivership case in which the receivership estate’s former managers asserted a substantial claim against the estate’s assets; Stacey succeeded in getting the claim withdrawn, thus preserving the estate’s assets for the other creditors
• On behalf of beneficiaries of $500 million trust, Stacey led the briefing and argument that resulted in a court order allowing early termination of the trust and distribution of trust assets. The case made new law in RI regarding the circumstances under which a Court can deviate from the terms of a trust at the request of the trust’s beneficiaries
• In a trade secret and unfair competition case in California Superior Court against one of the nation’s largest video publishing companies and its wholly-owned video game developer, Stacey obtained an injunction requiring the developer to turn over work product it was withholding
• Stacey succeeded in proving that a Superintendent of Schools knowingly violated the Rhode Island Open Meetings Act. Based on the evidence Stacy presented, the Court ordered the school committee to pay a civil penalty and Stacey’s client’s legal fees

Stacey served as law clerk to the Solicitor General of the United States and to the Honorable George H. Revercomb of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.