Higgins, Cavanagh & Cooney, LLP is pleased to announce that Attorneys Austin M. Hevey and Brooke E. Pearsons have joined the firm. Austin M. Hevey is admitted in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Prior to joining the firm, Austin worked as a high school English teacher. He served as chairperson of his school’s accreditation committee and was […]
HCC attorney Melissa Horne recently participated in a Legal Clinic hosted by the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program for its Community College of Rhode Island cohort. The clinic offered small business owners an opportunity to participate in a discussion led by a panel of three local attorneys about legal challenges facing small businesses today. Ms. Horne […]
Partners James Ruggieri, Paul Callaghan, Stephen Cooney, and Peter Garvey, Associate Brian Haynes and of Counsel Gerald DeMaria, were named in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. In Rhode Island, James Ruggieri was recognized for Employment Law – Management and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants. Paul Callaghan was named for Insurance Law and Litigation – Insurance. Peter Garvey was listed for […]
On June 1, 2023, Higgins, Cavanagh & Cooney attorneys successfully secured final judgment in favor of a popular nationwide supermarket chain during the early discovery phases of the litigation. The Providence County Superior Court granted final judgment in favor of Defendant where Plaintiff failed to appropriately respond to discovery requests in a timely manner. Notably, […]
HCC would like to congratulate James. A Ruggieri, Paul S. Callaghan, Peter E. Garvey, Stephen P. Cooney, Gerald C. DeMaria, Melissa M. Horne, Meagan M. Bellamy, Lauren E. Moore and Alexander Prinscott for their recognition by Rhode Island Monthly for Professional Excellence in Law.
HCC is pleased to announce the addition of Todd D. Amaral as a law clerk in our Providence office. Todd is a rising 3L at Roger Williams University School of Law where he is a member of the Law Review Editorial Board, Honors Program, and a two-time Sea Grant Law Fellow. He graduated from Boston […]
It was a beautiful Mother’s Day celebrating the annual Gianna Cirella Memorial 5k race/walk with both past and present HCC team members. It was a great cause, with great people, and a great day to share with everyone. For more information regarding this very worthwhile charity for sepsis awareness, please visit gistrong.org.
HCC partner Peter E. Garvey and associate Adrianna Hughes recently secured a directed defense verdict in a six-figure premises liability “slip and fall” in Bristol County Superior Court in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The Honorable Judge Jackie Cowin, presiding, granted the motion on the basis that the defendant lacked the requisite control over the subject premises to be held […]
HCC attorney Melissa M. Horne recently won a $1,164,138 jury verdict on a claim originally filed in the Newport Probate Court in June 2012. During the nearly 11-year proceeding of the case captioned Glassie v. Doucette, NP-2016-0265, the case was appealed twice to the Superior Court and once to the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Prejudgment […]