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DarrowEverett acquires Mass.-based law firm

Economic Activity 04/11/2023

PROVIDENCE – DarrowEverett LLP on Tuesday acquired Massachusetts-based Rampart Law Group LLC for an undisclosed amount. DarrowEverett said in a news release its acquisition of...

CRYPTO CONCERNS: Leigh E. Furtado, attorney and senior associate at the law firm Day Pitney LLP, says she’s finding more clients inquiring about protecting their cryptocurrency during estate planning. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Crypto can complicate trust, estate planning

Financial Services 05/27/2022

“HODL,” an abbreviation for “hold on for dear life,” has become a motto for a class of cryptocurrency enthusiasts who aren’t interested in selling. But...

Joseph R. Marion, III Has Joined Whelan Corrente & Flanders LLP.

People on the Move 04/15/2021

Whelan Corrente & Flanders LLP is pleased to announce that Joseph R. Marion, III has joined the firm as a Partner and that the...

Richard J. Petrucci, Jr. Joins PG&Co as Partner

Press Releases 08/03/2020

One of Providence’s leading independent accounting firms, Piccerelli, Gilstein & Company, LLP (PG&Co) is proud to announce that Richard J. Petrucci, Jr., JD, CFP®,...

ESSENTIAL SERVICE: Attorney Amy Stratton, who focuses on estate planning and business succession, says clients have sought out the services of her law firm, Moonan, Stratton & Waldman LLP, in these times of uncertainty. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Amy Stratton advising clients through COVID-19 pandemic

Business Services 06/19/2020

PBN BUSINESS WOMEN AWARDS 2020 ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Amy Stratton | Moonan, Stratton & Waldman LLP AMY STRATTON, of the Providence law firm Moonan, Stratton &...

Business Women: Stratton’s adviser role has special meaning during crisis

Business Services 04/03/2020

Amy Stratton of the Providence law firm Moonan, Stratton & Waldman LLP guides clients through wills, probate and estate planning. With founding partner Irving...

PLANNING AHEAD: Steven Wright, an attorney specializing in family law and a partner at D’Allesandro & Wright in Providence, whose clients include older couples seeking divorces, speaks with Denise Card, a paralegal and office manager. Wright says age can bring a sense of purpose that defuses confusion or quarrels when it comes to estate planning during a divorce. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

‘Gray divorces’ putting estate planning to the test

Financial Services 02/28/2020

Insurance policies, wills, trusts and assets combine to make estate planning a multilayered process. Add a divorce after decades of marriage, and the complications multiply,...

VINCENT J. MITCHELL, a Coventry man with a Warwick law practice specializing in estate planning and long-term health planning, pleaded no contest to an embezzlement charge. Mitchell was senteneced to 20 years and was ordered to pay restitution of $1.3 million. / COURTESY R.I. STATE POLICE

Coventry estate planning attorney pleads no contest to embezzlement charge in...

Financial Services 05/03/2019

PROVIDENCE – Former Attorney Vincent J. Mitchell pleaded nolo contendere Thursday and was sentenced to 20 years with 8 to serve at the ACI...

IN HER HONOR:  Ed Jankowski, a retiree living in Hopkinton, recently opened a $10,000 charitable endowment with the Catholic Foundation of Rhode Island to honor the 10th anniversary of the passing of his wife, Joyce. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Bequests to family members favored over nonprofits in R.I. estate plans

Nonprofit 10/13/2017

Losing Joyce, his wife of 25 years, to ovarian cancer in 2007 reignited Ed C. Jankowski’s relationship with the Catholic Church, specifically St. Joseph’s...