4012747200
1 Citizens Plz, Providence, RI, 02903,
15-20 years
Best Lawyers 2016 Lawyer of the Year, Government Relations Practice, Providence.
Best Lawyers 2015 Lawyer of the Year, Administrative / Regulatory, Providence.
Best Lawyers 2013 Lawyer of the Year, Government Relations Practice, Providence.
Selected as a Rhode Island Super Lawyer, 2013, 2016 and 2017.
AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating for attorneys.
Selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2007 & 2018 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the fields of governmental relations and administrative law.
Director, Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce.
Member, American Bar Association's Governmental, Fidelity/Surety and Energy sections.
Defense Research Institute member.
Skilled in governmental relations and legislative issues, Richard assists domestic and international companies to succeed and grow, in both regulated and deregulated industries including energy and telecommunications, financial services, health care, insurance, retail, real estate development, entertainment and manufacturing.
His considerable energy experience includes representing domestic and foreign energy companies in developing New England generation facilities. He served as lead counsel in the siting of Rhode Island's largest electric generation plant. He is currently engaged in the permitting process for a 1000 MW power plant.
Richard also has broad experience in litigation matters where he defends insured and self-insured clients in health care litigation, construction accidents, professional liability, product liability, premises liability, corrections actions and director and officer liability matters as well as representing fidelity and surety companies in the litigation of fiduciary/inventory loss and construction disputes.
(770) 375-1766
5055 Northpoint Parkway, SUITE 675, Alpharetta, GA, 30022,
3) Altria Client Services LLC and its affiliates
4) American Healthy Alternatives Associations
5) Apple Inc.
6) Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
7) Chemours
10) ConnectSouth
12) DentaQuest, LLC
14) Ecolab
15) FWD.us
16) Georgia Cemetery Association
17) Georgia Entertainment Company LLC
19) Hello Heart
20) Hikma Specialty USA Inc. c/o Velocity BioGroup
21) IGT Global Solutions and its affiliates
23) Lexia Learning
24) LIBERTY UTILITIES (PEACH STATE NATURAL GAS) CORP
26) Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia aka Gas Authority
28) Payward Inc.
29) Pfizer, Inc.
30) Reviver
31) SA Recycling LLC
33) The Georgia Conservancy, Inc.
34) The North Highland Company, LLC
35) TMap LLC
36) Verizon
37) Walgreen Co.
38) Workday, Inc.
(850) 222-9075
124 W Jefferson Street, OPB-DIR, Tallahassee, FL, 32301,
1) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC
3) Associated Builders and Contractors Florida East Coast Chapter Inc.
4) Associated Industries of Florida, Inc.
9) Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C.
10) Cicero Action
11) Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC
15) Clara Homes
17) Community US Fund Management Inc.
18) Development Corporation for Israel
19) DialCare, LLC.
21) Elevated, LLC
22) Florida Alliance for Vacation Rentals
23) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology
24) Florida International University Foundation, Inc.
25) Fox Corporation
26) George Hackney Inc. d/b/a Trulieve
28) Hillpointe, LLC
29) INSIGHTEC
30) International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children
31) K9s for Warriors
32) Kalshi Inc.
33) Land Sea Homes
35) Life Science Logistics, LLC
36) Litecon LLC
37) Little Havana Activities & Nutrition Centers of Dade County, Inc.
40) National Speech & Debate Association
41) Neal Communities
43) Neal Land Development Group
44) New College Foundation, Inc.
45) North American Transit Alliance
46) OBS Real Estate Holdings, LLC
47) Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc.
49) Orlando Health
50) Palm Beach Zoo
51) Paypal
52) Peregrine Technologies, Inc.
53) Polk County Board of County Commissioners
54) PrizePicks
55) Project LIFT
58) RELX Inc.
59) Ryan, LLC
60) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.
61) SaferWatch, LLC
62) Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
64) St. Petersburg College Foundation
65) St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.
66) Starkey Hearing Technologies
69) Tampa Bay Rays
71) The Coalition of Attainable Housing Providers of Florida, Inc.
73) The North Highland Company
75) Waste Management Inc. of Florida
77) Woolpert, Inc.
615-255-2643
511 Union Street, Suite 1800, Suite 710, Nashville, TN, 37219,
1) BoldAge PACE
2) Centerstone Military Services
3) Community Rehabilitation Agencies of Tennessee
9) Hospital Authority of Metro Government of Nashville & Davidson County
11) Renaissance Life and Health Insurance Company of America
14) The North Highland Company
15) TN Assn. of Air Carrier Airports
16) TN ASSN. OF HOUSING & REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES
17) TN ASSN. OF MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS
18) TN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS (TNCO)
20) TN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSN.
21) Town of Thompson's Station, Tennessee
22) Tri-Cities Airport Authority
24) Waterford
(850) 222-9075
124 W. Jefferson St., Ste 502, Tallahassee, Florida, 32301,
2) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC
5) American Traffic Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Verra Mobility
7) Associated Builders and Contractors Florida East Coast Chapter Inc.
8) Associated Industries of Florida, Inc.
11) Atkins North America, Inc.
13) BlackRock Funds Services Group, LLC
14) Boatsetter
16) Brandt Information Services
17) Broward College Foundation
18) Broward County
20) C.W. Roberts Contracting Inc.
21) Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C.
22) CDR Maguire
24) Cicero Action
25) Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC
30) Clara Homes
31) Cody Khan
33) Community US Fund Management Inc.
34) Coventry
35) CVS Health and All Affiliates
37) Development Corporation for Israel
38) DialCare, LLC.
42) Elevated, LLC
44) Emovis USA, Inc.
45) Environmental Resilient Communities LLC
46) EPAM Government Solutions, LLC.
47) Field of Dreams
48) Florida Alliance for Vacation Rentals
49) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology
50) Florida Community Financial Services Association
51) Florida Credit Union Association
52) Florida Institute of Technology
53) Florida International University Foundation, Inc.
54) Florida Power & Light Company
55) Florida Prosecuting Attorney's Association
56) Florida Realtors
57) Florida Surplus Lines Association
58) Florida Transportation Builders Association
59) Florida Vacation Rental Management Association
60) Fox Corporation
62) Gartner, Inc.
63) George Hackney Inc. d/b/a Trulieve
66) Haleon Consumer Healthcare
67) Hillpointe, LLC
69) INSIGHTEC
70) International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children
71) K9s for Warriors
72) Kalshi Inc.
73) Land Sea Homes
75) Life Science Logistics, LLC
76) Litecon LLC
77) Little Havana Activities & Nutrition Centers of Dade County, Inc.
78) Loggerhead Marinelife Center
79) Lost Tree Village Property Owners Association, Inc.
81) Memorial Healthcare System
83) Monroe County Board of County Commissioners
84) National Speech & Debate Association
85) Neal Communities
87) Neal Land Development Group
88) New College Foundation, Inc.
89) Nile Inc.
90) North American Transit Alliance
91) OBS Real Estate Holdings, LLC
92) Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc.
93) Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
95) Orlando Health
96) Palm Beach Atlantic University
97) Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
98) Palm Beach Zoo
99) Paypal
100) PCI Gaming
101) Peregrine Technologies, Inc.
102) Polk County Board of County Commissioners
103) Primerica, Inc.
104) PrizePicks
105) Project LIFT
106) Promise Network Inc.
107) Quintessence Marine, Inc.
108) RAI Services Company
110) RELX Inc.
111) Renaissance Learning, Inc.
112) Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC
113) Ryan, LLC
114) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.
115) SaferWatch, LLC
116) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida
117) SAI Interactive
118) Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
119) School Board of Brevard County
120) Sellers Dorsey
121) Sobe Sky Development, LLC
123) St. Petersburg College Foundation
124) St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.
125) Starkey Hearing Technologies
126) Sunshine State Tag Agency LLC
128) Tamiami 137, LLC
129) Tampa Bay Rays
130) The City of Miami
131) The City of Venice
132) The Coalition of Attainable Housing Providers of Florida, Inc.
133) The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Inc.
134) The Everglades Trust
135) The GEO Group, Inc.
136) The North Highland Company
138) TRC Companies, Inc.
139) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.
140) University of Florida Student Government Association
141) University of Miami
142) Veyer, LLC
143) Visa U.S.A. Inc.
144) Waste Management Inc. of Florida
145) WolfCap Team, LLC
146) Woolpert, Inc.
(850) 222-9075
124 W. Jefferson St., Suite 502, Tallahassee, Florida, 32301,
1) 3M Company
2) abertis USA
5) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC
6) Adobe Inc.
8) American Arbitration Association
9) American Traffic Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Verra Mobility
10) Assurant Group
12) bioMérieux, Inc.
13) Broward County Clerk of the Court
14) Capio Partners
15) Cemex Construction Materials Florida, LLC
21) Collier County Public Schools
22) Coventry
23) CVS Health and All Affiliates
25) DialCare, LLC.
27) Emovis USA, Inc.
28) EPAM Government Solutions, LLC.
29) Field of Dreams
30) Florida Association of District School Superintendents
31) Florida Association of Health Plans
32) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology
33) Florida Association of Orthotists and Prosthetists
34) Florida Association of World IB Schools
35) Florida Institute of Technology
36) Florida Keys Educational Foundation, Inc.
37) Florida Polytechnic University Foundation, Inc.
38) Florida Prosecuting Attorney's Association
39) Florida Realtors
40) Florida Surplus Lines Association
41) Fox Corporation
42) Franklin County Board of County Commissioners
43) Gartner, Inc.
44) George Hackney Inc. d/b/a Trulieve
46) Haleon Consumer Healthcare
47) Health Law Section of the Florida Bar
51) Integrated Home Care Services, Inc.
52) Keystone Peer Review Organization, LLC dba Acentra Health
54) Lexmark International, Inc.
55) Loggerhead Marinelife Center
56) Mithril Defense
58) Neal Land Development Group
59) New College Foundation, Inc.
60) NLP Logix
61) Northwest Florida State College Foundation, Inc.
62) Oportun, Inc.
63) Preferred Care Hospice LLC
67) RELX Inc.
68) Renaissance Learning, Inc.
69) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.
71) Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation, Inc. d/b/a Van Wezel Foundation, Inc.
72) Sellers Dorsey
73) Service Contract Industry Council
75) St. John Advertising and Public Relations, Inc.
76) St. Petersburg College Foundation
77) St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.
78) Sunshine State Tag Agency LLC
81) The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Inc.
84) The North Highland Company
85) The School Board of Palm Beach County, Florida
86) The School Board of Pinellas County
87) The School Board of Sarasota County
88) The Travelers Indemnity Company
91) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.
92) University of Florida Student Government Association
93) USAA
94) Veyer, LLC
95) Visa U.S.A. Inc.
98) Yamaha Marine
1(401) 274-7200
100 Westminster Street, 16th Floor, Providence, RI, 02903,
(850) 222-9075
124 W. Jefferson St., The Capitol Building, Tallahassee, Florida, 32301,
(678) 705-8487
3290 Northside Parkway NW, SUITE 675, ATLANTA, GA, 30327,
3) Altria Client Services LLC and its affiliates
4) American Healthy Alternatives Associations
5) Apple Inc.
6) Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
7) Chemours
10) ConnectSouth
12) DentaQuest, LLC
14) Ecolab
15) FWD.us
16) Georgia Cemetery Association
17) Georgia Entertainment Company LLC
18) Georgia Healthy Alternatives Association
19) Hello Heart
21) IGT Global Solutions and its affiliates
23) Lexia Learning
24) LIBERTY UTILITIES (PEACH STATE NATURAL GAS) CORP
26) Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia aka Gas Authority
29) Payward Inc.
30) Pfizer, Inc.
31) Reviver
32) SA Recycling LLC
35) The Georgia Conservancy, Inc.
36) The North Highland Company
37) TMap LLC
38) Walgreens
39) Workday, Inc.
(850) 222-9075
124 W. Jefferson St., Suite 502, Tallahassee, Florida, 32301,
2) ACPDO Management, Inc. d/b/a One Care Pediatric Dental
3) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC
6) American Traffic Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Verra Mobility
7) Associated Industries of Florida, Inc.
8) Aunt Bertha, a Public Benefit Corporation also d/b/a findhelp
10) Better Tomorrow Treatment Center
11) Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine
14) CVS Health and All Affiliates
15) Elevated, LLC
17) Field of Dreams
18) Florida Association of District School Superintendents
19) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology
20) Florida Credit Union Association
21) Florida Institute of Technology
22) Florida Prosecuting Attorney's Association
23) Florida Realtors
24) Florida Surplus Lines Association
25) Fox Corporation
27) Gartner, Inc.
28) George Hackney Inc. d/b/a Trulieve
29) Get Insured
32) Haleon Consumer Healthcare
33) Handy, Inc.
35) Inspired by Education LLC, d/b/a eSpired
36) Instructure
37) International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children
38) Kalshi Inc.
39) Kate Farms, Inc.
41) LENA Foundation
42) Litecon LLC
43) Loggerhead Marinelife Center
44) Mainline Information Systems
46) Mithril Defense
47) Neal Land Development Group
48) New College Foundation, Inc.
49) NJAC Action
50) OBS Real Estate Holdings, LLC
51) Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc.
52) Paypal
53) PCI Gaming
54) PrizePicks
55) PurFoods, LLC d/b/a Mom's Meals
58) ReliaQuest
59) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.
60) SaferWatch, LLC
61) SAI Interactive
62) School Board of Brevard County
63) Security Industry Association
64) Shoot Straight
66) St. John Advertising and Public Relations, Inc.
67) St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.
68) Starkey Hearing Technologies
71) Sunshine State Tag Agency LLC
73) Tecore Networks
75) The Coalition of Attainable Housing Providers of Florida, Inc.
77) The North Highland Company
78) The Princeton Review and Tutor.com, Inc.
(850) 222-9075
124 W. Jefferson St., Ste 502, Tallahassee, Florida, 32301,
2) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC
4) American Traffic Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Verra Mobility
5) Associated Builders and Contractors Florida East Coast Chapter Inc.
6) Associated Industries of Florida, Inc.
10) Brandt Information Services
11) Broward College Foundation
12) Broward County
14) Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C.
15) CDR Maguire
17) Cicero Action
18) Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC
22) Clara Homes
24) Community US Fund Management Inc.
25) Coral Rock Development Group, LLC
26) Coventry
28) Development Corporation for Israel
29) DialCare, LLC.
31) Elevated, LLC
33) Field of Dreams
34) Florida Association of District School Superintendents
35) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology
36) Florida Community Financial Services Association
37) Florida Credit Union Association
38) Florida Institute of Technology
39) Florida International University Foundation, Inc.
40) Florida Power & Light Company
41) Florida Realtors
42) Florida Surplus Lines Association
43) Florida Vacation Rental Management Association
44) Fox Corporation
45) Gartner, Inc.
46) George Hackney Inc. d/b/a Trulieve
48) Haleon Consumer Healthcare
49) Hillpointe, LLC
51) INSIGHTEC
52) International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children
53) K9s for Warriors
54) Kalshi Inc.
55) Land Sea Homes
57) Life Science Logistics, LLC
58) Litecon LLC
59) Little Havana Activities & Nutrition Centers of Dade County, Inc.
63) Memorial Healthcare System
64) National Speech & Debate Association
65) Neal Communities
67) Neal Land Development Group
68) New College Foundation, Inc.
69) North American Transit Alliance
70) OBS Real Estate Holdings, LLC
71) Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc.
72) Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
73) Oportun, Inc.
75) Orlando Health
76) Palm Beach Atlantic University
77) Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
78) Palm Beach Zoo
80) Paypal
81) Peregrine Technologies, Inc.
82) Polk County Board of County Commissioners
83) PrizePicks
84) Project LIFT
88) RELX Inc.
89) Renaissance Learning, Inc.
90) Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC
91) Ryan, LLC
92) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.
93) SaferWatch, LLC
94) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida
95) SAI Interactive
96) Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
97) School Board of Brevard County
98) Sellers Dorsey
100) St. Petersburg College Foundation
101) St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.
102) Starkey Hearing Technologies
103) Sunshine State Tag Agency LLC
105) Tampa Bay Rays
106) The City of Miami
107) The City of Venice
108) The Coalition of Attainable Housing Providers of Florida, Inc.
109) The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Inc.
110) The Everglades Trust
111) The GEO Group, Inc.
112) The North Highland Company
113) TRC Companies, Inc.
114) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.
115) University of Florida Student Government Association
116) University of Miami
117) Veyer, LLC
118) Visa U.S.A. Inc.
119) Waste Management Inc. of Florida
120) WolfCap Team, LLC
121) Woolpert, Inc.