Biography of Ronald J. Resmini
Ronald J. Resmini is
one of Rhode Island's foremost trial lawyers handling cases of personal injury,
accident and tort law, having concentrated in this area for more than 35 years.
Mr. Resmini was sworn in before the bar in
June, 1969 while he was on leave from the United States Army Security Agency.
Following three and one-half years of active duty, where he attained the rank of
Captain, he began a clerkship for the Rhode Island Supreme Court under Justice
William E. Powers.
As a private practitioner he became involved in the Indigent Defender Program.
In addition, he was the Assistant Town Solicitor for the Town of Coventry, as
well as part-time instructor at Roger Williams Law School.
A pre-law summer internship with the Neighborhood Legal Service Program provided
an added opportunity to be exposed to the needs of the individual. With
expertise developed from the clerkship at the Rhode Island Supreme Court, the
law firm of Ronald J. Resmini became instrumental in clarifying numerous Rhode
Island laws and statutes, as well as a successful Appeal to the First Circuit of
Appeals reviewing Habeas Corpus Proceedings. Mr. Resmini argued numerous cases
before the Rhode Island Court clarifying uninsured motorist law, including:
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Bush v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 448 A.2d
782 (R.I. 1982)
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Manciagapra v. Sentry, 517-A.2d 1041 (R.I.
1987)
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Pin Pin H. Su v. Kemper Insurance Company,
431 A.2d 416(R.I. 1981)
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Digby v. Digby, 120 R.I. 299, 388 A.2d 1
(1978), which abrogated the Doctrine of Interspousal Immunity.
After producing more than twenty (20)
legal handbooks, Mr. Resmini was requested by Butterworth Publishing Company to
author a two volume treatise entitled Tort Law and Personal Injury Practice,
which is part of the Rhode Island Practice Series.(Butterworth 1990, with annual
supplements).
Later, Mr. Resmini published a two volume series entitled Rhode Island Actions
and Remedies; a two volume work on civil procedure after the major revision of
the superior court rules of civil procedure, entitled Rhode Island Civil
Practice and Procedure (Michie Law Publishers, 1996, with annual supplements).
Also, Mr. Resmini has published many articles in the Rhode Island Bar Journal
and law review articles in the Suffolk University Law Review, including "The Law
of Uninsured Motorist Insurance," "The Law of Products Liability in Rhode
Island," and "The Law of Domestic Relations in Rhode Island."
For the past twenty years Mr. Resmini's firm has enjoyed the ranking of A.V.,
the highest ranking available through Martindale and Hubbell.
Ronald J. Resmini Board Examiner, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1991.
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