Richard S. Humphrey–Founder

Areas of practice

  • Driving while intoxicated (DWI)
  • Chemical test refusal
  • Social host liability
  • Dram shop liability
  • Drunk boating
  • Construction law
  • Criminal law
  • Driving under the influence (DUI)
  • Insurance
  • Personal injury
  • Litigation
  • Admiralty law
  • Medical malpractice
  • Professional discipline

Admitted to practice

  • Rhode Island, 1983
  • U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island, 1984
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1987
  • Massachusetts, 1990
  • U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1991
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 1991
  • Maine, 1993
  • U.S. District Court, District of Maine, 1993

Awards

Education

  • Franklin Pierce Law Center, J.D., 1983
  • Connecticut College, B.A., 1980

Professional memberships

  • Newport County Bar Association
  • Rhode Island Bar Association
  • Maine State Bar Association
  • American Bar Associations
  • Rhode Island Trial Lawyers Association
  • American Arbitration Association

Publications

  • Co-author, "How to Provide a DWI Observation Case," Rhode Island Bar Journal, September–October 2006
  • Co-author, "The Potential Impact of State v. Delbonis on Prior Drunk Driving Convictions from 2000–2003," Rhode Island Bar Journal May–June 2005
  • Co-author, "The Prosecution and Defense of Chemical Test Refusal Cases," Rhode Island Bar Journal, November–December 2004
  • Co-author, "Drunk Driving Statutes, Rhode Island and Massachusetts," Rhode Island Bar Journal, November 2001
  • Co-author, "Drunk Driving: Recent Developments in the Law," Rhode Island Bar Journal, May 1999
  • Co-author, "The Thickening Briar Patch of Legal Malpractice," Rhode Island Bar Journal, April 1998
  • Co-author, "Drunk Driving Law Update," Rhode Island Bar Journal, October 1994
  • Author, "Checklist for the Prosecution: How to Prove a DWI," Rhode Island Bar Journal, March 1995
  • Author, "Punishment Before Conviction:  The Effect of Automatic Post-Arrest Incarceration for Drunk Driving," Rhode Island Bar Journal, May 1993
  • Author, "Defending Dual Prosecutions - The Driver Who Has Refused the Chemical Test," Rhode Island Bar Journal, April 1992
  • Author, "The Midnight Call - Advising the Client to Submit to a Chemical Test," Rhode Island Bar Journal, March 1991

Biography

  • Born in Fall River, Massachusetts
  • Fellow, Rhode Island Bar Foundation

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