Professional experience and career objectives: Criminal trial attorney
Skills and areas of expertise: Criminal Defense; DUI; Capitol Crimes; Administrative Law before State Board, The RI Ethics Commission; Attorney Misconduct
Current Employment
Partner
Updegrove&Gontarz, Ltd.
(Legal Services) - United States
february 1989 - Today (20 years 9 months)
partner concentrating on criminal and civil trials, criminal appeals and administrative proceedings.
Former Employment
Special Assistant Attorney Geberal
RI Department of Attorney General
(Legal Services) - United States
january 1985 - january 1987 (2 years)
Prosecutor in the Criminal Division of the Rhode Island Department of Attorney General.
Police Officer
Town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island
(Security) - United States
july 1976 - september 1981 (5 years 2 months)
Uniformed Police Officer assigned to Patrol Division in the Town of Portsmouth, RI, Police Department
Education
New England School of Law United States (Massachusetts)
, september 1981 - may 1984
Juris Doctor
American University
United States (District of Columbia)
, september 1973 - august 1975
Master of Science, Administration of Justice
Salve Regina University United States (Rhode Island)
, september 1970 - september 1972