Faith A. LaSalle

Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Providence, Rhode Island

LaSalle & Kelleher, P.C.
Faith A. LaSalle
LaSalle & Kelleher, P.C.

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Insurance Coverage, Employment Litigation; view more

Licensed in Rhode Island since: 1979

Education: Villanova University School of Law

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2017 - 2024
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LaSalle & Kelleher, P.C.

One Turks Head Place
Suite 450
Providence, RI 02903 Visit website

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Faith A. LaSalle, is the founding member of LaSalle & Kelleher P.C., and has more than 40 years of civil litigation experience. She established her original firm in 2004 as a solely owned woman firm, and it remains a primarily owned woman firm. The firm's main office is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and is dedicated to representing clients in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut courts. Ms. LaSalle is on the defense panel counsel for several insurance companies, and defends insureds in cases involving medically complex automobile accidents, traumatic brain injuries, premises liability, wrongful deaths actions, and construction accidents.  She also represents self-insureds in product liability matters, and defends insurance companies directly named in cases involving bad faith and extracontractual liability.  In addition to her litigation experience, she analyzes insurance policies and provides opinions for insurance companies on the interpretation of  insurance contracts. She has had extensive trial experience in her private civil litigation practice as well as when she started her career as a litigator trying a number of cases to verdict  for the Rhode Island Attorney General and the City of Providence.

 In addition to her years of trial experience, she has argued appeals before the Rhode Island Supreme Court and First Circuit Court of Appeals; and is an effective advocate who has achieved excellent results for her clients at mediations and arbitrations. In 2017,  she successfully defended a construction accident case to a defense verdict, after the parties had engaged in serious settlement negotiations before the trial. In 2019, she represented a national leasing company in an appeal before the Rhode Island Supreme Court, which involved the an issue of whether a federal statute prevailed over state law, based upon a federal constitutional argument. In 2020-2021, during the pandemic when jury trials were suspended, she continued to deliver results for her clients through favorable settlements at mediation and through direct negotiations. Additionally, she has effectively represented her clients by using dispute resolution forums, such as binding arbitrations, to successfully bring closure to pending lawsuits.

In April of 2019, Ms. LaSalle was honored at Roger Williams Law School as one of the pioneer women lawyers in Rhode Island, at the law school's plaque ceremony honoring the First Women Lawyers of Rhode Island.  She is a Past President of the Defense Counsel of Rhode Island, the local bar association for defense lawyers, and continues to serve on its Board of Directors. She has served a three year term as the State Representative of Rhode Island for the Defense Research Institute, a national defense lawyers organization, which involved identifying public policy issues, legal developments and legislative interests in Rhode Island to the defense bar.

Ms. LaSalle's public service over the years has included serving on the board of Rhode Island's Securities Investment Commission, appointed by the state treasurer, and as Chair of the former Rhode Island Higher Education Authority, a board appointment by the state governor. Education has been a focus of her volunteer work, which has included in the past serving on a board of a local high school.  She continues in 2021-2022 to serve on the board of the Rhode Island Academic Decathlon, a national competition that encourages high school students of all caliber to excel in oral presentation, people skills, and mastery of academic topics.

Ms. LaSalle holds a B.A., magna cum laude, from Brown University where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She received her J.D. from Villanova University School of Law. As discussed in her trial experience, her legal career started as a lawyer at the Rhode Island Attorney General's Department and the City of Providence Legal Department where she represented and tried a number of cases for government entities, in federal and state courts, before entering private practice. She is admitted to practice in both Rhode Island and Massachusetts, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Practice areas

Personal Injury - General: Defense, Insurance Coverage, Employment Litigation: Defense

Focus areas

Employment Law - Employer, Insurance Defense, Personal Injury - Defense

  • 70% Personal Injury - General: Defense
  • 20% Insurance Coverage
  • 10% Employment Litigation: Defense

First Admitted: 1979, Rhode Island

Professional Webpage: https://www.lasallekelleher.com/faith-lasalle

Bar/Professional Activity:
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
  • Member, Massachusetts Bar Foundation
  • Member, Defense Research Institute, State Representative for RI
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
  • Member, Rhode Island Bar Association
  • Board Member, Defense Counsel of Rhode Island
  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • Past President, Defense Counsel of Rhode Island, 2013-2015
  • State of Rhode Island
  • Massachusetts
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
  • Achieved a favorable defense verdict for client in a jury trial of a personal injury construction accident, after serious and significant settlement negotiations before trial did not result in a settlement.  , 2017
Representative Clients:
  • Conair Corporation
  • Berkeley Risk Sepcialty Insurance Company
  • Brown University
  • Metropolitan Property & Casualty Company
  • Amica Mutual Insurance Company
  • Catholic  Mutual Group
  • Nautilus Insurance Company
  • Davis-Standard Corporation
  • The Main Street America Group (NGM/Old Dominion/MSA Insurance)
  • Mesa Underwriters Speciality Insurance
Pro bono/Community Service:
  • former Board Member, Bishop Hendricken High School Board
  • Board Member, Rhode Island Academic Decathlon
  • former Board Member, Rhode Island Securities Investment Commission
  • former Chairperson, Former Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Authority, 2016
  • Past President, Brown Club of Rhode Island
Honors/Awards:
  • DRI Exceptional Performance Citation, 2013-2015  
  • Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers, New England 2017, 2018, 2019
Educational Background:
  • Brown University, B.A., Magna Cum Laude
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
  • Lectured on insurance coverage, bad faith litigation, personal injury litigation, trials skills and use of experts, for CLEs sponsored by the National Business Institute and Defense Counsel of Rhode Island.
Other Outstanding Achievements:
  • Honoree, First Women Lawyers of Rhode Island, from Roger Williams Law School,  April 2019, 2019
Industry Groups:
  • Defense Counsel Of Rhode Island
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Rhode Island Bar Association

Office location for Faith A. LaSalle

One Turks Head Place
Suite 450
Providence, RI 02903

Phone: 401-421-8080

Selections

8 Years Super Lawyers
  • Super Lawyers: 2017 - 2024

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