Jessica L. Basso

Attorney Jessica L. Basso is the founder and owner of Basso Law in Providence, Rhode Island.  Known as a tireless advocate for her clients, Ms. Basso provides exceptional representation and support to clients throughout Providence and all across Rhode Island who have suffered serious injuries or lost loved ones due to another party's negligent, careless or unlawful actions.

Over the course of her practice representing innocent accident victims and their families, Ms. Basso has recovered more than $25 million in total compensation for her plaintiff clients. Early in her legal career, she worked as an insurance defense attorney in the Providence office of a prominent Boston law firm, which gives her unique insight into the industry and helps her devise the most effective strategies possible to help her clients obtain the maximum amount of compensation they deserve.

Along with personal injury, Ms. Basso also has extensive experience with land use matters, probate and other legal areas, and she serves as a court-appointed mediator, arbitrator and guardian ad litem. She has developed long-standing relationships with those she has served, and she finds great reward in being able to help people during some of the direst and most uncertain times in their lives.

A native of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, Ms. Basso earned her Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1993.  Knowing that she always wanted to be a lawyer, she then attended DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, Illinois, where she obtained her Juris Doctor in 1997. She also received her certificate in Health Law and was a member of the Journal of Health Law.

Highly active in her legal community, Ms. Basso serves on the board of governors of the Rhode Island Association for Justice, and she is a member of the Rhode Island Bar Association, the American Board of Trial Advocates and the Justinian Law Society of Rhode Island.