Not Rhodes Scholars
The Rhode Island Supreme Court has entered an order that refers to Massachusetts findings of unauthorized practice
After the investigational hearings, the Committee made findings of fact in its forty-six (46) page Committee Report dated April 15, 2015, and it submitted said Report to this Court on or about April 16, 2015. The Committee determined by a preponderance of the evidence before it that Carl J. S. Lovett and Samuel Lovett, neither of whom are licensed attorneys in the State of Rhode Island, had over the course of years engaged in a pattern of conduct which violated the statutes governing the unauthorized practice of law by practicing law in Rhode Island, receiving pay or compensation, directly or indirectly, for services of a legal nature usually done by attorneys at law in Rhode Island, agreeing to furnish legal advice, service, or counsel to Rhode Island clients or on Rhode Island cases, or to provide the services of an attorney licensed in Rhode Island, and representing themselves through their acts and deeds as Rhode Island attorneys or holding themselves out as persons competent, qualified, authorized, and entitled to practice law in this state.
More particularly, the Committee found that Carl J. S. Lovett and Samuel Lovett operated almost exclusively out of an office located in Rhode Island for over eighteen (18) years and that, in that time frame, they handled Rhode Island personal injury, criminal, and workers’ compensation clients and cases without meaningful or actual supervision or oversight from two Rhode Island attorneys who were also employed at Lovett & Lovett.
The attorneys performed all client services save for signing pleadings and appearing in court.
The court also referred the findings for possible criminal prosecution in Rhode Island.
The firm web page is linked here.
Lovett & Lovett is a law firm dedicated to helping people. The focus of our practice is on representing people in Rhode Island and Massachusetts who have been seriously injured due to someone else’s negligence. Lovett & Lovett puts experience, knowledge and personalized attention to work to get the results our clients deserve.
(Mike Frisch)