Hit The Road Jack

The Rhode Island Supreme Court affirmed findings of unauthorized practice and ordered a law firm out of the state by sundown

The [Unauthorized Practice of Law] committee determined by a preponderance of the evidence before it that Angela Troccoli and Kimmel & Silverman, P.C., neither of whom are licensed or authorized to practice law in Rhode Island, had engaged in the unauthorized practice of law. More particularly, the committee found that Angela Troccoli had engaged in the practice of law by operating out of the Kimmel & Silverman, P.C. office located in North Scituate, Rhode Island, and establishing a continuous and systematic presence in Rhode Island for the purpose of practicing law. The Committee further found that Kimmel & Silverman, P.C. engaged in the unauthorized practice of law by establishing a continuous and systematic presence in Rhode Island for the purpose of practicing law, by operating an office in Rhode Island from which an out-of-state attorney engaged in the practice of law and by holding out to the public that Kimmel & Silverman, P.C. was authorized to practice law in Rhode Island.

Get out of town per the court’s order

1. That Angela Troccoli and Kimmel & Silverman, P.C. immediately cease operating in Rhode Island; and
2. That Angela Troccoli and Kimmel & Silverman, P.C. relocate its law firm out of Rhode Island unless and until it complies with the Rhode Island Supreme Court Rules as it relates to the practice of law in Rhode Island.

The firm has issues in Maryland described in a case I use to teach the supervision rules. (MIke Frisch)