Personal Injury, Military Law & Criminal Defense Lawyers Serving Providence, RI
Headquartered in WarwickAn insurance adjuster working on a Providence collision case begins reviewing the file before you schedule a follow-up appointment. The capital of Rhode Island has more traffic than any other city in the state. Everyday commuters, delivery trucks, and pedestrians travel through I-95, Route 6, and the Route 10 Connector. More traffic leads to more accidents, which means more adjusters are assigned to minimize the amount they pay out, and less patience for those who do not understand the process. When a military legal issue is added to the mix, such as an Article 15 or CID investigation, or a security clearance review, the timeline moves even faster. At Corrao & Robles Law, founding partners Amanda L. Corrao and Nelson Robles bring focused, experienced, and determined legal representation to clients throughout Providence County, Kent County, Washington County, Newport County, and Bristol County.
Serious Cases Deserve Serious Preparation
Providence generates a large number of legal cases each year. Corrao & Robles Law do not handle a large volume of cases in response. Each case is prepared as if it were going to trial from the beginning. This approach changes the way negotiations take place. Insurance companies and prosecutors act differently when they know that the attorney on the other side is not bluffing. The firm has built its reputation over three decades by delivering results for its clients rather than focusing on the number of cases it files each month. Attorneys Corrao and Robles manage their caseloads rather than delegating work to junior associates. Every client who meets with an attorney at Providence has a dedicated attorney who stays with them until the case is resolved, regardless of who originally filed it.
Personal Injury Cases – Attorney Amanda L. Corrao
Providence’s dense population creates a unique set of challenges that suburban Rhode Island often faces. Downtown intersections are congested with commuters, delivery vehicles and pedestrians trying to navigate between Kennedy Plaza and the hospital district. College Hill and Fox Point have heavy foot and bicycle traffic because of Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design. The sidewalks on Federal Hill often become icy during the winter months and stay that way for longer than anyone would like. Attorney Corrao assists injury victims from these areas as well as from Cranston, Pawtucket, East Providence and the rest of Providence County.
Just a few of the case types Attorney Corrao handles include:
Collisions on I-95 through downtown, the Providence Viaduct, and the Point Street Bridge corridor cause some of the most serious injuries that Attorney Corrao sees. Motor vehicle accident claims move fast. Insurance companies begin building their case before most people have time to think about their own. Delivery and freight traffic moving through Providence to reach the port and interstate increases the risk of serious commercial vehicle crashes even further.
Narragansett Bay, the waters surrounding Aquidneck Island, and Rhode Island’s extensive coastline make boating-related injuries a recurring and legally complex matter. These cases often involve overlapping state and maritime law, and experienced representation is essential to a fair outcome.
Property owners across Providence have a legal duty to keep their properties reasonably safe. This includes Federal Hill restaurants, Providence Place retailers, and residential landlords in Elmwood and Wanskuck. The Rhode Island premises liability law asks whether the owner knew or should have known about a hazard and failed to fix it or warn about it. This standard sounds simple, but proving what an owner should have known is rarely easy. When ice is not salted or a hazard is not addressed, Attorney Corrao holds property owners accountable through slip and fall claims.
Losing a loved one due to another person’s negligence is a tragic event that changes everything. Families deserve a lawyer who takes wrongful death claims seriously, rather than just settling and forgetting about them.
Additional Personal Injury Cases
Attorney Corrao is also well versed in the following personal injury scenarios, and she’s ready to hear your story and help you build a strong case.
Military Law Cases – Attorney Nelson Robles
Naval Station Newport is located about thirty miles from Providence, and a significant number of service members who are stationed there choose to live in the greater Providence area with their families. Low housing costs, excellent school options, and proximity to Rhode Island’s largest job market contribute to this decision. A military legal matter is not confined to the base just because a service member lives off-base. Attorney Robles represents these service members and veterans throughout the East Coast, bringing his firsthand experience as a JAG officer to each case he handles.
Court-martial and CID investigations often begin with a seemingly routine interview with a service member. However, this is rarely the case. Attorney Robles represents a full range of charges under the UCMJ, including non-judicial punishment under Article 15, sexual assault allegations, drug offenses, and desertion.
Not every threat to a military career begins in a courtroom. Separation proceedings, barriers to re-enlistment, denials of security clearances, and denials of VA claims can end a career as decisively as possible. These processes often move forward on their own schedules, with less due process built into them. Attorney Robles also helps service members throughout the area with military record corrections, Article 15 rebuttals, and USERRA violations.
Criminal Defense Cases – Attorney Nelson Robles
Charges filed in the Superior Court of Providence County or the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island are aggressively prosecuted. The court dockets in Providence move quickly. Attorney Robles represents residents of Providence as well as clients throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts who face:
How Long Do You Have to Act in Rhode Island?
Rhode Island’s statutes of limitations place strict deadlines on the right to pursue legal action, and missing them can permanently foreclose options that would otherwise have been available.
For personal injury claims in Rhode Island, most victims have three years from the date of injury to file a civil lawsuit. Wrongful death claims follow a similar three-year window. Evidence fades, witnesses’ memories change, and surveillance footage is overwritten – acting promptly after an injury protects your ability to build the strongest possible case.
Criminal and military matters operate in different timeframes. In both cases, it is important to get a lawyer involved as soon as possible, ideally before giving a statement to investigators and ideally before any evidence is gathered against you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Serving Communities Throughout Rhode Island
Corrao & Robles Law represents clients across all of Rhode Island’s five counties and throughout the state’s diverse communities, including:
Providence County: Providence, Cranston, North Providence, Johnston, Scituate, Foster, Glocester, Burrillville, North Smithfield, Smithfield, Lincoln, Cumberland, Pawtucket, Central Falls, and East Providence.
Kent County: Warwick, East Greenwich, West Warwick, Coventry, and West Greenwich.
Washington County: North Kingstown, South Kingstown, Narragansett, Westerly, Charlestown, Hopkinton, Richmond, and Exeter.
Newport County: Newport, Middletown, Portsmouth, Tiverton, Little Compton, and Jamestown.
Bristol County: Bristol, Barrington, and Warren.
