Mr. Joseph Avanzato

Practice Details

• Languages
  Japanese
• Firm Information
  Position

  Shareholder

  Firm Name

  Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Successfully represented multi-national company in defending multi-million dollar construction claims, including obtaining judicial voidance of mechanic's liens.
  In $60 million litigation, defended charitable corporations that had been sued, in three separate lawsuits, for alleged undue influence
  fraud in connection with charitable donations that had been made to the charitable corporations via will, trusts
  lifetime gifts. Obtained summary judgment on behalf of AP&S' clients in the trial court in all three cases
  successfully defended those judgments on appeal before the Rhode Isl
  Supreme Court.
  Successfully represented major health insurer in multi-million dollar antitrust litigation.
  Successfully represented the Governor, Treasurer
  Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Isl
  in defense of constitutional challenges to the state's pension statute.
  Successfully represented major unsecured creditor in multi-million dollar cross-border insolvency that involved U.S. bankruptcy case (E.D.N.Y), receivership in Israel, litigation in federal court (S.D.N.Y),
  litigation in Thail
  .
  Numerous successful representations of secured
  unsecured creditors in various receivership
  bankruptcy cases.
  Successful representation of a state agency that resulted in recovery of a significant amount on a defaulted $28 million commercial loan to a bio-medical start-up company.
  Case Studies: AP&S Guides Centers Health Care to Enter Rhode Isl
  Health Care Community
  AP&S Defends State of Rhode Isl
  in High-Stakes Pension Litigation
  AP&S Attorneys Successfully Represent International Precious Metals Consignor in Multinational, Multi-Million Dollar Litigation
  AP&S Successfully Defends Charitable Organizations in $60 Million Litigation