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Providence RI 02903-1345
TEL: 401.274.7200
FAX: 401.751.0604
Practice Areas
- Construction Law
- Environmental Law
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Litigation
- Products Liability Law/Toxic Tort Law
- Securities Law
Education
- Fordham University (J.D., 1995)
- Colgate University (B.A., 1990)
Bar & Court Admissions
- Rhode Island
- New York
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Sixth and Federal Circuits
- Geoffrey W. Millsom
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Single-minded and focused, Geoffrey Millsom's uncompromising devotion to his clients’ interests and his legal acumen have led to notable victories at trial and on appeal across the country in high-stakes commercial matters.
Geoff is a defense-oriented trial lawyer who specializes in business disputes. His work covers a broad spectrum of matters that include all types of litigation, including employment claims, products liability / toxic tort, securities, insurance coverage and intellectual property. He regularly handles matters concerning trade secrets, unfair competition and non-compete agreements and construction disputes on behalf of sureties, owners and general contractors.
Prior to joining Adler Pollock & Sheehan, Geoff was associated with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine in New York, and clerked for the law firm of Allen Allen & Hemsley in Sydney, Australia. Prior to law school, he worked in the North American Commercial Lending Department of the Industrial Bank of Japan.
Significant Matters
- Obtained a temporary restraining order preventing an automobile manufacturer from implementing a nationwide policy prohibiting its dealers from selling vehicle service contracts over the internet.
- Won summary judgment on behalf of a performance bond surety accused of bad faith and violation of Mass. Gen. Laws c. 93A, §§ 2, 11. C&I Steel v. Peabody Construction Co., 22 Mass. L. Rptr. 402 ( Mass. Super. 2007).
- Successfully defended a group home provider against a claim of professional negligence that sought over $13 million in damages.
- Achieved summary judgment on behalf of an employer accused by multiple plaintiffs of racial discrimination. Dias v. Wal-Mart Stores, 87 Emp. Prac. Dec. P 42,356 (D.R.I. 2006).
- Successfully obtained the dismissal of two companion products liability cases brought by merchant seamen against a large chemical company and various international subsidiaries in. Tadic v. Stolt-Nielson, S.A., 2005 WL 946567 (E.D.N.Y. April 15, 2005), Bogdan v. Stolt-Nielson, S.A., 2005 WL 946579 (E.D.N.Y. April 18, 2005).
- Successfully appealed the award of summary judgment and affirmed class certification ruling in a nationwide commercial class action lawsuit involving indexed annuities. DeCesare v. Lincoln Benefit Life Co., 852 A.2d 474 (R.I. 2004).
Honors & Distinctions
- Order of the Coif, Fordham University Law School.
Professional Affiliations
- ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Section.
Community & Civic Activity
- Advisory Board, Salvation Army of Rhode Island.
- Workforce Investment Board for Providence and Cranston.
- Leadership Rhode Island.
News
- Millsom Elected to Salvation Army Board
- Millsom Featured in RHODE ISLAND LAWYERS WEEKLY
- Millsom Conducts Program on Electronic Records
- Millsom Appointed To Workforce Investment Board
Publications & Seminars
- Co-author, Rhode Island ABA Performance Bond Manual.
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Depositions: But Your Client Could Not Afford to Research, Rhode Island Bar Journal, 2002.
