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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 commercial litigation, including contract disputes, defense of employment and discrimination claims, products liability law / toxic tort law, securities, insurance and intellectual property. He regularly handles matters concerning trade secrets, unfair competition and non-compete agreements. He also defends employers against claims of wrongful termination and discrimination and litigates construction disputes on behalf of sureties, owners and general contractors.
His active and ongoing matters include the defense of several employment discrimination and wrongful termination claims, a dispute between an automobile dealer and manufacturer regarding the sale of vehicle service contracts over a website, the defense of a large commercial bank in several customer complaints involving alleged violations of the Uniform Commercial Code and regulations of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and several toxic mold cases.
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.
