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One Citizens Plaza, 8th Floor
Providence RI 02903-1345
TEL: 401.274.7200
FAX: 401.751.0604
Providence RI 02903-1345
TEL: 401.274.7200
FAX: 401.751.0604
Practice Areas
Clerkships
- Law clerk two years for Chief Justice Frank J. Williams, Rhode Island Supreme Court.
Education
- Roger Williams University (J.D., 2004)
- University of Rhode Island (B.A., 2000)
Bar & Court Admissions
- Rhode Island
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
- Kyle Zambarano
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Litigator Kyle Zambarano brings to his commercial and labor and employment clients a deep knowledge and appreciation of the law gained, in part, from serving for two years as a law clerk for Chief Justice Frank J. Williams of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, including a year as lead law clerk in Chief Justice William’s chambers, assisting in various administrative duties.
Significant Matters
- When a company wrongfully prevented minority shareholders from dissenting to a corporate merger, Kyle helped convince the court that the minority shareholders were entitled to fair payment for their shares.
- When a state government wrongfully denied a criminal defendant access to grand jury records after the criminal charges were dismissed, Kyle successfully convinced a court to release those records, despite the fact that, in many instances, those records are kept confidential.
- When a company delayed in filing suit, Kyle successfully moved to dismiss the action under a little-used statute of limitations pertaining to the sales of goods.
- Won summary judgment for defendant on all counts in a dispute over a licensing agreement in which the Plaintiff sought $20,000,000 in damages.
- Secured settlement on eve of trial for a defendant on its counterclaims after successfully precluding a plaintiff’s evidence in a dispute implicating Rhode Island’s Dry Dock Facilities Act.
- Successfully precluded a proffered expert witness from testifying that a plaintiff suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder caused by the termination of her employment.
Honors & Distinctions
- Graduated cum laude from Roger Williams University School of Law in the top ten percent of his class.
- Graduated from University of Rhode Island with highest distinction and was inducted into the University's honors program, Phi Beta Kappa.
- Two-year research assistant to Legal Professor and Associate Dean David M. Zlotnick.
- Named Rhode Island Rising Star in 2009 by the publishers of Super Lawyers, recognizing him as an outstanding young attorney in the Rhode Island legal community.
News
Publications & Seminars
- Two-year member, Roger Williams University Law Review; elected Notes & Comments editor in final year.
- Author, “ Rhode Island’s Right to a Safe School: A Means to an End of an End Without Means?” 8 Roger Williams U.L. Rev. 383 (2003).
- Co-Author of the Rhode Island Chapter of the Tort Law Desk Reference: A Fifty State Compendium - 2008, 2009 and 2010 editions.
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