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Providence RI 02903-1345
TEL: 401.274.7200
FAX: 401.751.0604
Practice Areas
Education
- Boston University (J.D., 1983)
- University of Massachusetts (B.A., summa cum laude, 1979)
Bar & Court Admissions
- Rhode Island
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit
- Lori Caron Silveira
Counsel, Providence - Email
vCard - Full Bio
With some 25 years of high-stakes labor and employment law experience, Lori Silveira brings to her corporate and government clients a successful track record and in-depth knowledge in employment disputes, including sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation, wage-and-hour and termination of employment cases.
A featured speaker at important labor seminars, she also represents employers in labor relations matters, including unfair labor-practice proceedings, grievance arbitrations and collective bargaining, and often handles labor litigation that arises in connection with arbitrated labor-disputes.
Lori works hard counseling her clients to help avoid disputes. She assists them in managing workplace risk, crafting employee handbooks, instituting proactive workplace policies, and conducting workplace training for management and staff. Lori helps her municipal and government clients manage the challenges of adhering to collective bargaining agreement terms within the framework of applicable law, aids them in developing strike plans, and educates them on how to maintain operations during a strike.
Significant Matters
- She represented a Rhode Island hospitality-industry employer in a matter involving employer liability for sexual harassment outside the workplace. The case tested the limits to which an employer will be liable for off-site actions of its employees.
- She settled a case on behalf of an international shoe manufacturer based in Massachusetts in an age-discrimination matter, saving the client extensive court and legal fees, as well as substantial damages. Lori successfully represented the client in defense of a claim filed in United States District Court. Summary judgment was granted in the defendant's favor, saving the company potential damages and trial expenses.
- Lori successfully negotiated complex collective-bargaining agreements for several quasi-governmental agencies that addressed healthcare and retiree health-benefits, achieving cost savings and other management objectives.
- She prevailed in a complex will-contest and estate dispute in the Rhode Island Supreme Court on behalf of a leading bank and trust company in a decade-old probate case. The Court affirmed the decision of the trial court, dismissing the plaintiffs' claim of undue influence in the making of a trust instrument and clarified that "undue influence" is an equitable claim for which there is no right to a jury trial.
Honors & Distinctions
- AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, highest rating given to attorneys.
- Named Rhode Island Super Lawyer, 2007-2009, an honor that recognizes her as a leader in the leader community.
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
Professional Affiliations
- Member, Labor and Employment Committee, Rhode Island Bar Association.
- Member, Ralph P. Semonoff Award Committee, Rhode Island Bar Association
Community & Civic Activity
- Member, President's Council of Coyle and Cassidy High School in Taunton, Massachusetts.
- Former Member, Board of Directors of the Rehoboth Ambulance Committee.
- Annually awards a $1,000 scholarship to a student firefighter at her alma mater, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, in memory of her late husband.
News
- AP&S Attorneys Play Key Role at R.I. Bar Association Annual Meeting
- 30 AP&S Attorneys Named to New England Super Lawyers 2009
- Top Honors for Super Lawyers "Superstars" at AP&S
- Six New Lawyers Join AP&S
Presentations & Events
Publications & Seminars
- A frequent speaker before attorneys, management and employee groups, addressing issues involving sexual harassment in the workplace, the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), state and Federal leave laws and the legal aspects of hiring and firing.
- Featured speaker at noted labor seminars, including the Annual Labor and Employment Conference sponsored by the Schmidt Labor Research Center at the University of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Bar Association's Annual Meeting.
