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Providence RI 02903-1345
TEL: 401.274.7200
FAX: 401.751.0604
Practice Areas
Clerkships
- Law Clerk for former Chief Justice Joseph R. Weisberger, Rhode Island Supreme Court 1979-1980
Education
- Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1979)
- Providence College (M.B.A., 1986)
- Wheaton College (A.B., magna cum laude,Phi Beta Kappa, 1970)
Bar & Court Admissions
- Rhode Island
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
- Susan Leach DeBlasio
Counsel, Providence - Email
vCard - Full Bio
For her longstanding business and corporate law, healthcare law, M&A and real estate clients in both Rhode Island and Massachusetts, Susan Leach DeBlasio works diligently to understand their business and legal needs to provide innovative yet practical solutions to their pressing problems.
From corporate governance to high-stakes acquisitions and joint ventures, from business succession planning and distributorship arrangements to secured lending and other forms of corporate finance structuring, Susan provides her clients with strategic counsel and advice.
She is also adept at advising healthcare institutions and medical professionals across a wide spectrum of issues, including licensing, managed-care products, provider agreements, medical fraud and abuse, regulatory compliance, and medical-staff organization and credentialing. A frequent speaker to healthcare professionals and community groups, and presenter at Bar Association seminars, Susan is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and, for more than five years, served as the legal writer for the monthly Health Care Professional.
Significant Matters
- When an out-of-state, for-profit hospice provider wanted to obtain a license from the Rhode Island Department of Health, Susan helped the client navigate its way through the regulatory process, anticipating and overcoming all objections raised and challenges encountered. She helped show the state agency and other interested parties that a for-profit healthcare provider could deliver high-quality services and be a good corporate citizen.
- When the founders of a successful closely-held business wanted to structure a transfer of ownership to their children as well as to certain longtime employees, Susan devised and implemented a transition plan that ensured a harmonious relationship among the directors and the shareholders, with mechanisms for decision-making that would avoid deadlock and dissipation of the assets and promote the long-term success and welfare of the company.
- When a local company was in danger of defaulting on a substantial loan to Susan's European client and a major supplier to the Rhode Island corporation, Susan negotiated a conversion of the debt to a controlling equity interest in the company to protect her client's interests and ensure a continued source of future sales.
Honors & Distinctions
- Rhode Island Bar Association Award of Merit
- Recipient, Ralph P. Semonoff Professionlism Award
- Selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers In America® since 1995 in the field of Health Care Law
- Named a Rhode Island Super Lawyer, 2007-2011, an honor that recognizes her as a leader in the legal community
- Rhode Island Supreme Court Citation for outstanding service on Disciplinary Board
- AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, highest rating given to attorneys
Professional Affiliations
- Past President, Rhode Island Bar Association
- Member, House of Delegates, Rhode Island Bar Association
- Past President, Member, Board of Directors and Fellow, Rhode Island Bar Foundation
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Former Chair, Rhode Island Supreme Court Disciplinary Board
- Member, Massachusetts Bar Association and American Bar Association
- Member, American Health Lawyers Association
Community & Civic Activity
- Member, Rhode Island Healthcare Reform Commission
- President, URI Hillel Foundation
- Immediate Past President, Jewish Seniors Agency
- Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island
- Member, The Miriam Hospital Finance Committee and former Vice Chair, The Miriam Hospital
- IOLTA Grants Chair, Rhode Island Bar Foundation
News
- 22 AP&S Attorneys Named to New England Super Lawyers 2011
- AP&S Attorneys Selected for 2012 Edition of Best Lawyers®
- Susan Leach DeBlasio Appointed to R.I. Healthcare Reform Commission
- Susan Leach DeBlasio Named Fellow of American Bar Foundation
- 30 AP&S Attorneys Named to New England Super Lawyers 2009
- Susan Leach DeBlasio First Woman Honored With Professionalism Award by R.I. Bar Association
- Top Honors for Super Lawyers "Superstars" at AP&S
- Six New Lawyers Join AP&S
Presentations & Events
- AP&S Attorneys to Speak at R.I. Bar Association’s 2011 Annual Meeting
- Susan Leach DeBlasio Presents at R.I. Bar Association Seminar
- Lori Caron Silveira and Susan Leach DeBlasio Present at R.I. Bar Annual Meeting 2009
Publications & Seminars
- Authored chapter in A Practical Guide to Organizing a Business in Rhode Island titled "Ethics Considerations in Representing the Business Entity" released Spring 2011
- Former editor-in-chief, Rhode Island Bar Journal
- Former legal writer for the monthly Health Care Professional (five years)
- Frequent lecturer for the Rhode Island Bar Association on business and corporate law, health care law, real estate law and proactive management and ethics issues.
