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Aug 2023
49m 59s

Ep 149 | Nicole J. Benjamin | Roger Will...

Benjamin Gold
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The Lawyer Stories Podcast Episode 149 features Nicole Benjamin, Roger Williams University School of Law graduate, and shareholder at Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C., focusing on complex, high-stakes commercial litigation, product liability defense, and appellate law.  Nicole, a Rhode Island native, shares her lawyer story, beginning with selling vacuum cleaners and working at Filene’s, to having the honor of being elected as the President of the Rhode Island Bar Association.  We discuss one of Nicole’s exciting initiatives as President, the launch of the Rhode Island Bar Association’s Leadership Academy.

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