Ronald J. Resmini is one of Rhode Island’s most prominent trial attorneys, with over 50 years of experience in personal injury, accident, and tort law. After serving as a Captain in the U.S. Army Security Agency, he clerked for the Rhode Island Supreme Court and helped shape state law through extensive litigation and appellate advocacy. He is known for founding court-annexed arbitration in Rhode Island, authoring key legal treatises, and clarifying numerous state laws via successful appellate work.
Resmini is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell and served as a Board Examiner for the National Board of Trial Advocacy. His honors include multi-year selection to Super Lawyers, recognition by Best Lawyers in America, the Hall of Fame Award for Excellence in the Law, and “Top 10” status from the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys (NAOPIA). NAOPIA’s “Top 10” list represents less than 1% of attorneys in each state and is awarded through a stringent selection process based on peer review, trial outcomes, legal scholarship, and knowledge in personal injury law, highlighting extraordinary skill and success in the field.
Resmini heads a respected law firm with his three attorney sons, continuing to set standards for professional excellence and client advocacy in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Professional Associations
- Rhode Island Bar Association
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Trial Masters
- Member, Rhode Island Association for Justice
Courts Admitted
- Massachusetts State Court
- Rhode Island State Court
- First Circuit Court of Appeals
- RI Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island; 1976
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Military Appeals
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Board Certifications
- Board Examiner, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1991
Practice Areas Focus
- Cars Accidents
- Truck Accidents
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Workplace Accidents
- Workers’ Compensation
- Dangerous Products / Product Liability
- Tort Law
- Habeas Corpus Proceedings
- Pedestrian Accidents
- Wrongful Death Claims
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Nursing Home Abuse
- Slip and Fall Accidents
- Premises Liability
- Medical Malpractice
Scholarly Lectures and Writings
- Published a two-volume series entitled, RI Actions and Remedies; a two-volume work on Civil Procedure after the major revision of the Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure, entitled RI Civil Practice and Procedure (Michie Law Publishers, 1996, with Annual Supplement)
- Published many articles in the RI Bar Journal and Law Review articles in Suffolk University Law Review, including the Law of Uninsured Motorist Insurance, the Law of Products Liability in Rhode Island, and the Law of Domestic Relations in Rhode Island
- Butterworth Publishing Company to Author a two-volume treatise entitled, Tort Law and Personal Injury Practice, which is part of the RI Practice Series (Butterworth 1990, with Annual Supplements)
- “Lunch with Legends: Trailblazers, Trendsetters and Treasures of the Rhode Island Bar” in the Rhode Island Bar Journal, Rhode Island Bar Association Volume 65. Number 2. September/October 2016
Select Case Victories
- Papaioannou v. 1st U.S. Army, US Ct App. 74-1344
- Digiglio v. General Motors Co., 119 RI 918, 378 A2d 1069 (1977)
- Digby v. Digby, 120 RI 299, 388 A2d 1, (1978)
- Rogers v. LaValley, 412 RI A2d 276 (1980)
- Rogers v. LaValley, 122 RI 920, 414 A2d 190 (1980)
- Threshier v. Commercial Union Ins., 422 A2d 247 (1980)
- Threshier v. Commercial Union Ins., 423 A2d 1389 (1980)
- Su v. Kemper Ins., 431 A2d 416 (1981)
- Security Mutual Ins. v. Maria, 429 A2d 150 (1980)
- Security Mutual Ins. v. Maria, 433 A2d 693 (1981)
- Bush v. Nationwide Mutual Ins., 419 A2d 857 (1980)
- Bush v. Nationwide Mutual Ins., 448 A2d 782 (1982)
