John Reilly, Esq. ( Of Counsel)
Birthplace: Bangor, Maine
Bar Admissions - State Courts:
State of Rhode Island and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Bar Admissions - Federal Courts:
United States Supreme Court (Washington, D.C.); United States Courts of Appeal for the First Circuit (Boston), Second Circuit (New York) and Third Circuit (Philadelphia); United States District Courts for the Districts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut; United States Court of Claims (Washington, D.C.).
Special Appearances in Other Courts:
Pro hac vice (special appearances) in cases heard before the Superior Courts of Connecticut, Florida and New Hampshire as well as the United States District Courts for the Western District of Texas, the Middle District of Florida, and the District of New Hampshire.
Education:
Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree with honors (accelerated, early summer graduation ranked 2nd in class). University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree, with honors, in Political Science.
Professional Associations, Memberships and Honors:
"AV" rating by Martindale-Hubbell and included by Martindale-Hubbell in Bar Register of Preeminent Atorneys in America (less than top 5% of law firms in United States qualify for these peer-reviewed honors);American Jurisprudence Award (Evidence); Defense Research Institute; Governor's Select Rhode Island Automobile Insurance Reform Task Force (member); Graduate Tax Program of the Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachetts (courses toward L.L.M. degree in Taxation); National Merit Scholarship Award; Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society (Political Science); Rhode Island Association of Auto Theft and Arson Investigators (past President of this former organization); Rhode Island Bar Association; U.S. House of Representatives (summer congressional intern, Washington, D.C.); Vale Technical Institute, Blairsville, Pennsylvania (certified in automobile physical damage analysis); Who's Who in America; Who's Who in American Law; and Who's Who in Rhode Island.
Seminar Presentations
Seminar organization and presentation, “Handling Unusual Claims” (co-sponsored by National Insurance Crime Bureau and the Rhode Island Auto Theft and Arson Investigators) (Lincoln, RI 1993)
Presentation, “The Examination under Oath” (Worcester, MA 1994)
Presentation, “Automobile Fires - Accidental and Incendiary. Layering and Preservation of Evidence” (Milford, MA 1995)
Presentation, “Declination - Defense Avoiding Bad Faith”. Insurance Training Alliance. (Warwick, RI 1995)
Presentation, “A Hot Time in the Olde Towne Tonight” (successful arson defense strategies utilizing circumstantial evidence). RIAATAI (Smithfield, RI - April, 1996)
Presentation, “Overcoming the Presumption of an Accidental Fire and How Not to Convert Insurance Company Investigators to Agents of the State”. Rhode Island Chapter IAAI (Cranston, RI - May, 1996)
Presentation, “The Role of Defense Counsel in SIU Cases”. SIU Coordinator’s/Investigator’s Conference (Keene, NH - June, 1996)
Presentation/Participation, “The Examination under Oath” and “Mock Trials of Fraud Cases”. Integon Group, SIU Training Seminar (Myrtle Beach, SC - November, 1996)
Local Seminar Committee and Presentation, “The Role of the Insurance Attorney”. 25th Annual Northeast IAATI Training Seminar (Newport, R.I. - May, 1997).
