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James A. Ruggieri

Higgins, Cavanagh & Cooney, LLP

Providence, RI

40+ Years Experience
Licensed in 2 States
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About James

Jim has maintained a broad-based litigation practice for approximately 40 years. Among his many accomplishments during his distinguished career, he was named chief defense liaison counsel for the landmark Station Fire mass tort litigation by the Presiding Justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court. He has devoted a substantial part of his practice to the defense of product liability claims, including automotive/trucking product liability, manufacturing machinery and equipment, electrical components, building products, medical devices and other products. Jim is also actively involved in the...

Education

J.D.

Case Western Reserve University School of Law

B.A.

Brown University

Awards & Recognition

Board of Directors, Care New England Health System

2025

Rhode Island Lawyer’s Weekly®

Hall of Fame · 2024

Lawyer of the Year in The Best Lawyers in America

Product Liability Litigation Defense

Best Lawyer®

Employment Law

Super Lawyers®

Professional Associations

Rhode Island Bar AssociationMassachusetts Bar AssociationAmerican Bar AssociationClaims & Litigation Management Alliance (CLM)ALFA InternationalDefense Research InstituteDefense Counsel of Rhode IslandProduct Liability Advisory CouncilFellow, Litigation Counsel of AmericaDiversity Law InstituteOrder of JustitiaTrial Law InstituteBrown Club of Rhode IslandRoger Williams University School of Law

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