About
Ann Sheeley is a Rhode Island attorney with 30 years of experience in personal injury, criminal defense, and workers’ compensation matters. She personally oversees cases and represents clients in matters involving motor vehicle accidents, slip and falls, animal bites, medical malpractice, catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, workplace injuries, DUI/OUI charges, drug charges, misdemeanors, felonies, parole violations, and record expungement. Her practice includes negotiation, civil litigation, mediation, arbitration, and trial work for injured and accused clients.
Ann earned her Juris Doctor from Pace University School of Law in White Plains, New York. After law school, she worked at the law offices of J. Ronald Fishbein, managing personal injury and family law matters. She later oversaw personal injury cases for the Law Offices of Donald E. Green and handled civil proceedings at the law offices of Robert T. Karns. Her education and early practice experience developed a foundation in case preparation, negotiation, pleadings, motions, and courtroom advocacy.
Ann later served as Supervising Attorney at the Law Offices of Thomas Sparks before establishing Sheeley Law, LLC in 2010. In that supervisory role, she handled client intakes, settlement negotiations, mediations, arbitrations, and trial procedures. Her current work spans serious injury claims, workers’ compensation cases, and criminal defense. She is licensed in Rhode Island and Massachusetts and before the Federal District Court for Rhode Island, giving her experience across state and federal legal settings relevant to her practice.
Ann Sheeley has received recognition from The National Trial Lawyers as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer and has received an Avvo Client Choice Award. Sheeley Law has been featured by Rhode Island Monthly as The Face of Personal Injury Law. Her practice emphasizes personal attention, direct oversight, and consistent guidance through a legal matter. She combines negotiation and litigation experience with a broad practice serving people facing injuries, workplace claims, criminal charges, and related legal challenges.
Law Office Affiliations
- Attorney, Sheeley Law LLC
- Member, Rhode Island Bar Association
- Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers
Licensed State
- Rhode Island
- Massachusetts
Education
- Pace University School of Law
Juris Doctor (JD)
Awards & Badges



- Animal & Dog Bites
- Car Accidents
- Criminal Defense
- Drug Crime
- DUI & DWI
- Expungement
- Health Care
- Medical Malpractice
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Parole & Probation
- Personal Injury
- Power of Attorney
- Slip & Fall Accidents
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Trucking Accidents
- Wills & Living Wills
- Workers' Compensation
- Wrongful Death





