Anthony S. Aprea

Anthony S. Aprea is a litigator with Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in Providence and Boston. He focuses on insurance coverage and general and professional liability defense. His practice includes defending lawyers and law firms against liability claims and representing hospitals, nursing homes, physicians, and other healthcare professionals in litigation, licensing, and administrative law matters in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. His work combines insurance-related disputes with professional and healthcare liability defense at state and federal levels.

Anthony earned a JD from Suffolk University Law School and a BS cum laude from Northeastern University. During law school, he served on the Student Council of Presidents and as a Kaplan Student Representative. His education provides a foundation for litigation involving contract interpretation, professional duties, insurance obligations, licensing rules, and administrative proceedings. He is admitted in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and before the US District Courts for the Districts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Anthony’s representative experience includes securing dismissal of a contribution claim brought against a law firm in connection with alleged legal malpractice concerning wage and hour advice. He has also assisted in enforcing a settlement and obtaining dismissal after plaintiffs in a legal malpractice case attempted to withdraw from a negotiated agreement shortly before trial. These matters reflect his work on professional liability disputes where procedural strategy, settlement enforcement, and careful analysis of underlying legal duties are important.

Anthony S. Aprea has been recognized by The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Insurance Law. He is active in the Massachusetts Bar Association, Rhode Island Bar Association, Justinian Law Society of Rhode Island, and National Italian American Bar Association. His practice brings together insurance coverage counseling, professional liability defense, healthcare litigation, licensing matters, and administrative law, helping insurers and professional clients manage claims and disputes that can involve significant financial and reputational exposure.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Insurance Programs Subcommittee, Rhode Island Bar Association
• President and Board Member, Justinian Law Society of Rhode Island (2022 – 2024)
• Member, National Italian American Bar Association
• Panel of Volunteers, Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers

Licensed State

• Massachusetts
• Rhode Island

Education

• Suffolk University Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Northeastern University
  Bachelor of Science (BS) (Cum Laude)

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