Paul M. Kessimian

Paul M. Kessimian is a co-managing partner at Partridge Snow & Hahn in Providence, RI, with a practice focused on commercial litigation and complex business disputes. Kessimian represents businesses in arbitration, class actions, trade secret disputes, insurance matters, and regulatory investigations. The practice addresses the documents and legal standards that shape the client’s responsibilities and options. This can involve reviewing an existing arrangement, preparing for a transaction, or evaluating a contested claim.

Kessimian completed a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from Providence College, summa cum laude. This background supports the careful legal analysis needed in matters involving commercial litigation and complex business disputes. Academic training provides a basis for interpreting legal requirements and working through issues in a structured way.

Kessimian has experience involving antitrust and ERISA litigation, attorney general investigations, and contested commercial claims. Such assignments require careful attention to the details of the record and the legal framework governing the work. Depending on the circumstances, the attorney may need to evaluate documentation, prepare agreements or arguments, confer with other participants, or address procedural deadlines. Experience with these matters helps connect the immediate legal questions to the broader circumstances in which they arise.

Paul M. Kessimian is also associated with his leadership of the Litigation practice and management of high-stakes conflicts involving several areas of commercial law. Kessimian brings that experience to the analysis of legal issues and the preparation needed to address them. The practice places importance on understanding a client’s situation rather than treating similar-looking matters as identical. Careful assessment of facts, legal requirements, and options helps define a clear path through a transaction, claim, or dispute.

Law Office Affiliations

• Managing Partner, Partridge Snow & Hahn
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, Rhode Island Bar Association
• Board Member, Roger Williams University School of Law
• President-Elect and Executive Committee Member, Federal Bar Association, Rhode Island Chapter
• Web and Practice Point Editor of Commercial & Business Litigation Committee, American Bar Association
• Member, Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the Court (“CAIC”), Rhode Island Supreme Court
• President, Defense Counsel of Rhode Island
• Vice Chair, Liberal Arts Honors Leadership Council and Member, President’s Council, Providence College
• Member, Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel

Licensed State

• Massachusetts
• Rhode Island

Education

• Columbia University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Providence College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science and Economics (Summa Cum Laude)

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