Rachel A. Ricci

Rachel A. Ricci is an associate attorney at Sousa Marujo LTD in Providence who assists clients with franchise law, real estate acquisitions and dispositions, and corporate law. Her listed practice areas include Franchise Law, Real Estate Purchase and Development, Business Succession Planning, Mergers and Acquisitions, Commercial Leasing, Zoning and Planning, Corporate Advisory, Estate Planning, and residential and commercial real estate development. She is licensed in Rhode Island, Florida, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.

Ricci earned a J.D., magna cum laude, from Roger Williams University School of Law and a B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Rhode Island in Communications and Public Relations. In law school, she served as a research and teaching assistant, joined the Law Review, and participated in the Honors Program. She also worked as an in-house counsel intern for a Rhode Island insurance group and clerked for Sousa Marujo.

Ricci’s experience includes business, franchise, corporate, and property-related matters as well as judicial clerkship work. After law school, she clerked in Providence Superior Court for the Rhode Island Supreme Court Trial Law Clerk Department during the 2021-2022 term. Her combination of firm clerkship, in-house experience, and court work supports a practice involving transactions, commercial documents, real estate deals, development issues, zoning questions, and corporate matters requiring careful legal analysis and coordination.

Rachel A. Ricci is a member of the Rhode Island Bar Association and Florida Bar Association. Her multistate admissions and practice experience support clients dealing with franchise, corporate, and real estate matters across several jurisdictions. She brings together academic honors, law review work, judicial clerkship experience, in-house exposure, and transactional practice in matters involving acquisitions, dispositions, commercial leasing, development, business succession, mergers and acquisitions, estate planning, and corporate advisory work.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Sousa Marujo LTD
• Member, Rhode Island Bar Association
• Member, The Florida Bar
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, Connecticut Bar Association

Licensed State

• Rhode Island
• Florida
• Massachusetts
• Connecticut

Education

• Roger Williams University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Rhode Island
  B.A. (2016, Major: Communications and Public Relations)

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