Rich Sands

Rich Sands is a Warwick personal injury attorney who leads Sands Law and has represented injured Rhode Island clients for more than 28 years. His practice is devoted to injury law, including motor vehicle accidents, wrongful death, workers’ compensation, medical malpractice, premises liability, slip-and-fall incidents, and construction site injuries. Sands handles cases personally and focuses on helping people pursue compensation after injuries caused by the negligence of others.

Sands earned a J.D. from Widener University in 1994 and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Rhode Island in 1991. While in law school, he worked in multiple roles at a personal injury firm, learning the practice from the ground up. After graduation, he joined the firm as an associate attorney and handled personal injury and workers’ compensation claims before later establishing his own practice.

Sands opened his own practice in 2002 after gaining several years of experience with injury and workers’ compensation cases. His work requires evaluating liability, medical information, insurance issues, and damages while preparing claims for negotiation or litigation. The firm’s current practice includes car and other motor vehicle accidents, wrongful death, medical malpractice, premises liability, slip-and-fall claims, and construction injuries. He remains directly involved in the cases he accepts.

Rich Sands has received an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and recognition from The National Trial Lawyers as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer. He serves on the Board of Governors of the Rhode Island Association for Justice and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. His professional memberships include national and state trial-lawyer and bar organizations, reflecting a career focused on representing injured people and developing personal injury advocacy.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Sands Law
• Member, Rhode Island Bar Association
• Board of Governors, Rhode Island Association for Justice
• Member, National Association of Personal Injury Attorneys
• Member, United States Supreme Court Bar Association
• Member, American Association for Justice
• Member, American Bar Association

Licensed State

• Rhode Island

Education

• Widener University
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Rhode Island
  BA in Political Science

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