Lynda L. Laing - Providence, RI

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, Ohio, 1983
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Albion College, Albion, Michigan, 1979
    A.B.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Member, since 1990

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, Collections and Bankruptcy, National Business Institute, 1988 - Present
  
• Lecturer, Collections and Bankruptcy, Rhode Island Bar Association, 1995 - Present

Representative Clients

• Metropolitan Property and Liability Insurance Co.

Representative Cases

• Anthony Corrado, Inc. v. Menard & Co. Bldg. Contractors
  • Court: 589 A.2d 1201(R.I. 1991)
  • Serial Number: 1991086816
• Strauss, Factor, Hillman & Lopes, P.C. v. Kohler General Corp.
  • Court: 1987 WL 257409, 3 UCC Rep. Serv. 2d 466 (R.I. Dist Ct. 1987)
  • Serial Number: 1987148408
• State of Maine v. Vincent Fiore
  • Court: 497 A.2d 298 (R.I. 1985)
  • Serial Number: 1985142900

Published Works

Articles

• "The Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Revised", 38 Rhode Island Bar Journal 3, December, 1989
  
• "An Overview of Article 6 of the Uniform Commercial Code", 36 Rhode Island Bar Journal 5, June, 1988
  
• "Fair Debt Collection Practices Act", 36 Rhode Island Bar Journal 18, October, 1987
  

Bar Admissions

• Michigan, 1983
• Rhode Island, 1984
• U.S. District Court District of Rhode Island, 1985

Other Affiliations

• Inns of Court
• District Court Bench Bar, 1995 - Present (Chairperson)
• Supreme Court User Friendly Committee, 1997 - Present
• Commercial Law League of America
• National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys
• Rhode Island Bar Association Annual Meeting Committee, 1996 - Present
• American Bar Association
• District Court Constable Disciplinary Committee
• American Bankruptcy Institute