Thomas works with business leaders to determine and facilitate their legal needs. This includes organization of entities, transactional matters, sale or acquisition, or succession planning to new generations of business leaders. Thomas also acts as outside general counsel to a number of entities of various sizes and complexity providing strategic legal and business advice relating to contract drafting and negotiations, jurisdictional and tax issues, and employment matters.
Thomas has extensive experience in the area of trusts and estates, including advising trustees and trust beneficiaries concerning all areas of administration and disposition of trust assets, including estate tax mitigation. Thomas has represented clients in contentious disputes of breach of fiduciary duty by trustees. When probate or guardianship is necessary, Thomas works closely with families, executors, estate administrators and beneficiaries navigating estates through the courts, including disposition and distribution of common and complex estate assets.
Thomas received a B.S. from Roger Williams University and a J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law. He is admitted to practice law in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Florida.
Thomas is a member of both the Business Organizations Committee and Probate & Trust Committee of the Rhode Island Bar Association, and a member of the Estate Planning Council of Rhode Island. He has served as an officer and board member on a number of nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations. He also spent over a decade as a board member and volunteer with the Fox Point/East Side Little League in Providence, Rhode Island.