Position: Member

TEL: 401-400-4402

FAX: 401-944-8695

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Admitted: Rhode Island, 1996

Law School: University of New Hampshire School

College: Masters of Arts in English from Rhode Island College and a Bachelors of Art

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Practice Areas: Employment Law - Employee; Employee Discrimination; Employee Harassment; Sexual Harassment; Racial Harassment; Employee Severance; Employee Medical Leave; Employee Whistleblowing; Police Brutality and Misconduct; Wage and Hour Laws; Employment

Additional Information: See: Douglas Harris v. The Kitchen and Countertop Center of New England, LLC; Erica Martinelli v. LJE Auto Sales, LLC, d/b/a Stateline Nissan and Route 2 Auto Sales; Ariah Goodine, et al. v. Ye Old Lamplighter, II, Inc., et al.

As Founder and Principal of Formisano & Company, Attorney V. Edward Formisano offers extensive knowledge, skill and experience representing clients in the thorough, efficient and beneficial resolution of simple to complex employment, family and personal injury legal matters plus medical malpractice and general civil litigation. Astute, attentive, responsive and proactive, Attorney Formisano provides custom tailored, advocacy, realistic solutions and sharp, strategic counsel that best suits the unique details, facts and circumstances of a client's individual case. As Rhode Island's foremost practitioner of employment law, Attorney Formisano specializes in representing an employee in a full spectrum of employment law issues against an employer of any size and industry. His deep expertise includes Wage and Hour disputes, Severance Negotiation, Discrimination, Harassment, Medical Leave, ERISA and Whistleblowing claims. Knowing the essential role that employment plays in the daily livelihood of an overwhelmingly large majority of Rhode Island and Massachusetts residents, Attorney Formisano fiercely advocates to protect, preserve and uphold the legal rights of each employee-client for whom he represents. He is an active member of the National Employment Lawyers Association, (NELA), Labor and Employment Law Section of the American Bar Association, the Rhode Island Association for Justice plus serves as a Cooperating Attorney of the Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). In addition to Employment Law, Attorney Formisano also practices in the area of civil rights, particularly police brutality and misconduct matters, educational setting based discrimination and harassment, personal injury law plus general civil litigation. An active member of the American Bar Association, American Association for Justice and Rhode Island Association for Justice and the Justinian Society, Attorney Formisano is experienced in practicing before federal and state courts as well as administrative agencies. He frequently appears before the federal district courts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut, the First Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court, and Rhode Island Supreme, Superior, District, Family, and Workers Compensation Courts. Additionally, Attorney Formisano's administrative practice has included matters held before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Merit Systems Protection Board, OSHA, Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights, Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and a number of other state, federal and local administrative agencies. A 1996 graduate of the University of New Hampshire School of Law in Concord, New Hampshire, Attorney Formisano also holds a Masters of Arts in English from Rhode Island College and a Bachelors of Art from St. Anselm College.