E-mail:
pa@psh.com
(tel) 401-861-8213 (fax) 401-861-8210
In her practice, Ms. Antonelli advises
creditors, lending institutions, banks and mortgage companies about
creditors’ rights in foreclosures, bankruptcies and collection matters
and works with clients to assist in and enforce compliance with Rhode
Island and Massachusetts law. She has extensive experience in
bankruptcy and insolvency matters and in handling commercial and
residential foreclosures and workouts. Additionally, she advises
clients on issues concerning licensing and consumer compliance. She
frequently represents clients with respect to licensing issues before
the Rhode Island Division of Banking and the Massachusetts Division of
Banks.
Ms. Antonelli is certified as a Creditors’ Rights Specialist by the
American Board of Certification. She is a frequent lecturer on
bankruptcy and insolvency topics and on mortgage regulatory compliance
topics.
EDUCATION
Suffolk University Law School, J.D.
Dean’s List, 1989
Florida State University Law Conference
Oxford University, England, 1988
Boston College, B.A., 1986
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Rhode Island Bar Association
Boston Bar Association
Bankruptcy Committee
American Bankruptcy Institute
Massachusetts Mortgage Bankers Association
International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation
Rhode Island Mortgage Bankers Association
USFN
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
"Recent Massachusetts Land Court Cases Delay Foreclosures", United Trustees Association's UTA Quarterly, Summer 2009
"Massachusetts Bankruptcy Court Issues Standing Order Addressing Borrower Contact for Loan Modifications and Escrow Issues" United Trustees Association's UTA Quarterly, Summer 2009
"Providence, Rhode Island Institutes New Foreclosure and Eviction Ordinances", Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Take Note E-news, July 2009
"Rhode Island DBR Issues Press Release on Loan Modification Activity" Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Take Note E-news, June 2009
”Massachusetts Bankruptcy Court Issues Standing Order Addressing Borrower Contact for Loan Modifications and Escrow Issues” Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Take Note E-news, May 2009
" Recent Massachusetts Land Court Cases Delay Foreclosures" Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Take Note E-news, April 2009
"Loan Modifications: Key to Solving the Housing Crisis?", Banker & Tradesman March 2, 2009
"Regulation of Loan Modifications Limited" Providence Business News, March 2, 2009
”Reminder: New Requirements for Foreclosure Sales Held On or After September 2, 2008” Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Take Note E-news, September 2008.
"RI Foreclosure Requirements Have Changed", Providence Business News, September 15, 2008
"RI Law Changes re Foreclosures, Condo Lien Priority, Escrow Accounts & More", USFN e-Update, July/August 2008
”Changes to Rhode Island Law Affect Foreclosures, Priority of Condominium Liens for Assessments, Mortgage Escrow Accounts and Reverse Mortgages”, Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Take Note E-news, July 2008
“Rhode Island Legislative Update” Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Take Note E-news, July 15, 2008
“Rhode Island Legislative Update” USFN e-Update, July/August 2008
“Rhode Island Legislative Update” DSnews website, July 17, 2008
Rhode Island chapter, The American Bar Association Foreclosure Book 2008
“Recent Developments in Debtor/Creditor Law”, Recent Developments in Federal and Massachusetts Law 2008
"New 90-Day Right to Reinstate Notice Required for MA Residential Foreclosures Effective 5/1/08" Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Client Alert, April 2008
“Foreclosure & Bankruptcies”, Banker & Tradesman Mass Market Trends Report, 2008
“Highlights of New Legislation Affecting Foreclosures in Massachusetts” USFN Report, Winter 2008
"Moratorium on Certain Foreclosures in Massachusetts" Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Client Alert, May 2007
"Rhode Island Residential Update" Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Client Alert, February 2007
"Massachusetts Foreclosure Procedures Threatened" Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Client Alert, February 2007
RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
“The Mortgage Meltdown”, Rhode Island Bar Association meetings, May 14, 2009 and June 13, 2009
Panelist: "Dangerous Document Issues - Standing and Evidence in the Courts" USFN Loan Management & Servicing Seminar, June 3 - 5, 2009
“Facing Foreclosure in 2009”, Citizens' Law School, May18, 2009
"Bankruptcy Law Overview", Mortgage Bankers of America's Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Conference, May 3 to May 6, 2009
"The Financial Crisis", Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Seminar, January 27, 2009
“Federal and Rhode Island Law and Regulation” Rhode Island Mortgage Bankers Association, January 19, 2009
Panelist: "New Regulations and Laws: Do You Need to Change the Way You Do Business Going Forward?", New England Mortgage Bankers Conference, September 25, 2008
Ms. Antonelli joined a panel of distinguished judges and attorneys from around the country to discuss “The New Challenges of Chapter 13: Being Eligible, Administering Cases and Confirming Feasible Plans,” National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, October 2007
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
United Cerebral Palsy of Rhode Island
Former Board Member
Women’s Golf League of Rhode Island
Founding Member
Junior Achievement of Rhode Island, Inc.
Volunteer
Rhode Island Jump Start Coalition,
Former Board Member
BAR MEMBERSHIPS
Rhode Island, 1991
Massachusetts, 1989