E-mail:
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(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
RI 45-Day Pre-foreclosure Notice Requirements Amended, Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Take Note E-news, August 2010
New Massachusetts Law Affecting Foreclosures, Evictions, Reverse Mortgage Lending and Mortgage Fraud, Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Take Note E-news, August 2010
Impending Massachusetts Foreclosure Law Changes, Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Take Note E-news, August 2010
RI Legislature Adds New Pre-foreclosure Notice Requirements, Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Take Note E-news, January 2010
Cranston, Rhode Island Foreclosure and Eviction/Tenant Ordinances Effective December 23, 2009, Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Take Note E-news, December 2009
Important Changes to the Massachusetts Bankruptcy Court’s Local Rules, Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Take Note E-news, November 2009
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of R.I. Adopts Loss Mitigation Program and Procedures, Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Take Note E-news, October 2009
Massachusetts Foreclosing Lenders Must Possess Valid Assignments of Mortgages, Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Take Note E-news, October 2009
Cranston, Rhode Island Institutes New Foreclosure and Eviction Ordinances, Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Take Note E-news, October 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
"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
”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
"RI Foreclosure Requirements Have Changed", Providence Business News, September 15, 2008
”Reminder: New Requirements for Foreclosure Sales Held On or After September 2, 2008” Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Take Note E-news, September 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
"RI Law Changes re Foreclosures, Condo Lien Priority, Escrow Accounts & More", USFN e-Update, July/August 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
"Mortgages! Mortgages! Mortgages!". The American Bankruptcy Institute Northeast Consumer Forum, July 2010
"Limited Liability Companies and Corporations: How do They Differ in Insolvency Contexts?" Rhode Island Bar Association Annual Meeting, June 2010
"Home Affordable Modification Plan (HAMP)", American Bankruptcy Institute Winter Consumer Conference, January 2010
“The Mortgage Meltdown”, Rhode Island Bar Association meetings, May 2009 and June 2009
Panelist: "Dangerous Document Issues - Standing and Evidence in the Courts" USFN Loan Management & Servicing Seminar, June 2009
“Facing Foreclosure in 2009”, Citizens' Law School, May 2009
"Bankruptcy Law Overview", Mortgage Bankers of America's Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Conference, May 2009
"The Financial Crisis", Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP Seminar, January 2009
SNE Mortgage Bankers Association, January 2009
“Federal and Rhode Island Law and Regulation” Rhode Island Mortgage Bankers Association, January 2009
Panelist: "New Regulations and Laws: Do You Need to Change the Way You Do Business Going Forward?", New England Mortgage Bankers Conference, September 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
