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Mr. Kessimian concentrates his practice in representing clients in complex civil litigation. His cases include breach of contract, commercial, insurance, intellectual property, and real estate disputes at the trial and appellate levels. 

Prior to joining Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP, Mr. Kessimian was a litigator at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

 

HONORS

• Selected as a “Rising Star” in business litigation by Rhode Island Super Lawyers.
• Selected as a "Future Star" by Benchmark: Litigation   

 

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Advise client with regard to scope and applicability of insurance regulation in Rhode Island and Massachusetts
• Represent one of the nation’s largest insurance companies in litigation involving life insurance sales practices
• Successfully briefed and argued before the Massachusetts Appeals Court on behalf of a municipality concerning the scope of that municipality’s power to revoke building permits, issue cease and desist orders, and control the application of its bylaws
• Successfully defended a publicly traded chemical manufacturing and biotechnology firm against a multi-million dollar suit brought by a former landlord
• Obtained a judgment, on behalf of mechanics’ lienholders, subordinating over $20 million in mortgages held by an international bank to the clients’ liens

EDUCATION
Columbia University School of Law, J.D.
   Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 2004
   Articles Editor, Columbia Business Law Review

Providence College, B.A.
   summa cum laude, 2001
   Political Science and Economics

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Bar Association
   Member, Litigation Section’s Commercial & Business

   Litigation Committee

   Co-Chair, E-Discovery Subcommittee
Massachusetts Bar Association
Rhode Island Bar Association

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Co-Author.  Iqbal and Twombly – Reinvigorating the Substance of Rule 8, FDCC Quarterly (Summer 2010)

 

Co-author: “Rule 30(b)(6)”  Chapter in A Practical Guide to Discovery & Depositions in Rhode Island (MCLE 2010)

 

Co-author: “Daubert in Rhode Island: The Admission of Expert Testimony under Rhode Island and Federal Law,” District Court Annual Conference for the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island (2006)

Author: “Business Fiduciary Relationships and Honest Services Fraud: A Defense of the Statute,” Columbia Business Law Review (2004)

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Junior Achievement of Southern Massachusetts
   Member, Board of Directors
   Member, Executive Committee
   Secretary
Providence College
   Member, Liberal Arts Honors Leadership Council

BAR MEMBERSHIPS
Massachusetts, 2004
Rhode Island, 2004
U.S. Federal District Court, Massachusetts, 2005
U.S. Federal District Court, Rhode Island, 2008