WHELAN CORRENTE & FLANDERS - Key Persons
Caroline's practice is focused on labor and employment law and education law. She counsels employers on a variety of labor and employment issues including collective bargaining, labor relations, discipline and discharge, wage and hour laws, employee leave and accommodations, and discrimination. She also advises school clients on education law issues including Title IX, student handbooks, bullying, and student discipline. Caroline has practiced in both Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
EDUCATION
Boston College Law School, J.D.
Providence College, B.A.
Chris has extensive experience representing clients in state and federal trial and appellate courts, as well as in agency proceedings and appeals. His practice includes complex business and construction disputes, labor and employment disputes, breach of fiduciary duty and shareholder actions, first- and third-party insurance coverage claims, class action and mass tort defense, product liability, corporate compliance audits, civil forfeiture litigation, and creditor representation in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. Chris also provides clients and in-house counsel with practical strategic advice on litigation avoidance, risk management, and pre-litigation dispute resolution, and on issues relating to electronic document management and e-discovery. Additionally, Chris has advised healthcare providers on patient privacy policies and represented those providers in numerous state and federal courts, including achieving successful outcomes in more than forty evidentiary hearings in state mental health court.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Lead Counsel for Management
Mr. Kinder has been recognized by Martindale-Hubbell with its highest rating of "AV"
Dan has served as lead counsel for management in some of the most well-known labor and employment matters throughout the New England Region.
Beth has over twenty years experience in trusts and estate planning and administration, having worked at two large firms in Providence before joining Whelan Corrente & Flanders. Beth's practice focuses on drafting estate plan documents, real estate conveyancing and trust funding. Beth also assists with residential real estate transactions and related property transfer documents, as well as with corporate matters, with emphasis on entity formation, Secretary of State and Internal Revenue Service filings and maintaining entity status and compliance.
Partner (2004 - 2016) (Litigation Practice Group Chair 2009 - 2014)
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Member of the Firm
Jessica A. Sclafani (Roberge) is a member of the firm's labor and employment group. She counsels and represents businesses and non-profits in connection with human resources matters, labor relations, wage claims, and wrongful termination claims.
EDUCATION
Roger Williams University School of Law, J.D.
cum laude
Recipient, Jurisprudence Scholarship
Roger Williams University, B.S.
magna cum laude
Dean's Honors List every semester
Associate
Jessica is a member of the firm's labor and employment group.
Job Titles:
- Scholarship Recipient, Spring 2019 Dean 's List, Spring 2019
Mr. Whelan has been recognized by Martindale-Hubbell with its highest rating of "AV"
Joe's practice is in the areas of labor and employment law, and commercial litigation.
Joe concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning, estate and long-term care planning, and land conservation planning.
Kevin supports the firm's business litigation and labor and employment practices.
Mack's practice focuses on counseling clients in the areas of estate tax planning and long-term care planning. Mack also concentrates his practice on preparing federal and state estate tax returns as well as administering estates.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Editor of HR Hero
Matt has also enforced and challenged various non-compete, non-solicitation, and non-disclosure agreements, and he has prosecuted and defended whistleblower and retaliation cases. Additionally, he has counseled several clients towards favorable settlements in confidential mediations.
In his "free" time, Matt is an editor of HR Hero's "Rhode Island Employment Law Letter," he is the Chair of the Labor Law and Employment Committee of the Rhode Island Bar Association, he is a competitive sailor and squash player, and he enjoys spending time with his wife and their two young children.
EDUCATION
Boston College Law School, J.D., National Environmental Law Moot Court Team
Connecticut College, B.A., cum laude
Matt represents employers and individuals in federal and state courts. He is experienced practicing before administrative agencies.
Job Titles:
- Founding Board Member and Legal Counsel
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Legal Analyst for WPRI - 12
Bob has over 35 years of trial experience in business litigation in both federal and state courts. He served from 2004 to 2009 as the United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, the office responsible for prosecuting all federal criminal and civil cases in the State. He has tried over 50 cases to verdict, as well as many arbitrations. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of cases, including antitrust litigation, real estate and contract disputes, intra-corporate and partnership disputes, business valuation, accounting malpractice, fiduciary duty claims, trust and estate disputes, receivership, environmental, securities fraud and Section 10b-5, civil RICO, legal malpractice defense, medical malpractice, and premises liability. He also maintains an active Government Investigations and White Collar Defense practice, and provides mediation and arbitration services.
EDUCATION
New York University School of Law, J.D.
Dartmouth College, B.A., highest distinction
Mr. Corrente has been recognized by Martindale-Hubbell with its highest rating of "AV".
Mr. Corrente serves as Legal Analyst for WPRI-12, providing commentary on current trials and legal proceedings
Bob has over 30 years of trial experience in business litigation in both federal and state courts.
Mr. Flanders has been recognized by Martindale-Hubbell with its highest rating of "AV"
Bob is a former Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, where he served for eight years and authored over 400 opinions before returning to private law practice.
Sara's practice is focused on education law, labor and employment law and business litigation. She represents school committees, private schools, colleges and universities in education matters and municipal employers and businesses in negotiations and before administrative bodies and in the courts.
A graduate of Harvard Law School, Sara clerked at the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Thereafter, she served as a federal public defender in California for five years before returning to Rhode Island. From 2003 to 2008, Sara served as Senior Assistant City Solicitor for the City of Providence, where she also served as Chief Legal Counsel to the Providence School Board.
Sara provides advice to public and private clients in the areas of labor and employment and education law. She litigates regularly in federal and state court; before arbitrators in grievance and interest arbitrations; and before administrative bodies, including the Rhode Island Department of Education and the Board of Education. She provides daily counsel to clients on legal compliance and conducts labor negotiations on behalf of public sector clients. Sara has achieved successes in East Providence School Committee v. East Providence Education Association, 2010 R.I. Super. LEXIS 52 (2010), Kingston Hill Academy v. Chariho Regional School District, 21 A.3d 264 (2011), and Hebert v. City of Woonsocket, 213 A.3d 1065 (R.I. 2019).
EDUCATION
Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude Editor, Law Review
Rutgers University, M.A.
Yale University, B.A., magna cum laude
Ms. Rapport has been recognized by Martindale-Hubbell with its highest rating of "AV"
Sara represents school committees in education matters and other municipal employers and businesses.
Tim's practice is concentrated on management-side labor and employment law, and related litigation.
Tim is the editor of RICourtBlog, a blog about Rhode Island State and Federal Courts. He keeps up-to-date on the latest developments and trends in state and federal law and has read every published decision from the Rhode Island and United States Supreme Courts from October 2012 to the present. Tim is an excellent researcher, writer and drafter, and persuasively applies the facts to the law both in written and oral form. He researches a wide array of issues arising in civil and criminal litigation, and monitors legal developments in state and federal courts. Tim has significant expertise in criminal reentry issues, and assisted in the creation and ongoing support of H.O.P.E. Court, the first federal reentry court in Rhode Island.
During law school, Tim earned Senior Research Honors for legal writing and research, and was awarded the Arlyn Miner Book Award for excellence in legal writing. He also assisted the plaintiff's case in Munaf v. Geren, 553 U.S. 674 (2008), a case argued before the United States Supreme Court, while the case was pending before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Tim's practice includes appellate litigation, labor and employment, business litigation, and education law.