Attorneys Profiles

Taft & McSally LLP

21 Garden City Drive
P.O. Box 20130
Cranston, Rhode Island 02920

Telephone: 401-946-3800
Fax: 401-943-8859

Web Site:  www.taftmcsally.com

Statement of Practice: General Practice. Bankruptcy, Corporate, Commercial, Banking and Creditors' Rights, Loan Documentation and Workouts, Real Estate, Title Insurance, Municipal Law and Municipal Bonds, Zoning, Elder, Estate Planning and Probate, Family, Insurance, Negligence, Landlord-Tenant, Collections, Business Law, Contracts.

Year Established: 1925

Firm Profile: Taft & McSally LLP has origins that date back three generations to 1925 when the late James L. Taft, a Harvard Law School graduate, was admitted to practice law in Rhode Island. The firm offers a wide range of legal services to the Rhode Island community, including banks, businesses and  individuals.

Firm Size: 6

Clients: REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS: General Motors Corporation; General Motors Acceptance Corporation; GMAC Mortgage Corporation; Fleet National Bank and Bank of America; Fleet Mortgage; Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island (Bond Counsel); Town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island (Bond Counsel); Town of Jamestown, Rhode Island (Bond Counsel); Charlestown Fire District (Bond Counsel); Warwick Housing Authority (Bond Counsel); Brown Broadcasting Service, Inc.; Omega Financial Corp.; Trident Mortgage Corp.; Sovereign Bank; Picerne Real Estate Group; Bank Rhode Island.  AGENT: Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co. Reference: Fleet National Bank.

MEMBERS OF FIRM

James L. Taft, Jr. (Partner) born Providence, Rhode Island, 1930; admitted to bar, 1955, Rhode Island; 1958, U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island; 1963, U.S. States Tax Court and the   U.S. Supreme Court. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.S., 1952); Boston College Law School (J.D., 1955). Member, Rhode Island State Senate, 1963-1970. Probate Judge, Town of North Kingstown, 1966-1970. Mayor, City of Cranston, 1971-1979. Town Solicitor, Town of North Kingstown, 1984-1990. Governor’s Advisory Commission on Judicial Appointments.  Public Interest Director, Federal Home Loan Bank of  Boston, 2004. Member: Rhode Island and American Bar Associations, Rhode Island Bar Association Probate and Trust Committee.  National Associaiton of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Probate; Estate Planning; Wills; Trust Law; General Practice; Real Estate; Loan Documentation; Workouts.

Sarah Taft-Carter (Partner) born Providence, Rhode Island, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Rhode Island; 1983, U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Rhode Island (B.A., 1978); Suffolk University (J.D., 1981).  Assistant Town Solicitor, Town of South Kingstown, 1983-1985. Assistant  Town Solicitor, Town of North Kingstown, 1984-1990. Assistant Town Solicitor, Town of Narragansett, 1988-1992.  Rhode Island Judiciary Council, 1987-1994.  Phi Alpha Theta. Recipient of Citation of Honor-Young Career Woman by the Federation of Business and Professional Woman’s Clubs, Inc.   Member: Rhode Island and American Bar Associations; Rhode Island Women’s' Bar Association.  Board of Directors for the South Shore Mental Health Center. Board of Directors for Botanical Gardens, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI. Roger Williams American Inn of Court. Board of Trustees for the Ocean Tides School. Practice Areas: Family Law; Landlord and Tenant Law; Probate; Wills; Estate Planning; Child Support; Collections; General Practice. staftcarter@taftmcsally.com

John V. McGreen (Partner) born Providence, Rhode Island,  1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Rhode Island; 1985, U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island; 2000, Massachusetts. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., 1980); Suffolk University (J.D., 1984). Assistant  Town Solicitor, Town of North Kingstown, 1984-1990. Assistant Town Solicitor, Town of Narragansett, 1988-1992. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Member: Rhode Island  and American Bar Associations. City of Cranston Rotary Club. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Law; Landlord and Tenant Law; Commercial Law.jmcgreen@taftmcsally.com

Robert D. Murray (Partner) born Englewood, New Jersey,  1957; admitted to bar, 1987, Rhode Island; 1988, U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Providence College (B.A., 1978); Suffolk University (J.D., 1983). Former Chief of Staff to the  Governor of Rhode Island. Former Director of Administration of City of Cranston. Assistant  Town Solicitor, Town of North Kingstown, 1988-1990. Assistant Town Solicitor, Town of Narragansett, 1988-1992. Member: Rhode Island and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Municipal Law;  Zoning; Land Use; Real Estate. rdmurray@taftmcsally.com

David H. Ferrara (Partner) born Providence, Rhode Island, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Rhode Island; 1983, U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island; 2000, Massachusetts. Education: Brown University (A.B., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa 1979); Harvard University (J.D., 1982). ). Assistant  Town Solicitor, Town of North Kingstown, 1988-1990. Assistant Town Solicitor, Town of Narragansett, 1988-1992. Director and Secretary, Brown Broadcasting Service, Inc., WBRU FM in Providence, Rhode Island. Director of the Northwest Health Center in Pascoag, Rhode Island.  Member: Rhode Island and American (Member, Section on Taxation) Bar Associations. National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Contracts; Municipal Bond; Taxation; Estate Planning; Wills; Probate. dferrara@taftmcsally.com

Jeffrey S. Fleischaker (Associate) born Louisville, Kentucky, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Kentucky; 2001, Rhode Island; 2002, U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island; 2003, Massachusetts. Education: Bowdoin College (B.A., 1996); University of Kentucky College of Law (J.D., 1999). Member: Kentucky and Rhode Island Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; General Practice.  jfleischaker@taftmcsally.com

LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL

Mary T. Rochford (Firm Administrator) taftmcsally@taftmcsally.com

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