HCC is pleased to welcome Lexi Lebeau to the firm as a summer associate. Lexi comes to HCC as a rising 3L at Roger Williams University School of Law where she serves on the school’s Law Review and is a member of its prestigious Honors Program. Before attending Roger Williams, Lexi earned a Bachelor of […]

HCC is proud congratulate James Ruggieri and Melissa Horne who were both honored yesterday at Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly’s annual “Excellence in the Law” awards reception held at the Crown Plaza at the Crossings in Warwick. Mr. Ruggieri, HCC’s managing partner, was inducted into Rhode Island Lawyer’s Weekly’s Hall of Fame. This honor is reserved […]

The Rhode Island State Senate recently confirmed Governor Daniel McKee’s appointment of HCC attorney Melissa Horne to the State Properties Committee. The State Properties Committee works with other State agencies to evaluate and approve the acquisition, administration, and disposition of interests in land and other real property in connection with the administration of the State […]

Higgins, Cavanagh & Cooney’s managing partner, James A. Ruggieri, features prominently in a recent Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly article regarding the award of costs in federal litigation. The article centers on a recent decision by Justice Dennis Saylor IV, Chief Judge of the United States Federal District Court in Massachusetts in In re: Zofran Products […]