Richard Galli

Legal Services

Litigation / Mediation / Arbitration

Richard Galli says he has a general litigation law practice, which hardly tells the whole story: a handicap discrimination trial in Detroit; a trademark infringement suit in Cleveland; theft of trade secrets in Denver; a hotel fire in Puerto Rico; spinal cord inquiries from everywhere…

As primary or local counsel Richard has handled environmental law suits; won personal injury awards; thwarted phony insurance claims; and represented private businesses and the state of Rhode Island in sex, race, age and handicap discrimination cases.

Before starting a new litigation group in 1991, Richard was a partner with more than 15 years of challenging experience at Adler Pollock & Sheehan, one of the region’s leading law firms.

Richard assists other lawyers in case and trial preparation -- especially by incorporating effective writing and graphic elements into settlement brochures and legal memoranda.

He is trained as a mediator, and enjoys acting as an arbitrator. He is a strong believer in alternative dispute resolution, and when asked to arbitrate cases he makes it a point to render decisions very promptly after completion of the hearing.

He graduated cum laude from Boston University School of Law in 1976. Before that, he was a newspaper reporter, editor and photographer. While in the Army (1969-1971) he served as a Vietnamese interpreter. He has authored two books: Rescuing Jeffrey, an acclaimed memoir; and Of Rice and Men, an affectionately comic novel based on his wartime experience. In 2007 he spent six weeks in Iraq as a freelance journalist embedded with Army Civil Affairs soldiers. His Iraq journal and photo gallery appear at

http://www.gallireport.com