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Girard Galvin
Girard graduated from James Madison University, Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. in History, in 2000 and received his JD from George Mason University School of Law in 2005. Girard worked for the United States House of Representatives Armed Services Committee between college and law school. Girard was associated with Corcoran, Peckham, Hayes & Galvin, P.C. from 2005 to 2009, and was a member of the firm from 2009 to 2016. In 2008, Girard became the Assistant Solicitor for Law Enforcement for the City of Newport, a position he held until July 2016. In July 2016, he was promoted to Assistant City Solicitor for Civil Litigation for the City of Newport. He founded Galvin Law in July 2016. Since that time Girard has focused his practice on land use and development and civil litigation.Â
Neil P. Galvin
Neil P. Galvin has been a practicing attorney in Newport since 1978. He practices in the areas of Real Estate Development and Transactions, Zoning, Probate, Commercial Law, Education Law, Banking Law, Civil Litigation, and Personal Injury. He was born in Newport and graduated from Fairfield University in 1975 and from Suffolk Law School in 1978. He was a member of the Newport School Committee from 1981 to 1985 and has been its General Counsel since 1987. He is also a Trustee of BankNewport. Neil also serves as an Arbitrator for the Rhode Island Court Annexed Arbitration Program. Neil’s clients include BankNewport, Vanderbilt Hall, LLC, the Newport School Committee, the Spouting Rock Beach Association, Boys Town, the Peregrine Group, and many other businesses and individuals. Notably, Neil served as counsel to Carnegie Abbey Club, LLC, in its development of a $200 million mixed residential and golf course project in the Town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He was a member of Corcoran, Peckham, Hayes & Galvin, P.C. from 1997 to 2018.
