Selected to Best Lawyers in America since 1997 – Commercial, Construction, and Environmental Litigation
Selected to Rhode Island Super Lawyers since 2008
Education
College of the Holy Cross, B.A.
Boston University School of Law, J.D.
Bar Admissions
State Courts:
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Federal Courts:
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
United States District Court for the District of Maine
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
Pro Hac Vice Admissions:
Middle District of Florida
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
State of California
Narragansett Indian Tribal Court
Memberships
American Bar Association, Section of Intellectual Property
Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Professional Background
MURI ASSOCIATES LLC
Founder and Member: 2007 – Present
Goldenberg & Muri LLP
Co-founder and Partner: 1988 – 2007
Licht & Semonoff (later Tillinghast Licht LLP) – 1973 – 1988
Chair of the firm’s litigation department: 1984 – 1988
Seminar Presentations
June 2010. Served as moderator and panelist for a discussion of aspects of federal practice at the annual meeting of the Rhode Island Bar Association. The panelists included the active members of the Federal Court bench (Chief Judge Mary M. Lisi, District Judge William E. Smith, and Senior Judge Ronald R. Lagueux).
May 2006. Presented paper and analysis on opening statements and closing arguments in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island as part of the Court’s Federal Practice Series.
June 2005. Presented analysis and panel discussion on “Professionalism and Civility in Contemporary Litigation” at the annual meeting of the Rhode Island Bar Association.
Paper
Opening Statements and Closing Arguments in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, A Survey of Governing Law, May 2006, Rhode Island Bar Association.
Reported Cases
Luckerman v. Narragansett Indian Tribe, 965 F.Supp.2d 224 (D.R.I. 2013), recons. denied, 965 F.Supp.2d 224 (D.R.I. 2014), appeal dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, 787 F.3d 621 (1st Cir. 2015).
Tantara Corp. v. Bay Street Neighborhood Ass’n, LLC, No. NC-11-55, 2012 WL 4848704 (R.I. Super. Oct. 4, 2012), recons. denied, 2013 WL 207253 (R.I. Super. Jan. 8, 2013).
Corvello v. New England Gas Co., Inc., 532 F. Supp. 2d 396 (D.R.I. 2008).
Parella v. Ret. Bd. of Rhode Island Employees’ Retirement System, et. al., 173 F.3d 46 (1st Cir. 1999).
Zannini v. Downing Corp., 701 A.2d 1016 (R.I. 1997).
Fleet Nat’l Bank v. Anchor Media Television, Inc., 45 F.3d 546 (1st Cir. 1995).
Holliston Mills, Inc. v. Citizens Trust Co., 604 A.2d 331 (R.I. 1992).
Baker v. ICA Mortg. Corp., 588 A.2d 616 (R.I. 1991).
Hometown Props., Inc. v. Rhode Island Dept. of Envtl. Mgmt., 592 A.2d 841 (R.I. 1991).
Dulgarian v. City of Providence, 507 A.2d 448 ( R.I. 1986).
B.L. McTeague & Co., Inc. v. Martin Copeland Co., 753 F.2d 168 (1st Cir. 1985).
Rhode Island Handicapped Action Comm. v. Rhode Island Pub. Transit Auth., 718 F.2d 490 (1st Cir. 1983).
Appointments
Appointed by then Chief Judge Ernest C. Torres and later by Chief Judge Mary M. Lisi to consecutive terms on the Local Rules Review Committee of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
