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November 2, 2023

Another Accomplishment for Blish & Cavanagh – Blish & Cavanagh, LLP Ranked in 2024 Best Lawyers© “Best Law Firms” Rankings!!

Blish & Cavanagh, LLP is pleased to announce that it has been ranked in the 2024 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers© “Best Law Firms” rankings. Congratulations to the lawyers and staff of Blish & Cavanagh, LLP who have worked hard to achieve this noteworthy honor!

The following are our areas of recognition:

               Metropolitan Tier 1
                              Rhode Island
Antitrust Law
Commercial Litigation
Land Use & Zoning Law
Litigation – Banking & Finance
Litigation – First Amendment
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Litigation – Labor & Employment
Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
Litigation – Real Estate

               Metropolitan Tier 2
                              Rhode Island
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

               Metropolitan Tier 3
                              Rhode Island
Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs

August 17, 2023

4 Blish & Cavanagh LLP Attorneys Named to 30th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© List

Blish & Cavanagh LLP is pleased to announce that 4 lawyers have been named to the 30th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© list.  Best Lawyers, established in 1983, is universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.  Best Lawyers ratings are based on exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of attorneys cast more than two million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas.  Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

Blish & Cavanagh LLP would like to congratulate the following attorneys named to the 30th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© list:

Joseph V. Cavanagh, Jr.:

  • Antitrust Law
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Banking and Finance
  • Litigation – First Amendment
  • Litigation – Intellectual Property
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • Media Law
  • Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

William R. Landry:

  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Litigation- Land Use and Zoning
  • Litigation-Real Estate

Scott T. Spear:

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate Law

Joseph V. Cavanagh, III:

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Real Estate

August 17, 2023

Blish & Cavanagh LLP Attorney Named to Fourth Addition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch© in America

Attorney Matthew J. Landry has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the Fourth Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch© in America for his work in Litigation – Real Estate and Real Estate Law.  “Following the Purely Peer Review™ methodology, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognizes associates and other lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice.”

Congratulations to all!!

June 6, 2023

Blish & Cavanagh is proud to announce that Mary Cavanagh Dunn was honored as one of the “Leaders in the Law” at Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly annual Excellence in the Law event held on June 6, 2023.  This event honors excellence in all areas of the Rhode Island legal community.  Congratulations Mary!! https://rilawyersweekly.com/excellence-in-law/

November 3, 2022

Another Accomplishment for Blish & Cavanagh – Blish & Cavanagh, LLP Ranked in 2023 Best Lawyers© “Best Law Firms” Rankings!!

Metropolitan Tier 1:
              Rhode Island

    • Antitrust Law
    • Commercial Litigation
    • Land Use and Zoning Law
    • Litigation – First Amendment
    • Litigation – Intellectual Property
    • Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
    • Litigation – Real Estate

Metropolitan Tier 2:
              Rhode Island

    • Bet-the-Company Litigation
    • Litigation – Banking & Finance
    • Litigation – Labor & Employment
    • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
    • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

Metropolitan Tier 3:
              Rhode Island

    • Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs

August 18, 2022

4 Blish & Cavanagh LLP Attorneys Named to 29th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© List

Blish & Cavanagh LLP is pleased to announce that 4 lawyers have been named to the 29th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© list.  Best Lawyers, established in 1983, is universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.  Best Lawyers ratings are based on exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of attorneys cast more than two million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas.  Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

Blish & Cavanagh LLP would like to congratulate the following attorneys named to the 29th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© list:

Joseph V. Cavanagh, Jr.:

  • Antitrust Law
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Banking and Finance
  • Litigation – First Amendment
  • Litigation – Intellectual Property
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • Media Law
  • Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

William R. Landry:

  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Litigation- Land Use and Zoning
  • Litigation-Real Estate

Scott T. Spear:

  • Commercial Litigation

Joseph V. Cavanagh, III:

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Real Estate

Attorney William R. Landry and Attorney Joseph V. Cavanagh, III also received recognition from Best Lawyers as the 2023 “Lawyer of the Year”.  Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year” making this accolade particularly significant.  Attorney Landry is “Lawyer of the Year” for his work in Litigation – Land Use and Zoning in the Providence, Rhode Island area and Attorney Cavanagh, III is “Lawyer of the Year” for his work in Litigation – Real Estate in the Providence, Rhode Island area.

Attorney Matthew J. Landry has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the Third Edition of The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch© for his work in Litigation – Real Estate and Real Estate Law.  “Following the Purely Peer Review™ methodology, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognizes associates and other lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice.”

Congratulations!!

March 1, 2022

Blish & Cavanagh, LLP www.blishcavlaw.com is pleased to announce that Steven I. Rosenbaum and Christopher J. O’Connor, formerly of Poore & Rosenbaum, LLP,  have joined their legal practices with Blish & Cavanagh effective March 1, 2022.  Steve and Chris add transactional and business litigation strength highly complementary to Blish & Cavanagh’s core practice areas and their addition further establishes Blish & Cavanagh as one of Rhode Island’s leading corporate and business litigation firms.

Over the past 29 years, Poore and Rosenbaum occupied office space adjacent to Blish & Cavanagh and Steve and Chris have regularly worked with its partners.  When Steve and William Poore amicably decided to separate their practices, Steve welcomed the opportunity to affiliate with a firm for which he had high respect and from which his extensive corporate client base would benefit greatly.

Blish & Cavanagh is excited about the opportunity to expand its size and enhance its core practice areas while remaining consistent with its founding principles: to provide clients with excellent legal services and wise counsel, ethically and for fair fees. Steve and Chris both embrace these principles and have demonstrated them throughout their careers.

November 4, 2021

Another Accomplishment for Blish & Cavanagh – Blish & Cavanagh, LLP Ranked in 2022 Best Lawyers© “Best Law Firms” Rankings!!

Blish & Cavanagh, LLP is pleased to announce that it has been ranked in the 2022 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers© “Best Law Firms” rankings. Congratulations to the lawyers and staff of Blish & Cavanagh, LLP who have worked hard to achieve this noteworthy honor!

The following is our areas of recognition:

Metropolitan Tier 1

Rhode Island
Antitrust Law
Commercial Litigation
Land Use & Zoning Law
Litigation – First Amendment
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Litigation – Labor & Employment
Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
Litigation – Real Estate
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Metropolitan Tier 2

Rhode Island
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Litigation – Banking & Finance
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

Metropolitan Tier 3

Rhode Island
Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs

October, 2021

Matthew J. Landry is honored to be recognized in the 2021-2022 Rhode Island Super Lawyers Rising Stars List in the area of land-use and zoning litigation. This special distinction recognizes attorneys either 40 years old or younger or in practice for less than 10 years. Up to 5% of the lawyers in the state are named to Super Lawyers while no more than 2.5% are named to the Rising Stars list.

August, 2021

Four Blish & Cavanagh LLP Attorneys Named to 28th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© List

Blish & Cavanagh LLP is pleased to announce that 4 lawyers have been named to the 28th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© list. Best Lawyers, established in 1983, is universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers ratings are based on exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of attorneys cast more than two million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

Blish & Cavanagh LLP would like to congratulate the following attorneys named to the 28th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© list:

Joseph V. Cavanagh, Jr.: Antitrust Law

Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Litigation – Banking and Finance
Litigation – First Amendment
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Litigation – Labor and Employment
Media Law
Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

William R. Landry: Land Use and Zoning Law

Litigation- Land Use and Zoning
Litigation-Real Estate

Scott T. Spear: Commercial Litigation

Joseph V. Cavanagh, III: Commercial Litigation

Litigation – Real Estate

Attorney William R. Landry was also selected by Best Lawyers as the 2022 “Lawyer of the Year” for Land Use and Zoning Law in the Providence, Rhode Island area. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year” making this accolade particularly significant.

Attorney Matthew J. Landry has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the Second Edition of The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch© for his work in Real Estate Litigation and Real Estate Law.

“Following the Purely Peer Review™ methodology, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognizes associates and other lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice.”

November 5, 2020

Another Accomplishment for Blish & Cavanagh – Blish & Cavanagh, LLP Ranked in 2021 Best Lawyers© “Best Law Firms” Rankings!!

Blish & Cavanagh, LLP is pleased to announce that it has been ranked in the 2021 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers© “Best Law Firms” rankings. Congratulations to the lawyers and staff of Blish & Cavanagh, LLP who have worked hard to achieve this noteworthy honor!

The following is our areas of recognition:

Metropolitan Tier 1

Rhode Island
Antitrust Law
Commercial Litigation
Land Use & Zoning Law
Litigation – First Amendment
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Litigation – Labor & Employment
Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
Litigation – Real Estate
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Metropolitan Tier 2

Rhode Island
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

Metropolitan Tier 3

Rhode Island
Litigation – Banking & Finance
Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs

August, 2020

Four Blish & Cavanagh LLP Attorneys Named to 27th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© List

Blish & Cavanagh LLP is pleased to announce that 4 lawyers have been named to the 27th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© list. Best Lawyers, established in 1983, is universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers ratings are based on exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of attorneys cast more than two million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

Blish & Cavanagh LLP would like to congratulate the following attorneys named to the 27th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© list:

Joseph V. Cavanagh, Jr.

Antitrust Law
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Litigation – Banking and Finance
Litigation – First Amendment
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Litigation – Labor and Employment
Media Law
Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

William R. Landry

Land Use and Zoning Law
Litigation- Land Use and Zoning
Litigation-Real Estate

Scott T. Spear

Commercial Litigation

Joseph V. Cavanagh, III

Litigation – Real Estate

Attorney William R. Landry was also selected by Best Lawyers as the 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” for Litigation – Real Estate in the Providence, Rhode Island area. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year” making this accolade particularly significant.

Attorney Matthew J. Landry has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the inaugural Edition of The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch© for his work in Real Estate Litigation and Real Estate Law.
“Following the Purely Peer Review™ methodology, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognizes associates and other lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice.”

November, 2019

Another Accomplishment For Blish & Cavanagh – Blish & Cavanagh, LLP Ranked in 2020 Best Lawyers© “Best Law Firms” Rankings!!

Blish & Cavanagh, LLP is pleased to announce that it has been ranked in the 2020 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers© “Best Law Firms” rankings. Congratulations to the lawyers and staff of Blish & Cavanagh, LLP who have worked hard to achieve this noteworthy honor!

June, 2019

Four Blish & Cavanagh LLP Attorneys Named to 26th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© List

Blish & Cavanagh LLP is pleased to announce that 4 lawyers have been named to the 26th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© list. Best Lawyers, established in 1983, is universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers ratings are based on exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of attorneys cast more than two million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

Blish & Cavanagh LLP would like to congratulate the following attorneys named to the 26th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© list:

Joseph V. Cavanagh, Jr.

Antitrust Law
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Litigation – Banking and Finance
Litigation – First Amendment
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Litigation – Labor and Employment
Media Law
Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

William R. Landry

Land Use and Zoning Law
Litigation- Land Use and Zoning
Litigation-Real Estate

Scott T. Spear

Commercial Litigation

Joseph V. Cavanagh, III

Litigation – Real Estate

Attorney William R. Landry was also selected by Best Lawyers as the 2020 “Lawyer of the Year” for Litigation – Land Use and Zoning in the Providence, Rhode Island area. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metr

October, 2018

Another Accomplishment For Blish & Cavanagh – Blish & Cavanagh, LLP Ranked in 2019 Best Lawyers© “Best Law Firms” Rankings!!

Blish & Cavanagh, LLP is pleased to announce that it has been ranked in the 2019 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers© “Best Law Firms” rankings. Congratulations to the lawyers and staff of Blish & Cavanagh, LLP who have worked hard to achieve this noteworthy honor!

June, 2018

Four Blish & Cavanagh LLP Attorneys Named to 25th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© List

Blish & Cavanagh LLP is pleased to announce that 4 lawyers have been named to the 25th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© list. Best Lawyers, established in 1983, is universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers ratings are based on exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of attorneys cast more than two million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.

Blish & Cavanagh LLP would like to congratulate the following attorneys named to the 25th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© list:

Joseph V. Cavanagh, Jr.

Antitrust Law
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Litigation – First Amendment
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Litigation – Labor and Employment
Media Law
Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

William R. Landry

Land Use and Zoning Law
Litigation- Land Use and Zoning
Litigation-Real Estate

Scott T. Spear

Commercial Litigation

Joseph V. Cavanagh, III

Litigation – Real Estate

Attorney Joseph V. Cavanagh, III was also selected by Best Lawyers as the 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” for Litigation – Real Estate in the Providence, Rhode Island area. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year” making this accolade particularly significant.October 30, 2017

Blish & Cavanagh, LLP is pleased to announce that it has been ranked in the 2018 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings. Congratulations to the lawyers and staff of Blish & Cavanagh, LLP who have worked hard to achieve this noteworthy honor!

September 28, 2017

The Awards Keep Coming – 2017. Blish & Cavanagh Partners awarded Super Lawyer® recognition

Three Blish & Cavanagh partners have been recognized by their peers as “Super Lawyers®” for their outstanding litigation work and abilities. Congratulations are in order for the following members of the firm:

Joseph V. Cavanagh, Jr: General Litigation
Joseph V. Cavanagh, III: General Litigation
Mary Cavanagh Dunn: Business Litigation

Super Lawyers®, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service based upon peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research and peer nomination.

June, 2017

4 Blish & Cavanagh LLP Attorneys Named to 24th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© List

Blish & Cavanagh LLP is pleased to announce that 4 lawyers have been named to the 24th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© list. Best Lawyers, established in 1983, is universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers ratings are based on exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of attorneys cast more than two million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.

Blish & Cavanagh LLP would like to congratulate the following attorneys named to the 24th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© list:

Joseph V. Cavanagh, Jr.: Litigation – Commercial
William R. Landry: Land Use and Zoning
Litigation- Land Use and Zoning
Litigation-Real Estate
Scott T. Spear: Litigation – Commercial
Joseph V. Cavanagh, III: Litigation – Real Estate

Attorney Landry was also selected by Best Lawyers as the 2018 “Lawyer of the Year” for Land Use and Zoning Law in the Providence, Rhode Island area. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant.