Hogan works on legal matters in the firm’s Education & Municipal Law, Personal Injury, Labor & Employment Law and Business Law practice areas. He frequently handles legal research and writing, drafting interrogatories, requests for production, motions to compel and various portions of legal memoranda submitted to courts and hearing agencies.
Most recently, he completed a clerkship in the Rhode Island Superior Court. During law school, he was a legal intern at BRCSM as well as a judicial intern for the Honorable Judge Rogeriee Thompson at the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and a legal intern for the Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General.
He is a 2017 cum laude graduate of the University Of New Hampshire School Of Law and received his undergraduate degree in 2012, magna cum laude, from Rhode Island College in Justice Studies. Admitted to practice law in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, Hogan is a resident of Cranston.
Miller joined the Education & Municipal Law team after more than three decades in finance for Rhode Island schools and municipalities. Most recently, she spent close to 19 years as the business administrator for the Lincoln Public Schools.
Miller is known for bringing stability to the finance offices of the school districts where she served and effectively interacting with students, faculty, staff and parents. Her in-depth knowledge of public education and her seasoned perspective on pivotal issues facing educators today is a major asset to BRCSM education clients.
Miller started her career in East Providence in accounting, was promoted to controller and went on to serve as the business administrator for the East Providence School Department. From there, she held a similar position for the East Greenwich School Department before moving to the Lincoln Public School Department in December of 1999. Over the years she received the statewide School Business Official of the Year award twice, in 2005 and in 2013.
Admitted to practice law in Rhode Island, she is a 1998 magna cum laude graduate of the Roger Williams School of Law; she received her MBA from Bryant University in 1992; and she completed her undergraduate degree at Providence College in 1979. She is a resident of Lincoln.
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Clements was appointed to the Providence Police Department on May 5, 1985, as a night Patrol Officer in the Uniform Division. He then went on to serve on the Neighborhood Response Team Uniformed Task Force before being transferred to the Special Investigations Bureau, the department’s vice and drug unit. In 1990, Clements was promoted to Detectives where he worked in the night squad. In 1992, Detective Clements was promoted to the rank of Sergeant where he spent three years as a night Sergeant in Sub-District 1, South Providence. Sergeant Clements was then transferred to the Detective Bureau where he served as the Squad 2 Sergeant and spent the next seven years supervising the investigations of all major crimes including murder, robbery, burglary, firearms offenses and gang activity. In a squad that carried an extremely heavy caseload, he played an active role in several major investigations during this time.
In 2002, Hugh was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and transferred to the midnight shift of the Patrol Bureau. Lieutenant Clements was later assigned as District 5 Commander covering the neighborhoods of Olneyville, Hartford, and Silver Lake. Consistent with the department philosophy at this time, the true community police model was practiced with several creative and innovative initiatives carried out in this particular district. He was transferred back to the Detective Bureau, and in December 2005, he was promoted to Captain where he was responsible for all major crimes operations in the Investigative Division.
In 2008, when promoted to Major he was assigned for one year as the Commander of the Homeland Security Division, before being reassigned as the Commanding Officer of the Uniform Division.
He later served as Deputy Chief and was appointed as Acting Chief of Police in July 2011, and on January 6, 2012, he was appointed as the 37th Chief of the Department and promoted to the rank of Colonel.
He was named to the bench in October of 2010 by then-Governor Donald Carcieri. He replaced Judge Rogeriee Thompson when she was elevated to serve as a U.S. Circuit Judge.
Before being appointed to the court, Stone was a partner at the Providence-based law firm Adler Pollock & Sheehan.
Stone was a graduate of Fisk University and earned a J.D. from Case Western Reserve School of Law.
Director, Roger Williams University Justice System Training, and Research Institute; Lieutenant, East Providence Police Department (Ret.)
Robert McKenna is the Associate Dean and serves as an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice in the School of Justice Studies at Roger Williams University.
Additionally, he serves as the Director of the Justice System Training & Research Institute, the professional development component of the School of Justice Studies.
Associate Dean McKenna holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice and a Master of Science degree in the Administration of Justice from Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, as well as a Juris Doctor degree from The New England School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts.
(retired) Detective, Providence Police Department; Investigator, Rhode Island Office of Attorney General
A 1968 graduate of the Providence Police Academy, Stephen J. Springer served in the Patrol Bureau for approximately five years before being promoted to Detective. For the next 30 years, he served as a Detective, largely in the South Providence area. During that time, he served as the primary or secondary investigator on more than 200 homicides, a number unmatched in Rhode Island law enforcement. He joined the RI Office of Attorney General in 2004 as an investigator, retiring in December 2017.
He has received numerous awards over his career, including the Attorney General’s Law Enforcement Award (1978), Rhea Archambeault Award (1984), Medal of Valor (1984), Commissioner’s Award (1993), Rhode Island Justice Assistance “Neil Houston Award” (2001), and FOP Outstanding Police Officer of the Year (2002).
Over the course of his nearly 50 years in law enforcement, Stephen Springer epitomized professionalism, dedication, courage, and integrity, tirelessly working on the streets for his entire career, and in the process served as the face of law enforcement to all those he encountered.
Springer and his wife Virginia McGinn reside in Barrington, RI.
Benjamin joined the RI State Police Department in 1958, retiring as a Major in 1990, having served 15 of those years as the youngest and longest serving Executive Officer in the country.
As a graduate of the F.B.I. Academy, he was recognized for his expertise in the prevention of organized crime and served proudly under the direction of the legendary Colonel Walter E. Stone.
Consistent with his altruistic nature, he had been a volunteer fireman for the Marieville Fire Department for 15 years as well as a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran of the Korean Conflict.
