Atty. Susan Leach DeBlasio
For her longstanding business and corporate, health care, construction, and real estate clients in both Rhode Island and Massachusetts, Susan works diligently to understand their business and legal needs to provide innovative yet practical solutions to their pressing problems. With her in-depth experience and years of counseling executives and senior management, Susan effectively assists clients to minimize potential litigation and disputes.
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Susan Leach DeBlasio is a family law, business, and health care attorney based in Providence, Rhode Island, practicing at Adler Pollock & Sheehan PC. Admitted to practice in Rhode Island, Rhode Island Bar Association and Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bar Association. Educated at Providence College (MBA, 1986) and Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1979). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Corporate Law (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Health Care Law (2026). Serands clients in Providence, RI and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- For her longstanding business and corporate, health care, construction, and real estate clients in both Rhode Island and Massachusetts, Susan works diligently to understand their business and legal needs to provide innovative yet practical solutions to their pressing problems
- With her in-depth experience and years of counseling executives and senior management, Susan effectively assists clients to minimize potential litigation and disputes
- From corporate governance to high-stakes acquisitions and joint ventures, from negotiation and drafting construction documents for owners, design professionals, and contractors, to all aspects of the construction process, including land acquisition and project financing to documentation, from business succession planning and distributorship arrangements to secured lending and other forms of corporate finance structuring, Susan provides her clients with strategic counsel and advice
- She is also adept at advising health care institutions and medical professionals across a wide spectrum of issues, including licensing, managed-care products, provider agreements, medical fraud and abuse, regulatory compliance, and medical-staff organization and credentialing
- A frequent speaker to health care professionals and community groups, and presenter at Bar Association seminars, Susan is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and, for more than five years, served as the legal writer for the monthly Health Care Professional
Practice Areas Explained
Susan Leach DeBlasio's Areas of Practice
Each practice area below reflects the types of cases Susan Leach DeBlasio handles, with a brief overview of what that area of law covers.
Family law attorneys handle divorce, child custody, child support, adoption, prenups, and protective orders. Find verified family lawyers near you.
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Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
Susan Leach DeBlasio is one of 501,317 business attorneys indexed nationally. Browse business attorneys in Rhode Island →
Health care attorneys for HIPAA, Medicare, Medicaid, regulatory compliance, and medical licensing matters.
Susan Leach DeBlasio is one of 66,735 health care attorneys indexed nationally. Browse health care attorneys in Rhode Island →
Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in Rhode Island
Practicing law in Rhode Island. Legal matters in Rhode Island are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Providence are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Rhode Island state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Rhode Island brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Rhode Island courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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