Divorce • Estate Planning and Probate • Personal Injury • Criminal Defense

The Law Office of Douglas H. Smith takes pride in being responsive to the legal needs of its clients. While the firm has an extensive business law, real estate, and construction law practice, it also provides a variety of legal services to individuals and families.

There is no need to look elsewhere for trustworthy and dedicated legal representation. Contact the Providence Law Office of Douglas H. Smith to speak with an attorney about any of the following legal matters:

Divorce and Marital Property Settlement: Rhode Island divorce lawyer Douglas Smith is particularly skilled with the valuation of businesses, pension plans, and 401(K) distributions, as well as the division of more common marital assets. Building upon the firm’s extensive experience with family-owned businesses, the Law Office of Douglas H. Smith is well prepared to help with complex marital property division that can accompany the divorce of a couple with a business in common.

Concerned that your former spouse has not been honest about assets and business income? The firm is prepared to uncover the financial facts by tracing assets and reviewing business records to discover undisclosed income.

Elder Law, Estate Planning, and Probate: If you have a car, a home, and a bank account, you need a will. If you have children and/or substantial assets, you should consider a more comprehensive estate plan that may include a trust. The Law Office of Douglas H. Smith works with clients to develop estate plans that meet their unique family needs. That often includes:

• A will, a trust, or a living trust (a trust avoids the costly and time consuming process of probate and can shelter your assets from excess taxation)
• A health care proxy (that designates a trusted person to make medical decision for you when you cannot) 
• An advanced health care directive (sometimes called a "living will," this document expresses your health care wishes for your family's and doctor's information should you become incapacitated)

In addition, the firm litigates contested wills and deeds. Attorney Douglas H. Smith has extensive litigation experience and is skilled and experienced enough to effectively argue these cases in court. 

Personal Injury: Early in his law career, attorney Douglas H. Smith worked as an insurance defense attorney. This provided invaluable experience in trial and negotiation, and also allows him to understand how insurance companies value personal injury cases and choose when to settle or to fight.

The firm represents injured people seeking compensation for personal injuries in car accidents, truck wrecks, taxi accidents, bus collisions, and mass transit (RIPTA) accidents, as well as in premises liability cases. Contact the Law Office of Douglas H. Smith if you have suffered a back injury, broken hip, wrist, or arm, or another injury in a motor vehicle accident or from a fall on a poorly maintained property, in a stairwell or staircase, or in an elevator or escalator accident.

Criminal Defense: Attorney Smith represents clients facing criminal charges for nonviolent and white collar offenses, such as drunk driving, embezzlement, forgery, insurance fraud, bank fraud, benefits fraud, Internet fraud, credit card fraud, and identity theft.

Law Office of Douglas H. Smith

140 Reservoir Avenue
Providence, RI 02907
Telephone (401) 467-3590 • Fax (401) 467-5111
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Providence, Rhode Island trial lawyer Douglas H. Smith provides quality legal representation to businesses and individuals throughout Rhode Island. His law firm serves clients in communities such as Cranston, Warwick, East Providence, West Warwick, Johnston, North Providence, and East Greenwich. Attorney Smith is also licensed to practice law in Massachusetts.