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Mary Linda Urso

Mary Linda Urso

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Practice Areas

  • Probate, Trusts and Estates
  • Real Estate
  • Contracts
  • Business Law

Biography

Linda Urso practices in the areas of probate, trusts and estates; real estate; contracts and business law. For over forty years, Ms. Urso has practiced law with a positive attitude and attention to detail unmatched by most and has earned a reputation as a trusted advisor on matters of utmost importance to her clients.

Her probate practice includes assisting clients with estate planning. She is uniquely suited to address a variety of questions and concerns and assist her clients in planning for their futures. Her clients report that her knowledge, experience and demeanor allow them to comfortably discuss and plan important matters such as wills, trusts, guardianship matters, powers of attorney and durable health care powers of attorney.

Ms. Urso has served as the Probate Judge for the Town of Westerly for twenty-three years; and the Probate Judge for the Town of Hopkinton for sixteen two-year terms. She is also a member of the Rhode Island General Assembly Legislative Commission to Study the Feasibility of Modernizing Probate Law and Procedure.

Ms. Urso has been a title insurance agent for Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company for thirty-four years. In the past she served as Assistant Legal Counsel for the Rhode Island Department of Transportation where she supervised a team of title examiners in performing hundreds of title examinations throughout the State of Rhode Island in conjunction with an extensive land acquisition program for road improvements.

She served as Assistant Town Solicitor for the Town of Hopkinton from 1990-1996; and as Interim Town Manager for the Town of Hopkinton in 2006 and 2009.

Ms. Urso is admitted to practice in the State Courts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts; the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island; and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

She is 1977 magna cum laude graduate of Boston College, and earned her Juris Doctor degree from Suffolk University Law School in 1980.

 

Education

  • Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Juris Doctor - 1980
  • Boston College
    • 1977
    • Honors: magna cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • Massachusetts, 1980
  • Rhode Island
  • U.S. District Court District of Rhode Island
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit

Past Positions

  • Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company, Insurance Agent
  • Rhode Island Department of Transportation, Assistant Legal Counsel
  • Town of Hopkinton, Assistant Town Solicitor, 1990 to 1996
  • Town of Hopkinton, Interim Town Manager, 2006 to 2009

Professional Associations

  • Rhode Island General Assembly Legislative Commission, Member

Current Employment Positions

  • Partner