Rhode Island Law Blog

New Year Message from Attorney Jared M. Tomassi

Monday, January 2nd, 2012 | estate planning, General Law, Personal Injury, Real estate, Short Sale

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. The start of a new year presents us with an incredible opportunity to re-evaluate our life and the choices that we have made. Although just a date on the calendar, many of us use this time to reflect on the past and renew our hope for the future – whether it be personal or business, health or family, or new endeavors or bad habits – the New Year reminds us that changes can be made and a more happy, healthy and prosperous beginning can be had.

As you know, I started Tomassi Law Associates, LLC almost 6 years ago. In making my decision to practice law and to open my own law practice I dedicated myself to use my skill, education and knowledge to help people and to do my part to help make society a better place. That is why I have concentrated my law practice in the areas of personal injury, real estate, estate planning and business law.

Personal injury involves clients who have been involved in an accident and who have sustained bodily injuries as a result of someone else’s negligence. When a client is involved in a personal injury matter it can have a significant physical, emotional, and financial impact on their life and family. Dealing with an injury to your body is serious. Countless doctor appointments, physical therapy, x-rays, medications, surgery and the pain and discomfort associated with sustaining an injury can have a significant toll on you. Your ability to work, care for your children and family and to do simple every day tasks such as cleaning, shopping and grooming are complicated.

No one can take back the accident and the resulting injury. But we live in a civilized society with laws to help compensate people who have been injured by the negligence of another person. Accidents happen but that does not mean you should have to suffer without recourse from the negligent party. In most cases there is insurance coverage to protect people from accidents that they may cause. There is a system in place to not only protect the people that negligently cause injuries but to compensate those who sustain injuries as a result of the negligent persons acts or omissions. If you have been injured in an accident and sustained bodily injuries as a result of someone else’s negligence, you are legally entitled to be compensated. By practicing in Personal Injury, I have the unique opportunity to help people during a difficult time in their life. I am able to ensure that my clients obtain the full compensation that they are legally entitled to in order to help relieve some of the emotional and financial burdens that these accidents can cause. Accidents are a fact of life, but in a civilized society we have laws to help protect you and as an attorney it is my job to ensure that these laws are properly applied to my clients. By working these cases on a contingency fee basis (I only get paid if the client gets paid) allows me to represent and help clients who otherwise could not afford to pay for an attorney on an hourly basis and thus would forfeit their legal rights.

Practicing in the area of Real Estate is also a very rewarding job. Owning real estate is the American dream and helping clients buy and sell real estate throughout Rhode Island is especially satisfying. A real estate transaction can be complicated and complex and involves volumes of paperwork and technicalities. By retaining the right attorney to represent you in these matters will help ensure that you have a smooth and successful closing on your real estate.

As we have all read and seen on TV, we are in a tough economy right now. House prices are down and people who purchased and obtained a mortgage during the height of the market are now upside down on their homes or investment properties. Typically if you are unable to afford your mortgage you would either refinance to lower your monthly debt obligation or sell. Unfortunately when you are upside down on your home where you owe more than the house is worth you are unable to refinance or sell. This can be an emotionally damaging situation for people. Mortgage issues are a significant source of stress for clients and can lead to health problems, family issues and complications at work.

I am proud to offer my clients assistance in these matters by helping them obtain and effectuate a short sale on their house by negotiating with their lenders, finding a suitable buyer and getting them out of the upside down investment. Doing a short sale is an effective way to get out of a bad situation, to right the ship and to renew your position in life. In addition, I am able to give my clients access to legal representation in these matters at no cost to them. When I complete a short sale for a client I can see the sense of relief on the clients face and the weight of the world being lifted from their shoulders. It is a great feeling to be able to apply my services to benefit a client in these situations.

Estate planning is another area of the law that I practice in that provides me with a unique opportunity to help clients plan for their children and family. Estate planning involves the creation of a will, trust, power of attorneys and living will. It is a process of reviewing your current family situation, your assets and your future to provide for the ones you love after you leave this world. It is a caring process that is so important to life. Many people overlook the need for an estate plan but an estate plan is one of life’s essential tools no one should be without. I am pleased to offer my clients estate planning services at affordable prices. The New Year is a great time to get an estate plan in place or to review your current estate plan.

Finally, my law practice handles business services such as contract drafting, review and negotiation, business formation and business consultation. Starting and operating a business can be very stressful and rewarding at the same time. Retaining an experienced business attorney can help you accomplish your dreams of being a business owner, minimize any potential liability, maximize the success of your business ventures and partnerships, and simply help you properly organized and run your business.

As you can see, I take practicing law very seriously and view my role as one that helps protect my clients personally, professionally, economically, emotionally and legally. I am not simply selling a product or service but giving all of myself to my work for the benefit of my clients. Nothing less will do.

As always, should you, your family or your friends have a legal question or case in any area of the law I welcome the opportunity to be of service.

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