Family Law law in Rhode Island covers child custody, child support, adoption, paternity, guardianship, and prenuptial agreements. When these legal matters arise, having the right attorney can make a significant difference in the outcome. Rhode Island has its own statutes, court procedures, and legal standards that apply specifically to family law cases, and attorneys who practice in Superior Court regularly understand the nuances that affect how these matters are resolved.

Rhode Island is an equitable distribution state, which determines how courts divide marital property and debts. Custody decisions in Superior Court are based on the best interests of the child standard, and judges have significant discretion. The divorce process involves specific procedural requirements, and a Rhode Island family law attorney who regularly appears in Superior Court understands the local expectations and timelines that affect every case.

The family law attorneys listed here practice throughout Rhode Island and can be filtered by location, reviews, and experience. Each profile includes practice area details, office locations, and client feedback. We recommend comparing several attorneys before making a decision — most offer free initial consultations, which gives you a chance to evaluate their approach and determine whether they're the right fit.

For a detailed overview of how family law law works in Rhode Island — including key statutes, deadlines, and what to expect from the legal process — Read our complete guide to family law law in Rhode Island. If you're ready to take the next step, browse the attorney profiles below and reach out for a free consultation.

David Slepkow - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Slepkow Slepkow & Associates, Inc.
 6 Wanton Shippee Rd. East Greenwich RI 02818
(401) 437-1100
Roger Williams University
English
U.S. Supreme Court Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Business Law Civil Rights
J Russell Jackson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Miller Scott Holbrook & Jackson
 26 Valley Rd Suite 203 MIddletown RI 02842
(401) 848-7979
Rhode Island Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Divorce Family Law
Jeffrey Garabedian - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Palumbo Law
 481 Atwood Ave Cranston RI 02920
(401) 490-0994
New England Law | Boston (1991)
English
Rhode Island Bar
Active License
Animal & Dog Law Appeals & Appellate Business Law
David Cooper - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Cooper Law Associates
 127 Dorrance St Providence RI 02903
(401) 273-1880
Boston College Law School
English, Spanish
Rhode Island Bar
Active License
Civil Rights Criminal Law Divorce
Clovis Gregor - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Clovis C. Gregor, LLC
 28 Spring St Pawtucket RI 02860
(401) 409-2363
French
Rhode Island Bar
Unknown Status
Consumer Law Divorce Domestic Violence
Paul P Pederzani III - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Pederzani Law Offices, P.C.
 875 Centerville Rd, Bldg. 2 Suite 4c Warwick RI 02886
(401) 736-8500
Suffolk University Law School (1987)
1st Circuit Bar
Active License
Business Law Criminal Law Divorce
Jeremy Howe - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Law Offices of Howe & Garside, Ltd.
 55 Memorial Blvd Newport RI 02840
(401) 841-5700
Tufts University
Rhode Island Bar
Active License
Arbitration & Mediation Divorce Elder Law
Elizabeth Silberman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Hackman and Phillips Elder Law RI LLC
 1370 Warwick Ave. Warwick RI 02888
(401) 463-6100
Rhode Island Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Elder Law Estate Planning
James Callaghan - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Callaghan & Callaghan
 3 Brown Street Wickford RI 02852
(401) 294-4555
Rhode Island Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Criminal Law Employment Law
Allen Kirshenbaum - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Kirshenbaum Law Associates, Inc.
 1000 Chapel View Blvd., Suite 270 Cranston RI 02920
(401) 467-5300
Boston University School of Law (1961)
English
U.S. Supreme Court Bar
Active License
Appeals & Appellate Divorce Domestic Violence
Matthew L. LaMountain - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Law Office of Matthew L. LaMountain
 33 College Hill Rd. Ste 20-D Warwick RI 02886
(401) 699-8601
Suffolk University Law School (2008)
English
Rhode Island Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Criminal Law DUI & DWI
Amey F. Cardullo - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Family Law Center, LLC
 38 Bellevue Ave Newport RI 02840
(401) 849-9950
Roger Williams University School of Law (1995)
English
Maine Bar
Active License
Arbitration & Mediation Divorce Domestic Violence
Kevin O. Hagan - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 105 Memorial Blvd We Newport RI 02840
(401) 619-0477
Roger Williams University School of Law (1999)
English
Rhode Island Bar
Unknown Status
Criminal Law Divorce Domestic Violence
Cynthia Fogarty - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Fogarty Law Office
 Calart Tower 400 Reservoir Avenue Ste 1A Providence RI 02907
(401) 352-5273
Rhode Island Bar
Active License
Business Law Criminal Law Divorce
Evan Kirshenbaum - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Kirshenbaum Law Associates, Inc.
 1000 Chapel View Blvd., Suite 270 Cranston RI 02920
(401) 467-5300
Suffolk University Law School (1991)
English
Rhode Island Bar
Active License
Divorce Domestic Violence Family Law
Jared M. Tomassi - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Tomassi Law Associates
 62 East Ave North Providence RI 02911
(401) 782-2005
Roger Williams University (2002)
Rhode Island Bar
Active License
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Civil Rights
Noah Kilroy - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 161 S Main St #303 Fall River MA 02721
(401) 855-9023
Roger Williams University School of Law (2010)
English
Massachusetts Bar
Unknown Status
Criminal Law DUI & DWI Family Law
Susan T. Perkins - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Susan T. Perkins, Esq.
 462 Broadway Providence RI 02909
(401) 575-7426
Roger Williams University School of Law (1997)
English, Spanish
Massachusetts Bar
Unknown Status
Criminal Law Divorce DUI & DWI
David Borts - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 100 Lafayette St Pawtucket RI 02860
(401) 724-0830
Saint Louis University School of Law (1978)
Portuguese, Spanish
Rhode Island Bar
Active License
Divorce Family Law Immigration Law
Elisha L. Morris - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Aggressive Legal Services, Inc
 One Turks Head Place Suite 1440 Providence RI 02903
(401) 421-1440
Roger Williams University (2001)
English
Unknown Status
Arbitration & Mediation Divorce Family Law
John MacDonald - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 One Turks Head Place, Suite 1440 Providence RI 02903
(401) 421-1440
Suffolk University Law School (1991)
Rhode Island Bar
Active License
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Criminal Law
Veronica Assalone - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Assalone Lombardi, LLC
 300 Centerville Rd, Summit West Suite 305 Warwick RI 02886
(401) 589-5599
Rhode Island Bar
Active License
Civil Rights Criminal Law Elder Law
Christopher Biafore - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
two prominent law firms in Providence, Rhode Island
 253 Main Street East Greenwich RI 02818
(401) 885-0400
Roger Williams University School of Law (2000)
Massachusetts Bar
Unknown Status
Collections Criminal Law Divorce
Lauren Balkcom - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 11 S. Angell Street Suite 428 Providence RI 02906
(401) 525-1965
Roger Williams University School of Law (2011)
English
Rhode Island Bar
Unknown Status
Arbitration & Mediation Criminal Law Divorce
Humberta Goncalves - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Goncalves Law Office
 48 Wood Street Warren RI 02885
(401) 245-7462
Roger Williams University
English, Portuguese
New York Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Divorce
Jacqueline Grasso - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Grasso Law Offices
 1310 Atwood Avenue Johnston RI 2919
(401) 946-4500
University of Massachusetts School of Law (1993)
Rhode Island Bar
Active License
Bankruptcy Family Law Personal Injury
Gregory Massad - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 1050 Main Street East Greenwich RI 02818
(401) 385-3877
Bryant College (1984)
Rhode Island Bar
Active License
Business Law Construction Law Family Law
Steven Wright - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Steven G. Wright, Attorney at Law
 1000 Smith Street Suite 200 Providence RI 02908
(401) 287-4734
California Western School of Law
English
Rhode Island Bar
Active License
Divorce Family Law
Kristine Trocki - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Kristine S. Trocki, Lawyer and Counsellor at Law, LLC
 38 Narragansett Avenue, Suite D Jamestown RI 02835
(401) 423-3390
Northeastern University (1996)
Massachusetts Bar
Active License
Arbitration & Mediation Criminal Law Divorce
Paul J. Ferns - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Paul J. Ferns, Lawyer at Law
 200 Centerville Rd Warwick RI 02886
(401) 714-5526
Western New England University School of Law (1994)
English
Rhode Island Bar
Active License
Criminal Law Divorce DUI & DWI
Don Moyer - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Moyer Law, PC
 51 Jefferson Blvd Warwick RI 02888
(401) 305-2934
Roger Williams University School of Law (1993)
English
U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island Bar
Active License
Divorce Domestic Violence Family Law
Kristy Garside - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Law Offices of Howe & Garside, Ltd.
 640 George Washington Highway BUILDING B, Suite 103 Lincoln RI 02865
(401) 841-5700
Rhode Island Bar
Active License
Divorce Domestic Violence Elder Law
Ryanna T. Capalbo - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Bilodeau Capalbo, LLC
 1350 Division Rd #102 West Warwick RI 02893
(401) 871-6694
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
English
Rhode Island Bar
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Collections
Timothy Sweet - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 10 Elmgrove Ave. Providence RI 02906
(401) 595-1665
Roger Williams University School of Law
English, Spanish
Rhode Island Bar
Unknown Status
Divorce Domestic Violence Family Law
Steven B. Nelson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Nelson Law Office
 37 Sockanosset Cross Road Cranston RI 02920
(401) 300-0101
Roger Williams University School of Law (2006)
Massachusetts Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Criminal Law Divorce
Whitney R. Anderson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 Updegrove Law, Ltd. 314 Oliphant Lane Middletown RI 02842
(401) 847-5684
New York Law School (2009)
Rhode Island Bar
Unknown Status
Criminal Law Divorce Domestic Violence
Shannon Benay - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 30 Washington St. Attleboro MA 02703
(508) 454-6836
Roger Williams University School of Law (2001)
Rhode Island Bar
Unknown Status
Arbitration & Mediation Family Law
Chad Bank - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Law Office of Chad F Bank
 127 Dorrance St Providence RI 02903
(401) 229-5088
Stonehill College
English
Rhode Island Bar
Active License
Criminal Law Divorce Domestic Violence
William Balkun - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 63 Sockanosset Cross Rd Suite 2B Cranston RI 02920
(401) 463-5106
Boston University (1986)
English
New York Bar
Active License
Divorce Domestic Violence Family Law
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