About Todd
A top-notch trial lawyer, Todd White has won notable, high-stakes verdicts for his varied business and governmental clients. In recent cases, he secured verdicts of $1.5 million and $3.1 in minority shareholder and personal injury disputes, and also won defense verdicts in several multimillion dollar contract and intellectual property cases. Focusing on personal injury, product liability, toxic tort, medical malpractice, complex commercial litigation, securities litigation, and insurance defense and coverage issues, Todd boasts extensive trial experience in the state and federal courts of both Rhode Island and Massachusetts. His clients include Rhode Island municipalities and developers, a prominant toy manufacturer, national insurance carriers, institutional clients, individuals, and a variety of mid-size local businesses. Previously, at Melick & Porter, LLP, a leading Boston insurance defense firm, Todd successfully handled wide-ranging insurance defense cases and civil litigation for major universities, local and national insurance carriers and self-insured businesses.
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Education
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Construction, Providence (2022)
- Lawyer of the Year: Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Providence (2018)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Construction, Providence (2017)
- Lawyer of the Year: Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Providence (2015)
- Lawyer of the Year: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Providence (2013)
- Recognized: Litigation - Construction
- Recognized: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Recognized: Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Practice Area: Commercial Litigation
- Practice Area: Construction Law
- Practice Area: Environmental Law
- Practice Area: Litigation - Environmental
- Practice Area: Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Practice Area: Mass Tort Litigation
- Practice Area: Product Liability Litigation
- Practice Area: Sports Law
- Special Focus: Environmental
- Special Focus: Litigation
- Special Focus: Mass Tort
- Best Lawyers’ 2013 Lawyer of the Year, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Action-Defendants, Providence
- Selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2005-2012 editions of The Best Lawyers in America, commercial law.
- Recognized by Chambers USA as a leading commercial lawyer.
- Selected as a local litigation star in the 2013 edition of Benchmark Litigation
- Cum laude graduate, Suffolk University School of Law, where he was awarded for oral advocacy skill.
- Recipient, Columbia University Alumni Award.
- Team captain and most valuable player, Columbia University varsity soccer team
- Named, Rhode Island SuperLawyer, an honor that recognizes him as a leader in the legal community.