Law Offices of Susan T. Perkins, Esq.

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Susan T. Perkins, local attorney specializing in divorce, family law, DUIs, criminal defense and legal issues affecting the LGBT community, was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar Association in 1997 and the Rhode Island and Connecticut Bar Associations in 1998. She also was admitted to the United States District Court, District of Rhode Island in 1999 and the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts in 2004.
1999 through January, 2003, Attorney Perkins served the State of Rhode Island as a Special Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division, where she was responsible for the prosecution of hundreds of felony and misdemeanor cases. She also conducted numerous felony jury trials while in her tenure at the Attorney General’s office, and carried out several trials in the Superior and District Courts, as well as pretrial conferences, plea negotiations and sentence recommendations. Her past experience as a prosecutor only enhances her strengths as a criminal defense attorney