Stephen comes to the firm with a background in law enforcement. He has extensive experience in labor relations, including contract negotiations, grievance arbitrations, and employee discipline. He is a graduate of Roger Williams University School of Law, cum laude. While attending law school, Stephen served as a Judicial Extern for the Honorable Francis X. Flaherty in the Rhode Island Supreme Court and was a Presidential Scholarship recipient, as well as a member of the Honors Program. He was also a member of the 2014 Kappa II class of Leadership Rhode Island. Stephen is admitted to practice law in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

My name is Tom Thomasian and I have dedicated my career to practicing criminal defense law in Rhode Island. I did not start out as a private RI defense lawyer but rather as an attorney for the Public Defender’s Office. It was there that I learned I could be a voice for the voiceless. Being a criminal lawyer is about making a system that is overwhelmingly stacked against you, hear what you have to say. It’s about guaranteeing your rights won’t be violated. No person should ever feel bullied by a system that is meant to protect them from police misconduct or overzealous prosecution.