Our Family Helping Yours
At Karns & Kerrison, we are all family. We work together to provide our clients with beneficial solutions to their important legal issues. With a strong focus on victims who are suffering because of another party's negligence or have been injured on the job, our Rhode Island and Massachusetts personal injury lawyers work hard to obtain maximum compensation for their losses and future needs.
When you choose our firm, you can feel confident that every available option will be pursued in an effort to secure the best possible outcome. Our attorneys always attempt to negotiate a fair resolution without the need for a contentious legal proceeding. If litigation is the only path to protecting your interests, however, you will not find a more passionate legal team to have beside you.
We provide complete legal services in the following key practice areas:
- Motor vehicle accidents: Including car accidents, truck accidents, drunk driving accidents, distracted driving, texting while driving, motorcycle accidents, bicycle accident, bus accident, boat accidents and pedestrian accidents
- Maritime injuries: Jones Act and unseaworthiness claims, maintenance and cure, Longshore and Harbor Workers' injuries, and pleasure boat and recreation accidents
- Head and brain injuries: Including cases involving brain damage, diffuse axonal injuries, Chiari I Malformation, and post-traumatic vertigo and vision problems
- Workers' compensation claims: Including construction accidents, workers' compensation benefits, medical benefits, third-party liability, scarring and loss of use of a body part
- Social Security claims: Including denied claims and Supplemental Security Income
- Consumer bankruptcy: Including Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 filings
Discuss Your Legal Concerns with a Lawyer
Please contact one of our offices in Providence or Middletown to learn more about our legal services and how we can help you.
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We offer a free initial consultation to all new clients. You can reach us by calling 401-841-5300 or contact us via email to arrange an appointment.
Awards & Affiliations

As members of the AAJ, we are committed to promoting a fair, effective justice system that allows for victims of misconduct or negligence to obtain the justice they deserve.

Members of the Rhode Island Association for Justice follow the organization's mission: Working together to ensure equality.

The Rhode Island Bar Association has been working to uphold and protect federal and state laws since 1898, with an emphasis on maintaining a democratic government and honoring the justice system.

Membership with the DC Bar provides us with access to legal research materials, professional service providers, and more that can be used for the benefit of our clients.

Only 2.5% of attorneys in a given state are selected for inclusion on the Rising Stars® list. Members must be aged 40 or younger, or be in practice for 10 years or less.

Distinguished® attorneys are peer-review rated and selected based on their honorable professional achievements.

Our work with the Brain Injury Association of Rhode Island is designed to provide information and services to survivors.

As members of the Brain Injury Association of America, we are the voice of awareness, and we are here to help survivors.

Southern New England Brain Injury Law Center

This is a society of multidisciplinary brain injury professionals who come together to discuss issues concerning brain injury and bring the science behind brain injuries into practice.

Lawyers are initiated into the Melvin M. Belli society by invitation-only and are considered to be distinguished trial lawyers.

As members of the AAJ, we are committed to promoting a fair, effective justice system that allows for victims of misconduct or negligence to obtain the justice they deserve.

Members of the Rhode Island Association for Justice follow the organization's mission: Working together to ensure equality.

The Rhode Island Bar Association has been working to uphold and protect federal and state laws since 1898, with an emphasis on maintaining a democratic government and honoring the justice system.

Membership with the DC Bar provides us with access to legal research materials, professional service providers, and more that can be used for the benefit of our clients.

Only 2.5% of attorneys in a given state are selected for inclusion on the Rising Stars® list. Members must be aged 40 or younger, or be in practice for 10 years or less.

Distinguished® attorneys are peer-review rated and selected based on their honorable professional achievements.

Our work with the Brain Injury Association of Rhode Island is designed to provide information and services to survivors.

As members of the Brain Injury Association of America, we are the voice of awareness, and we are here to help survivors.

Southern New England Brain Injury Law Center

This is a society of multidisciplinary brain injury professionals who come together to discuss issues concerning brain injury and bring the science behind brain injuries into practice.

Lawyers are initiated into the Melvin M. Belli society by invitation-only and are considered to be distinguished trial lawyers.