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About Karns & Kerrison

Our Rhode Island Family Helping Yours

t Karns & Kerrison, we are all family. We work together to provide our Rhode Island 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 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.

To learn more about our attorneys and their backgrounds, please select a link from the list below:

We offer a free initial consultation to all new clients. You can reach us by calling (888) 281-3100 or contact us via email to arrange an appointment.

Awards & Affiliations

  • American Association for Justice
    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.
  • Rhode Island Association for Justice
    Members of the Rhode Island Association for Justice follow the organization’s mission: Working together to ensure equality.
  • Rhode Island Bar Association
    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.
  • DC Bar
    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.
  • Super Lawyers
    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 Martindale Hubbell
    Distinguished® attorneys are peer-review rated and selected based on their honorable professional achievements.
  • Brain Injury Association
    Our work with the Brain Injury Association of Rhode Island is designed to provide information and services to survivors.
  • Brain Association of America
    As members of the Brain Injury Association of America, we are the voice of awareness, and we are here to help survivors.
  • Expertise Best Personal Injury Lawyers
  • Southern New England Brain Injury Law Center
    Southern New England Brain Injury Law Center
  • NABIS
    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.
  • Melvin M Belli
    Lawyers are initiated into the Melvin M. Belli society by invitation-only and are considered to be distinguished trial lawyers.

Our Attorneys

  • Car Accident Traumatic Brain Injury
    I would definitely recommend Karns & Kerrison to anyone who asked - they come through for you.

    - Patricia Feeley

  • Slipped on Greasy Floor
    I have no reservations whatsoever in recommending Karns & Kerrison.

    - Mike Carey

  • Rear End Collision
    Nothing but positive results from consultation, to filing the legal suit, handling of a major operation, to recovery and finalizing a generous settlement.

    - Larry Goldfarb

  • Horrible Car Accident
    They not only got me a fair settlement, they helped to get me well.

    - Nancy

  • Motor Vehicle Accident - Braga Bridge
    It was comforting to know I had someone watching out for me.

    - Jeanie Small

  • Pedestrian hit by Car
    I did not know where to turn when I realized I needed legal help but I am very happy that I found Karns & Kerrison.

    - Martin

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Schedule A Free Consultation

If you or your loved one suffered severe, life-altering injuries due to someone else’s negligence, we are here to help you fight for justice. For answers to your questions or to schedule a free consultation, contact our personal injury team at (888) 281-3100. We offer our legal services on a contingency fee basis, meaning you only pay attorneys’ fees after we have recovered compensation on your behalf.

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