Paul Kessimian

Paul serves as the Firm’s Co-Managing Partner and as Chair of the Litigation Practice.

Paul represents companies, non-profits, and individuals in high-stakes and complex disputes in court and arbitral bodies. Paul has successfully guided clients through litigations and arbitrations on a wide range of matters, including class actions, trade secrets, insurance and reinsurance, antitrust, ERISA and restrictive covenants, business torts, and intellectual property and licensing. Paul’s practice also includes representing clients who are being investigated by state Attorneys General on a variety of matters.

Paul has managed disputes from inception through trial and has tried cases in both state and federal court as well as before arbitral tribunals.

Paul is a recognized member of the Rhode Island and Massachusetts bars who has served in leadership positions across a host of professional organizations including the Federal Bar Association, Rhode Island Chapter and the American Bar Association. He is regularly included in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Best Lawyers in America, and Benchmark Litigation as a “Litigation Star.”

Applying a business-minded approach to every dispute, Paul has a proven track record advising clients across a broad range of industries in high-stakes, big-dollar disputes often alongside or against some of the country’s largest and most established firms. Before joining Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP, Paul was a litigator at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.