Thomas M. Madden (click here to email directly) Trinity College (CT) B.A. (with Interdisciplinary Honors), 1986. Experience/Background A member of the Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New York Bars, Mr. Madden founded his Rhode Island law practice in Providence in 2001. Tom was Judge Lagueux's first summer clerk in Federal District Court in Rhode Island. He began his legal career nearly two decades ago in New York with the law firm of Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine. With experience in business start-ups, corporate transactions, business and public finance, securities law and nonprofit organizations law, Tom conducts a general business law practice. Tom has further experience with software licensing negotiation and agreements, web development contracts, copyright and trademark issues and registration. He also has experience with employment and consulting agreements and employee policies and practices. His clients range from home-based startups to large institutions. Mr. Madden resides with his wife and three children in his hometown of Warwick, Rhode Island. Professional Involvement Admitted in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New York, Mr. Madden is a member of the Rhode Island Bar Association Committee on Ethics and Professionalism (2000-present), delegate to the Bar elected 2003 and member of the Rhode Island Bar Journal Editorial Board (2004-present); member of the Boston Bar Association, Committee on Mergers & Acquisitions (2008-present); member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics (1997-1999), Committee on Securities Regulation (1999-2000), Council on International Affairs (1999-2000); member of the American Bar Association Business Law Section (Committees on Small Business, Nonprofit Corporations and Federal Regulation of Securities) and Intellectual Property Law Section; member of the Greater Providence Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce; member of the board of directors of the Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce; member of the Smaller Business Association of New England; member of the TechCollective; president of the Trinity College Club of Rhode Island; Chairman of the Toll Gate High School Class of 1982 20th Year Reunion Committee; a PSI Class 2003 graduate of Leadership Rhode Island; Chair of the LRI Alumni Task Force and member of the Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of Providence and the Providence Rotary Foundation. Publications Identity Confusion and the Close Corporation: Do Corporate Formalities Matter? Vol. 54 No. 3 Rhode Island Bar Journal (November/December 2005); Fair Value and the Closely Held Corporation, Vol. 51, No. 2, Rhode Island Bar Journal (September/October 2002); Oppression of Minority Shareholder Rights in Closely Held Corporations, Vol. 50, No. 4, Rhode Island Bar Journal 19 (March/April 2002); Causation in Private Civil Actions by Minority Shareholders Under Proxy Provisions of Section14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C.A. Section 78N(A)) and Securities Exchange Act Rules Thereunder -- Post Virginia Bankshares, 137 A.L.R. Fed. 293 (1997); Exempt Securities -- Federal Regulation of Securities Annotated, Ch. 3 (1996). Seminars What Every SBA Lender Should Know at the America East SBA Lending Conference, Newport, RI, August 17, 2007. Financing the Small or Emerging Business at the Rhode Island Bar Association Annual Meeting, June 14-15, 2007. Patents and the Patent Licensing Deal at the Rhode Island Bar Association Annual Meeting, June 14-15, 2007. Recent Developments in Employment Law for Sterling Education Services at the Providence Marriott, September 12, 2006. Business Ethics at the SBA Providence District
Office, May, 2006. Intellectual Property Law at the TechCollective BioGroup, October, 2005. Emerging Ethical Trends: Rule 5.5 Multijurisdictional Practice at the Rhode Island Bar Association Annual Meeting, June 10-11, 2004. International Law and Contracts at the Rhode Island Export Assistance Center at Bryant College, October, 2003. Intellectual Property: What is it and what does it mean for your business? at the Newport County SBDC, June, 2003. Business Start-up for the Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce, March 2003. Business Start-up for SCORE at the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce, August 2002. Business Start-up for the Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce, June 2002. Law Practice and the World Wide Web at Bryant College, April 2002. Business Organizations Basics for the Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce, January 2002. |
