Higgins, Cavanagh and Cooney LLP is pleased to announce that Melissa M. Horne, Esq. has become Of Counsel to the firm. Ms. Horne will utilize more than 20 years’ experience in business law as she continues her practice of advising businesses and individuals on a wide variety of issues, including business restructurings, creditors’ rights and government contracts. She has also had considerable success litigating, arbitrating and mediating business disputes.
She is admitted to practice in the state courts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Michigan, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the District of Rhode Island and the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, and the First and Sixth Circuit Courts of Appeals. She is active in the Rhode Island Bar Association, and has taught business law at Providence College.
Prior to serving as a law clerk in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Melissa earned her J.D. from the University of Detroit School of Law. She has practiced at leading law firms in Michigan and Rhode Island.
Ms. Horne lives with her family in Barrington, where she serves on the Board of Directors of the Barrington Land Conservation Trust.
