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LAUREN MOTOLA-DAVIS is the managing partner of Lewis Brisbois’ Providence office and a co-chair of the firm’s Workers’ Compensation Practice. She has decades of trial practice and civil litigation experience representing insurance companies, insureds, and self-insureds in a broad range of matters, including admiralty, employment discrimination, personal injury, and workers’ compensation matters. Additionally, Lauren has represented clients in the hospitality industry, including many well-known national restaurants, retail stores, and hotels.

Lauren is a certified Proctor in Admiralty, and the only woman with this designation in the state of Rhode Island. Earning this designation typically requires at least six years practicing in the federal court system and the recommendation of two existing Proctors in Admiralty to a peer review committee that then evaluates a variety of factors, including the applicant’s litigation experience, speaking engagements, publications, and contribution to the field of maritime law.

A highly respected member of the Rhode Island Bar, Lauren has repeatedly been recognized for her advocacy skills and leadership by local organizations. In 2019, Lauren was named the Legal Services Industry Leader by Providence Business News (PBN) at its annual Business Women Awards. In 2021, Lauren was again recognized by PBN through its Leaders & Achievers Award Program, which honors individuals for their longstanding commitment to the business community and a sustained demonstration of leading others, community service, and mentoring.

With an eye toward helping her clients avoid litigation, Lauren frequently provides education and training on relevant topics and presents seminars on admiralty law and workers’ compensation. Outside of her legal practice, Lauren sits on the board of Women’s Refugee Care, a refugee advocacy agency that acts as a center of support, exchange of resources, and preservation of culture for the African refugee community in Rhode Island.

RENÉE A.R. EVANGELISTA

Partner and Providence Office Managing Partner Day Pitney LLP

Private Client Department and Trusts and Estates Practice

401.283.1238 revangelista@daypitney.com www.daypitney.com

YEARS IN CURRENT INDUSTRY: 31

YEARS WITH CURRENT ORGANIZATION:

DAY PITNEY COUNSEL Emma Becker works with families and individuals on issues and concerns related to preserving, enhancing and transferring family wealth. With sensitivity and attention to her client’s interests, Emma designs and drafts estate plans that minimize federal and state estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and maximize and protect the clients’ wealth for each subsequent generation. Emma also works creatively to help clients transfer wealth during life to minimize gift and estate taxes, using a range of strategies including grantor retained annuity trusts, charitable lead and charitable remainder trusts, and qualified personal residence trusts. In addition, Emma assists clients with the administration of estates and the probate process.

Emma is a Director at The Common Foundation, a nonprofit supporting the publication of a literary journal in partnership with Amherst College. She is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. She is an active member of the Boston Bar Association and the Trusts and Estates Consortium.

With the merger, Day Pitney has nearly 300 attorneys, including nearly 80 dedicated trusts and estates lawyers, in 13 offices along the East Coast from Boston to Miami. The attorneys have hundreds of years of combined experience advising individuals and their families on the full spectrum of matters related to trusts and estates, and family offices. In addition, 15 attorneys are elected fellows of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), a group of peer-elected trust and estate attorneys across the United States and abroad with more than 10 years of experience in the active practice of probate and trust law or estate planning.

DAY PITNEY PARTNER Renée A.R. Evangelista provides individuals and families with sophisticated estate planning and uses estate settlement techniques to minimize gift, estate and income taxes, while ensuring that their property passes according to their wishes. She is a trustee of numerous private trusts and has routinely served as executor of client estates. She regularly appears in Superior Court, representing trustees and trust beneficiaries on accounting actions and trust reformations.

Renée is active within her community and has served on the boards for several organizations, including Providence Children’s Museum, Wheeler School of Providence, Finance Committee for the Women’s Sports Foundation, and International Tennis Hall of Fame, among others. Renée currently sits on the Edward and Virginia Routhier Foundation and the board of advisors for the Anthony Quinn Foundation.

Renée also serves as Providence Office Managing Partner for Day Pitney. She is admitted to practice in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut. She earned her B.A. from Brown University, and her J.D. from New York University School of Law.

With the merger, Day Pitney has nearly 300 attorneys, including nearly 80 dedicated trusts and estates lawyers, in 13 offices along the East Coast from Boston to Miami. The attorneys have hundreds of years of combined experience advising individuals and their families on the full spectrum of matters related to trusts and estates, and family offices. In addition, 15 attorneys are elected fellows of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), a group of peerelected trust and estate attorneys across the United States and abroad with more than 10 years of experience in the active practice of probate and trust law or estate planning.