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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING ITS DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF STEPHEN R.

FAMIGLETTI

     Introduced By: Representatives Craven, Mattiello, Fox, Kennedy, and E Coderre

     Date Introduced: January 07, 2014

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Stephen R. Famigletti, Esq. of Lincoln, Rhode Island, passed away

peacefully at home on December 29, 2013. Stephen was the husband of Susan (Marcotte)

Famigletti, and the son of Angela (Nardolillo) and the late Vittorio (Rocco) Famigletti. He was

the brother of Marianne Ferraresi and the late Paul V. Famigletti. He was blessed with many

nieces and nephews, Kristine and John Toic, Paul Famigletti, Anthony, Stephen, and Nicholas

Ferraresi, Charles H. and Kerri Marcotte, Joseph H. Marcotte, Ashley Longtin and Dave

Delahunt, Shane McLoughlin, Robert Longtin, Matthew Costa, Anne McLoughlin and Gabrielle

Costa, as well as a grandniece, Vanessa Toic, and two grandnephews, Alexander Toic and

Zachary Marcotte. Additionally, Stephen leaves many cousins including his “brother” Guy

Lancelotti, MD, two aunts, Mary “Mimi” Nardolillo, and Jenny Nicastro, and an uncle, Guy

Lancelotti; and

     WHEREAS, Stephen was a graduate of St. Ann’s School, LaSalle Academy and

Providence College and Suffolk University Law School. He was admitted to the Rhode Island

Bar in 1972. He was also admitted to the Bar of the United States District Court for the district of

Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, Following law school, Stephen served as a law clerk for the Honorable

William E. Powers, Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. He also served with

distinction as a prosecutor in the Rhode Island Department of the Attorney General. He was also

a partner in the law firm of Famigletti & Carlin, where he engaged in civil litigation and criminal

defense. Stephen was an accomplished lawyer who tried many celebrated cases including State v.

Claus Von Bulow. He was also appointed to the Rhode Island Select Commission to Investigate

the Failure of RISDIC-insured institutions and served on the Rhode Island Ethics Commission;

and

     WHEREAS, Stephen was presented with the UNITAM award for "Outstanding

contributions to mankind and in honor of his Italian-American Heritage", and was recognized by

the Suffolk University Law School Alumni Association for his "dedicated public service and for

leadership in the pursuit of excellence in the legal community"; and

     WHEREAS, Stephen was a member of the Rhode Island Bar Association, the Rhode

Island Trial Lawyers Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and the

American Bar Association. Stephen was noted for his courtroom skills, his quick-witted humor,

and streetwise charm. He enjoyed reading, cooking, singing, New York City, the Yankees, and

celebrating with family and friends. He was a gregarious man with a big heart who will be sorely

missed by his family and friends; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby expresses its deepest condolences on the passing of Stephen R.

Famigletti; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Susan Famigletti.

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