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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING ITS DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF STEPHEN R.

FAMIGLETTI

     

     Introduced By: Senator E O`Neill

     Date Introduced: January 30, 2014

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Lancelotti; and

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

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

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

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Rhode Island; and

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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and

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby expresses its deepest condolences on the passing of Stephen R. Famigletti; and be it

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further

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

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

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