Thomas S. Hemmendinger

Attorney

Current Position

Of Counsel
Brennan Recupero Cascione Scungio & McAllister, LLP
362 Broadway
Providence, RI 02909
USA

Tel: 401-453-2300
Fax: 401-453-2345
Email: themmendinger@brcsm.com

Class: XXXIII (2022)Circuit: First

Tom represents businesses and financial institutions in commercial finance, litigation, bankruptcy, and receivership matters. He also has developed an industry expertise in international logistics, transportation and trade finance. He regularly writes and teaches on these topics.

As a member of the Uniform Law Commission, Tom has been active in a number of projects including: Uniform Commercial Code and emerging technologies; commercial real estate receivership (drafting committee chairperson); regulation of virtual currency businesses; use of electronic communications in international contracts; and independent guarantees and standby letters of credit.

Bar Admissions:

Rhode Island
Massachusetts
United States Courts of Appeals (First Circuit and Eighth Circuit)
United States District Court in Colorado
United States District Court in Connecticut
United States District Court in Massachusetts
United States District Court in Rhode Island

Publications:

HILLMAN ON COMMERCIAL LOAN DOCUMENTATION. (Practising Law Institute, since 1994).
HILLMAN ON DOCUMENTING SECURED TRANSACTIONS: EFFECTIVE DRAFTING AND LITIGATION. (Practising Law Institute, since 2017).
(Co-author) UCC ARTICLE 7: DOCUMENTS OF TITLE, in HAWKLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE SERIES. (Thomson Reuters, since 2017).
“Rhode Island,” USA LEGAL COMPENDIUM FOR THE FACTORING INDUSTRY. (International Factoring Association, 2017)
“Massachusetts State Law of Guaranties,” THE LAW OF GUARANTIES: A JURISDICTION-BY- JURISDICTION GUIDE TO U.S. AND CANADIAN LAW. American Bar Association, 2013.
“Rhode Island State Law of Guaranties,” THE LAW OF GUARANTIES: A JURISDICTION-BY-JURISDICTION GUIDE TO U.S. AND CANADIAN LAW. American Bar Association, 2013.

Civic & Charitable Involvement:

Preachers’ Aid Society of New England (1996-2016)
Aldersbridge Communities (formerly United Methodist Elder Care)

Professional Affiliations:

American College of Bankruptcy
American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers
American Bankruptcy Institute
American Bar Association
Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys
Uniform Law Commission (National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws)

Education:

Brown University, 1981
University of North Carolina School of Law, 1984