In 1981, George Vetter and Terry White, trial partners at a large Providence firm, founded Vetter & White. They set up offices in downtown Providence in an historic building now belonging to the Rhode Island School of Design.

The firm’s roster of distinguished clients grew quickly. We added new partners and associate attorneys. Listed alongside several of the practice areas are some of the clients our attorneys have represented through the years.

Major national corporations as well as smaller businesses, individual clients, and referring law firms come to us because of our litigation experience and our knowledge of the Rhode Island federal and state courts.

What to Expect
As a Vetter & White client, you can expect the highest level of personalized service, meticulous attention to detail, and direct communication with you through every step of the litigation process.

When a case comes in, we analyze it, map out strategy, and set both settlement and litigation goals, all in close communication with the client. Clients get our candid views on significant developments. They are consulted before we take major steps or incur significant expenses. The key is communication, both about the cases and cost effective ways to handle them. The watchword is “no surprises.”

Results
We meet regularly as a firm to review cases. Each client benefits from our cumulative experience and collective judgment, our work on other cases, and our respective dealings with the courts and the bar. We prepare thoroughly and, if need be, bring to bear the full range of courtroom skills.

The specific skills, methods and relationships we have developed have yielded successful results for a variety of clients in a broad array of cases. To illustrate this versatility, we have represented:

• Lloyd’s Underwriters resisting a claim following a staged multimillion dollar gold theft intended to cover up embezzlement
• A manufacturer suing its former manager for surreptitiously diverting products to secret customers.
• A fuel tanker manufacturer sued by the driver after a catastrophic roll-over accident.
• A leading newspaper seeking access to a high profile public corruption trial.
• Bank officers charged with RICO violations.
• A leading manufacturer seeking to enjoin a former joint venture partner from misappropriating proprietary technology.
• A national sports magazine sued by a former basketball superstar for defamation.
• Accountants, doctors, dentists, lawyers and engineers accused of malpractice and negligence in the performance of their work.
• Manufacturers investigating and prosecuting counterfeiters and knock-off artists infringing their trademarks.
• A Formula I team when a famous race car driver died after a Grand Prix accident.
• A national finance company sued in a class action for alleged violations of the Truth in Lending Act.