Kimberly A. Petta, Esq.

EXPERIENCE

Attorney Kimberly A. Petta is a rising star in the areas of drunk driving (DUI, DWI, OUI) and criminal defense. In 2011, she was the only attorney in Rhode Island recognized as a rising star in the area of DUI defense. Besides her work in the DUI and criminal defense fields, she has concentrated experience in the areas of cybercrimes, expungements and social host violations.

LECTURES AND PUBLICATIONS

Lectures:

2022 R.I. Bar Association, “Hardship Licenses & Ignition Interlock Devices: Part II”
2022 Salve Regina University, “Cyber-Crimes & Sex Crimes Investigations”
2021 R.I. Bar Association, “Hardship Licenses & Ignition Interlock Devices”
2021 Salve Regina University, “Cyber-Crimes & Sex Crimes Investigations”
2020 R.I Public Defender’s Office “DWI & DREs”
2020 Salve Regina University, “Cyber-Crimes & Sex Crimes Investigations”
2019 Salve Regina University, “Drunk Driving: Detection, Prosecution and Defense”
2019 R.I. Bar Association, “DUI Laws & Hardship Licenses”
2019 Salve Regina University, “Cyber-Crimes & Sex Crimes Investigations”
2018 Salve Regina University, “Drunk Driving: Detection, Prosecution and Defense”
2018 R.I. Bar Association, “Hardship Licenses & Ignition Interlock Devices”
2018 Salve Regina University, “Cyber-Crimes & Sex Crimes Investigations”
2017 R.I. Bar Association, "DUI Laws & Hardship Licenses"
2017 Salve Regina University, "Cyber-Crimes & Sex Crimes Investigations"
2016 Salve Regina University, "Drunk Driving: Detection, Prosecution & Defense"
2016 R.I. Bar Association, "Law Day - Miranda Rights"
2016 Salve Regina University, "Cyber-Crimes & Sex Crimes Investigations"
2015 Salve Regina University, "Drunk Driving:Detection, Prosecution & Defense"
2015 R.I.A.C.D.L., "Forensic Science 101 : DWI Cases"
2015 R.I. Bar Association, “The Changing Science & Technology of DUI Cases”
2015 Salve Regina University, “Cyber-Crimes & Sex Crimes Investigations”
2014 Salve Regina University, "Drunk Driving: Detection, Prosecution and Defense"
2014 R.I. Bar Association "Law Day - Students' First Amendment Rights"
2014 R.I. Bar Association, "Drunk Driving: Detection, Prosecution and Defense"
2014 Salve Regina University, "Cyber-Crimes & Sex Crimes Investigations"
2013 Salve Regina University, "Drunk Driving: Detection, Prosecution and Defense"
2013 R.I. Bar Association, "Law Day - Police Questioning"
2013 Salve Regina University, "Sex Crimes in Rhode Island"
2012 Salve Regina University, "Drunk Driving: Detection, Prosecution and Defense"
2012 R.I. Bar Association, "Law Day - Freedom of Speech and Internet Crimes"
2012 R.I. Bar Association, "Successful Prosecution and Defense of DUI Cases"
2011 Criminal Law Review CLE, "Handling First DUI Case"
2011 R.I. Bar Association, "Law Day - Cyber-Bullying, Sexting and Internet Crimes"
2011 R.I. Bar Association, "Successful Prosecution and Defense of DUI Cases"

Publications:

Rhode Island DUI Conditional Hardship Licenses: The Sequel,
Rhode Island Bar Journal, January/February 2017
Rhode Island DUI Conditional Hardship Licenses,
Rhode Island Bar Journal, January/February, 2015
Drunk Driving and Warrantless Blood Tests,
Rhode Island Bar Journal, September/October, 2014
6th Amendment's Confrontation Clause Evolution,
Rhode Island Bar Journal , March/April, 2013
Refusal Beyond the Basics,
Rhode Island Bar Journal , November/December, 2011
Cyber Crimes: Bullying, Stalking, Sexting & Texting,
Rhode Island Bar Journal , March/April, 2011

EDUCATION

Attorney Petta graduated magna cum laude from Roger Williams University School of Law where she received her Juris Doctorate in 2009. During law school, Attorney Petta was a Rule Nine student attorney for the criminal justice and legal assistance clinic. She also worked in the criminal division of the Department of Attorney General and she clerked for Judge Edward Clifton of the Rhode Island Superior Court. While in law school, Attorney Petta was a research assistant for Professor Anne Lawton and aided in the publication of:

Lawton & Oswald, Scary Stories and the Limited Liability Polluter in Chapter 11, 65 Washington & Lee Law Review 451 (2008).

Attorney Petta graduated cum laude from Boston University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History with a Minor in Political Science in 2006.

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

In 2010, Attorney Petta was admitted to practice in both Rhode Island and Massachusetts. In 2011, Attorney Petta was admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Attorney Petta is a member of the Rhode Island Bar Association, the Newport County Bar Association, the Rhode Island Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the National College of DUI Defense and the Rhode Island Association for Justice.

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