Background
Furness, Peter John was born on January 30, 1956 in Providence. Son of Robert I. and Elsie R. (Mooradian) Furness.
Furness, Peter John was born on January 30, 1956 in Providence. Son of Robert I. and Elsie R. (Mooradian) Furness.
University of Rhode Island (Bachelor of Arts, 1978. Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi). University of Pittsburgh (Juris Doctor, 1982) Phi Kappa Phi).
University of Pittsburgh (Juris Doctor, 1982).
University of Pittsburgh (Juris Doctor, 1982).
Worked at Peabody & Brown (Providence, Rhode Island) specializing in Corporate, Public Utilities, Tax, Syndication, Limited Partnership, Securities, Real Estate, Housing and Urban Affairs, Trials in all Courts, Probate, Estate Planning, Labor, Corporate Reorganization, Revenue Bond Financing, Banking, Commerical Law and Commercial Leasing. Admitted to the bar, 1982, Pennsylvania. 1987, Rhode Island; 1989, Massachusetts.
Member: Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Federal and American Bar Associations.
Commercial Law League of America. American Bankruptcy Institute and Business Bankruptcy Certification from the American Bankruptcy Institute.
Peabody & Brown focuses its practice on business law, loan enforcement, bankruptcy, commercial lending, international business law, environmental law, estate planning and administration, employee benefits and labor and employment law, insurance, litigation, utilities and energy law, housing and urban affairs, real estate, tax law, housing and community development and syndication.
Board of directors Rhode Island Chapter for Prevention of Child Abuse. Member American Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, Federal Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Rhode Island Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Commercial Law League, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Anne Marie Tommasiello, June 7, 1981. Children: Lindsey Elizabeth, Jonathan Peter.