| Education: | Brown University, B.A., 1963 University of Denver College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1968 |
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| Practice Areas: | Corporate and Business Law Communications and Technology Banking and Finance Health Care Employment Law Trusts and Estates Securities |
| Admissions: | 1969, Rhode Island 1970, U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island 1974, Colorado 1985, Massachusetts |
| Contact Information: | ccameron@cm-law.com Phone: 401-331-5700 Fax: 401-331-5787 Vcard: Download vcard  |
Colby Cameron represents corporate, health care, athletic conference and communications clients. Prior to his founding the Firm with Richard Mittleman, Colby was an associate and then a partner at Edwards & Angell (now Edwards Angell Palmer Dodge LLP) in Providence. Between his associate and partner years, he was a corporate officer and general counsel to American Television & Communications Corporation, a Denver based publicly held cable television firm, which later became Time Warner Communications.
Principal clients include United Natural Foods, Inc., a publicly held corporation which is the largest distributor of natural foods in the United States, as well as a number of manufacturing and wholesale distribution clients. Clients in the health care industry include physicians, professional corporations, medical staffs, imaging facilities and other health care joint ventures. Colby is also counsel to The Big East Conference and negotiates television rights agreements on its behalf with CBS, ESPN and Madison Square Garden. He also represents a number of professional medical, legal and accounting practitioners and their firms. He also represents Picerne Military Housing, LLC, which privatizes military housing on a number of U.S. Army bases in the United States.
Colby is a graduate of Brown University and a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Denver College of Law. He served a number of years as the volunteer Chairman of VNA of Rhode Island, the largest visiting nurse organization in southeastern New England. He currently is a member of the VNA of Rhode Island Foundation Board. He also served as the Chairman, and is currently a member, of the Rhode Island Bar Association Fee Dispute Resolution Committee. Colby was appointed by the Governor of Rhode Island to the Board of Rhode Island Airport Corporation in 1999 and served as the Chairman of its Board of Directors from 2001 to 2003. He is a member of the Board of The University Club, Providence. Colby is currently listed and has been listed for the last ten years in Woodward/White Inc.’s Best Lawyers in America in the business/corporate category. He has been designated a New England and Rhode Island Super Lawyer in the business/corporate category and as one of the top ten lawyers in Rhode Island by the Rhode Island Monthly magazine for the last two years (2008 and 2009). He is currently, and has for more than thirty years, achieved AV designation by Martindale Hubble, the highest possible peer review rating in legal ability and ethical standards.
In October, 2010, Colby was appointed by the Governor of Rhode Island to the Rhode Island Judicial Nominating Commission for a four year term.
Colby was named a 2011 Super Lawyer in the area of Business/Corporate law on the Rhode Island Super Lawyers Annual List. For the second consecutive year, Colby was also named to “The Top 10″ list of lawyers in Rhode Island.
Colby was recently named Best Lawyers’ 2012 Providence Corporate Lawyer of the Year.
