J. Renn Olenn—Founding Partner
Specialty:
- Broad experience in cases involving professionals, products, institutions, and admiralty
- Recognized authority on swimming pool, aquatic, and scuba injury litigation
Education:
- Heidelberg College, A.B.
- Boston University School of Law, J.D.
Admitted to practice and experience before:
- All Rhode Island trial courts
- Rhode Island Supreme Court
- United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
- All Massachusetts State Courts
- United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- United States First Circuit Court of Appeals
- United States Supreme Court
Professional Affiliations:
- Rhode Island Bar Association
- Rhode Island Bar Association Insurance Committee
- Maritime Law Association
Personal:
Renn grew up on a farm in rural Western Pennsylvania which provided the foundation for a healthy work ethic. His leadership training as a U.S. Army tank company commander and brigade staff officer have been useful in building his law firm while maintaining the highest ethical standards and accepting new challenges. When not practicing law, he is an avid reader whose tastes range from biographies to romantic novels and he harbors a not-so-secret desire to write his own book some day. Renn's hobby is building dry stone walls and doing restoration work at a farm museum of the 1790's. He and his wife also enjoy visiting with their two grown children and their families.