Our Attorneys

Robert D. Wieck
Practice areas:
Business and Commercial Transactions; Real Estate; Corporate Litigation and Insolvency Law.

Bar admission:
Rhode Island, 1976
United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, 1976
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 1981

Education:
Brown University, A.B., 1972
University of Louisville, J.D., cum laude, 1976, Law Review Editor-in-Chief

Bob has over 35 years experience representing lenders in loan workouts, receiverships and bankruptcies and business clients in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, real estate, general corporate law and corporate litigation.

Bob has been a frequent speaker at seminars offered by the Rhode Island Bar Association's Continuing Legal Education Committee on such topics as creditors' rights, asset protection, property tax appeals, and closely held corporate disputes.

Bob has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, and has also been selected for inclusion in the 2012 and 2013 editions of Rhode Island Super Lawyers in the practice area of Business Litigation.

rwieck@wdglaw.com

Steven P. DeLuca
Practice areas:
Commercial Real Estate; Creditor's Rights Law; Bankruptcy Law; Business Law; Corporate and Commercial Transactions.

Bar admissions:
Rhode Island, 1989
Massachusetts, 1990

Education:
University of Rhode Island, B.A., 1984
Boston University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1989

Steven represents commercial lenders in various types of lending transactions including real estate, construction, asset based lending, floorplan financing, precious metals, and SBA transactions. He has over 20 years of experience representing commercial lending and corporate clients in workout, receivership and bankruptcy matters and representing various small business and individual clients in connection with corporate, zoning and regulatory matters.

sdeluca@wdglaw.com

Richard L. Gemma
Practice areas:
Banking and Commercial Transactions; Real Estate and Business Litigation; and Insolvency Law.

Bar admission:
Rhode Island, 1988
Massachusetts, 1990
United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, 1989
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2001

Education:
St. Anselm College, A.B., magna cum laude, 1985
Boston College Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1988, Law Review
University of Keele, Staffordshire, England

Rick has almost 30 years of experience dealing with financially distressed companies and has developed a substantial expertise in representing lenders in loan workouts, federal bankruptcies, state court receiverships and liquidations, including real estate mortgage foreclosures and secured party sales. He is experienced in dealing with a range of distressed businesses, including real estate (office, shopping center, industrial, hotels, motels), manufacturing, retail, auto dealers, marine related and professional service groups. He is qualified to serve as a receiver for insolvent businesses in the Superior Court for the State of Rhode Island and was selected to act as the Court appointed fiduciary to oversee three of the largest sales in the Court’s history, namely the Newport National Golf Course, the Providence Biltmore Hotel, and a 420 residential apartment unit/62 property portfolio in Rhode Island. Rick has served as the chairperson or co-chairperson of the RI Bar Association’s Committee on Debtors’ and Creditors’ Rights for more than 15 years from 2002 through 2018. Rick also represents clients in the acquisition and sale of the assets, shareholder and ownership disputes, and real property disputes. He has authored and lectured on bankruptcy reform, chapter 11 bankruptcies, state court receiverships, the purchase and sale of a business, and the valuation of a business. Rick is a perennial selection by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the practice area of Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, and in Rhode Island Super Lawyers in the practice area of Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights. Rick was recognized by Best Lawyers’ as the 2015 Providence Litigation-Bankruptcy “Lawyer of the Year”, and the 2018 Providence Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law Lawyer of the Year.

rgemma@wdglaw.com

Lindsay C. Sullivan
Practice areas:
Commercial Real Estate; Creditor's Rights Law; Bankruptcy Law; Business Law; Corporate and Commercial Transactions

Bar admissions:
Rhode Island, 2008
Massachusetts, 2008

Education:
Quinnipiac University, B.S., summa cum laude, 2004
Suffolk University Law School, J.D., 2007

Lindsay focuses her practice in representing commercial lenders in real estate transactions as well as loan workouts, receiverships, bankruptcies and liquidations. She works closely with loan officers in preparing for and completing commercial closings, mortgage foreclosure sales and secured party sales. She is also responsible for handling receivership closings for the firm.

Prior to receiving her J.D., Lindsay gained experience with several law firms concentrating in family law, commercial, real estate and insurance litigation. She also worked in private industry with in-house counsel for a multi-national public corporation.

lsullivan@wdglaw.com