Miriam A. Ross

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Miriam A. Ross, Esq. is a business attorney, business advocate and community leader with extensive experience in industry, business law and compliance and governance.  Miriam is the recipient of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2012 Women in Business, Champion of the Year for New England and Rhode Island. She is also an Achievement Honoree, 2012 Business Women Awards sponsored by Providence Business News. Miriam was voted Second Place for the best attorneys in the State of Rhode Island in the 2017 Providence Journal’s Reader’s Choice Awards.

For 25 years Miriam was an in-house attorney, working for Textron Inc. as Corporate/Group Counsel providing advice and counsel on domestic and international business and commercial transactions, and business ethics and compliance. Miriam then joined GTECH Corporation (n/k/a IGT Corporation) as Assistant General Counsel and Director of Global Compliance where she managed the global compliance program, outside legal counsel in 83 jurisdictions, and was principal legal advisor for the Latin American region.  During her tenure at GTECH, Miriam re-designed, implemented and managed a world-class corporate compliance program, including privacy issues, risk assessment and confidential, internal investigations.

In 2004, Miriam established a business-focused, private law practice, an innovative firm providing creative and practical legal advice and business solutions to small and medium sized businesses, entrepreneurs, women, minorities and startups.  Miriam is the trusted legal advisor for a diverse client base working with businesses on day-to-day operational issues, as well as more complex matters, like contracts, commercial transactions, buy-sell agreements, licensing, regulatory compliance, employee matters and litigation.  Miriam regularly represents clients in all stages of the business life cycle, both emerging and start-up companies, as well as more mature companies.