About Stephen Armato

Steve Armato is a Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Rated attorney that serves as trial counsel for
several national and multi-national corporations in complex litigation involving personal
injury and wrongful death. Steve has served more than 15 years in the day-to-day
management of the firm’s role as court appointed Liaison Counsel in both the Rhode Island
and Massachusetts consolidated asbestos dockets consisting of more than 500 active cases.
In this capacity, he works extensively with the court, the court appointed Special Master,
plaintiffs’ and defense counsel on pre-trial schedules, trial settings, motions, global docket
issues, and docket management.
Steve has also served as part of a national coordinating counsel team for several companies
that manage thousands of claims, develops and implements trial strategies, and negotiates
global and per case settlements throughout the United States. As part of the team, he has
participated in the selection and development of expert witnesses, corporate representatives,
pathologists, industrial hygienists, material scientists, epidemiologists, and medical
historians.
Steve has successfully tried numerous felony criminal, product liability, personal injury,
business disputes, and unfair and deceptive trade practices cases to verdict. He has pre-trial
and trial experience before Massachusetts and Rhode Island Superior Courts, the United
States Federal District Court for the Districts of Hawaii, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island,
and General Courts-Martial.