About Neil Galvin

Neil P. Galvin has been a practicing attorney in Newport since 1978. He practices in the areas of Real Estate Development and Transactions, Zoning, Probate, Commercial Law, Education Law, Banking Law, Civil Litigation and Personal Injury. He was born in Newport and graduated from Fairfield University in 1975 and from Suffolk Law School in 1978. He was a member of the Newport School Committee from 1981-1985 and has been its General Counsel since 1987. He is also a Trustee of BankNewport. Neil also serves as an Arbitrator for the Rhode Island Court Annexed Arbitration Program. Neil’s clients include BankNewport, Vanderbilt Hall, LLC, the Newport School Committee, the Spouting Rock Beach Association, Boys Town, the Peregrine Group, and many other businesses and individuals. Notably, Neil served as counsel to Carnegie Abbey Club, LLC, in its development of a $200 million mixed residential and golf course project in the Town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He was a member of Corcoran, Peckham, Hayes & Galvin, P.C. from 1997-2018.