Name: Nicholas Barrett, Esq.
Title: Principal Owner
Company: Nicholas Barrett & Associates
Location: 999 South Broadway, East Providence, RI 02914-4701
Place of Birth of Year: Freeport, N.Y. - 1949
Family: Wife Karen, son Nicholas and daughter Emily
College: Suffolk College AAS; University of Miami BBA; Suffolk University JD
First job outside of finance: Marketing rep. for Western Union
First job in finance or allied field: Tobin & Silverstein - associate litigation attorney
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future: Focus on lender services handling transactional work, closings, title, foreclosures, bankruptcy and evictions - gearing up for the finance and acquisitions market, which is picking up.
Hobbies: Time with family, charity work
Favorite Book: "For those I love" by Martin Gray
Favorite Movie: Blues Brothers
Person you most emulate (outside of family): Jerry Seinfeld
Key to success: Persistence and attitude
If you were forced to choose another vocation, what would it be? Paramedic
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