Community
For most of our 180-year history, Robinson+Cole has actively cultivated relationships and supported initiatives that enrich our communities.
That history is reflected in our commitment to furthering a culture of collaboration and inclusion, which extends itself to our vital engagement as good corporate citizens with those communities-at-large in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Florida, and California.
We are especially proud of our firm’s many employees who contribute their time, enthusiasm and fundraising skills to help serve the interests of numerous organizations and activities.
Community Initiatives
Summer of Service: Providence
A group of lawyers and business professionals from R+C’s Providence office volunteered at FeedRI, with one group organizing and sorting return items from its Johnston, Rhode Island warehouse and distribution center to be donated to community members in need. The second group assisted Feed RI’s marketplace, stocking shelves, sorting fruit, and cleaning the floor from debris.
Pictured here are Boston Office Administrator Heather Seidel, Legal Administrative Assistant Christine A. Gravelin, 2026 Summer Intern Nina Polumbo, Associated Coordinator Robin Lawless, Paralegal Lorrie Nicolas, Providence Office Partner-in-Charge Roger Peters, Providence Office Administrator Heidi Seddon, and Leticia C. Pimentel. R+C’s Rickie Sonpal and Max Daley also participated in the initiative.
Summer of Service: Hartford
Lawyers and business professionals from the firm’s Hartford office hosted their fourth annual BBQ for veterans and residents of the South Park Inn, Inc., in support of the organization’s mission to improve the local community by providing equal access to shelter, food, and solutions for all people to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring.
R+C’s volunteers weathered the extreme heat to set up tables and tents and prepared, cooked, and served burgers, hotdogs, pasta salad, and potato salad to residents along with iced beverages and sweet treats to beat the heat.
Pictured here (from left to right) are Legal Administrative Assistant Suzanne Whitehead, Hartford Office Administrator Rebecca Gneda and her husband Mark Gneda, Senior Immigration Coordinator Cheryl Lubanski, Docketing and E-Filing Specialist Lindsay Caron, Event Coordinator Michele Sexton, and Events and Special Projects Manager Alecia Coffin.
Robinson+Cole’s Chief Operating Officer Michael Orce and Events and Special Projects Manager Alecia Coffin participated in Junior Achievement of Southwest New England’s (JASWNE) Career Day at Guilford High School. Michael, Alecia, and other volunteers shared insight into their careers and background, available opportunities in the job market, and answered questions from students about the workforce, work life balance, and how to succeed in a professional environment.
