Associate
New Bedford Office
Email Per: per@mtclawyers.com
Before joining the firm, Per Vaage was in private practice for nearly 20 years in Rhode Island, representing municipal, private, and non-profit clients in Rhode Island and Massachusetts in connection with land use, title, professional and personal liability claims, and defense and contract matters. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo, and the New England School of Law, where he was a merit scholar. While in law school, Per interned as an assistant clerk in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island under Senior Magistrate Judge Jacob Hagopian; with the Rhode Island Attorney General’s office’s criminal prosecution division; and with the Massachusetts Division of Administrative Law Appeals. He is licensed to practice before the State Courts in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, the First Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.
Per has served on the boards of directors of several local nonprofits and as a term member of his community’s budget oversight committee. He has been involved in coaching local youth hockey associations in Rhode Island and Massachusetts for many years.
Education:
- B.A., SUNY at Buffalo (Buffalo, New York)
- J.D., New England School of Law (Boston, Massachusetts)