Hon. Katherine A. Merolla is a judge for the New Shoreham Probate Court in Washington County, Rhode Island.
In addition to sitting on the probate court, she is an attorney at Merolla, Accetturo & Lough. The firm has offices in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Merolla also spent time as counsel to the Rhode Island Secretary of State (1995 to 2000), a legal consultant to United States Congressman Jim Langevin (2001 to 2002), and a general solicitor for the Town of New Shoreham.
She gained over thirty years of experience in corporate and commercial law, civil litigation, estate planning, and family and divorce law.
Merolla received an A.B. at Brown University in 1976. She went on to complete a J.D. at Boston College Law School in 1979.
Merolla was admitted to practice in Rhode Island (1979), the United States Court of Appeals for the First and Third Circuits, Massachusetts (1979), and the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.