Malcolm Farmer III – Providence Estate Planning Attorney

Malcolm Farmer III

Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP

(401) 274-2000

https://www.hinckleyallen.com/

100 Westminster Street
Suite 1500
Providence , RI 02903

Malcolm Farmer III

Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP

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Firm Summary

Mac’s practice is focused in the area of financial transactions of all kinds, combined with a general corporate practice. His clients include in-state and out-of-state banks and other types of financial institutions as well as U.S. and foreign corporations of all sizes. He has experience in real estate loans, secured and unsecured commercial loans, industrial revenue bond transactions including sale/leaseback structures, and other specialized banking transactions such as letters of credit, syndicated financings, leveraged buyouts, and loans tailored to specific industries. Mac’s general corporate practice area involves mergers, acquisitions, and purchase and sale of businesses. Mac chairs the Firm’s Nonprofit practice group. He has an extensive practice representing Nonprofit organizations of all kinds.

Embedded with his broader corporate and nonprofit practice, Mac extends his legal experience in sports and entertainment. His legal counsel has not only shaped the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s trajectory but also extended to advising a minor league baseball team, negotiating sponsorship deals in professional golf and platform tennis, and representing the visionary founder of a team in an ambitious international professional hockey league venture.

Credentials

Work Experience

  • Hinckley Allen
    • Chair, Nonprofit Law Group
    • Partner (1971-Present)
    • Associate (1964-1965; 1969-1971)
  • Lawyers’ Constitutional Defense Committee – Jackson, Mississippi
    • Staff Attorney (1965-1967)
  • Governor’s Committee on Crime, Delinquency & Criminal Administration
    • Executive Director (1967-1969)

Honors & Awards

  • Best Lawyers in America® (1993-2021, 2025)
    • Lawyer of the Year (2013)
    • Banking and Finance Law
    • Public Finance Law
  • Family Service of Rhode Island, Brighter Futures Award (2015)
  • Super Lawyers
    • Rhode Island (2008-2018)
    • Massachusetts (2004)
  • Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Hall of Fame, (2007)
  • Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the categories of Corporate/Commercial: Banking & Finance (Senior Statesmen)
  • Martindale-Hubbell® AV Peer Review Rating, Recipient
  • Municipal Bond Attorneys of the United States, The Bond Buyer’s Directory of Municipal Bond Dealers of The United States (the “Red Book”)

Charitable & Civic Involvement

  • Cloister of Distinguished Alumni, St. Mark’s School – Southborough, MA (2017-present)
  • Family Service of Rhode Island, Inc.
    • Board President (2002-2015)
    • President Emeritus; Strategic Planning Committee Chair (2016-Present)
  • International Tennis Hall of Fame, General Counsel
  • Providence City Council
    • Councilman (1979-1991)
    • Minority Leader (1983-1991)
  • Secretary, Assistant Secretary, or Member of Board of Directors for a number of corporate and nonprofit clients

Professional Affiliations

  • Agawam Hunt Club
  • American Bar Association
  • Mill Reef Club (Antigua)
  • Rhode Island Bar Association
  • Rhode Island Commodores

Bar Memberships

  • Massachusetts, 1985
  • Rhode Island, 1964
  • United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, 1966