
Biography/Practice Areas
Joshua J. Butera is Senior Counsel with Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC and a member of the Corporate & Business Law, Municipal Law and Cannabis Law Teams. He concentrates his practice assisting clients in the areas of corporate compliance, administrative and regulatory law, policy and contract law and other general private and public sector issues. He is a skilled legal researcher and writer and has assisted in the representation of individuals, private organizations and public agencies on numerous legal matters before state and federal courts. He also provides business advice to corporate clients and negotiates complex transactions.
For his professional excellence, Attorney Butera has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® as a Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch® in the practice area of Corporate Law.
Attorney Butera is a former Special Counsel in the Office of Governor Gina Raimondo, where he conducted legal research and analysis on a wide range of legislative issues and public policies. He drafted briefs before the Rhode Island Supreme Court and Superior Court and prepared FOIA responses and other memoranda. In this position, he also advised senior staff on legal matters and policies related to the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation. Prior to his public service for the State of Rhode Island, he worked in the litigation department of an international law firm representing clients in numerous areas of the law including contract law, the Fair Housing Act and the False Claims Act. He also represented pro bono clients regarding landlord/tenant disputes, asylum cases and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Attorney Butera earned his J.D. from Boston University School of Law, cum laude, and was the Managing Editor of the Boston University Law Review. He is a Melville M. Bigelow Scholarship awardee and a recipient of the G. Joseph Tauro Distinguished Scholar. While in law school, he served as a judicial intern for the Honorable John J. McConnell, Jr. of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island and in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. He graduated from Brown University with a B.A. in Political Science. Attorney Butera is admitted to practice law in Florida, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and before the United States District Court -Southern District of Florida, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
Areas of Practice
- Corporate & Business Law
- Cannabis Law
- Municipal Law
- Public Policy Law
Bar Admissions
- Florida
- Rhode Island
- Massachusetts
- United States District Court – Southern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court District of Rhode Island
Honors and Awards
- Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch®
Education/Professional Associations
Education
- Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
- J.D. – 2015
- Honors: cum laude
- Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
- B.A. – 2009
- Study Abroad, London School of Economics, 2007-2008
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Florida Bar Association
- Rhode Island Bar Association
Pro Bono Activities
- Children’s Workshop Foundation, Board of Directors
Representative Matters
- Represented a large manufacturing corporation in a complex M&A transaction that involved a multi-disciplinary team approach to successfully close on a ~$50MM acquisition.
- Represent software company in $25 million equity sale.
- Represent renewable energy company in $17 million purchase of real property for development into solar farm.
- Bond counsel to municipality for $2.8 million bond refunding.
- Represent bank in purchase of $165 million grant anticipation bonds.
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The Importance of Conditions Precedent in Licensing, Permitting and Purchase Agreements
Buyer’s Remedy in Real Estate Purchase and Sale Contract
Working Capital in Asset Deals
Nuts & Bolts of a Roll-Up Strategy in Business Acquisition
How Will The Coronavirus Impact Your Contracts?
Inside Business – Business Formation 101
Inside Business – Governance of Corporate Entities
Inside Business – Corporate Structure and Tax Primer
Inside Business – Attracting Investors
Inside Business – Working Space
Inside Business – Small Business Data Concerns
What Investors and Developers Should Know About Opportunity Funds
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