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Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara Distinguished in Best Law Firms® 2025 Edition in 21 Practice Areas in Rhode Island and Boston, MA
Rhode Island – November 7, 2024 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) announced today that it has been recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms® in 21 practice areas in Rhode Island and Boston, Massachusetts. This marks the 15th consecutive year PLDO has earned this prestigious accolade for its professional excellence with consistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. PLDO’s practice areas recognized for their legal excellence in Regional Tier 1/Rhode Island include: Corporate Law; Criminal Defense: General Practice; Employment Law – Management; Government Relations Practice; Labor Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment; Securities / Capital Markets Law; and Trusts and Estates....
Rhode Island Supreme Court Appoints Brian J. Lamoureux to the Newly Established Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the Courts
Rhode Island – October 23, 2024 – Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell appointed Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) Partner Brian J. Lamoureux, a prominent business litigator and employment attorney who is a leading voice on social and digital media law, to the steering committee of the newly established Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the Courts (“CAIC”). In Executive Order No. 2024-03, released on October 22, 2024, Chief Justice Suttell noted, “The proliferation of generative AI will require the Judiciary, like all court systems across the country, to proactively navigate the balance between the promise of radical efficiency and the threat of inauthentic information.” For that reason, the CAIC...
PLDO Partner Brian J. Lamoureux to be a Panelist at Providence Business News’ Cybersecurity AI & Tech Summit 2024
Rhode Island – October 7, 2024 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) Partner Brian J. Lamoureux, a prominent business litigator and cyber law attorney, will be a panelist at the Providence Business News’ (PBN) 2024 Cybersecurity AI and Tech Summit, on Thursday, October 10, 2024 from 9:00 am to 11:30 am at Crowne Plaza, Warwick, RI. As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to impact nearly all industries and with the recent incidents with CDK, CrowdStrike, and Ticketmaster, the importance of knowing a business’s cybersecurity risks and exposures is paramount. The Summit will feature panel discussions with experts in cybersecurity and AI from the technology, education, legal, insurance and accounting industries who will lead...
PLDO Partner Brian J. Lamoureux Presented an Update on Artificial Intelligence in the Courts at the 2024 Rhode Island Fall Judicial Conference
Rhode Island – September 24, 2024 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) Partner Brian J. Lamoureux, a prominent business litigator and employment attorney who is a leading voice on social and digital media law, presented an update on “Artificial Intelligence in the Courts” to members of the Rhode Island Judiciary at the 2024 Fall Judicial Conference on Friday, September 20, 2024. Attorney Lamoureux, who first presented on Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) at the 2023 Rhode Island Fall Judicial Conference, explained how the most popular AI tools, such as ChatGPT, are evolving; how attorneys are increasingly using AI to aid in the discovery process, mediation and arbitration; and how the Courts are adapting and placing limitations...
Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara Issues Advisory on How the 2024 Elections and Proposed Estate Tax Reforms Could Impact Estate Planning Strategies
Johnston, RI | Boca Raton, FL – September 9, 2024 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) Partner Gene M. Carlino today issued an Advisory on the proposed federal estate tax reforms that could significantly impact high-net-worth individuals’ and families’ estate planning, charitable giving and financial strategies in 2025, and beyond. The American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2024, which is supported by presidential candidate Kamala Harris, represents a dramatic shift from current tax policies. Attorney Carlino’s Advisory, How the 2024 Elections and Proposed Estate Tax Reforms Could Impact Estate Planning Strategies, offers an in-depth analysis of the reform’s key elements and repercussions on current planning...
PLDO Attorneys Named 2025 Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year,” “The Best Lawyers in America” ® and “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch”® in 23 Practice Areas
Rhode Island – August 15, 2024 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) is proud to announce that 13 attorneys have been named to the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and five (5) Attorneys were selected as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America. In addition, Joseph M. DiOrio, Chairman of PLDO’s Banking & Creditor’s Rights Practice, was named Lawyer of the Year in the Providence Metro region for Litigation – Bankruptcy, a designation he’s earned nine times. William E. O’Gara, Managing Principal, was also chosen to be Lawyer of the Year in the Providence Metro region for both Employment Law – Management and Labor Law – Management. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally...
Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara Promotes Two Attorneys to Senior Counsel
Rhode Island – June 24, 2024 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) Managing Principals Matthew (Matty) A. Lopes Jr. and William E. O’Gara today announced that Katherine B. Dunn and Peter S. Strobis were promoted to Senior Counsel. “Our firm is dedicated to a culture of excellence and professional growth. Katie and Peter are talented attorneys who consistently deliver topnotch legal counsel and service to our clients,” said PLDO’s Managing Principals. “We truly value their contributions, congratulate them on these well-deserved promotions and look forward to their continued success.” Katherine B. Dunn is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Estate and Trust Planning, Administration and Litigation teams. Attorney Dunn’s...
PLDO Partner Regina M. Costa Sworn Into United States Supreme Court Bar
Johnston, RI – June 18, 2024 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) is proud to announce that Regina M. Costa, Partner, was admitted to the United States Supreme Court Bar. Attorney Costa and fellow New England Law | Boston alumni were sworn in during a special ceremony in Washington, D.C. “To be able to practice law in the nation’s highest court is a tremendous accomplishment and to be recognized and sworn in by the U.S. Supreme Court Justices is one of the greatest honors of my career,” said Attorney Costa. Attorney Costa concentrates her practice as a member of the firm’s Special Mastership in Prison Monitoring for the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, in the matter of Coleman v. Newsom, overseeing prison...
PLDO Attorneys to Present at The Rhode Island Bar Association Annual Meeting
Rhode Island – June 12, 2024 – The Rhode Island Bar Association has invited several Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) Attorneys to present at its Annual Meeting on Thursday, June 13 and Friday, June 14, 2024 at the Rhode Island Convention Center. PLDO’s prominent Trust & Estate Attorneys Bernard A. Jackvony, Rebecca M. Murphy and David P. Craven are conducting a workshop, entitled “Probate Litigation,” on Friday from 9:00am to 10:15am. As divorce, remarriage, second families, and other societal influences have caused an increase in the likelihood of litigation of decedents' estates in Rhode Island, PLDO’s Attorneys will discuss the rules of evidence, presumptions, and other unique aspects of probate litigation to guide...
PLDO Trust & Estate Attorney David P. Craven Presents at National Business Institute’s Online Seminar “Rhode Island Probate Process from Start to Finish”
Rhode Island – June 7, 2024 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) Trust and Estate Attorney David P. Craven was a featured presenter at the National Business Institute’s (NBI) online Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminar, “Rhode Island Probate Process from Start to Finish,” on June 6, 2024. Attorney Craven presented the first two topics of the full-day online seminar. His first one-hour presentation, “Initial Filing in Probate Court and Estate Timeline,” educated attendees about the small estate administration and the probate court procedure and timetable; formal vs. informal probate administration; opening the estate, including the petition and notice of hearing for probate and administration, required notices and sample...
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