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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...

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...

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...

Rhode Island – May 14, 2024 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) is pleased to announce that William P. Devereaux, Principal;  Joseph M. DiOrio, Chairman of the firm’s Banking and Creditor’s Rights Practice; and Matthew C. Reeber, Partner, have been named 2024 Rhode Island Super Lawyers. In addition, LaTri-c-ea McClendon-Hunt, Senior Counsel, was named to the 2024 list of Rhode Island Rising Stars. Super Lawyers®, which is part of Thomson Reuters, is a peer review rating service of outstanding lawyers in each state who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement in their practices. No more than 5 percent of the lawyers in each state are selected for inclusion in the Super Lawyers list....

Johnston, RI – April 3, 2024 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) is pleased to announce that Governor Dan McKee today announced his nomination of Kas R. DeCarvalho, Esq., to the Rhode Island District Court. DeCarvalho will fill a vacancy left by Judge Christopher K. Smith, who was appointed to the Rhode Island Superior Court by Governor McKee in February 2023. “Throughout the course of his career, Kas has shown a deep commitment to the law and to our community,” said Governor Dan McKee. “I know that his more than two decades of legal experience and the time he has spent volunteering and giving back to our state will make him a strong addition to the court. I thank the Judicial Nominating Committee for sending us a strong...