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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 – 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...

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...