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Rhode Island – April 18, 2023 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) is pleased to announce that distinguished Trust and Estate Attorney David P. Craven, Esq. has joined the firm as Partner and a key member of its Estate and Trust Planning, Administration and Litigation Team. Attorney Craven provides clients with sophisticated estate planning, estate administration and litigation, wealth preservation, and business succession planning. His diverse experience includes not only wills, trusts and estates and probate administration/litigation, but also criminal and civil litigation, elder law, and corporate and business law. He is a former Rhode Island State Prosecutor who spent five years working in the Attorneys General’s Office...

Boca Raton, Florida – March 29, 2023 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) Trust and Estate Attorney Leah A. Foertsch hosted a webinar, entitled “Florida Probate Process from Start to Finish,” for the National Business Institute (NBI) on Wednesday, March 28, 2023.  Attorney Foertsch’s presentation educated attendees about the probate process in the state of Florida, from initial notices through the estate closing, and provided valuable guidance on how to handle claims against an estate, tax reporting and post-mortem tax matters, including final accounting and Florida’s probate rules for closing the estate. To access the webinar, click here. Attorney Foertsch is PLDO’s Office Managing Partner in Boca Raton, FL. As a member of...

Boca Raton, Florida – March 13, 2023 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) today announced that Attorney Peter S. Strobis, Esq. joined the firm as Associate and Leah A. Foertsch was promoted to Office Managing Partner in Boca Raton, FL. Both attorneys are members of the firm’s Estate and Trust Planning, Administration and Litigation Team. “We are excited to have Peter join the firm’s growing Estate & Trust Practice,” said Gary R. Pannone, PLDO Managing Principal. “His wealth of experience providing legal counsel on a wide range of estate planning, trust administration, and probate and trust litigation matters is an incredible asset to our team and most importantly, to our clients.” “A key reason for our firm’s tremendous...

Rhode Island – March 1, 2023 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) announced that Alison A. Tate and Mitchell J. Young have joined the firm as Associates. Both attorneys will focus their practice working with PLDO Principal Matthew “Matty” A. Lopes Jr., who leads the firm’s Special Mastership in Prison Monitoring Team for the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, which is responsible for monitoring prison reform compliance and progress in the implementation of mandatory mental health screening, diagnosis and treatment of prisoners throughout the California prison system. Below are each of the Attorneys’ brief profiles: Alison A. Tate, Associate atate@pldolaw.com Attorney Tate has a deep and diverse background in...