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Rhode Island – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) Managing Principal Gary R. Pannone has been selected as a 2020 Hall of Fame “Excellence in the Law” honoree by Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly. The award recognizes his lifetime achievements and outstanding professional accomplishments in the legal community. The publication has scheduled a virtual awards celebration for all of the newspaper’s 2020 honorees on Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 6 p.m. For more information and to register, please visit https://rilawyersweekly.com/excellence-in-law/honorees/ In addition to this lifetime achievement award, Attorney Pannone, who co-founded PLDO in 2006, has been recognized by his peers and clients as a Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year”...

Rhode Island – August 20, 2020 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O'Gara LLC (PLDO) Principal Matthew A. Lopes Jr. was recognized by Best Lawyers® as the 2021 "Lawyer of the Year" for his government relations practice in the Providence/Metro Region. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan location is honored as the "Lawyer of the Year.” The award reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among their peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity. In addition to the "Lawyer of the Year" award for 2021 and for the eleventh consecutive year, Attorney Lopes was selected for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for his practice areas. Attorney Lopes has over 25 years of...

Rhode Island – August 20, 2020 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O'Gara LLC (PLDO) is pleased to announce that several attorneys in multiple practice areas have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the Providence/Metro Region and Massachusetts. Best Lawyers® compiles its annual lists of outstanding attorneys by practice area and geographic location by conducting peer reviews in which hundreds of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. In addition, the firm announced that PLDO Principal Matthew A. Lopes Jr. and Associate Patrick J. McBurney have received special designations by Best Lawyers®. Attorney Lopes has been recognized as the 2021 Best Lawyers...

Boca Raton, Florida – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) Estate & Trust Senior Counselors Leah A. Foertsch and Jason S. Palmisano will present a webinar, entitled “Planning for the Future Starts Now!” as part of the Boca Chamber PRIME Professionals Group’s online programs on Friday, August 7, 2020 from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. The attorneys will address the importance of business succession planning and offer five steps every business owner should consider to ensure their business’ success continues following a transfer of ownership. For more information and to register for the webinar, visit https://web.bocaratonchamber.com/events/Prime-Professionals-Group-Round-Table-6260/details. Attorney Foertsch is a skilled estate and...

Rhode Island – June 17, 2020 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) Partner Brian J. Lamoureux, a prominent business and employment lawyer and leading voice on social and digital media law, will be a featured speaker during a webinar hosted by Compass IT Compliance, entitled “Data Privacy Rights for the Greater Good,” on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 1 p.m. (EST). Attorney Lamoureux will be joined by Derek Boczenowski, Compass’ VP of IT Audit, to discuss the use of tracking methods and measures deployed in the workplace as a result of the COVID-19 crisis and the potential for “mission creep” over time that may further erode our privacy rights under the guise of the “greater good.” Panelists will address the huge volume of data...

Rhode Island – June 14, 2020 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) Partner Benjamin L. Rackliffe, a leading corporate and business attorney, will be a featured panelist on “Navigating Multi-Level Regulatory Schemes” on Thursday, June 18, 2020 from 10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. as part of the 2020 Rhode Island Bar Virtual Annual Meeting Series. The webinar will address client representation in heavily regulated industries such as the liquor and cannabis industries within the complex framework of interacting federal, state, and municipal laws and authorities. For more information and to register, visit https://ribar.inreachce.com/Details/Information/d7db59c6-8258-4c3d-a9c0-1aa4093b3ad6. Attorney Rackliffe is considered a leading...

Rhode Island – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) Partner Kas DeCarvalho, a prominent business and corporate attorney, has been honored with a 2020 “Professional Excellence in Law” award by Rhode Island Monthly. The recognition, which is based on peer evaluations and professional achievement, distinguishes Attorney DeCarvalho as among the top 5% of Rhode Island lawyers. “It’s an incredible honor to be recognized for the services our team and I provide to our clients,” said Attorney DeCarvalho. “I’m particularly humbled to be named among the other outstanding candidates selected by RI Monthly!” With over 20 years of experience as a corporate attorney and business leader, Attorney DeCarvalho’s practice focuses on corporate and...

Rhode Island – May 21, 2020 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) Principal William P. Devereaux, a prominent trial attorney, will be a featured panelist on a national webinar on “Sports Gambling Legalization: Looking Back and What’s Ahead” on Friday, May 29, 2020 from 3:00 pm to 4:30 p.m (ET). Attorney Devereaux will be joined by other panelists to provide an in-depth analysis of recent developments in sports gambling and betting. Webinar presenters will address implications of the repeal of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) by the Supreme Court in 2018 and offer their assessment as to the status of sports gambling across the country and insights about future trends. The event is hosted by the...