BEST LAWYERS® NAMES PRINCIPALS "LAWYER OF THE YEAR" IN LOCAL REGION


PLDO is proud to announce that each of the firm’s principals were selected by their peers as 2018 “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective practice areas for Metropolitan/Providence over and above their selection to the list of this year’s Best Lawyers in America®.  Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.

PLDO principals and their practice areas for which they were selected as “best lawyers” and “Lawyer of the Year” include:

• Gary R. Pannone was selected for his practice areas of Administrative/Regulatory Law, Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Health Care Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Nonprofit/Charities Law and Securities/Capital Markets Law. Attorney Pannone was named “Lawyer of the Year” in his practice area of Mergers and Acquisitions Law.
  
  
• Matthew A. Lopes Jr. was selected for his Mediation and Government Relations practice. Attorney Lopes was recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” for his Government Relations practice.

• William P. Devereaux was selected in the practice area of Criminal Defense – General Practice and White-Collar. Attorney Devereaux was recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” in the Criminal Defense: White-Collar category.

• William E. O'Gara was selected for his practice in the areas of Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment and Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers. Attorney O’Gara was selected “Lawyer of the Year” for his practice in Employment Law – Management.

Best Lawyers was established in 1983 and has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.  

To contact PLDO principals, please call 401-824-5100 or email Attorney Pannone at gpannone@pldolaw.com, Attorney Lopes at mlopes@pldolaw.com, Attorney Devereaux at wdevereaux@pldolaw.com and Attorney O’Gara at wogara@pldolaw.com.


[back to headlines]