About Gary
Gary R. Pannone: Experienced Corporate & Nonprofit Lawyer in Providence, Rhode Island
Gary R. Pannone is a seasoned attorney with over four decades of experience representing closely held business owners and nonprofit organizations.
Practice Areas
- Corporate Formation
- Corporate Restructuring
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Acquisitions and Divestitures
- Corporate Compliance
- Health Care Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Social Media & Cyber Law
- Cybersecurity Compliance
- Corporate Governance
- Fiduciary Duties
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- General Corporate Law
- Partnership & LLC Formation
- Social Media Compliance
Awards & Recognitions
- 2024 Lawyer of the Year: Administrative / Regulatory Law, Providence (Martindale Hubbell)
- 2024 Lawyer of the Year: Securities / Capital Markets Law, Providence (Martindale Hubbell)
- 2020 Excellence in the Law Award
- 2014-2017 Lawyer of the Year: Administrative / Regulatory Law, Providence (Martindale Hubbell)
- Recognized: Corporate Compliance (Best Attorney USA since 2007)
- Recognized: Nonprofit/Charities Law (Chambers USA, Super Lawyers)
Education & Credentials
- Bachelor of Science in Finance and Accounting, University of Notre Dame, 1985
- Juris Doctorate (J.D.), Suffolk Law School, 1987
- Admitted to Practice Law: Rhode Island, U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, 1987
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation, 2016
Firms & Affiliations
Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC, Johnston, Rhode Island, United States
Current Firm: Attorney Pannone is the founder and principal of Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC since its inception in 1987. He has served on multiple non-profit boards and provided general counsel to several corporate clients, including numerous Rhode Island municipalities.
Prior to founding his own firm, Attorney Pannone was the managing partner of the Providence office of an international law firm from 2005 to 2014. He has held leadership roles in various professional organizations and continues to be a prominent member of the legal community.
Professional Affiliations: Attorney Pannone serves on several non-profit boards, including the Providence Chamber of Commerce and the Rhode Island Bar Association Foundation. He also holds membership with the New England Institute for Nonprofit Leadership (NENIL) and is a member of Navigating Compliance.
Languages
Attorney Pannone speaks English fluently.
Practice Areas
Education
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Administrative / Regulatory Law, Providence (2024)
- Lawyer of the Year: Securities / Capital Markets Law, Providence (2024)
- Lawyer of the Year: Securities / Capital Markets Law, Providence (2022)
- Lawyer of the Year: Securities / Capital Markets Law, Providence (2020)
- Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Governance Law, Providence (2019)
- Lawyer of the Year: Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Providence (2018)
- Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Governance Law, Providence (2017)
- Lawyer of the Year: Administrative / Regulatory Law, Providence (2014)
- Recognized: Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Recognized: Corporate Compliance Law
- Recognized: Corporate Governance Law
- Recognized: Corporate Law
- Recognized: Health Care Law
- Recognized: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Recognized: Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Practice Area: Nonprofit / Charities Law
- Special Focus: Closely-Held Businesses
- Special Focus: Corporate Compliance
- Special Focus: Corporate Governance
- Special Focus: Cyber Law
- Special Focus: Director and Officer Liability
- Special Focus: Family Businesses
- Special Focus: Fiduciary Duties
- Special Focus: General Corporate
- Special Focus: Mergers & Acquisitions
- Special Focus: Partnership and Limited Liability
- Special Focus: Social And Digital Media Law
- AV Preeminent Rank, Martindale Hubbell
- The Best Lawyers in America
- Chambers USA
- Rhode Island and New England Super Lawyers
- Excellence In The Law, Hall of Fame, Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly