- Telephone: 401-274-7200
- Fax: 401-751-0604
- Website: www.apslaw.com
Practice Areas
- Insurance Defense
- General Liability
- Property and Casualty
- Fidelity and Surety
- Coverage Issues
- Workers' Compensation
- Subrogation
About Us
With offices in Providence, RI, Newport RI, Boston, MA and Manchester, NH, Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. is a full service law firm offering a wide variety of practice areas ready to handle all the legal needs of clients. AP&S successfully combines the depth and breadth of expertise of a large law firm with the advantages of responsive and direct personal service by partners found in smaller firms. The firm's ability to create and execute winning strategies has earned AP&S national recognition and a growing roster of loyal clients, from publicly-held Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 companies to small businesses, individuals and organizations in 43 jurisdictions throughout the country. Among the largest and most experienced in New England, the AP&S Litigation Department is recognized for its superb quality and cost effectiveness, as well as having handled numerous high profile cases. The firm's attorneys handle all types of sophisticated litigation ranging from complex business and commercial matters to professional negligence, products liability, toxic torts and insurance coverage and bad faith. Other areas include corporate law, commercial lending and banking, mergers and acquisitions, estate planning, real estate, environmental law, energy and utilities law, governmental relations, labor and employment and construction.
Additional Locations
- Boston, Massachusetts
- 175 Federal Street, 10th Floor
- Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2210
- Telephone: 617-482-0600
- Fax: 617-482-0604
- Newport, Rhode Island
- 49 Bellevue Avenue
- Newport, Rhode Island 02840
- Telephone: 401-847-1919
Client Information
Insurance Clients
- AIG
- ALAS
- Athens Administrators
- Broadspire
- Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
- CNA Insurance Companies
- CNA PRO
- Endurance Insurance
- Engle Martin & Associates
- ESIS
- Federated Insurance
- Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.
- Kinsale Insurance Company
- K&K Insurance
- Lexington Insurance Company
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
- Lloyd's Underwriters
- Lockton Insurance Brokers, LLC
- Old Republic Construction Program Group
- Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Company
- Prime Insurance Company
- Sedgwick
- Travelers Bond
- Travelers Casualty and Surety Company
- United Educators Insurance
- United States Liability Insurance Group
Non-Insurance Clients
- Extended Stay America, Inc.
- Home Depot USA, Inc.
- J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc.
- Nuttall Gear, LLC
- Ocean State Job Lot
Personnel Information
Firm Members
John A. Tarantino
Providence, RI
- E-Mail: jtarantino@apslaw.com
Admitted
- Rhode Island, 1981
- Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island, 1982
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1984
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1986
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1989
Memberships:
- American, Rhode Island (President, 1997-1998), Massachusetts and New England (President, 2002-2003) Bar Associations
- Defense Research Institute
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Publications:
- "Personal Injury Forms," James Publishing 2d. Ed. (1996)
- "Trial Evidence Foundations," James Publishing 2d. Ed. (1996)
- "Litigating Neck and Back Injuries," James Publishing (1987)
- "Environmental Liability Transaction Guide," Wiley Law (1992)
- Co-Author: "Estimating and Proving Personal Injury Damages," James Publishing (1988)
- "Personal Injury Trial Handbook," Wiley Law (1989)
- "Premises Security, Law and Practice," Wiley Law (1990)
- "Commercial remises Liability," Wiley Law (1991)
Education:
- Dartmouth College, A.B. (magna cum laude), 1976
- Boston College, J.D. (magna cum laude), 1981
Honors:
Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif
Richard R. Beretta, Jr.
Providence, RI
- E-Mail: rberetta@apslaw.com
Admitted
- Massachusetts, 1989
- Rhode Island, 1990
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1989
- U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island, 1990
Memberships:
- American (Insurance and Health Sections), Massachusetts, and Rhode Island Bar Associations
- Defense Research Institute
Education:
- College of the Holy Cross, A.B., 1982
- Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, D.M.D., 1986
- Northeastern University, J.D., 1989
Kelly A. Kincaid
Providence, RI
- E-Mail: kkincaid@apslaw.com
Years of Experience: 19
Admitted
- Rhode Island, 2005
- Massachusetts
- Connecticut
- U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Memberships:
- Defense Counsel of Rhode Island
- Defense Research Institute
Education:
- Providence College, B.A. (summa cum laude), 2000
- Suffolk University Law School, J.D., 2005
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