Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense
- Telephone: 617-482-0600
- Fax: 617-482-0604
- Website: www.apslaw.com
Established: 1960
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
- Providence, Rhode Island
- 100 Westminster Street, 16th Floor
- Providence, Rhode Island 02903-1345
- Telephone: 401-274-7200
- Fax: 401-751-0604
- Newport, Rhode Island
- 49 Bellevue Avenue
- Newport, Rhode Island 02840
- Telephone: 401-847-1919
Client Information
Insurance Clients
- ACE/USA Insurance Company
- AIG
- Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
- CNA Insurance Companies
- CNA PRO
- Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.
- Lexington Insurance Company
Non-Insurance Clients
- Elliott Company
- Engle Martin & Associates
- Home Depot USA, Inc.
- Nuttall Gear, LLC
Personnel Information
Firm Members
John A. Tarantino
Boston, MA
- 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
- U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1997
Memberships:
- American (Tort and Insurance Practice Section), Rhode Island (President, 1997-1998), Massachusetts and New England (President, 2002-2003) Bar Associations
- Defense Research Institute
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- 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)
- "Strategic Use of Scientific Evidence," Wiley Law (1988)
- 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
Richard R. Beretta, Jr.
Boston, MA
- 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
Counsel
Kelly Martin Malone
Boston, MA
- E-Mail: kmalone@apslaw.com
Years of Experience: 18
Admitted
- Massachusetts, 1998
- New Hampshire, 2007
- Maine, 2011
- Vermont, 2011
- U.S. District Court, District of Illinois, 1998
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 2005
- U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire, 2009
- U.S. District Court, District of Maine, 2012
Memberships:
- American (Forum on Construction), Massachusetts (Construction Law Practice Group) and Boston (Litigation Section) Bar Associations
- Massachusetts Women's Bar Association
- Massachusetts Women's Bar Foundation
- Massachusetts Building Congress
- Professional Women in Construction
- Associated General Contractors
- Associated Subcontractors of Massachusetts
- Professional Liability Underwriting Society
- Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association
Education:
- American University, B.A. (cum laude), 1995
- The Catholic University of America, J.D. (cum laude), 1998
(See profile under Providence, RI for additional information)
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