6 AP&S Attorneys Named “Lawyer of the Year” from Best Lawyers in America®

Best Lawyers in America®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named:

Richard R. Beretta, Best Lawyers’ 2013 Providence, Government Relations Practice Lawyer of the Year  

E. Hans Lundsten, Best Lawyers’ 2013 Providence, Mergers & Acquisitions Law Lawyer of the Year 

Patricia K. Rocha, Best Lawyers’ 2013  Providence, Administrative / Regulatory Law Lawyer of the Year 

Kristen W. Sherman, Best Lawyers’ 2013 Providence, Environmental Law Lawyer of the Year  

John A. Tarantino, Best Lawyers’ 2013 Providence, Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year

Todd D. White, Best Lawyers’ 2013 Providence, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions-Defendants Lawyer of the Year

Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.  The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in our surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.