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15-20 years

Best Lawyers 2016 Lawyer of the Year, Government Relations Practice, Providence.
Best Lawyers 2015 Lawyer of the Year, Administrative / Regulatory, Providence.
Best Lawyers 2013 Lawyer of the Year, Government Relations Practice, Providence.
Selected as a Rhode Island Super Lawyer, 2013, 2016 and 2017.
AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating for attorneys.
Selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2007 & 2018 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the fields of governmental relations and administrative law.

Director, Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce.
Member, American Bar Association's Governmental, Fidelity/Surety and Energy sections.
Defense Research Institute member.

Skilled in governmental relations and legislative issues, Richard assists domestic and international companies to succeed and grow, in both regulated and deregulated industries including energy and telecommunications, financial services, health care, insurance, retail, real estate development, entertainment and manufacturing.

His considerable energy experience includes representing domestic and foreign energy companies in developing New England generation facilities. He served as lead counsel in the siting of Rhode Island's largest electric generation plant. He is currently engaged in the permitting process for a 1000 MW power plant.

Richard also has broad experience in litigation matters where he defends insured and self-insured clients in health care litigation, construction accidents, professional liability, product liability, premises liability, corrections actions and director and officer liability matters as well as representing fidelity and surety companies in the litigation of fiduciary/inventory loss and construction disputes.

  • (850) 222-9075

  • 124 W Jefferson StreetOPB-DIRTallahasseeFL32301

Clients:
Clients:

1) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC

2) Advocating for Seniors

3) Ajax Building Company, LLC

4) American Traffic Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Verra Mobility

5) AshBritt, Inc.

6) Associated Builders and Contractors Florida East Coast Chapter Inc.

7) Associated Industries of Florida, Inc.

8) Assurant Group

9) AT&T Services, Inc.

10) Atkins North America, Inc.

11) bestbet Jacksonville

12) BlackRock Funds Services Group, LLC

13) Boatsetter

14) Bonefish & Tarpon Trust

15) Brandt Information Services

16) Broward College Foundation

17) Broward County

18) Busch Wildlife Sanctuary

19) CDR Maguire

20) Chick-Fil-A, Inc.

21) Cicero Action

22) Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC

23) Citigroup Washington Inc.

24) City of Boca Raton

25) City of Coral Gables

26) City of Fort Lauderdale

27) Cody Khan

28) Community Care Plan

29) Coventry

30) CVS Health and All Affiliates

31) Delta Air Lines, Inc.

32) Development Corporation for Israel

33) DialCare, LLC.

34) Ducky Recovery, LLC.

35) Ecosouth Florida, LLC

36) Elevated, LLC

37) Elite DNA Therapy

38) Emovis USA, Inc.

39) Field of Dreams

40) Florida Alliance for Vacation Rentals

41) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

42) Florida Community Financial Services Association

43) Florida Credit Union Association

44) Florida Institute of Technology

45) Florida International University Foundation, Inc.

46) Florida Power & Light Company

47) Florida Prosecuting Attorney's Association

48) Florida Realtors

49) Florida Surplus Lines Association

50) Fox Corporation

51) Gartner, Inc.

52) George Hackney Inc. d/b/a Trulieve

53) Haleon Consumer Healthcare

54) Hillpointe, LLC

55) Horsepower Electric

56) INSIGHTEC

57) K9s for Warriors

58) Kalshi Inc.

59) Lennar Homes, LLC

60) Life Science Logistics, LLC

61) Little Havana Activities & Nutrition Centers of Dade County, Inc.

62) Loggerhead Marinelife Center

63) Lost Tree Village Property Owners Association, Inc.

64) Melbourne Greyhound Park

65) Memorial Healthcare System

66) Miami-Dade County

67) Monroe County Board of County Commissioners

68) National Speech & Debate Association

69) Neal Communities

70) Neal Land & Neighborhoods

71) Nile Inc.

72) North American Transit Alliance

73) OBS Real Estate Holdings, LLC

74) Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc.

75) Old Republic National Title Insurance Company

76) Orange Barrel Media

77) Orlando Health

78) Palm Beach Atlantic University

79) Palm Beach County

80) Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

81) Palm Beach Zoo

82) Paypal

83) PCI Gaming

84) Peregrine Technologies, Inc.

85) Polk County Board of County Commissioners

86) Primerica, Inc.

87) PrizePicks

88) Project LIFT

89) Promise Network Inc.

90) Quintessence Marine, Inc.

91) RAI Services Company

92) Real Public Notices LLC

93) RELX Inc.

94) Renaissance Learning, Inc.

95) Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC

96) Ryan, LLC

97) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.

98) SaferWatch, LLC

99) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

100) SAI Interactive

101) Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

102) School Board of Brevard County

103) Sellers Dorsey

104) South Automotive Group

105) St. Petersburg College Foundation

106) St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.

107) Starkey Hearing Technologies

108) Sunshine State Tag Agency LLC

109) Take Stock in Children

110) The Center for Arts & Innovation, Inc.

111) The City of Miami

112) The City of Venice

113) The Coalition of Attainable Housing Providers of Florida, Inc.

114) The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Inc.

115) The Everglades Trust

116) The GEO Group, Inc.

117) The North Highland Company

118) Town Of Highland Beach

119) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

120) University of Florida Student Government Association

121) University of Miami

122) Veyer, LLC

123) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

124) Woolpert, Inc.

STEPHEN LAPATIN

(Rhode Island)
  • 1(401) 274-7200

  • 100 Westminster Street16th FloorProvidenceRI02903