John A. Tarantino
Recognized since 2001
Providence, Rhode Island
Appellate Practice
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Litigation - Banking and Finance
Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants














- Direct Phone Number: 401-274-7200
- Phone Number: 401-274-7200
- Lawyer Page: https://www.apslaw.com/attorney/john-a-tarantino/
- 100 Westminster Street, 16th Floor
Providence, RI 02903
- Boston College Law School, J.D., graduated 1981
- Dartmouth College, graduated 1976
- Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bar Association
- Rhode Island, Rhode Island Bar Association
- National Judicial College - Board of Visitors
- Boston College Law School - Board of Overseers
- Defense Counsel of Rhode Island - President (2003-2004)
- New England Bar Association - President (2003)
- Rhode Island Bar Association - President (1997-1998)
- Rhode Island Bar Foundation - President (2005-present)
- Litigation Counsel of America - Fellow
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers - Fellow
- International Society of Barristers - Fellow
- American College of Trial Lawyers - Fellow
25 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
12 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards













- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Providence (2025)
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Providence (2024)
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Providence (2024)
- Litigation - Banking and Finance, Providence (2021)
- Bet-the-Company Litigation, Providence (2020)
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Providence (2020)
- Appellate Practice, Providence (2018)
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Providence (2018)
- Bet-the-Company Litigation, Providence (2017)
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Providence (2016)
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Providence (2014)
- Bet-the-Company Litigation, Providence (2013)
- Appellate Practice, Providence (2012)
- Appellate Practice
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Appellate
- Civil and Criminal
- Civil Litigation
- Class Actions
- Complex Litigation
- Corporate Compliance
- Corporate Governance
- COVID-19
- Defendants
- Environmental
- Environmental Crimes
- Federal
- Government Investigations
- Litigation
- Mass Tort
- Personal Injury
- Pharmaceutical
- Product Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- State
- Toxic Tort
- White-Collar Criminal Defense
- Rhode Island Legal Services Equal Access t Justice Award
- Rhode Island Bar Association Award of Merit
- Ralph P. Semenoff Award for Professionalism
- Lawyer of the Year Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly
- Lawyer of the Year Lawyers Weekly USA
- Defense Counsel of Rhode Island Exceptional Performance Citation
- Boston College Law School 75th Anniversary Alumni of the Year Award
- Mass Tort Litigation
- Personal Injury Litigation
- Product Liability Litigation
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