71 Day Pitney Lawyers Named to 2017 Best Lawyers List
Stamford, Conn., August 15, 2016 – Day Pitney is pleased to announce that 71 of its attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2017 Best Lawyers in America. Best Lawyers ranks lawyers through peer-review surveys, and has been published annually since 1983.
The following six Day Pitney attorneys were named 2017 "Lawyers of the Year" in their respective areas of practice:
Hope S. Cone, Family Law
James A. McGraw, Real Estate
Daniel L. Schwartz, Labor Law- Management
David A. Swerdloff, Corporate
James J. Tancredi, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization
Robert M. Taylor III, Banking and Finance
The following Day Pitney lawyers (listed alphabetically by city with their corresponding ranked practice areas) were named to this year's Best Lawyers’ list:
Boston, Mass.
Barbara Freedman Wand, Trusts and Estates
Kenneth L. Grinnell, Trusts and Estates
Leiha Macauley, Trusts and Estates
Ken W. Shulman, Elder Law
Stephen Ziobrowski, Trusts and Estates
Greenwich, Conn.
R. Scott Beach, Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions
Lorraine Slavin, Real Estate
Amy K. Wilfert, Non-Profit/ Charities and Trusts and Estates
Hartford, Conn.
Rosemary G. Ayers, Real Estate
Elizabeth C. Barton, Environmental and Litigation – Environmental
Paul Belval, Energy
Harold M. Blinderman, Environmental
David T. Doot, Energy and Energy Regulatory
David J. Elliot, Appellate Practice
Gerald Garfield, Energy and Energy Regulatory
Richard D. Harris, Copyright Law
Charles H. Lenore, Tax
Ernest J. Mattei, Insurance and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
James A. McGraw, Real Estate
Kathleen D. Monnes, Insurance
John B. Nolan, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization and Commercial Litigation
James Rotondo, Commercial Litigation and Mass Tort Litigation/ Class Actions – Defendants
Joseph K. Scully, Insurance
James Sicilian, Antitrust
Robert G. Siegel, Corporate Governance, Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions
James J. Tancredi, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization and Commercial Litigation
Robert M. Taylor III, Banking and Finance
Paul D. Williams, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation/ Class Actions – Defendants and Product Liability Litigation- Defendants
Albert Zakarian, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Employment – Management, Labor – Management, Litigation –ERISA and Litigation – Labor and Employment
New Haven, Conn.
Keith Bradoc Gallant, Elder Law, Litigation – Trusts and Estates and Trusts and Estates
Joseph L. Hammer, Litigation – Real Estate and Real Estate
New York, NY
William T. Baker, Jr., Energy
Ronald H. Janis, Corporate
Sabino Rodriguez III, Tax
Dina Kapur Sanna, Trusts and Estates
G. Warren Whitaker, Trusts and Estates
Parsippany, NJ
Michael T. Bissinger, Employment – Management, Labor – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment
Lori J. Braender, Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions
Warren J. Casey, Corporate Governance, Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions and Securities Regulation
Hope S. Cone, Family Law
Colleen R. Donovan, Environmental, Real Estate
David P. Doyle, Employee Benefits (ERISA)
Michael J. Dunne, Commercial Litigation and Information Technology
Michael K. Furey, Employment – Management and Labor – Management
Michael James Guerriero, Tax
Benjamin E. Haglund, Mass Tort Litigation/ Class Actions – Defendants
Paul J. Halasz, Commercial Litigation, Litigation- Construction
Joy Harmon Sperling, Litigation – Banking and Finance
Douglas R. Henshaw, Land Use and Zoning and Real Estate
Dennis T. Kearney, Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Theresa A. Kelly, Employment – Management, Labor – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment
Dennis R. LaFiura, Franchise Law
Kathy A. Lawler, Employee Benefits (ERISA)
Anthony J. Marchetta, Commercial Litigation
Henry Nelson Massey, Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities Regulation
Patrick J. McCarthy, Employment – Individuals, Employment – Management, Labor – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment
Gregory C. Parliman, Employment – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment
Mary Lou Parker, Trusts and Estates
Mary B. Rogers, Employment – Management, Labor - Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment
Elizabeth J. Sher, Commercial Litigation
Peter J. Wolfson, Land Use and Zoning, Litigation – Real Estate and Real Estate
Stamford, Conn.
Michael P. Byrne, Real Estate
Gregory A. Hayes, Litigation –Trusts and Estates and Trusts and Estates
Robert J. Miller, Trusts and Estates
Daniel L. Schwartz, Employment – Individuals, Employment – Management, Labor – Management and Labor – Union
David A. Swerdloff, Corporate Governance, Corporate, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions and Securities/ Capital Markets
Stanley A. Twardy, Jr, Criminal Defense: White Collar
West Hartford, Conn.
B. Dane Dudley, Trusts and Estates
Steven M. Fast, Litigation – Trusts and Estates and Trusts and Estates
Martin Wolman, Trusts and Estates
*Best Lawyers results are based entirely on peer-review and issued by Best Lawyers. A description of the selection methodology can be found at https://www.bestlawyers.com/About/MethodologyBasic.aspx. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
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