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Day Pitney LLP has once again earned national and regional acclaim in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business*. In its 2024 edition, 34 Day Pitney attorneys and 15 practices have been recognized, showcasing the firm's exceptional talent and the sophistication of its clients and legal matters. The Chambers USA guide is a legal industry ranking that highlights top lawyers and law firms across the United States.

This year, Day Pitney achieved 17 "Band 1" rankings across various practices and offices including: insurance, general commercial litigation, and real estate in Connecticut, employee benefits and executive compensation in New Jersey, as well as litigation in Florida. The firm also made significant strides, with advancements in four practice rankings and eleven individual attorneys moving up in their band rankings. Two Day Pitney attorneys earned their first-time recognition by Chambers, while nine additional attorneys were cited by the publication as having significant potential for being ranked in the future.

Day Pitney's results in the 2024 Chambers USA rankings are based on independent market commentary, client references, and a demonstrated sophistication of legal representation matters including; high-stakes, bet-the-company litigation, sophisticated corporate transactions for public and private entities, real estate, zoning, and land use work, labor and employment, environmental, energy, insurance, private wealth law, healthcare, and employee benefits and compensation.

Chambers USA ranked the following Day Pitney practices and lawyers in these categories (Band 1 ranking is denoted by ¹):

PRACTICE RANKINGS

Nationwide

Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)

Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)

Connecticut

Corporate M&A

Environment

Healthcare

Insurance¹

Labor & Employment

Litigation: General Commercial¹

Real Estate¹

Florida

Litigation: General Commercial; Highly-Regarded¹

New Jersey

Corporate/M&A

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation¹

Labor & Employment

Litigation: General Commercial

Real Estate

INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Nationwide

David T. Doot, Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)¹

Margaret Czepiel, Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) Associates to Watch

Joseph H. Fagan, Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation); Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)

Daniel L. FitzMaurice, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance

Valerie Green, Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)

Sebastian Lombardi, Energy: Electricity (Regulator & Litigation) Up and Coming

Evan Reese, Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)

Connecticut

Rosemary Ayers, Real Estate

Elizabeth C. Barton, Environment¹

Scott Beach, Corporate/M&A

Harold M. Blinderman, Environment

Michael P. Byrne, Real Estate¹

John W. Cerreta, Litigation: General Commercial

Daniel L. FitzMaurice, Insurance¹

Thomas D. Goldberg, Litigation: General Commercial ¹

Susan R. Huntington, Healthcare

Elizabeth Retersdorf, Insurance¹

William Roberts, Healthcare

James Rotondo, Litigation: General Commercial

Daniel L. Schwartz, Labor & Employment¹

Joseph Scully, Insurance¹

Mindy Tompkins, Healthcare

David A. Swerdloff, Corporate/M&A (Senior Statespeople)

Florida

Manuel A. Garcia-Linares, Litigation: General Commercial

Mark Romance, Litigation: General Commercial

New Jersey

Katharine A. Coffey, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

David P. Doyle, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation¹

Francine Esposito, Labor & Employment

Benjamin Haglund, Litigation: Products Liability

Kathy A. Lawler, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation¹

Thomas Malman, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use¹

Laurence Smith, Corporate/M&A

Todd W. Terhune, Environmental

Peter J. Wolfson, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

Rhode Island

George Chaclas, Intellectual Property¹

*Chambers USA results are issued by Chambers and Partners. A description of the selection methodology can be found here.

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