Sixty-six lawyers from Pierce Atwood LLP were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012. Two attorneys were newly listed this year. Pierce Atwood is proud to have half of the attorneys at our firm included in Best Lawyers.
According to this nationwide ranking, Pierce Atwood ranks first among Maine law firms for total number of listed attorneys in the state. The firm is also ranked #1 in several practice areas including commercial litigation, energy law, environmental law, banking and finance law, and labor and employment law.
Portland, ME
Eben Adams / Real Estate Law
Philip F.W. Ahrens / Litigation – Environmental, Natural Resources Law
John J. Aromando / Commercial Litigation
David E. Barry / Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, White-Collar Criminal Defense, Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement
Sarah H. Beard / Tax Law
Jonathan A. Block / Litigation & Controversy, Tax, Tax Law
Ella L. Brown / Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Union, Litigation – Labor & Employment
David J. Champoux / Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law
Bruce A. Coggeshall / Corporate Law, Public Finance Law
Catherine R. Connors / Appellate Practice
Peter W. Culley / Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking & Finance, Litigation – Environmental, Mass Tort Litigation, Product Liability Litigation
Keith J. Cunningham / Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights Law / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Byrne J. Decker/ Mass Tort Litigation
John D. Delahanty / Administrative Law / Regulatory Law, Government Relations Practice
Anthony R. Derosby / Immigration Law
Jared S. des Rosiers / Commercial Litigation, Energy Law
Thomas R. Doyle / Environmental Law
Charles S. Einsiedler, Jr. / Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
James R. Erwin / Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor & Employment
James G. Good / Tax Law
Charles M. Graceffa / Corporate Law*
Kenneth F. Gray / Environmental Law
John W. Gulliver / Energy Law
William D. Hewitt / Energy Law
Christopher E. Howard / Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Everett P. Ingalls, III/ Trusts & Estates
William J. Kayatta, Jr. / Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Banking & Finance, Litigation - ERISA
Dennis C. Keeler / Real Estate Law
Jacquelyn M. Kurz / Real Estate Law*
Ralph I. Lancaster, Jr. / Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense, White-Collar Criminal Defense, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Real Estate, Litigation – Trusts & Estates, Personal Injury Litigation
Margaret Coughlin LePage / Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
Matthew D. Manahan / Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
Jacob A. Manheimer / Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights Law / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Vincent L. McKusick / Arbitration
Allan M. Muir / Workers' Compensation Law
Jotham D. Pierce / Arbitration, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Mediation
Dixon P. Pike / Environmental Law
Gloria A. Pinza / Copyright Law, Patent Law, Trademark Law
Mark E. Porada / Administrative / Regulatory Law
S. Mason Pratt / Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
Richard D. Prentice / Real Estate Law
Robert B. Ravenelle / Tax Law
Clifford H. Ruprecht / Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
James M. Saffian / Public Finance Law
Geraldine G. Sanchez / Commercial Litigation, Litigation – ERISA
Daniel M. Snow / Commercial Litigation
Robert H. Stier, Jr. / Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
Ryan S. Stinneford / Banking & Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law
William E. Taylor / Environmental Law
Louise K. Thomas / Energy Law, Insurance Law
Barbara K. Wheaton / Trusts & Estates
Jeffrey M. White / Antitrust Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property
Judith Fletcher Woodbury / Real Estate Law
James B. Zimpritch / Banking & Finance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Augusta, ME
Malcolm L. Lyons / Medical Malpractice Law, Personal Injury Litigation
Daniel J. Stevens / Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Trusts & Estates Litigation
Warren E. Winslow, Jr. / Corporate Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
Daniel E. Wathen / Arbitration, Mediation
Boston, MA
Kevin J. Handly / Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law
Kathleen King Parker / Tax Law
William (Will) L. Worden / Patent Law
Portsmouth, NH
Mark E. Beliveau, P.C. / Environmental Law
Scott Pueschel, P.C. / Corporate Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law
Denis O. Robinson, P.C. / Real Estate Law
Wilfred "Jack" L. Sanders, Jr., P.C. / Corporate Law
Providence, RI
Brooks R. Magratten / Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law
* Lawyers listed for the first time in 2012.
Best Lawyers is considered an honor in the legal profession because inclusion in the guide is based on peer-review surveys in which more than 41,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. The guide to legal expertise has been in publication since 1983. Pierce Atwood's Ralph Lancaster has been listed in every edition since its founding.
Pierce Atwood is one of New England's leading commercial law firms with more than 130 attorneys who serve regional, national and international clients from offices in Boston, MA; Portland and Augusta, ME; Portsmouth, NH; Providence, RI; Washington, DC; and Stockholm, Sweden.
For more information about the firm, its attorneys and services, please visit www.pierceatwood.com
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