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    Sixteen Nixon Peabody attorneys named “Lawyers of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America© for 2019

    Aug 15, 2018

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    Boston, MA. 16 attorneys at law firm Nixon Peabody have been recognized as “Lawyers of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America© in its 2019 edition. These attorneys are selected by their peers for professional excellence in the legal industry.

    The Best Lawyers in America© recognizes only one lawyer in each practice area and designated geography.

    Albany

    • John L. Greenthal: Best Lawyers® 2019 Environmental Law

    Boston

    • W. Scott O’Connell: Best Lawyers® 2019 Appellate Practice

    Buffalo

    • Martha M. Anderson: Best Lawyers® 2019 Banking and Finance Law
    • Susan C. Roney: Best Lawyers® 2019 Civil Rights Law

    Chicago

    • Julie Seymour: Best Lawyers® 2019 Public Finance Law

    Providence

    • Neal J. McNamara: Best Lawyers® 2019 Labor Law - Management
    • Jeffrey S. Brenner: Best Lawyers® 2019 Land Use and Zoning Law

    Rochester

    • Deborah J. McLean: Best Lawyers® 2019 Corporate Law
    • Brian Kopp: Best Lawyers® 2019 Employment Law - Management
    • Christopher D. Thomas: Best Lawyers® 2019 Litigation - Construction
    • Carolyn G. Nussbaum: Best Lawyers® 2019 Litigation - Labor and Employment
    • Richard A. McGuirk: Best Lawyers® 2019 Litigation - Securities
    • Lori B. Green: Best Lawyers® 2019 Mergers and Acquisitions Law
    • William Weir: Best Lawyers® 2019 Municipal Law

    Washington, DC

    • Michael J. Cooney: Best Lawyers® 2019 Nonprofit/Charities Law             
    • Mitchell Rapaport: Best Lawyers® 2019 Public Finance Law

    Additionally, 144 Nixon Peabody attorneys representing over 60 practice areas have received a Best Lawyers® distinction.

    Albany, NY

    • Andrew C. Rose – Commercial Litigation
    • Daniel J. Hurteau – Commercial Litigation    
    • John L. Greenthal – Environmental Law        
    • Peter J. Millock – Health Care Law
    • Philip Rosenberg – Health Care Law
    • Richard M. Cogen – Environmental Law
    • Ruth E. Leistensnider – Environmental Law
    • William E. Reynolds – Commercial Litigation

    Boston, MA

    • Amanda D. Darwin – Banking and Finance Law          
    • Andrew I. Glincher – Real Estate Law
    • Arthur L. Pressman – Franchise Law
    • David A. Martland – Antitrust Law, Corporate Law, and Venture Capital Law
    • David A. Vicinanzo – Commercial Litigation, and Criminal Defense: White-Collar
    • David S. Resnick – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice, and Patent Law
    • David S. Rosenthal – Employment Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor and Employment
    • Deborah L. Anderson – Trusts and Estates
    • Donald D. Cooper – Environmental Law, and Litigation – Environmental
    • Evelyn V. Moreno – Trusts and Estates
    • Forrest David Milder – Tax Law
    • Gary J. Oberstein – Employment Law – Management
    • George J. Skelly – Litigation – Securities
    • Gregory P. Deschenes – Insurance Law
    • J. William Codinha – Commercial Litigation, and Criminal Defense: White-Collar
    • Jason C. Kravitz – Litigation – Intellectual Property
    • Jay D. Rosenbaum – Trusts and Estates
    • Jeffrey W. Sacks – Real Estate Law
    • John H. Clymer – Trusts and Estates
    • Jonathan Sablone – Commercial Litigation
    • Lawrence B. Cohen – Trusts and Estates
    • Lee Harrington – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
    • Mark D. Seltzer – Criminal Defense: General Practice, and Criminal Defense: White-Collar
    • Matthew R. Lynch – Real Estate Law
    • Paul E. Bouton – Real Estate Law
    • Philip B. Taub – Corporate Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
    • Richard C. Pedone – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
    • Ruth H. Silman – Environmental Law
    • Samuel Goldblatt – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
    • Sarah T. Connolly – Trusts and Estates
    • Stephen M. LaRose – Commercial Litigation
    • Thomas J. McCord – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
    • Victor G. Milione – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
    • W. Scott O'Connell – Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Health Care, Litigation – Municipal, Litigation – Securities, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

    Buffalo, NY

    • John J. Weinholtz – Commercial Litigation
    • Laurie Styka Bloom – Commercial Litigation, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
    • Martha M. Anderson – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Securitization and Structured Finance Law
    • Susan C. Roney – Civil Rights Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment, and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
    • Vivian M. Quinn – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

    Chicago, IL

    • Alton B. Harris – Litigation – Securities, Securities / Capital Markets Law, and Securities Regulation
    • Daniel J. Burnham – Patent Law
    • Dean J. Polales – Criminal Defense: General Practice
    • James M. Broeking – Public Finance Law
    • Janet M. Garetto – Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law, and Trademark Law
    • Julie Seymour – Health Care Law, and Public Finance Law
    • Thomas M. Fahey – Health Care Law, and Public Finance Law
    • Valerie Breslin Montague – Health Care Law

    Long Island, NY

    • James W. Weller – Litigation - Health Care   
    • Michael I. Schnipper – Health Care Law
    • Michael J. Taubin – Health Care Law
    • Michele A. Masucci – Health Care Law
    • Rebecca Simone – Health Care Law

    Los Angeles, CA

    • Charles Wolf – Public Finance Law    
    • Jill H. Gordon – Health Care Law
    • Michael R. Lindsay – Labor Law - Management
    • Richard Jones – Public Finance Law
    • Robert B. Yoshitomi – Admiralty and Maritime Law
    • Sarah Erickson Andre – Art Law
    • Staci Jennifer Riordan – Litigation - Intellectual Property
    • Thaddeus J. Stauber – Art Law

    Manchester, NH

    • Daniel Deane – Commercial Litigation             
    • Daniel W. Sklar – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Corporate Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy, and Project Finance Law
    • James V. Hatem – Government Relations Practice, and Insurance Law
    • Kevin M. Fitzgerald – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions, and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
    • Philip B. Taub – Corporate Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
    • W. Scott O'Connell – Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Health Care, Litigation – Municipal, Litigation – Securities, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

    New York, NY

    • John L. Kelly – Real Estate Law            
    • Joseph J. Ortego – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
    • Kenneth C. Lind – Public Finance Law
    • Peter Armstrong Egan – Health Care Law
    • Susan S. Robfogel – Employment Law – Management, Health Care Law, and Labor Law - Management

    Providence, RI

    • Adam J. Gwaltney – Corporate Law   
    • Andrew B. Prescott – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation - Labor and Employment
    • Armando E. Batastini – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Commercial Litigation
    • Charles A. Tamuleviz – Criminal Defense: General Practice, and Criminal Defense: White-Collar
    • Jeffrey S. Brenner – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation – Construction, Litigation - Land Use and Zoning, and Litigation - Real Estate
    • Neal J. McNamara – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
    • Neal R. Pandozzi – Public Finance Law
    • Stacie B. Collier – Employment Law – Management, and Litigation - Labor and Employment
    • Stephen D. Zubiago – Administrative / Regulatory Law, Health Care Law, and Insurance Law
    • Steven M. Richard – Commercial Litigation, and Privacy and Data Security Law

    Raleigh, NC

    • John R. Erwin – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law

    Rochester, NY

    • Allan E. Floro – Environmental Law  
    • Anita L. Pelletier – Nonprofit / Charities Law
    • Brian G. Flanagan – Real Estate Law
    • Bruce J. Baker – Real Estate Law
    • Carolyn G. Nussbaum – Arbitration, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Governance Law, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Labor and Employment, Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions, and Litigation - Securities
    • Christian D. Hancey – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
    • Christopher D. Thomas – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, and Trade Secrets Law
    • David M. Schraver – Bet-the-Company Litigation, and Commercial Litigation
    • Deborah J. McLean – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, and Securities Regulation
    • Eric Paley – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
    • J. Brian Kopp – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Employment Law – Management, and Litigation - Labor and Employment
    • James A. Locke III – Corporate Law
    • Jared C. Lusk – Real Estate Law
    • Jean H. McCreary – Environmental Law
    • Jeremy J. Wolk – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
    • John L. Garrett – Trusts and Estates
    • John T. Fitzgerald, Jr. – Trusts and Estates
    • Kevin Saunders – Commercial Litigation
    • Lori B. Green – Corporate Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
    • Richard A. McGuirk – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), and Litigation - Securities
    • Robert W. Burgdorf – Real Estate Law
    • Scott F. Cristman – Litigation and Controversy – Tax, and Tax Law
    • Scott M. Turner – Energy Law, and Environmental Law
    • Stanley W. Widger, Jr. – Energy Law
    • Stephanie M. Caffera – Employment Law – Management, and Labor Law - Management
    • Stephanie T. Seiffert – Trusts and Estates
    • Stephen J. Jones – Litigation - Labor and Employment
    • Thomas C. Greiner, Jr. – Land Use and Zoning Law, and Real Estate Law
    • Todd R. Shinaman – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation - Labor and Employment
    • Tyler J. Savage – Corporate Law
    • William Weir – Municipal Law, Project Finance Law, and Public Finance Law

    San Francisco, CA

    • Charles M. Dyke – Litigation - ERISA              
    • Fredric C. Nelson – Litigation - Antitrust
    • Gregory E. Schopf – Insurance Law
    • Gregory P. O'Hara – Energy Law
    • Jeffrey M. Tanenbaum – Employment Law – Management, and Litigation - Labor and Employment
    • John R. Foote – Litigation - Antitrust
    • Louis J. Cisz III – Litigation - Bankruptcy
    • Robert Blum – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, and Litigation - Construction

    Washington, DC

    • Andrew P. Loewinger – Franchise Law           
    • Bruce M. Serchuk – Public Finance Law
    • Colette A. Dafoe – Real Estate Law
    • Elizabeth W. Whittle – Energy Law
    • Herbert F. Stevens – Real Estate Law
    • Kendal H. Tyre – Franchise Law
    • Kenneth H. Silverberg – Tax Law
    • Keri McWilliams – Franchise Law
    • Lee M. Goodwin – Energy Law
    • Louis E. Dolan, Jr. – Litigation - Real Estate
    • Michael J. Cooney – Nonprofit / Charities Law, and Tax Law
    • Mitchell Rapaport – Public Finance Law
    • Monica Sussman – Real Estate Law
    • Richard S. Goldstein – Real Estate Law
    • Robert C. Bernius – Entertainment Law – Music, Litigation - First Amendment, and Media Law
    • Robert L. Daileader, Jr. – Energy Law
    • Steven B. Feirman – Franchise Law
    • Vernon W. Johnson III – Litigation – Construction, and Litigation - Real Estate

    Practices

    EnvironmentalAppellatePublic FinanceLabor & EmploymentLand Use & ZoningCorporate & FinanceConstruction & Real Estate LitigationLabor & Employment LitigationSecurities & Governance Litigation

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    • Dana P. Stanton

      Counsel
      • Albany
      • Office:518.427.2735
      • dstanton@nixonpeabody.com
      Dana P. Stanton
    • Alison B. Torbitt

      Partner / Co-leader, Food, Beverage & Agribusiness / Co-leader, Environmental
      • San Francisco
      • Office:415.984.5008
      • atorbitt@nixonpeabody.com
      Alison B. Torbitt
    • Bryan C. LeRoy

      Partner
      • Los Angeles
      • Office:213.629.6118
      • bleroy@nixonpeabody.com
      Bryan C. LeRoy
    • Sami B. Groff

      Partner
      • Long Island
      • Office:516.832.7543
      • sgroff@nixonpeabody.com
      Sami B. Groff
    • Donald D. Cooper

      Senior Counsel
      • Boston
      • Office:617.345.6077
      • dcooper@nixonpeabody.com
      Donald D. Cooper
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