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
