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August 15, 2024 | Forty-one attorneys from Murtha Cullina LLP have been selected for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and five attorneys have been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America.

In addition to those lawyers ranked, Alfred E. Smith Jr. was selected as “Lawyer of the Year” for Environmental Law, and Heather O. Berchem was recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” for Health Care Law in New Haven, Connecticut. Willard F. Pinney Jr. was named “Lawyer of the Year” for Mergers & Acquisitions in Hartford, Connecticut.

We congratulate all of our attorneys who were recognized as 2025 Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America:

Best Lawyers in America®

Boston, MA

Sara P. Bryant

  • Construction Law
  • Litigation – Construction

Daniel C. Cohn

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Litigation – Bankruptcy

Michael P. Connolly

  • Commercial Litigation

Loring A. Cook, III

  • Construction Law
  • Litigation – Construction

Mark G. DeGiacomo

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Bankruptcy

Jonathan M. Horne

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Thomas S. Vangel

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Bankruptcy

Andrew G. Wailgum

  • Construction Law
  • Litigation – Construction 

Hartford, CT

Marcel J. Bernier

  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Patricia L. Boye-Williams

  • Environmental Law

Dana R. Bucin

  • Immigration Law

Alfred R. Casella

  • Trusts and Estates

Michael J. Donnelly

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Litigation – Construction

Robert E. Kaelin

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Commercial Litigation

Daniel J. Krisch

  • Appellate Practice
  • Insurance Law
  • Municipal Law

Lorey Rives Leddy

  • Commercial Litigation

Richard A. Marone

  • Trusts and Estates

Paul R. McCary

  • Energy Law
  • Utilities Law

Willard F. Pinney Jr. 

  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law

Kari L. Olson

  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Municipal Law

Frank J. Saccomandi, III

  • Real Estate Law

Edward B. Spinella

  • Nonprofit/Charities Law

Suzanne Brown Walsh

  • Trusts and Estates

Robert A. White

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

 New Haven, CT

Heather O. Berchem

  • Health Care Law

Marilyn B. Fagelson

  • Insurance Law

Bruce L. McDermott

  • Energy Law
  • Utilities Law

Jennifer L. Morgan

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Patricia E. Reilly

  • Employment Law – Management
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment

Alfred E. Smith, Jr.

  • Environmental Law
  • Municipal Law

Barry J. Waters

  • Employment Law – Management
  • Labor Law – Management
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment

Stamford, CT

Richard J. Basile

  • Litigation – Intellectual Property

David P. Friedman

  • Commercial Litigation

Taruna Garg

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Paul E. Knag

  • Health Care Law

Stephanie Sprague Sobkowiak

  • Health Care Law

Keith S. Varian

  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Real Estate Law

Nicholas W. Vitti

  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Real Estate Law

White Plains, NY

Salvatore G. Gangemi

  • Litigation – Labor and Employment

 

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America

Boston, MA

Zachary J. Gregoricus

  • Litigation – Bankruptcy

 Hartford, CT

Juliana Garcia-Uribe

  • Immigration Law

Julie A. Lavoie

  • Litigation – Bankruptcy

Joseph D. Szerejko

  • Appellate Practice
  • Commercial Litigation

 Stamford, CT

Patrick D. Coughlin

  • Trusts and Estates

 Murtha Cullina recently announced it will combine with New York-based Harris Beach and will operate as one firm, known as Harris Beach Murtha, beginning January 1, 2025. Harris Beach PLLC announced that 62 lawyers from offices in New York have been included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Six of those attorneys were also recognized as “Lawyer of the Year.”

 

About Murtha Cullina LLP

Murtha Cullina is a mid-sized firm with full-service capabilities established in 1936, with a deeply rooted culture of collaboration, excellence and inclusion. With offices throughout the Northeast and New England serving local, regional, national and international clients, including public and private companies, institutions, government entities, tax-exempt organizations and individuals, Murtha Cullina is focused on its clients’ business goals and strategic objectives. The firm’s core practice areas include business law, employee benefits, energy, environmental, health care, immigration, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, real estate, tax, tax-exempt organizations, trusts and estates, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, construction, municipal and commercial finance.

Murtha Cullina is the exclusive member firm in Connecticut for Lex Mundi, the world’s leading network of independent firms with in-depth experience in more than 125 countries worldwide and the exclusive member firm in Connecticut for the American Property Tax Counsel (APTC), the only organization of law firms providing major portfolio owners with a single source for their property tax reporting and tax reduction needs. For more information, visit www.murthalaw.com. Follow us on LinkedIn.