Day Pitney is pleased to announce that 87 of its attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2016 Super Lawyers. Twenty-one of these Day Pitney attorneys were selected for inclusion on the lists of Super Lawyers Rising Stars.
Super Lawyers recognition is based on peer nominations and evaluations as well as on independent research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis.
The Day Pitney attorneys included on the lists are as follows:
Connecticut Super Lawyers:
Elizabeth Alquist, Intellectual Property Litigation
Elizabeth Barton, Environmental
R. Scott Beach, Business/Corporate
Paul Belval, Energy and Natural Resources
Harold Blinderman, Environmental
Joshua Cohen, Bankruptcy
Richard Colbert, Business Litigation
David Doot, Energy and Natural Resources
Glenn Dowd, General Litigation
B. Dane Dudley, Estate Planning and Probate
Steven Fast, Estate Planning and Probate
Howard Fetner, Employment and Labor
Daniel FitzMaurice, Insurance Coverage
Keith Bradoc “Brad” Gallant, Estate Planning and Probate
Gerald Garfield, Energy and Natural Resources
Thomas Goldberg, Business Litigation
Joseph Hammer, Land Use/Zoning, Environmental
Richard Harris, Intellectual Property
Gregory Hayes, Estate Planning and Probate
Charles Lenore, Tax
Ernest Mattei, Insurance Coverage
Kathleen Monnes, Insurance Coverage
John Nolan, Business Litigation
Kenneth Ritt, Business Litigation
James Rotondo, Personal Injury, Defense, Insurance Coverage
Daniel Schwartz, Employment and Labor
Joseph Scully, Insurance Coverage, Business Litigation
James Sicilian, Business Litigation
Robert Siegel, Mergers and Acquisitions, Closely Held Business, Tax
David Swerdloff, Business/Corporate
Jonathan Tropp, Intellectual Property Litigation
Stanley A. Twardy, Criminal Defense: White Collar, Business Litigation
Paul Williams, Civil Litigation
Shawn Wooden, Securities and Corporate Finance, Business/Corporate
Albert Zakarian, Employment Litigation, Civil Litigation, Business Litigation
Connecticut Rising Stars:
Marie Bertrand, Real Estate
Jennifer Galiette, Energy and Natural Resources
Sebastian Lombardi, Energy and Natural Resources
Ruth Solomon Moskowitz, Estate Planning and Probate
Jeffrey Mueller, Business Litigation
Elizabeth Retersdorf, Insurance Coverage
Erick Sandler, Business Litigation
Matthew Shiroma, Insurance Coverage
Susan Ylitalo, Estate Planning and Probate
Washington D.C. Super Lawyers
Joseph Fagan, Energy and Natural Resources
Massachusetts Super Lawyers
Kenneth Grinnell, Estate Planning and Probate
Jonathan Handler, Business Litigation
Leiha Macauley, Estate Planning and Probate
Ken Shulman, Estate Planning and Probate
Barbara Freedman Wand, Estate Planning and Probate, Nonprofit Organizations
Stephen Ziobrowski, Estate Planning and Probate
Massachusetts Rising Stars
Sean Donovan, Estate Planning and Probate
David Lieberman, Business Litigation
Amy Lonergan, Estate Planning and Probate
Jaclyn O’Leary, Estate Planning and Probate
Rebecca Tunney, Estate Planning and Probate
Massachusetts Women’s Edition
Leiha Macauley, Estate Planning and Probate
Barbara Freedman Wand, Estate Planning and Probate
Massachusetts Women’s Edition Rising Stars
Amy Lonergan, Estate Planning and Probate
New Jersey Super Lawyers
Michael Bissinger, Employment and Labor
Warren Casey, Securities and Corporate Finance
Hope Cone, Family Law
C. John DeSimone, III, Business Litigation
Colleen Donovan, Real Estate: Business
Michael Furey, Business Litigation, Employment and Labor
Douglas Henshaw, Land Use/Zoning, Real Estate: Business
Dennis Kearney, Business Litigation, Banking, Criminal Defense: White Collar
Theresa Kelly, Employment and Labor
Dennis LaFiura, Franchise/Dealership, Business Litigation
Kathy Lawler, Employee Benefits
Anthony Marchetta, Business Litigation, Class Action/Mass Torts
Patrick McCarthy, Employment and Labor
Mark Salah Morgan, Business Litigation, Criminal Defense: White Collar
Mary Lou Parker, Estate Planning and Probate
Michael Rave, Securities and Capital Markets
Mary Rogers, Employment and Labor
Richard Sanders, Estate Planning and Probate, Nonprofit Organizations
Elizabeth Sher, Business Litigation, Appellate, Class Action/Mass Torts
Joy Harmon Sperling, Business Litigation, Estate and Trust Litigation
Christopher Stracco, General Litigation, Real Estate, Tax
Peter Wolfson, Real Estate: Business, Land Use/Zoning
New Jersey Rising Stars
Heather Weine Brochin, Employment Litigation
Jennifer Gorga Capone, General Litigation
Katharine Coffey, Land Use/Zoning, Real Estate
Craig Gianetti, Land Use/Zoning, Real Estate, General Litigation
Rachel Gonzalez, Employment and Labor
Kim Victoria Mercado, Employment and Labor
New York Metro Super Lawyers
Ronald Janis, Securities and Corporate Finance, Business/Corporate
Warren Whitaker, Estate Planning and Probate, International, Tax
New York Metro Rising Stars
Heather Weine Brochin, Employment and Labor
Ryan Osterweil, Intellectual Property
*Super Lawyers results are based entirely on peer nominations, evaluations and independent research done by Super Lawyers. A description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
About Day Pitney
Day Pitney LLP is a full-service law firm with close to 300 attorneys in Boston, Connecticut, Florida, New Jersey, New York, and Washington, DC. The firm offers clients strong corporate and litigation practices, with experience on behalf of large national and international corporations as well as emerging and middle-market companies. With one of the largest and most sophisticated individual clients practices in the country, the firm also has extensive experience assisting individuals and their families, fiduciaries and tax-exempt entities plan for the future.

