We are proud to announce that 153 of our attorneys have been named to the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America; 37 have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 10 years and four for more than 25 years. Four McCarter attorneys have also been named “Lawyer of the Year” in their field and region. In the edition of Best Lawyers Ones to Watch, 49 McCarter attorneys were recognized.
The Best Lawyers in America are chosen based on peer-reviewed surveys, in which lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.
The Best Lawyers 2023 “Lawyer of the Year”
HARTFORD
Hugh F. Murray III — Litigation – Labor and Employment
NEWARK
Mark A. Daniele – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Michael A. Guariglia – Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
Sherilyn Pastor – Insurance Law; Litigation – Insurance
The Best Lawyers in America 2023
BOSTON
Erik Paul Belt — Intellectual Property Litigation
Lee Carl Bromberg — Intellectual Property Litigation; Patent Litigation
Kathleen B. Carr — Intellectual Property Litigation
David G. Conlin — Copyright Law; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent; Patent Law; Trademark Law
David Himelfarb* – Commercial Litigation
Cynthia B. Keliher — Real Estate Law
Glenn A. MacKinlay* — Criminal Defense: White Collar
John M. McKelway, Jr.— Labor and Employment Litigation
Keith Toms* — Litigation – Litigation – Intellectual Property; Trademark Law
Kevin J. Toomey — Real Estate Law
Christiana Xin Zhang PhD* — Patent Law
William A. Zucker — Commercial Litigation
CORAL GABLES
Tania Cruz-Gimenez* — Commercial Litigation
Carlos J. Gimenez, Jr.* — Government Relations Practice
HARTFORD
Paula Cruz Cedillo — Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White Collar
Thomas J. Finn — Commercial Litigation
Mark Dunn Giarratana* — Litigation- Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent
John R. Mallin* — Real Estate Law
Catherine A. Mohan — Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants); Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants); Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
Pamela J. Moore* — Litigation – Labor and Employment
Moy N. Ogilvie — Commercial Litigation
Charles D. Ray* — Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
Thomas J. Rechen — Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Real Estate Litigation
David X. Sullivan* — Criminal Defense: White Collar
Jeffrey M. Thomen* — Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Richard Voigt — Employment Law (Management); Labor Law (Management); Labor and Employment Litigation
Jane K. Warren — Environmental Law
Rolan Joni Young* — Land Use and Zoning Law
NEW YORK
Gregory J. Mascitti — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Peter D. Stergios — Employment Law (Management)
NEWARK
Anthony Bartell — Insurance Law
Richard A. Beran* — Commercial Litigation
Frederick C. Biehl* — Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law
Lisa S. Bonsall* — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
John B. Brescher, Jr.— Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Gerard G. Brew — Trusts and Estates Litigation; Trusts and Estates
David F. Broderick — Corporate Law
Edward J. Butler, Jr.— Real Estate Law
Sheila E. Calello* — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Scott S. Christie — Information Technology Law
Wilfred P. Coronato* — Commercial Litigation
Martin F. Dowd — Real Estate Law
Paul C. Dritsas* — Environmental Law; Real Estate Law
Gary L. Duescher* — Public Finance Law
Richard M. Eittreim — First Amendment Litigation
Edward J. Fanning, Jr.— Health Care Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants); Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
Clement J. Farley* — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Susan A. Feeney — Tax Litigation and Controversy
Frank E. Ferruggia — Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Real Estate Law
John E. Flaherty* — Litigation – Intellectual Property; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Alan H. Fox* — Corporate Law
Mary Gabriel* — Commercial Litigation
John C. Garde — Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants); Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
Ira M. Gottlieb — Energy Law; Environmental Law
Michael M. Horn — Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Litigation – Banking and Finance
Gregory H. Horowitz — Insurance Law
Howard Kailes—Corporate Law
Scott A. Kobler — Health Care Law; Public Finance Law
Alan F. Kornstein — Tax Law
James A. Kosch — Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
David R. Kott — Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants); Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
Lanny S. Kurzweil — Environmental Law
Thomas W. Ladd — Insurance Law
Jose L. Linares* — Arbitration; Mediation
Joseph Lubertazzi, Jr.* — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Banking and Finance; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Natalie H. Mantell* — Appellate Practice; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Kenneth R. Meyer — Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants); Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
Robert A. Mintz — Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense
Richard T. Nolan, Jr.* — Public Finance Law
Jeffrey A. Petit — Real Estate Law
William T. Reilly* — Commercial Litigation
Gita F. Rothschild — Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Labor and Employment Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants); Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants); Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
Adam N. Saravay* — Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Judson M. Stein — Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
Jeffrey T. Testa* — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Stephen M. Vajtay, Jr.—Tax Law
Steven H. Weisman* — Insurance Law
PHILADELPHIA
Philip D. Amoa* — International Mergers and Acquisitions
Joel E. Horowitz—Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Alexander Kerr — Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation
Joann M. Lytle — Insurance Law
STAMFORD
James M. Bollinger — Litigation – Intellectual Property
Joseph J. Cherico* — Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Basam E. Nabulsi* — Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent
TRENTON
Guillermo C. Artiles* — Government Relations Practice
WASHINGTON, DC
John M. Adragna — Energy Law
James H. Byrd — Energy Law
James Choukas-Bradley — Energy Law
Randolph L. Elliott* — Energy Law
John P. Isacson — Litigation – Patent
WILMINGTON
Daniel J. Brown* — Commercial Litigation
Kate Roggio Buck* — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy
James J. Freebery* — Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Brian R. Lemon* — Litigation – Patent
Daniel M. Silver* — Litigation – Intellectual Property
The Best Lawyers 2023: Ones to Watch
BOSTON
Nicholas W. Allen — Commercial Litigation
Rachel E. D. Churchill — Land Use and Zoning Law;Real Estate Law
Stesha A. Emmanuel — Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
Thomas F. Foley* — Intellectual Property Law
Leah R. McCoy* — Intellectual Property Law
Anne E. Shannon — Intellectual Property Law
Wei Song* — Intellectual Property Law
CARMEL
Jordan R. Heitman Kidd — Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
HARTFORD
Emily A. Gianquinto — Labor and Employment Litigation
Tiffany Hubbard — Labor and Employment Law – Management
NEW YORK
Jessie D. Bonaros —Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
NEWARK
Farhan Ali — Litigation and Controversy – Tax
Karen L. Baldwin* — Litigation and Controversy – Tax
Omar Bareentto — Commercial Litigation; Government Relations Practice
Michael D. Benak — Real Estate Law
Cynthia S. Betz — Insurance Law
Kelly E. Brennan — Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
William D. Brown Jr. — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Deirdre E. Burke — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Brian W. Carroll — Commercial Litigation
Nicole Corona* — Insurance Law
Jennifer O. Farina* — Insurance Law
Samuel James — Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
James A. Kellar — Real Estate Law
Nicholas W. Keller — Tax Law
Geoffrey E. Lynott — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Jessica J. Macarone* — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Priscilla Mieir — Tax Law
Amanda M. Munsie — Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Joseph J. Norcia —Tax Law
Phillip S. Pavlick* — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Carissa L. Rodrigue — Intellectual Property Litigation
Christopher A. Rojao — Commercial Litigation
Mario S. Russo — Commercial Litigation
John R. Stoelker — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Scott Weingart — Commercial Litigation
Danielle Weslock — Commercial Litigation
PHILADELPHIA
Diane Anderson-Bach — Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Matthew J. Rifino* — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Michael J. Toczyski — Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Ashley L. Turner — Insurance Law
STAMFORD
Jennifer Black Strutt — Insurance Law
WILMINGTON
Sarah E. Delia — Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
Travis J. Ferguson — Commercial Litigation
Shannon Dougherty Humiston* — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Benjamin A. Smyth — Commercial Litigation
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(*) Lawyers who are listed for the first time in Best Lawyers.