37 Murtha Cullina Attorneys Receive 2023 Best Lawyers in America Recognitions

August 18, 2022

Best Lawyers has announced that 37 attorneys from Murtha Cullina LLP have been selected for inclusion in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.

In addition to those lawyers ranked, Robert Kaelin was selected as Lawyer of the Year in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law in Hartford, CT and Stephanie Sprague Sobkowiak and Heather Berchem were selected as Lawyers of the Year in Health Care Law in Stamford and New Haven, CT respectively.

Along with the ranked lawyers and Lawyers of the Year, we also want to recognize our Ones to Watch. Juliana Garcia-Uribe and Joseph Szerejko were recognized in Hartford, CT, Madiha Malik and Emily McDonough Souza were recognized in New Haven, CT, and Patrick Coughlin was recognized in Stamford, CT.

We congratulate all of our attorneys who were recognized as 2023 Best Lawyers in America:

Boston, MA   
Best Lawyers in America

• 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
• 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
• Andrew G. Wailgum – Construction Law
• John C. Wyman – Commercial Litigation / Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

Hartford, CT
Best Lawyers in America

• Marcel J. Bernier – Corporate Law / Business Organizations / Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Patricia L. Boye-Williams – Environmental Law
• Dana R. Bucin – Immigration Law
• Alfred R. Casella – Trusts and Estates
• George A. Dagon, Jr. – Commercial Litigation
• Michael J. Donnelly – Litigation – Construction
• Robert E. Kaelin – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law / Commercial Litigation
• Richard A. Marone – Trusts and Estates
• Paul R. McCary – Energy Law / Utilities Law
• John H. Mutchler – Copyright Law
• Kari L. Olson – Land Use and Zoning Law
• Willard F. Pinney, Jr. – Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions Law / Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Frank J. Saccomandi, III – Real Estate Law
• Suzanne Brown Walsh – Trusts and Estates
• Robert A. White – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

New Haven, CT
Best Lawyers in America

• Heather O. Berchem – Health Care Law
• Andy I. Corea – Trademark Law
• Jennifer Morgan DelMonico – Commercial Litigation / Product Liability – Defendants
• Marilyn B. Fagelson – Insurance Law
• Bruce L. McDermott – Energy Law
• Patricia E. Reilly – Employment Law – Management / Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Alfred E. Smith, Jr. – Environmental Law
• Barry J. Waters – Employment Law – Management / Labor Law – Management / Litigation – Labor and Employment

Stamford, CT
Best Lawyers in America

• 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

White Plains, NY
Best Lawyers in America

• Salvatore G. Gangemi – Litigation – Labor and Employment

Inclusion in the Best Lawyers® list is based on nomination, voting and evaluation by peers in the same practice area and geographic region. Best Lawyers® assesses the information and checks each attorney's status with local bar associations. Lawyers do not pay to be included. First published in 1983, The Best Lawyers in America is regarded as a definitive guide to excellence in the local profession.

About Murtha Cullina LLP

With offices throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York, Murtha Cullina LLP offers a full range of legal services to meet the local, regional and national needs of our clients. Our practice encompasses litigation, regulatory and transactional representation of businesses, governmental units, non-profit organizations and individuals. Core practice areas include litigation, corporate, commercial finance, insurance recovery, labor and employment, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, construction, energy, health care, trusts and estates, intellectual property, real estate, land use and retail and hospitality. 

Murtha Cullina is the exclusive member firm in Connecticut for Lex Mundi – the world’s leading network of independent law firms with in-depth experience in 100+ countries worldwide; and the exclusive Connecticut member firm of State Law Resources, an international network of independent law firms. For more information, visit www.murthalaw.com.

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