June 7, 2024 - Press Releases

        30 Verrill Attorneys, Across Four Offices, Recognized in the 2024 Chambers & Partners Guide

        Verrill has been rated as a Leading Firm in a total of 12 categories and subcategories as evaluated by London-based Chambers & Partners, one of the world’s most respected legal research and publishing firms. Each year, Chambers conducts thousands of in-depth interviews with clients in order to assess the reputations and experience of business lawyers across the United States in various practice areas.

        In addition, approximately 20% of attorneys from the firm, including 23 Maine-based, three Massachusetts-based, three Connecticut-based, and one Washington, D.C.-based were acknowledged. In addition to the firm’s individual rankings, the firm was recognized in Connecticut for Corporate/M&A and Litigation: General Commercial; in Maine for Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Corporate/M&A, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, Litigation: Medical Malpractice & Insurance Defense, and Real Estate; and in Massachusetts for Healthcare.

        The individual attorneys recognized are:

        Maine:

        Roger Clement – Bankruptcy/Restructuring

        Nathaniel Hull – Bankruptcy/Restructuring

        Gregory Fryer – Corporate/M&A

        Mark Googins – Corporate

        Eric Altholz – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

        Kenneth Ginder – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

        Suzanne Meeker – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

        Christopher Lockman – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

        Lisa Boehm – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

        Jim Cohen – Energy & Natural Resources

        Juliet Browne – Environment

        Mathew Todaro – Environment

        Gordon Smith – Environment

        Douglas Currier – Labor & Employment

        Robert Brooks – Labor & Employment

        Tawny Alvarez – Labor & Employment

        Martha Gaythwaite – Litigation: General Commercial

        A. Robert Ruesch – Litigation: General Commercial

        John Giffune – Litigation: General Commercial

        Philip Coffin – Litigation: Medical Malpractice & Insurance Defense

        Anthony Calcagni – Real Estate

        David Galgay – Real Estate

        James Palmer – Real Estate

        Massachusetts:

        Jeffrey Heidt – Healthcare

        David Lazarus – Healthcare

        Michael Fee – Healthcare and Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

        Connecticut:

        Cheryl Johnson – Corporate/M&A

        Frank Silvestri – Litigation: General Commercial

        Regina Flaherty – Real Estate

        Washington, D.C.:

        Geoffrey Why – Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite

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