June 24, 2025 - Press Releases

        35 Verrill Attorneys, Across Four Offices, Recognized in the 2025 Chambers & Partners Guide

        BOSTON, Massachusetts, PORTLAND, Maine, WESTPORT, Connecticut, and WASHINGTON, D.C. – Verrill has been recognized as a Leading Firm in 14 categories and subcategories by Chambers & Partners, the London-based legal research and publishing authority renowned for its rigorous evaluation process. Each year, Chambers conducts thousands of in-depth interviews with clients and industry professionals to assess the reputation, expertise, and client service of attorneys and law firms across the United States in a wide range of practice areas.

        In addition to the firm’s overall recognition, nearly 20% of Verrill attorneys were individually ranked by Chambers, including 27 based in Maine, four in Massachusetts, three in Connecticut, and one in Washington, D.C. 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, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, Litigation: Medical Malpractice & Insurance Defense, and Real Estate; and in Massachusetts for Healthcare and Environment.

        The individual attorneys recognized are:

        Maine:

        • Roger A. Clement, Jr. – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
        • Shawn Doil – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
        • Nathaniel Hull – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
        • David Austin – Corporate/M&A
        • Gregory Fryer – Corporate/M&A
        • Mark K. Googins – Corporate/M&A
        • Eric Altholz – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
        • Edward Feibel – 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
        • James I. Cohen – Energy & Natural Resources
        • Juliet T. Browne – Energy & Natural Resources and Environment
        • Mathew Todaro – Environment
        • Gordon Smith – Environment
        • Charles P. Bacall – Intellectual Property
        • Kelly Donahue – Intellectual Property
        • Douglas Currier – Labor & Employment
        • Robert C. Brooks – Labor & Employment
        • Tawny L. Alvarez – Labor & Employment
        • Martha Gaythwaite – Litigation: General Commercial
        • Robert Ruesch – Litigation: General Commercial
        • John Giffune – Litigation: General Commercial
        • Anthony M. Calcagni – Real Estate
        • David Galgay, Jr. – Real Estate
        • James C. Palmer – Real Estate

        Massachusetts:

        • John Shea – Environment
        • Peter Durning – Environment
        • Thomas A. Mackie – Environment
        • 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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