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08.17.2023 | Press Release

Nutter announced that 52 attorneys spanning across strategic practice groups in Boston, New York, and Hyannis have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2024 list. Additionally, 22 attorneys were recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. These awards are given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence.

Two Nutter attorneys were selected as 2024 “Lawyers of the Year” in Boston: Melissa Sampson McMorrow in Nonprofit / Charities Law and Nelson Apjohn in Product Liability Litigation – Defendants. McMorrow and Apjohn are longtime leaders in their field, having been previously named as “Lawyers of the Year” in their respective categories in 2022. The Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” designation is a prestigious honor named to only one lawyer per practice area within each metropolitan region, based on the highest peer ratings received.

The following Nutter attorneys are ranked in The Best Lawyers in America© listing for 2024:

Banking and Finance Law

• Kenneth F. Ehrlich
• Michael K. Krebs

Commercial Litigation

• Nelson G. Apjohn
• Kenneth R. Berman
• Stephen J. Brake
• Benjamin M. Stern
• Christopher J. Sullivan

Corporate Law

• Suzanne Hamel
• Michael E. Kushnir

Criminal Defense: White Collar

• Jonathan L. Kotlier 

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

• Tracy A. Vitols

Employment Law – Management

• Liam T. O’Connell
• David S. Rubin

Environmental Law

• Michael A. Leon
• Mary K. Ryan
• Michael E. Scott
• Matthew H. Snell

Financial Services Regulation Law

• Kenneth F. Ehrlich

Land Use and Zoning Law

• Matthew H. Snell
• Sarah A. Turano-Flores
• James G. Ward

Litigation – Environmental

• Mary K. Ryan

Litigation – Intellectual Property

• Jonathan A. Harris
• Micah W. Miller
• Timothy M. Murphy
• Benjamin M. Stern

Litigation – Labor and Employment

• Liam T. O’Connell
• Christopher H. Lindstrom

Litigation – Patent

• Jonathan A. Harris

Litigation – Real Estate

• Christopher J. Sullivan

Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)

• Ian D. Roffman

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

• Mark J. Tarallo
• Shannon S. Zollo

Nonprofit / Charities Law

• Melissa Sampson McMorrow* 2024 Lawyer of the Year

Patent Law

• Jeffrey T. Klayman
• Micah W. Miller
• Timothy M. Murphy
• Steven G. Saunders
• Kathleen M. Williams, Ph.D.

Privacy and Data Security Law

• Seth P. Berman

Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• Nelson G. Apjohn* 2024 Lawyer of the Year
• David L. Ferrera

Real Estate Law

• Marianne Ajemian
• Paul J. Ayoub
• Michael F. Burke
• Matthew J. Connolly
• John P. Dougherty
• Wendy M. Fiscus
• Beth H. Mitchell
• Michael E. Scott
• Timothy M. Smith
• Matthew H. Snell
• Sarah A. Turano-Flores

Tax Law

• Melissa Sampson McMorrow
• Michael E. Mooney

Trademark Law

• Patrick J. Concannon
• Mark S. Leonardo

Trusts and Estates

• Peter R.V. Brown
• Julia Satti Cosentino
• Sara Goldman Curley
• Thomas P. Jalkut
• William D. Kirchick
• Deborah J. Manus
• Kevin M. Meuse
• Jeffrey W. Roberts

Venture Capital Law

• William J. Bernat

The following Nutter attorneys are ranked in The Best Lawyers in America© “Ones to Watch” category for 2024:

Commercial Litigation

• Michael J. Leard
• Sara Lonks Wong
• Joseph T. Toomey
• Melanie V. Woodward

Corporate Law

• Kathleen R. Henry
• Portia Keady
• Meghan E. Kelly
• Robert F. Lynch, Jr.

Environmental Law

• Valerie A. Moore

Intellectual Property Law

• Emmanuel D. Filandrianos

Land Use and Zoning Law

• Gregory R. Bradford
• Valerie A. Moore
• Ian M. Urquhart

Litigation – Environmental

• Valerie A. Moore

Nonprofit / Charities Law

• Erin Whitney Cicchetti

Patent Law

• Emmanuel D. Filandrianos

Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• Michael J. Leard
• Sara Lonks Wong

Real Estate Law

• Gregory R. Bradford
• Tracy Chu
• John M. Lerner
• David A. Libardoni
• Justin R. Masterman
• Valerie A. Moore

Trusts and Estates

• Caitlin Glynn
• Andrew M. Golden
• Nikki Marie Sherwood
• Nicholas J. Stabile

Best Lawyers is considered one of the premier and unbiased listings of lawyers in the country. Recipients are selected based on an annual peer-review survey, which Best Lawyers has conducted for over 25 years and is now based on more than 6.7 million votes.

About Nutter
Nutter is a Boston-based law firm that provides legal counsel to industry-leading companies, entrepreneurs, institutions, foundations, and families, across the country and around the world. The firm’s corporate, intellectual property, litigation, real estate and land use, labor and employment, tax, and trusts and estates practices are national in scope. The firm was co-founded in 1879 by former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, before his appointment to the Court. For more information, please visit www.nutter.com and follow the firm on LinkedIn.