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August 21, 2025 | Press Release

Nutter is pleased to announce that 77 of the firm’s attorneys in Boston, New York, San Francisco, Orinda, and Honolulu have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® guide for 2026. Among those attorneys, Sara Goldman Curley received the prestigious “Lawyer of the Year” designation in Trusts and Estates Law in Boston. Only one lawyer is recognized as the "Lawyer of the Year" for each specialty and location. The total recognitions include 18 attorneys who were named in Ones to Watch in their respective practice areas.

The following Nutter attorneys are recognized in The Best Lawyers in America^® listing for 2026:

Banking and Finance Law

• Kenneth F. Ehrlich
• Michael K. Krebs

Commercial Litigation

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

Corporate Law

• Suzanne Hamel
• Michael E. Kushnir

Criminal Defense: White Collar

• Jonathan L. Kotlier 

Elder Law

• John K. Matsumoto

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

• Tracy A. Vitols

Employment Law – Management

• Liam T. O’Connell
• David S. Rubin

Environmental Law

• Michael A. Leon
• Valerie A. Moore
• Michael E. Scott
• Matthew H. Snell

Financial Services Regulation Law

• Kenneth F. Ehrlich

Land Use and Zoning Law

• Eileen E. Brophy
• Valerie A. Moore
• Matthew H. Snell
• James G. Ward

Litigation – Construction

• Sarah P. Kelly

Litigation – Intellectual Property

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

Litigation – Labor and Employment

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

Litigation – Patent

• Jonathan A. Harris

Litigation – Real Estate

• Christopher J. Sullivan

Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)

• Ian D. Roffman

Litigation – Securities

• Ian D. Roffman

Litigation – Trusts and Estates

• John A. Hartog

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

• Mark J. Tarallo
• Shannon S. Zollo

Nonprofit / Charities Law

• Melissa Sampson McMorrow

Patent Law

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

Privacy and Data Security Law

• Seth P. Berman

Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• Nelson G. Apjohn
• David L. Ferrera

Real Estate Law

• Marianne Ajemian
• Paul J. Ayoub
• Eileen E. Brophy
• Michael F. Burke
• Matthew J. Connolly
• John P. Dougherty
• Wendy M. Fiscus
• Beth H. Mitchell
• Michael E. Scott
• Timothy M. Smith
• Matthew H. Snell

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
• John A. Hartog
• Thomas P. Jalkut
• William D. Kirchick
• Deborah J. Manus
• John K. Matsumoto
• Kevin M. Meuse
• Jeffrey W. Roberts
• Danilo Santucci
• Nikki Marie Sherwood
• Susan von Herrmann

Venture Capital Law

• William J. Bernat

The following Nutter attorneys are recognized in The Best Lawyers in America^® “Ones to Watch” category for 2026:

Commercial Litigation

• Ritika Bhakhri
• Natalie M. Cappellazzo
• Sara Lonks Wong
• Maya Ginga Ritchie
• Mariel T. Smith
• Chelsea M. Torres

Corporate Law

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

Intellectual Property Law

• Gurunathan Laxmikanthan

Land Use and Zoning Law

• Ian M. Urquhart

Litigation – Intellectual Property

• Jordana A. Garellek

Litigation – Labor and Employment

• Natalie M. Cappellazzo

Litigation – Patent

• Jordana A. Garellek

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

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

Nonprofit / Charities Law

• Erin Whitney Cicchetti

Patent Law

• Gurunathan Laxmikanthan

Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• Ritika Bhakhri
• Sara Lonks Wong

Tax Law

• Erin Whitney Cicchetti

Trusts and Estates

• Craig E. Cataldo
• Sara J. Leichtman
• Cassandra L.M. Prince
• Katelyn Youssef

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.