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August 20, 2026 | Press Release

Nutter is pleased to announce that 77 of its attorneys have been recognized in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® guides. The honorees span the firm’s offices in Boston, New York, San Francisco, Orinda, and Honolulu. Among them, Seth Berman was named “Lawyer of the Year” in Privacy and Data Security Law in Boston, a distinction awarded to only one lawyer per practice area and location. The firm’s total recognition also includes 16 attorneys named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® list.

The following Nutter attorneys have been recognized in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®:

Banking and Finance Law

• Matthew P. Doring
• Kenneth F. Ehrlich
• Michael K. Krebs

Commercial Litigation

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

Construction Law

• Sarah P. Kelly

Corporate Law

• Suzanne Hamel
• Michael E. Kushnir

Criminal Defense: White Collar

• Jonathan L. Kotlier 

Elder Law

• John K. Matsumoto
• Kimberly A. Murakami

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 – Environmental

• Matthew H. Snell

Litigation – Insurance

• Eric P. Magnuson

Litigation – Intellectual Property

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

Litigation – Labor and Employment

• Christopher H. Lindstrom
• Liam T. O’Connell
• David S. Rubin

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
• Kimberly A. Murakami

Nonprofit / Charities Law

• Melissa Sampson McMorrow
• Julia Satti Cosentino

Patent Law

• Amy DeCloux
• Jeffrey T. Klayman
• Mark S. Leonardo
• Micah W. Miller
• Timothy M. Murphy
• Steven G. Saunders
• Benjamin M. Stern
• Kathleen M. Williams

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
• Kenneth K. Yoon

Trademark Law

• Patrick J. Concannon
• Mark S. Leonardo

Trusts and Estates

• Peter R.V. Brown
• Julia Satti Cosentino
• Sara Goldman Curley
• Caitlyn Glynn
• John A. Hartog
• Thomas P. Jalkut
• William D. Kirchick
• Deborah J. Manus
• John K. Matsumoto
• Kevin M. Meuse
• Kimberly A. Murakami
• Jeffrey W. Roberts
• Danilo Santucci
• Nikki Marie Sherwood
• Susan von Herrmann

The following Nutter attorneys have been recognized in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® list:

Commercial Litigation

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

Corporate Law

• Kathleen R. Henry
• Robert F. Lynch, Jr.
• Timothy J. Rennie

Intellectual Property Law

• Gurunathan Laxmikanthan

Land Use and Zoning Law

• Ian M. Urquhart

Litigation – Labor and Employment

• Natalie M. Cappellazzo

Litigation – Trusts and Estates

• Meghan E. McCullen

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

• 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
• Meghan E. McCullen

Trusts and Estates

• Craig E. Cataldo
• Sara J. Leichtman
• Meghan E. McCullen
• 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.

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