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August 18, 2022 | Press Release

Nutter announced that 51 attorneys spanning the breadth of the firm’s practice groups have been recognized for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2023 list. In addition, 12 attorneys were named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. These awards are recognitions given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.

The following Nutter attorneys are ranked in The Best Lawyers in America© listing for 2023:

Banking and Finance Law

• Kenneth F. Ehrlich
• Michael K. Krebs

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

• John G. Loughnane

Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)

• Christopher S. McLoon

Commercial Litigation

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

Corporate Law

• Suzanne Hamel
• Michael E. Kushnir
• Christopher S. McLoon

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

• Mary T. Marshall
• Sarah A. Turano-Flores
• James G. Ward

Litigation – Environmental

• Mary K. Ryan

Litigation – Intellectual Property

• Jonathan A. Harris

Litigation – Labor and Employment

• Liam T. O’Connell

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

Non-Profit / Charities Law

• Melissa Sampson McMorrow

Patent Law

• Micah Miller
• Steven G. Saunders
• 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
• Michael F. Burke
• John P. Dougherty
• Wendy M. Fiscus
• Beth H. Mitchell
• Michael E. Scott
• Timothy M. Smith
• Matthew H. Snell
• Sarah A. Turano-Flores

Tax Law

• Christopher S. McLoon
• 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 2023:

Commercial Litigation

• Joseph T. Toomey
• Melanie V. Woodward

Corporate Law

• Portia Keady

Environmental Law

• Valerie A. Moore

Intellectual Property Law

• Emmanuel D. Filandrianos

Land Use and Zoning Law

• Valerie A. Moore

Litigation – Environmental

• Valerie A. Moore

Patent Law

• Emmanuel D. Filandrianos

Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• Michael J. Leard

Real Estate Law

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

Trusts and Estates

• Caitlin Glynn
• Nikki Marie Sherwood

Called “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice,” by Corporate Counsel magazine, 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 based on more than 12.2 million votes.

About Nutter
Nutter is a Boston-based law firm that provides legal counsel to industry-leading companies, early stage entrepreneurs, institutions, foundations, and families, across the country and around the world. The firm’s business and finance, 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.