Choate Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021

Forty-four of our attorneys – including more than 75 percent of the Firm’s equity partners – have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021. Best Lawyers® is based on over six million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers, and “is regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.”

Many of the Firm’s attorneys were listed in multiple categories. Five of our partners – Mark D. Cahill (Insurance Law ), Michael T. Gass (Corporate Governance Law), A. Silvana (Nan) Giner (Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law), Diana K. Lloyd – (Litigation – Securities), and Joan A. Lukey (Appellate Practice) – were named “Lawyer of the Year” in Boston for their respective practice areas.

Choate also had four attorneys – Kristen C. Buteau, (Patent Law), Christina S. Dawson (Trusts and Estates), Brian E. Reese, Ph.D. (Intellectual Property Law), and Stephanie L. Schonewald, Ph.D. (Intellectual Property Law) – listed as “Ones to Watch”, which is a new category to Best Lawyers.

Our Best Lawyers include:

• Antitrust Law – Robert M. Buchanan, Jr.
• Appellate Practice – A. Hugh Scott, Joan A. Lukey, and Margaret H. Marshall
• Banking and Finance Law – James A. McDaniel, Peter M. Palladino, and John F. Ventola
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law – Douglas R. Gooding, Kevin J. Simard, and John F. Ventola
• Bet-the-Company Litigation – Jack Cinquegrana, Joan A. Lukey, and A. Hugh Scott
• Biotechnology & Life Sciences Law – Brenda Herschbach Jarrell, Ph.D. and Eric J. Marandett
• Business Organizations – William P. Gelnaw, Jr.
• Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law – A. Silvana (Nan) Giner and Robert V. Jahrling III
• Commercial Litigation – Michael Bunis, Mark D. Cahill, Jack Cinquegrana, Robert S. Frank, Jr., Michael T. Gass, Joan A. Lukey, Margaret H. Marshall, E. Macey Russell, A. Hugh Scott, and Daniel C. Winston
• Corporate Law – William P. Gelnaw, Jr., Robert V. Jahrling III, Brian P. Lenihan, John A. Meltaus, Stephen O. Meredith, and Peter M. Palladino
• Corporate Compliance Law – Michael T. Gass and Robert V. Jahrling III
• Criminal Defense: White Collar – Jack Cinquegrana, Diana K. Lloyd, A. Hugh Scott, and Melissa Bayer Tearney
• Criminal Defense: General Practice – Jack Cinquegrana and Diana K. Lloyd
• Employment Law: Individuals – Joan A. Lukey
• Employment Law: Management – Alison F. Reif
• Health Care Law – Lee Feldman, Julia Hesse, and Christine G. Savage
• Insurance Law – David A. Attisani, Mark D. Cahill,  Robert A. Kole, and A. Hugh Scott
• Litigation: Antitrust – Robert M. Buchanan, Jr.
• Litigation: Bankruptcy – Douglas R. Gooding and John F. Ventola
• Litigation: First Amendment – Joan A. Lukey
• Litigation: Intellectual Property – Michael Bunis, Robert S. Frank, Jr., Eric J. Marandett, Paul D. Popeo, and Daniel C. Winston
• Litigation: Labor & Employment – Joan A. Lukey
• Litigation: Patent – Robert S. Frank, Jr. and Eric J. Marandett
• Litigation: Personal Injury (Plaintiffs) – Joan A. Lukey
• Litigation: Product Liability (Defendants) – Joan A. Lukey
• Litigation: Securities–Jack Cinquegrana and Diana K. Lloyd
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law – William P. Gelnaw, Jr. and Robert V. Jahrling III
• Non-Profit/Charities Law – Charles A. Cheever
• Patent Law – Brenda Herschbach Jarrell, Ph.D.
• Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law – Louis J. Marett
• Project Finance Law – James A. McDaniel and Peter M. Palladino
• Real Estate Law – Gregg B. Cosimi, Brian King, and Paul C. Laudano
• Securities/Capital Markets Law – Robert V. Jahrling III
• Securities Regulation – John R. Pitfield
• Securitization and Structured Finance Law – Peter M. Palladino
• Tax Law – Louis J. Marett
• Technology Law – John A. Meltaus
• Trusts & Estates – Kristin T. Abati, Charles A. Cheever, A. Silvana (Nan) Giner, William A. Lowell, and Brian W. Monnich
• Venture Capital Law – Brian D. Goldstein, Kimberley J. Kaplan-Gross, Brian P. Lenihan, and John A. Meltaus