Firm Leadership
Meet the talent leading our firm.
Led by unmatched experience.
Choate is led by our Managing Partner, our Executive Committee and our practice group leaders. Their shared vision for the Firm and deep expertise is dedicated to ensuring that Choate consistently delivers an exceptional experience for our clients—in an environment that allows our talent to perform at its best.
Choate has high standards and high energy. At each and every level of Choate leadership, we are committed to reinforcing two fundamental principles. We strive to help our clients succeed in every way we can, and we are deeply committed to delivering a unique and uniformly superior experience in every engagement we take on. This unwavering commitment to our values has helped Choate become known around the globe for the service, results, and value we provide to clients and the strength of the relationships we earn with them.
Bill Gelnaw
Immediate Past Co-Managing Partner
Managing Partners
Executive Committee
Practice Leaders
David A. Attisani
Chair, Insurance & Reinsurance
Adam J. Bookbinder
Co-Chair, Government Enforcement & Compliance
Kristen C. Buteau
Department Chair, Intellectual Property
Sarah N. A. Camougis
Co-Chair, Private Equity and M&A
Cameron Casey
Co-Chair, Wealth Management
Mark A. DeFeo
Co-Chair, Private Equity and M&A
Lee S. Feldman
Department Chair, Private Equity and Business & Technology
Jennifer Conway Fenn
Co-Chair, Finance & Restructuring
Michael T. Gass
Co-Chair, Business & Financial Litigation
J.P. Jaillet
Department Co-Chair, Litigation
Brenda Herschbach Jarrell, PhD
Chair, Life Sciences
Jessica L. Lambert
Co-Chair, Wealth Management
Paul C. Laudano
Chair, Real Estate
Olivier A. Léger
Co-Chair, Tax
Shaina Wamsley London
Co-Chair, Finance & Restructuring
Charles E. Lyon, DPhil
Chair, Intellectual Property
Eric J. Marandett
Co-Chair, Intellectual Property Litigation
David Mollo-Christensen
Co-Chair, Tax
Alison F. Reif
Chair, Labor & Employment
Samuel N. Rudman
Co-Chair, Business & Financial Litigation
Christine G. Savage
Co-Chair, Government Enforcement & Compliance
Anita Spieth
Co-Chair, Intellectual Property Litigation
Melissa Bayer Tearney
Department Co-Chair, Litigation
Lanny Thorndike
Co-Chair, Wealth Management & President, ChoateIA
John F. Ventola
Department Chair, Finance & Restructuring