Firm Leadership
Meet the talent leading our firm.
Led by unmatched experience.
Choate is led by our Co-Managing Partners, 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
Co-Managing Partner
Executive Committee
Charles A. Cheever
Co-Managing Partner
William P. Gelnaw, Jr.
Co-Managing Partner
Kristin T. Abati
Partner
Douglas R. Gooding
Partner
Brenda Herschbach Jarrell, PhD
Chair, Life Sciences
T.J. Murphy
Partner
Daniel P. Riley
Partner
Christine G. Savage
Co-Chair, Government Enforcement & Compliance
Mark D. Silva
Partner
Melissa Bayer Tearney
Department Co-Chair, Litigation
Practice Leaders
Adam J. Bookbinder
Co-Chair, Government Enforcement & Compliance
Alison F. Reif
Chair, Labor & Employment
Anita Spieth
Co-Chair, Intellectual Property Litigation
Brenda Herschbach Jarrell, PhD
Chair, Life Sciences
Brian D. Goldstein
Senior Counsel
Brian P. Lenihan
Partner
Brian W. Monnich
Partner
Brian E. Reese, PhD, MBA
Partner
Charles E. Lyon, DPhil
Chair, Intellectual Property
Christine G. Savage
Co-Chair, Government Enforcement & Compliance
Diana K. Lloyd
Senior Counsel
Douglas R. Gooding
Partner
Eric J. Marandett
Co-Chair, Intellectual Property Litigation
J.P. Jaillet
Department Co-Chair, Litigation
Jennifer Conway Fenn
Co-Chair, Finance & Restructuring
Jessica L. Lambert
Co-Chair, Wealth Management
John R. Pitfield
Partner
John F. Ventola
Department Chair, Finance & Restructuring
Kristen C. Buteau
Department Chair, Intellectual Property
Lanny Thorndike
Co-Chair, Wealth Management & President, ChoateIA
Lee S. Feldman
Department Chair, Private Equity and Business & Technology
Louis J. Marett
Senior Counsel
Melissa Bayer Tearney
Department Co-Chair, Litigation
Michael H. Bunis
Partner
Michael T. Gass
Co-Chair, Business & Financial Litigation
Paul C. Laudano
Chair, Real Estate
Paul D. Popeo
Partner
Sarah N. A. Camougis
Co-Chair, Private Equity and M&A
Sean M. Monahan
Partner
T.J. Murphy
Partner