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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 80 | HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL • DECEMBER 24, 2018 LARGEST LAW FIRMS IN GREATER HARTFORD (Ranked by number of local attorneys as of April 2018) Largest law firms in Greater Hartford (Ranked by number of local attorneys as of April 2018) Rank Firm No. local attorneys/ Partners/ Associates/ Paralegals Conn. offices/ Total offices Trial law/ Appellate/ Intellectual property Practice areas Managing partner(s) Year founded locally 1 Shipman & Goodwin LLP One Constitution Plaza Hartford, CT 06103 860-251-5000; www.shipmangoodwin.com 123 74 37 24 5 7 Y Y Y Employment, environmental, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, business and finance, commercial, education, tax, government investigations and white-collar criminal defense, health care, insurance, petroleum marketing, real estate, and trusts and estates Alan E. Lieberman 1919 2 Robinson & Cole LLP 280 Trumbull St. Hartford, CT 06103 800-826-3579; www.rc.com 110 57 34 14 3 9 Y Y Y Labor and employment, environmental, business transactions, finance, public finance, health care, immigration, tax, tax-exempt organizations, utilities, land use, real estate, construction, insurance, manufacturing, data privacy and cybersecurity, employee benefits and compensation Stephen E. Goldman 1845 3 Day Pitney LLP 242 Trumbull St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-275-0100; www.daypitney.com 77 41 27 18 5 11 Y Y Y Employment, environmental, trusts, estates and wealth planning, insurance, public securities and finance, family office and private equity, health care, real estate, government enforcement, creditors' rights, professional liability, probate, energy and utility, data privacy Stanley A. Twardy Jr. 1918 4 Halloran & Sage One Goodwin Square, 225 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-522-6103; www.halloransage.com 65 44 18 8 6 7 Y Y Y Banking, bankruptcy, commercial finance, construction, criminal defense, cybersecurity, energy and utilities, environmental and land use, health care, insurance, labor, family, military, municipal, real estate, transportation, transactional, trusts and estates William J. McGrath Jr. 1935 5 Updike, Kelly & Spellacy PC 100 Pearl St., 17th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-548-2600; www.uks.com 60 53 7 14 5 5 Y Y Y Employment, environmental, affordable housing, health care, venture capital and private equity, technology and emerging companies, energy and utilities, bankruptcy and creditor's rights, data security and privacy, third-party investigations, dispute resolution, universities, estate planning, construction, immigration, land use, municipal, public finance John F. Wolter 1967 6 Cantor Colburn LLP 20 Church St., 22nd Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-286-2929; www.cantorcolburn.com 50 28 22 69 1 5 Y Y Y Intellectual property, transactional and licensing, patents, trademarks, copyright Michael A. Cantor Philmore H. Colburn II 1968 7 Murtha Cullina LLP CityPlace I, 185 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-240-6000; www.murthalaw.com 45 23 11 11 3 6 Y Y Y Bankruptcy, creditors' rights, business and finance, commercial real estate, community banking, construction, education, emerging companies, energy, environmental, health care, data security, insurance recovery, labor and employment, land use, long-term care, municipal, renewable energy, retail, trusts and estates, immigration Jennifer M. DelMonico 1936 8 Hinckley Allen 20 Church St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-725-6200; www.hinckleyallen.com 44 27 9 5 1 6 Y Y Y Banking, bankruptcy, construction, corporate, ERISA, energy, environmental, finance, gaming, government investigations, health care, international, labor and employment, land use, mergers and acquisitions, privacy and data security, public finance, real estate, retail, securities, tax, trusts and estates, white collar David J. Rubin 2008 9 Pullman & Comley LLC 90 State House Square Hartford, CT 06103 860-424-4300; www.pullcom.com 43 34 7 7 5 6 Y Y Y Alternative dispute resolution, bankruptcy, creditors' rights and financial restructuring, business and finance, education, environmental, family, government finance, health care; labor, employment, municipal, property tax and valuation, energy, real estate, trusts and estates James T. Shearin 1994 10 Reid and Riege PC 1 Financial Plaza Hartford, CT 06103 860-278-1150; www.rrlawpc.com 37 19 9 7 3 3 Y Y Y Commercial real estate, employee benefits and pension, environmental, health care, trusts and estates, insolvency and bankruptcy, multi- employer benefit plans, nonprofit organizations Jon P. Newton 1950 10 Rogin Nassau LLC 185 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-256-6300; www.roginlaw.com 37 14 8 8 2 2 Y N N Environmental, bankruptcy and reorganization, business, corporate and commercial, health care, labor and employment, dispute resolution, trust and estates, real estate, land use, tax Barry S. Feigenbaum Randy Kabakoff Mark A. Rosenblum 1949 12 McCarter & English LLP CityPlace I, 185 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-275-6700; www.mccarter.com 34 17 13 10 2 9 Y Y Y Commercial, employment, environmental, intellectual property, commercial real estate, corporate, life sciences, product liability, immigration, information technology Moy N. Ogilvie 2001 13 Howd & Ludorf LLC 65 Wethersfield Ave. Hartford, CT 06114 860-249-1361; www.hl-law.com 29 15 14 7 1 3 Y Y N Municipal, civil rights, products liability, asbestos defense, insurance defense, insurance coverage, toxic tort, workers' compensation, employment, appeals Thomas R. Gerarde Philip T. Newbury Jr. 1979 14 Morrison Mahoney LLP 1 Constitution Plaza, 10th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-616-4441; www.morrisonmahoney.com 27 14 12 0 2 10 Y Y N Products liability, transportation, construction, workers' compensation, professional and medical malpractice and insurance litigation as well as business counseling and advice Scott Douglas Burke 1991 15 DanaherLagnese PC Capitol Place, 21 Oak St., Suite 700 Hartford, CT 06106 860-247-3666; www.danaherlagnese.com 26 15 11 17 2 3 Y Y N Medical-malpractice defense, commercial, toxic- tort defense, product liability, insurance coverage R. Cornelius Danaher Jr. Joyce A. Lagnese 1987 15 McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP 1 State St., 14th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-522-5175; www.mdmc-law.com 26 14 12 4 2 14 Y Y N Private equity, employment, environmental, construction, commercial, labor, alternative dispute resolution, business services, real estate finance, corporate reorganization and bankruptcy, government and administration Suzanne E. Baldasare 1983 17 Jackson Lewis PC 90 State House Square, 8th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-522-0404; www.jacksonlewis.com 24 15 5 2 1 58 Y Y N Employment, affirmative-action compliance, class actions, corporate-diversity counseling, corporate governance, internal investigations, daily advice and preventive counseling, disability, leave and health management, drug testing and substance- abuse management, electronic discovery Tanya Bovée 1996 18 Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP 90 State House Square Hartford, CT 06103 860-275-8100; www.axinn.com 23 11 8 3 1 3 Y Y Y Intellectual property, commercial and antitrust Matthew Becker 1997 18 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1 State St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-240-2700; morganlewis.com 23 11 12 3 1 30 Y Y N Corporate, finance, restructuring, employment and benefits (1) Jeffrey S. MacDonald 2014 20 Kahan, Kerensky & Capossela LLP 45 Hartford Turnpike Vernon, CT 06066 860-646-1974; www.kkc-law.com 20 16 4 16 2 2 N N N Business and corporate, criminal, divorce and family, elder law, estate planning, wills and trusts, land use and zoning, personal injury, probate and fiduciary administration, real estate, taxation and taxpayer representation Michael A. Bars 1964 21 O'Connell, Attmore & Morris LLC 280 Trumbull St. 19 10 9 8 3 4 Y Y Y Employment, commercial and residential real estate, creditors' rights, divorce and family law, business representation, personal injury, Julia B. Morris 1987 HOW THE TOP 5 FARED: No. of local attorneys % 2017 2018 change Shipman & Goodwin LLC 111 123 11% Robinson & Cole LLP 108 110 2% Day Pitney LLP 83 77 -7% Halloran & Sage 71 65 -8% Updike, Kelly & Spellacy PC 38 60 58%