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www.HartfordBusiness.com • April 1, 2019 • Hartford Business Journal 11 FOCUS has offered a student loan repayment program for several years, said her business would "absolutely" use the proposed tax credit. Foley, which has 200 employees, pays $1,000 a year toward an em- ployee's student debt for as long as the person works there. Three years after Foley started its student loan repay- ment benefit, Henry reports that 20 percent of her workforce has applied for repayments. "It's one of the most popular em- ployee benefits we offer," Henry said. "Most of them are younger workers. We were surprised that a lot of our long-term employees have participat- ed. I guess they still had some student loan debt to pay off." Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA) lobbyist Michelle Rakebrand said her organization supports the legislation and hopes it would spur more companies to adopt such a benefit. She cited a 2018 CBIA survey that found only about 3 percent of her members offer student loan as- sistance to their employees. "There is a federal tax credit for companies that offer tuition help to employees, but not for student loan repayments," she said. "We are hop- ing the use of the proposed state tax credit correlates to the tax benefits they receive." While Henry is happy with the pro- posed tax credit, she also hopes that someday such a benefit didn't have to be taxed. "Unfortunately, it is a taxable benefit," she said. "Maybe, don't tax the benefit. Treat it just like 401(k) and healthcare benefits as pre-tax." THE LIST Largest law firms in Greater Hartford Ranked by number of local attorneys as of April 2019 Largest law firms in Greater Hartford (Ranked by number of local attorneys as of April 2019) 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 118 74 34 23 5 7 Y Y Y Labor, employment, environmental, bankruptcy, creditors' rights, business, finance, data privacy and protection, education, tax, government investigations, collar criminal defense, state attorneys general, health care, insurance, real estate, land use, construction, alternative dispute resolution, trusts and estates Alan E. Lieberman 1919 2 Robinson & Cole LLP 280 Trumbull St. Hartford, CT 06103 800-826-3579; www.rc.com 103 55 24 12 3 11 Y Y Y Labor and employment, environmental, energy and utilities, business transactions, bankruptcy and reorganizations, finance, public finance, health care, immigration, tax, tax-exempt organizations, 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 73 41 20 18 5 13 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 Thomas D. Goldberg 1918 4 Halloran & Sage One Goodwin Square, 225 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-522-6103; www.halloransage.com 62 42 11 6 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 40 11 9 5 5 Y Y Y Employment, environmental, affordable housing, health care, venture capital, private equity, technology, energy and utilities, bankruptcy, creditor's rights, data security and privacy, third-party investigations, dispute resolution, universities, estate planning, construction, immigration, land use, municipal, public finance, business and finance John J. Alissi 1967 6 Cantor Colburn LLP (1) 20 Church St., 22nd Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-286-2929; www.cantorcolburn.com 57 29 23 30 1 5 Y N Y Intellectual property, transactional and licensing, patents, trademarks, copyright Michael A. Cantor Philmore H. Colburn II 1968 7 Hinckley Allen 20 Church St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-725-6200; www.hinckleyallen.com 44 28 13 5 1 6 Y Y Y Banking, bankruptcy, cannabis, construction, corporate, employee benefits, energy, environmental, finance, government investigations, health care, intellectual property, 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 8 Murtha Cullina LLP CityPlace I, 185 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-240-6000; www.murthalaw.com 42 22 11 12 3 6 Y Y Y Bankruptcy, creditors' rights, business, finance, commercial real estate, community banking, construction, education, emerging companies, energy, environmental, health care, immigration, insurance recovery, labor, employment, land use, long-term care, municipal, privacy & cybersecurity, retail, hospitality, tax, tax-exempt organizations, trusts & estates Jennifer M. DelMonico 1936 8 Pullman & Comley LLC 90 State House Square Hartford, CT 06103 860-424-4300; www.pullcom.com 42 35 5 8 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, investigations, opportunity zones James T. Shearin 1994 10 McCarter & English LLP CityPlace I, 185 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-275-6700; www.mccarter.com 34 17 17 9 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 10 Reid and Riege PC 1 Financial Plaza Hartford, CT 06103 860-278-1150; www.rrlawpc.com 34 21 10 5 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 12 Rogin Nassau LLC 185 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-256-6300; www.roginlaw.com 33 15 7 7 2 2 Y Y 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 13 Howd & Ludorf LLC (2) 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 McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP 1 State St., 14th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-522-5175; www.mdmc-law.com 27 14 13 4 2 13 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 15 DanaherLagnese PC Capitol Place, 21 Oak St., Suite 700 Hartford, CT 06106 860-247-3666; www.danaherlagnese.com 26 16 10 15 2 2 Y Y N Medical-malpractice defense, commercial, toxic-tort defense, product liability, insurance coverage R. Cornelius Danaher Jr. Joyce A. Lagnese 1987 15 Jackson Lewis PC 90 State House Square, 8th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-522-0404; www.jacksonlewis.com 26 15 7 1 1 58 Y Y N Labor and employment law Tanya A. Bovée 1996 17 Morrison Mahoney LLP 1 Constitution Plaza, 10th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-616-4441; www.morrisonmahoney.com 23 15 9 3 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 18 Axinn 90 State House Square Hartford, CT 06103 860-275-8100; www.axinn.com 20 9 11 3 1 4 Y Y Y Antitrust, intellectual property and high-stakes litigation Matthew Becker 1997 19 Howard, Kohn, Sprague & Fitzgerald LLP 237 Buckingham St., P.O. Box 261798 Hartford, CT 06126 860-525-3101; www.hksflaw.com 16 10 6 3 2 3 Y Y N Civil litigation, insurance coverage, workers' compensation, general practice Todd W. Whitford 1786 19 McCormick, Paulding & Huber LLP (2) 185 Asylum St., CityPlace II, 18th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-549-5290; www.ip-lawyers.com 16 4 10 5 1 1 N N Y Full-service intellectual property law firm Marina F. Cunningham 1945 19 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1 State St. Hartford, CT 06103 16 6 1 Y Y Corporate, finance, restructuring, employment and benefits Jeffrey S. MacDonald 2014 >> Debt Relief continued Continued on next page >>