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BOOK OF LISTS 2015-2016 Professional Services 68 Hartford Business Journal • decemBer 28, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com Largest law firms in the Hartford region (Ranked by number of local attorneys as of Nov. 2015) Rank Company No. local attorneys/ partners/ associates/ paralegals Conn. offices/ total offices Special practice area(s) Other practice areas Managing partner(s) Year founded locally 1 Shipman & Goodwin LLP 1 Constitution Plaza Hartford, CT 06103 860-251-5000; www.shipmangoodwin.com 120 68 40 25 5 6 Employment law Environmental law Intellectual property law Bankruptcy and creditors' rights, business and finance, commercial, education law, employee benefits and tax, government investigations and white-collar criminal defense, health care, insurance, petroleum marketing Scott L. Murphy 1919 2 Robinson+Cole LLP 280 Trumbull St. Hartford, CT 06103 800-826-3579; www.rc.com 112 56 40 14 3 9 Employment law Environmental law Intellectual property law Business transactions, finance, public finance, health care, estate planning and probate, technology, employee benefits and compensation, labor, immigration, tax, tax-exempt organizations, utilities, land use, real estate, construction, business, data privacy and security, insurance John B. Lynch Jr. 1845 3 Day Pitney LLP 242 Trumbull St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-275-0100; www.daypitney.com 83 39 22 10 5 9 Employment law Environmental law Intellectual property law Trusts, estates and wealth planning, insurance/ reinsurance, public securities and finance, executive compensation and benefits compliance, family office and private equity, health care, real estate, government enforcement and white collar, creditors' rights, professional liability, probate, energy and utility law, data privacy Stanley A. Twardy Jr. 1919 4 Halloran & Sage 1 Goodwin Sq., 225 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-522-6103; www.halloransage.com 66 39 22 6 6 7 Employment law Environmental law Intellectual property law Appellate, banking, business and transactional, construction, health care, insurance, matrimonial and family law, municipal, real estate, transportation, trusts and estates William J. McGrath Jr. 1935 5 Cantor Colburn LLP 20 Church St., 22nd Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-286-2929; www.cantorcolburn.com 60 27 33 140 1 5 Intellectual property law NA Michael A. Cantor Philmore H. Colburn II 1968 6 Updike, Kelly & Spellacy PC 100 Pearl St., 17th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-548-2600; www.uks.com 58 41 17 11 5 5 Employment law Environmental law Affordable housing, health care, lobbying and public affairs, venture capital and technology, administrative law, appellate practice, bankruptcy and creditor's rights, brownfields development, business law, commercial lending and banking, commercial, construction law, immigration law, land use, municipal law, public finance John F. Wolter 1967 7 Murtha Cullina LLP CityPlace I, 185 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860.240.6000; www.murthalaw.com 50 23 16 11 3 6 Employment law Environmental law Appellate, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, business and finance, commercial real estate, community banking, construction, emerging companies, energy, environmental, health care, insurance recovery, labor and employment, long-term care, municipal, renewable energy, trusts and estates Jennifer M. DelMonico 1936 8 Reid and Riege PC 1 Financial Plaza Hartford, CT 06103 860-278-1150; www.rrlawpc.com 46 32 14 8 2 2 Employment law Business law, commercial real estate, employee benefits and pension, environmental, health care, individual client services/trusts and estates, insolvency and bankruptcy, multi-employer benefit plans, nonprofit organizations Craig L. Sylvester 1950 9 Pullman & Comley LLC 90 State House Sq. Hartford, CT 06103 860-424-4300; www.pullcom.com 42 31 9 8 4 5 Employment law Environmental law Intellectual property law Corporate and business, trusts and estates, health care, property valuation, lending and banking, real estate, public and commercial finance, education, municipal, employee benefits, energy and utilities, alternative energy, green development, family law James T. Shearin 1994 10 McCarter & English LLP CityPlace I, 185 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-275-6700; www.mccarter.com 36 20 12 11 2 9 Employment law Environmental law Intellectual property law Commercial real estate, corporate, sciences, product liability, immigration, information technology Eric E. Grondahl 2001 11 Hinckley Allen 20 Church St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-725-6200; www.hinckleyallen.com 35 23 10 6 1 6 Employment law Environmental law Intellectual property law Banking, construction, corporate and business, trusts and estates, real estate, health care, labor and employment, employee benefits, environmental, government investigations, public finance, tax, white- collar defense and government investigations David J. Rubin 1906 12 Rogin Nassau LLC 185 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-256-6300; www.roginlaw.com 31 14 6 6 3 3 Employment law Environmental law Bankruptcy and reorganization, business, corporate and commercial, health care, labor and employment, dispute resolution, personal clients/trust and estates, real estate, land use, tax Barry S. Feigenbaum Randy Kabakoff Mark A. Rosenblum 1948 13 Rome McGuigan PC 1 State St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-549-1000; www.romemcguigan.com 29 19 8 6 2 2 Employment law Intellectual property law White-collar crime, matrimonial law, commercial, product-liability defense, corporate investigations, travel and tourism, international arbitration, family and divorce law, health care, special needs and elder law Joseph B. Burns 1978 14 Howd & Ludorf LLC 65 Wethersfield Ave. Hartford, CT 06114 860-249-1361; www.hl-law.com 28 14 14 5 1 2 Employment law Municipal, civil rights, products liability, asbestos defense, insurance defense, insurance coverage, toxic tort, workers' compensation, employment law Thomas R. Gerarde Philip T. Newbury, Jr. 1979 15 McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP 1 State St., 14th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-522-5175; www.mdmc-law.com 27 15 12 6 2 12 Employment law Environmental law Construction, commercial, labor and employment, alternative dispute resolution, business services, real estate finance, corporate reorganization and bankruptcy, government and administration Alfred A. Turco 1983 16 DanaherLagnese PC (1) Capitol Place, 21 Oak St. Hartford, CT 06106 860-247-3666; www.danaherlagnese.com 26 11 10 14 1 2 NA Medical-malpractice defense, commercial, toxic-tort defense, product liability, appellate, insurance coverage R. Cornelius Danaher Jr. Joyce A. Lagnese 1987 17 Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP 90 State House Sq. Hartford, CT 06103 860-275-8100; www.axinn.com 24 11 10 2 1 3 Intellectual property law Commercial litigation, antitrust James D. Veltrop 1997 18 Jackson Lewis P.C. 90 State House Sq., 8th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-522-0404; www.jacksonlewis.com 23 14 9 1 2 57 Employment law Affirmative-action compliance, class actions, corporate-diversity counseling, corporate governance, internal investigations, daily advice and preventive counseling, disability, leave and health management, drug testing/substance abuse management, e-Discovery, employee benefits, general employment Beverly W. Garofalo 1994 19 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (2) 1 State St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-240-2700; www.morganlewis.com 21 12 9 3 1 27 NA (3) Transactional finance, bankruptcy and restructuring Jeffrey MacDonald 2014 20 O'Connell, Attmore & Morris LLC 280 Trumbull St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-548-1300; www.oamlaw.com 18 14 3 5 3 4 Employment law Environmental law Intellectual property law Commercial, commercial and residential real estate, divorce and family law, business representation, personal injury, insurance defense, criminal defense, appellate practice, intellectual property, bankruptcy and creditors' rights Julia B. Morris 1987 Sources: Individual firms and their websites. Note: NA = Not applicable. (1) Firm did not respond to survey; data are from Feb. 2015 publication. (2) Acquired Bingham McCutchen LLP in Nov. 2014. (3) Employment, environmental and intellectual property law are offered by other offices out-of-state and globally. —Compiled by Heide Martin. Halloran & Sage ................... 6 Shipman & Goodwin LLP ....... 5 Day Pitney LLP ..................... 5 Updike, Kelly & Spellacy ....... 5 Pullman & Comley LLC ......... 4 Law firms with the most Connecticut offices Delete outer box with open arrow tool. Fit chart to box edges Select> Object> all text objects> Make Fonts = 8.5 pt Put Key within Chart to save space! 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Shipman & Goodwin LLP Robinson+Cole LLP Updike, Kelly & Spellacy Day Pitney LLP Halloran & Sage Reid and Riege PC Pullman & Comley LLC Cantor Colburn LLP Law firms with the most local partners Shipman & Goodwin LLP 68 Robinson+Cole LLP 56 Updike, Kelly & Spellacy 41 Day Pitney LLP 39 Halloran & Sage 39 Reid and Riege PC 32 Pullman & Comley LLC 31 Cantor Colburn LLP 27