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Professional Services 68 Hartford Business Journal • decemBer 26, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com BOOK OF LISTS & ECONOMIC FORECAST 2016-2017 Largest law firms in Greater Hartford (Ranked by number of local attorneys as of October 2016) 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 127 71 43 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 121 58 37 15 3 9 Y Y Y Employment, environmental, business transactions, finance, public finance, health care, technology, labor, immigration, tax, tax-exempt organizations, utilities, land use, real estate, construction, data privacy and security, insurance Stephen E. Goldman 1845 3 Day Pitney LLP 242 Trumbull St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-275-0100; www.daypitney.com 71 37 24 10 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. 1919 4 Updike, Kelly & Spellacy PC 100 Pearl St., 17th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-548-2600; www.uks.com 66 44 18 11 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 5 Halloran & Sage One Goodwin Square, 225 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-522-6103; www.halloransage.com 64 39 21 4 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 6 Cantor Colburn LLP 20 Church St., 22nd Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-286-2929; www.cantorcolburn.com 59 28 31 135 1 5 Y Y Y Intellectual property and transactional 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 48 19 14 10 3 6 Y Y Y Bankruptcy and creditors' rights, business and finance, commercial real estate, community banking, construction, emerging companies, energy, environmental, health care, insurance recovery, labor, long-term care, municipal, renewable energy, trusts and estates Jennifer M. DelMonico 1936 8 Pullman & Comley LLC 90 State House Square Hartford, CT 06103 860-424-4300; www.pullcom.com 43 31 12 9 4 5 Y Y Y Employment, environmental, corporate and business, trusts and estates, health care, property valuation, lending and banking, real estate, public and commercial finance, education, municipal, energy and utilities, alternative energy, green development, family law, alternative dispute resolution James T. Shearin 1994 9 Hinckley Allen 20 Church St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-725-6200; www.hinckleyallen.com 40 24 11 5 1 6 Y Y Y Banking, bankruptcy, construction and public contracts, corporate, 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 David J. Rubin 1906 9 Reid and Riege PC 1 Financial Plaza Hartford, CT 06103 860-278-1150; www.rrlawpc.com 40 30 10 6 2 2 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 11 Rogin Nassau LLC 185 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-256-6300; www.roginlaw.com 38 17 8 10 3 3 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 1948 12 Howd & Ludorf LLC 65 Wethersfield Ave. Hartford, CT 06114 860-249-1361; www.hl-law.com 29 14 15 NA 1 2 Y N N Municipal, civil rights, products liability, asbestos defense, insurance defense, insurance coverage, toxic tort, workers' compensation, employment Thomas R. Gerarde Philip T. Newbury, Jr. 1979 13 Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP 90 State House Square Hartford, CT 06103 860-275-8100; www.axinn.com 24 11 10 3 1 3 Y Y Y Commercial and antitrust James D. Veltrop 1997 13 Jackson Lewis PC 90 State House Square, 8th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-522-0404; www.jacksonlewis.com 24 15 5 4 1 56 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 1994 15 McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP 1 State St., 14th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-522-5175; www.mdmc-law.com 23 13 10 4 2 12 Y Y N Employment, environmental, construction, commercial, labor, alternative dispute resolution, business services, real estate finance, corporate reorganization and bankruptcy, government and administration Suzanne E. Baldasare 1983 16 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1 State St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-240-2700; morganlewis.com 20 10 10 3 1 29 Y Y Y Corporate, finance, restructuring, employment and benefits (1) Jeffrey S. MacDonald 2014 17 Kroll, McNamara, Evans & Delehanty LLP 65 Memorial Road, Suite 300 West Hartford, CT 06107 860-561-7070; kmelaw.com 18 11 7 10 1 1 Y N N Commercial and residential real estate, finance, acquisitions, dispositions, leasing and asset management, structured settlements, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, probate, personal representation, divorce, criminal defense, injury claims Shelley A. Kroll 1994 17 O'Connell, Attmore & Morris LLC 280 Trumbull St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-548-1300; www.oamlaw.com 18 10 8 5 3 4 Y Y Y Employment, environmental, commercial and residential real estate, divorce and family law, business representation, personal injury, insurance defense, criminal defense, estate planning, probate, tax, bankruptcy and creditors' rights Julia B. Morris 1987 19 Rome McGuigan PC 1 State St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-549-1000; www.romemcguigan.com 14 11 1 1 2 2 Y N Y Employment, white-collar crime, matrimonial, commercial, product-liability defense, corporate investigations, travel and tourism, international arbitration, family and divorce, health care, special needs and elder law Joseph B. Burns 1978 Sources: Each firm via survey and their websites. Notes: Unable to confirm data for Hartford's McCarter & English LLP and DanaherLagnese PC. NA = Not available or not applicable. (1) Finance is a special practice area for the Hartford office. Employment, environmental and intellectual property law are offered by other offices out-of-state and globally. —Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher. Halloran & Sage ................ 6 Day Pitney LLP .................. 5 Updike, Kelly & Spellacy PC .. 5 Shipman & Goodwin LLP ... 5 Pullman & Comley LLC ...... 4 Law firms with the most Connecticut offices 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Shipman & Goodwin LLP Robinson & Cole LLP Updike, Kelly & Spellacy PC Halloran & Sage Day Pitney LLP Pullman & Comley LLC Reid and Riege PC Cantor Colburn LLP Hinckley Allen Law firms with the most local partners Shipman & Goodwin LLP 71 Robinson & Cole LLP 58 Updike, Kelly & Spellacy PC 44 Halloran & Sage 39 Day Pitney LLP 37 Pullman & Comley LLC 31 Reid and Riege PC 30 Cantor Colburn LLP 28 Hinckley Allen 24