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www.HartfordBusiness.com January 9, 2017 • Hartford Business Journal 11 To view the full list, please visit HartfordBusiness.com THE LIST 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 20 Locke Lord LLP 20 Church St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-525-5065; www.lockelord.com 13 5 5 2 2 23 Y N Y Business law, debt finance, insolvency, insurance and reinsurance, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, privacy and data security, public finance, public utilities, real estate Theodore P. Augustinos 1991 21 Gordon, Muir and Foley 10 Columbus Blvd. Hartford, CT 06106 860-525-5361; www.gmflaw.com 10 2 8 3 1 1 Y Y N Civil litigation, personal injury, estate planning, business and commercial real estate William J. Gallitto 1947 22 Goldberg Segalla 100 Pearl St., Suite 1100 Hartford, CT 06103 860-760-3300; www.goldbergseglla.com 9 6 3 1 1 19 Y Y N Construction, product liability, health care, employment/labor, professional liability, general defense, environmental, transportation, insurance coverage, workers' compensation, toxic torts, business/commercial, Richard J. Cohen 2009 22 Wiggin and Dana LLP 20 Church St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-297-3700; www.wiggin.com 9 6 2 NA 4 7 Y Y Y Corporate, private client services, tax exempt organizations, real estate and energy, franchise and distribution, manufacturing industry, appellate and complex legal issues, cyber security and privacy, insurance, marine insurance, education, antitrust and consumer protection, medical malpractice defense, product liability, litigation, labor and employment and health care. Paul Hughes 1934 24 Dechert LLP 90 State House Square Hartford, CT 06103 860-524-3999; www.dechert.com 8 4 3 2 1 27 Y Y Y Appellate, bankruptcy, finance and real estate and financial services and investment management Laura G. Ciabarra 1996 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.