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78 | HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL • DECEMBER 26, 2017 Largest law firms in Greater Hartford (Ranked by number of local attorneys as of October 2017) 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 111 67 34 20 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 108 55 37 14 3 9 Y Y Y Employment, environmental, business transactions, finance, public finance, health care, labor, immigration, tax, tax-exempt organizations, utilities, land use, real estate, construction, insurance, manufacturing, data privacy and cybersecurity Stephen E. Goldman 1845 3 Day Pitney LLP 242 Trumbull St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-275-0100; www.daypitney.com 83 42 41 17 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 Halloran & Sage One Goodwin Square, 225 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-522-6103; www.halloransage.com 71 43 24 7 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 Cantor Colburn LLP 20 Church St., 22nd Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-286-2929; www.cantorcolburn.com 54 27 27 66 1 5 Y Y Y Intellectual property, transactional and licensing, patents, trademarks, copyright Michael A. Cantor Philmore H. Colburn II 1968 6 Murtha Cullina LLP CityPlace I, 185 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-240-6000; www.murthalaw.com 51 21 14 12 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 Jennifer M. DelMonico 1936 7 Pullman & Comley LLC 90 State House Square Hartford, CT 06103 860-424-4300; www.pullcom.com 44 34 7 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, alternative dispute resolution, family James T. Shearin 1994 8 Hinckley Allen 20 Church St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-725-6200; www.hinckleyallen.com 43 24 14 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 Updike, Kelly & Spellacy PC 100 Pearl St., 17th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-548-2600; www.uks.com 38 31 7 7 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 10 McCarter & English LLP CityPlace I, 185 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-275-6700; www.mccarter.com 36 20 12 10 2 9 Y Y Y Employment, environmental, intellectual property, commercial real estate, corporate, sciences, product liability, immigration, information technology Eric E. Grondahl 2001 10 Rogin Nassau LLC 185 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-256-6300; www.roginlaw.com 36 16 20 9 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 12 Reid and Riege PC 1 Financial Plaza Hartford, CT 06103 860-278-1150; www.rrlawpc.com 33 25 9 8 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 13 Howd & Ludorf LLC 65 Wethersfield Ave. Hartford, CT 06114 860-249-1361; www.hl-law.com 29 14 15 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 DanaherLagnese PC Capitol Place, 21 Oak St. Hartford, CT 06106 860-247-3666; www.danaherlagnese.com 25 15 10 15 2 3 Y Y N Medical-malpractice defense, commercial, toxic- tort defense, product liability, insurance coverage R. Cornelius Danaher Jr. Joyce A. Lagnese 1987 14 McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP 1 State St., 14th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-522-5175; www.mdmc-law.com 25 14 11 3 2 13 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 14 Morrison Mahoney LLP 1 Constitution Plaza, 10th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-616-4441; www.morrisonmahoney.com 25 13 11 3 2 11 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 17 Jackson Lewis PC 90 State House Square, 8th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-522-0404; www.jacksonlewis.com 24 14 6 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 1994 18 Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP 90 State House Square Hartford, CT 06103 860-275-8100; www.axinn.com 23 11 12 3 1 3 N Y Y Intellectual property, commercial and antitrust James D. Veltrop 1997 19 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1 State St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-240-2700; morganlewis.com 22 (1) 9 13 3 1 30 Y Y N Corporate, finance, restructuring, employment and benefits (2) Jeffrey S. MacDonald 2014 20 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 20 O'Connell, Attmore & Morris LLC 280 Trumbull St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-548-1300; www.oamlaw.com 18 10 8 8 3 4 Y Y Y Employment, commercial and residential real estate, creditors' rights, divorce and family law, business representation, personal injury, insurance defense, criminal defense, estate planning, probate, tax, bankruptcy Julia B. Morris 1987 22 McCormick, Paulding & Huber LLP 16 LARGEST LAW FIRMS IN GREATER HARTFORD (Ranked by number of local attorneys as of October 2017) PROFESSIONAL SERVICES HOW THE TOP 5 FARED: No. of local attorneys % 2016 2017 change Shipman & Goodwin LLC 119 111 -7% Robinson & Cole LLP 121 108 -11% Day Pitney LLP 80 83 4% Halloran & Sage 69 71 3% Cantor Colburn LLP 66 54 -18% Law firms with most Connecticut offices Halloran & Sage 6 Day Pitney LLP 5 Updike, Kelly & Spellacy PC 5 Shipman & Goodwin LLP 5 Pullman & Comley LLC 4 Wiggan and Dana LLP 4