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Chambers USA 2015 Recognizes Wiggin and Dana Practices and Lawyers

May 21, 2015

Wiggin and Dana is pleased to announce our firm and individual attorney rankings in the 2015 edition of the annual Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

The firm’s Litigation and Healthcare groups were ranked in Band 1 in the Connecticut practice categories. The firm was also recognized in Connecticut for its Corporate: Mergers & Acquisitions, Labor & Employment, and Real Estate practices. The firm’s Franchise and Distribution Practice Group was recognized in the Nationwide ranking.

Wiggin and Dana attorneys ranked in Chambers USA 2015 were:

National

Bethany L. Appleby – Franchise
Edward Wood Dunham – Franchise
Dean T. Fournaris – Franchise
James A. Goniea – Franchise
John B. Kennedy – Outsourcing

Connecticut

Melinda A. Agsten – Health Care
Matthew C. Brown – Litigation: General Commercial – Associates to watch
Susan J. Bryson – Real Estate – Senior Statesmen
Michelle Wilcox DeBarge – Health Care
Edward Wood Dunham – Litigation: General Commercial – Senior Statesmen
Jonathan M. Freiman – Litigation: General Commercial
James I. Glasser – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Paul A. Hughes – Corporate/M&A
Elliot G. Kaiman – Real Estate
Peter J. Lefeber – Labor & Employment
Frank J. Marco – Corporate/M&A
Joseph W. Martini – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Lawrence Peikes – Labor & Employment
William A. Perrone – Corporate/M&A
Shaun S. Sullivan – Litigation: General Commercial – Senior Statesmen
Maureen Weaver – Health Care
John G. Zandy – Labor & Employment

Rankings in Chambers USA are based on confidential in-depth interviews with key in-house counsel and peer interviews with leading lawyers. All editorial comments about individual lawyers, as well as the rankings, are independent and objective.

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