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Wiggin and Dana Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2022
The firm is pleased to announce that 24 attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2022 and five attorneys have been named as “Lawyer of the Year.” The following are the recognized Wiggin and Dana lawyers and their respective practice areas:
Melinda A. Agsten — Health Care Law
Jeffrey R. Babbin — “Lawyer of the Year” – Appellate Practice
Aaron S. Bayer — Appellate Practice
Michael T. Clear — Trust and Estates
Robert W. Benjamin — Trusts and Estates
Daniel L. Daniels — Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
Michelle Wilcox DeBarge — Health Care Law
Francis J. Duffin — “Lawyer of the Year” – Litigation – Intellectual Property
Constantine T. Fournaris — “Lawyer of the Year” – Franchise Law
Jonathan M. Freiman — Appellate Practice; Art Law
James I. Glasser — Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Jonathan A. Harris — Litigation – Intellectual Property and Patent
Mark W. Heaphy — Technology Law
Paul A. Hughes — Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
Kevin M. Kennedy — Franchise Law
Charles C. Kingsley — Trusts and Estates
Robert M. Langer — Antitrust Law; Litigation – Antitrust
Leonard Leader — Trusts and Estates
Peter J. Lefeber — Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management
Frank J. Marco — Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Rebecca A. Matthews — “Lawyer of the Year” – Health Care Law
Lawrence Peikes — “Lawyer of the Year” – Litigation – Labor and Employment
Carolyn A. Reers — Trusts and Estates
Maureen Weaver — Health Care Law
In addition, 10 attorneys have been selected as “Ones to Watch”:
Brittany Christensen — Corporate Law
Laura Ann Keller Froning — Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Monica A. Kolinsky — Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Robert J. Kornhaas — Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
David Norman-Schiff — Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Kaitlyn A. Pacelli — Trusts and Estates
Caroline B. Park — Litigation – Labor and Employment
Brian J. Sturm — Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Christine Salmon Wachter — Litigation – Labor and Employment
Joshua J. Wyatt — Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Litigation – Labor and Employment
According to the Best Lawyers website, the Best Lawyers’ selection process is based on an extensive peer-review survey in which more than 41,000 attorneys cast almost 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. For more information about Best Lawyers‘ methodology, please click here.
