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08.15.2024 | Press Release

Nutter announced that 55 attorneys spanning across strategic practice groups in Boston, New York, San Francisco, and Hyannis have been selected to The Best Lawyers in America© 2025 list. In addition, 23 attorneys were named in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, which recognizes attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence. Ken Ehrlich was honored as “Lawyer of the Year” in Financial Services Regulation Law in Boston.

The following Nutter attorneys are ranked in The Best Lawyers in America© listing for 2025:

Banking and Finance Law

• Kenneth F. Ehrlich
• Michael K. Krebs

Commercial Litigation

• Nelson G. Apjohn
• Kenneth R. Berman
• Stephen J. Brake
• Benjamin M. Stern
• Christopher J. Sullivan

Corporate Law

• Suzanne Hamel
• Michael E. Kushnir

Criminal Defense: White Collar

• Jonathan L. Kotlier 

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

• Tracy A. Vitols

Employment Law – Management

• Liam T. O’Connell
• David S. Rubin

Environmental Law

• Michael A. Leon
• Michael E. Scott
• Matthew H. Snell

Financial Services Regulation Law

• Kenneth F. Ehrlich

Land Use and Zoning Law

• Eileen E. Brophy
• Matthew H. Snell
• Sarah A. Turano-Flores
• James G. Ward

Litigation – Construction

• Sarah P. Kelly

Litigation – Intellectual Property

• Jonathan A. Harris
• Micah W. Miller
• Timothy M. Murphy
• Benjamin M. Stern

Litigation – Labor and Employment

• Christopher H. Lindstrom
• Liam T. O’Connell

Litigation – Patent

• Jonathan A. Harris

Litigation – Real Estate

• Christopher J. Sullivan

Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)

• Ian D. Roffman

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

• Mark J. Tarallo
• Shannon S. Zollo

Nonprofit / Charities Law

• Melissa Sampson McMorrow

Patent Law

• Amy DeCloux
• Jeffrey T. Klayman
• Micah W. Miller
• Timothy M. Murphy
• Steven G. Saunders
• Benjamin M. Stern
• Kathleen M. Williams, Ph.D.

Privacy and Data Security Law

• Seth P. Berman

Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• Nelson G. Apjohn
• David L. Ferrera

Real Estate Law

• Marianne Ajemian
• Paul J. Ayoub
• Eileen E. Brophy
• Michael F. Burke
• Matthew J. Connolly
• John P. Dougherty
• Wendy M. Fiscus
• Beth H. Mitchell
• Michael E. Scott
• Timothy M. Smith
• Matthew H. Snell
• Sarah A. Turano-Flores

Tax Law

• Melissa Sampson McMorrow
• Michael E. Mooney

Trademark Law

• Patrick J. Concannon
• Mark S. Leonardo

Trusts and Estates

• Peter R.V. Brown
• Julia Satti Cosentino
• Sara Goldman Curley
• Thomas P. Jalkut
• William D. Kirchick
• Deborah J. Manus
• Kevin M. Meuse
• Jeffrey W. Roberts
• Susan von Herrmann

Venture Capital Law

• William J. Bernat

The following Nutter attorneys are ranked in The Best Lawyers in America© “Ones to Watch” category for 2025:

Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law

• Yufei Li 

Commercial Litigation

• Michael J. Leard
• Sara Lonks Wong
• Chelsea Torres
• Melanie V. Woodward

Corporate Law

• Kathleen R. Henry
• Portia Keady
• Meghan E. Kelly
• Robert F. Lynch, Jr.

Environmental Law

• Valerie A. Moore

Intellectual Property Law

• Emmanuel D. Filandrianos
• Gurunathan Laxmikanthan

Land Use and Zoning Law

• Gregory R. Bradford
• Valerie A. Moore
• Ian M. Urquhart

Litigation – Environmental

• Valerie A. Moore

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

• Portia Keady
• Robert F. Lynch, Jr.

Nonprofit / Charities Law

• Erin Whitney Cicchetti

Patent Law

• Emmanuel D. Filandrianos

Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• Michael J. Leard
• Sara Lonks Wong

Real Estate Law

• Gregory R. Bradford
• Tracy Chu
• John M. Lerner
• David A. Libardoni
• Justin R. Masterman
• Valerie A. Moore

Trusts and Estates

• Caitlin Glynn
• Andrew M. Golden
• Yufei Li 
• Nikki Marie Sherwood
• Nicholas J. Stabile

Best Lawyers is considered one of the premier and unbiased listings of lawyers in the country. Recipients are selected based on an annual peer-review survey, which Best Lawyers has conducted for over 25 years and is now based on more than 6.7 million votes.