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Nutter announced that 32 attorneys spanning the breadth of the firm’s practice groups have been selected for inclusion into The Best Lawyers in America© 2017 list. More than 20 percent of the firm’s 145 attorneys were selected, and three lawyers were selected for Best Lawyers for the first time. In addition, senior real estate partner Robert A. Fishman was named the Best Lawyers 2017 Land Use and Zoning Law “Lawyer of the Year” for a second time in the metropolitan Boston region. The Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” is a prestigious honor named to only one lawyer per practice area within each metropolitan region, based on the highest peer ratings received.

Called “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice,” by Corporate Counsel magazine, 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. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed.

The following Nutter attorneys were selected to The Best Lawyers in America© listing for 2017:

• Alexander S. Glovsky (Corporate Governance Law) 
• Andrew J. McElaney, Jr. (Product Liability Litigation - Defendants) 
• Beth H. Mitchell (Real Estate Law) 
• Constantine Alexander (Corporate Law) 
• David C. Henderson (Employment Law - Management) 
• David L. Ferrera (Product Liability Litigation-Defendants) 
• Deborah J. Manus (Trusts and Estates) 
• Ian Roffman (Litigation-Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy))
• James E. Dawson (Corporate Law) 
• John G. Loughnane (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law) 
• Jonathan L. Kotlier (Criminal Defense: White Collar) 
• Kenneth F. Ehrlich (Banking and Finance Law; Financial Services Regulation Law) 
• Kenneth R. Berman (Commercial Litigation) 
• Kevin M. Meuse (Trust and Estates) 
• Liam T. O’Connell (Employment Law - Management) 
• Marianne Ajemian (Real Estate Law) 
• Mary K. Ryan (Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental) 
• Melissa Sampson McMorrow (Non-Profit/Charities Law) 
• Michael A. Leon (Environmental Law) 
• Michael E. Mooney (Tax Law) 
• Michael E. Scott (Environmental Law) 
• Michael F. Burke (Real Estate Law) 
• Michael K. Krebs (Banking and Finance Law) 
• Natalie B. Choate (Trusts and Estates) 
• Nelson G. Apjohn (Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants) 
• Paul J. Ayoub (Real Estate Law) 
• Peter R. Brown (Trusts and Estates) 
• Philip R. Rosenblatt (Equipment Finance Law) 
• Robert A. Fishman (Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law) *Best Lawyers 2017 Lawyer of the Year 
• Thomas P. Jalkut (Trusts and Estates) 
• Timothy M. Smith (Real Estate Law) 
• William D. Kirchick (Trusts and Estates)

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Nutter is a full-service, top-tier, Boston-based law firm that provides legal counsel to industry-leading companies, early stage entrepreneurs, institutions, foundations, and families, across the country and around the world. The firm’s lawyers are known for their client-centric approach and extensive experience in business and finance, intellectual property, litigation, real estate and land use, labor and employment, tax, and trusts and estates. Co-founded in 1879 by Louis D. Brandeis, who later became a renowned justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Nutter is dedicated to helping companies prosper in today’s fast-paced business environment.