Additionally, Four Mintz Attorneys Named “Lawyer of the Year” and 21 Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

Mintz is pleased to announce that 106 firm attorneys have been recognized as leaders by Best Lawyers® in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Notably, four Mintz attorneys received 2022 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 21 firm attorneys were included in the second-annual edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

The “Lawyer of the Year” recognition is awarded to individual attorneys with the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice area and geographic location. A highly competitive honor, only one lawyer is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for each specialty and location. The following Mintz attorneys were named 2022 “Lawyer of the Year” award recipients:

• Matthew J. Gardella – Corporate Governance Law (Boston)
• Jeffrey R. Porter – Litigation – Environmental (Boston)
• Natalie Prescott – Litigation – Insurance (San Diego)
• Kurt R. Steinkrauss – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law (Boston)

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch awards recognize extraordinary lawyers who have been in private practice for less than 10 years in the United States. The following Mintz attorneys received a 2022 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognition:

• Eric Blythe – Commercial Litigation (Boston)
• Jennifer R. Budoff – Labor and Employment Law – Management (Washington, D.C.)
• Kaitlyn Anne Crowe – Commercial Litigation (New York)
• Edmund P. Daley – Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar (Boston)
• Katharine K. Foote – Commercial Litigation (Boston)
• Geoffrey A. Friedman – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Securities (Boston)
• Caitlin A. Hill – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (Boston)
• Paul M. Huston – Litigation – Labor and Employment (San Diego)
• Angela Y. Kung – Communications Law (Washington, D.C.)
• Melanie Ruthrauff Levy – Corporate Law (San Diego)
• E. Crystal Lopez – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants (Los Angeles)
• Brendan J. Lowd – Litigation – Labor and Employment (Boston)
• Mathilda S. McGee-Tubb – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants (Boston)
• Esteban Morales – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants (Los Angeles)
• Peter Mulcahy – Criminal Defense: White-Collar (Boston)
• Joshua N. Rudin - Real Estate (New York)
• Ellen Shapiro – Litigation – Securities (New York)
• Lavinia H. Weizel – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Securities (Boston)
• Benjamin M. Zegarelli – Administrative/Regulatory Law; Health Care Law (New York)
• Rebecca Zeidel – Litigation – Securities (Boston)
• Lily Zhang – Patent Law (San Diego)

The following Mintz attorneys were selected in their respective practice areas for 2021:

Boston

• Lisa Adams – Patent Law; Trademark Law
• Nancy D. Adams – Insurance Law
• Eóin P. Beirne – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Peter A. Biagetti – Commercial Litigation
• Alden J. Bianchi – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Daniel S. Bleck – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Joseph G. Blute – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Dianne J. Bourque – Health Care Law
• Meghan B. Burke – Public Finance Law
• Elizabeth B. Burnett – Commercial Litigation
• Thomas R. Burton III – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Keith P. Carroll – Commercial Litigation
• William L. Coffman – Immigration Law
• Susan J. Cohen – Immigration Law
• Peter F. Corless – Patent Law
• Nicholas C. Cramb – Insurance Law; Litigation – Insurance
• Deborah A. Daccord – Health Care Law
• Michael L. Fantozzi – Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Susan M. Finegan – Commercial Litigation
• Cory S. Flashner – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Scott C. Ford – Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Law
• Daniel O. Gaquin – Real Estate Law
• Matthew J. Gardella – Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law
• William C. Geary III – Patent Law; Trademark Law
• Lewis J. Geffen – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
• Douglas D. Hauer – Immigration Law
• Brent L. Henry – Health Care Law
• William M. Hill: Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
• Ellen L. Janos – Health Care Law
• William W. Kannel – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Jennifer M. Kiely – Real Estate Law
• Martha J. Koster – Insurance Law
• Jonathan L. Kravetz – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
• Cynthia J. Larose – Privacy and Data Security Law
• Rebecca A. Lee – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
• Kim V. Marrkand – Insurance Law
• Christie L. Martin – Public Finance Law
• H. Andrew Matzkin – Litigation – Labor and Employment
• William A. Meunier – Litigation – Patent
• Peter M. Miller – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Trusts and Estates
• Laurence P. Naughton – Corporate Law
• Marilyn Newman – Environmental Law
• M. Daria Niewenhous – Health Care Law
• Poonam Patidar – Public Finance Law
• Edwin C. Pease – Corporate Law
• Susan P. Phillips – Environmental Law
• John R. Pomerance – Corporate Law
• R. Robert Popeo – Bet-the Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Governance Law; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
• Jeffrey R. Porter – Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
• John F. Quill – Immigration Law
• Paul J. Ricotta – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Mark E. Robinson – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Adam P. Samansky – Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Gregory A. Sandomirsky – Public Finance Law
• Laurence A. Schoen – Commercial Litigation
• William J. Squires III – Environmental Law
• Samuel M. Tony Starr – Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
• Kurt R. Steinkrauss – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Trusts and Estates
• Henry A. Sullivan – Commercial Litigation
• John F. Sylvia – Litigation – Securities
• Reena I. Thadhani – Trusts and Estates
• William T. Whelan – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
• Nicholas A. Zachariades – Patent Law

Los Angeles

• Daniel B. Guggenheim – Real Estate Law
• Erin F. Natter – Real Estate Law

New York

• Richard H. Block – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Robert I. Bodian – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Litigation – Securities
• Charles Carey – Public Finance Law
• Peter A. Chavkin – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Therese M. Doherty – Litigation – Securities
• Jason P.W. Halperin – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Robert G. Koen – Real Estate Law
• Jeffrey A. Moerdler – Real Estate Law
• Joel I. Papernik – Corporate Law
• Brian J. Platton – Health Care Law
• David M. Siegal – Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Christopher J. Sullivan – Litigation – Real Estate
• Nili Yolin – Health Care Law

San Diego

• Mitch Danzig – Employment Law – Management
• Joseph R. Dunn – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Jeremy D. Glaser – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Venture Capital Law
• Kenneth E. Jenkins – Patent Law
• Randy K. Jones – Commercial Litigation
• Adam C. Lenain – Corporate Law
• Antony Nash – Litigation – Real Estate
• Daniel T. Pascucci – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
• Natalie Prescott – Litigation – Insurance
• Sean T. Prosser – Commercial Litigation; Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Litigation – Securities
• Scott M. Stanton – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Michael D. Van Loy – Patent Law

San Francisco

• Paul Churchill – Real Estate
• Daniel J. Herling – Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Jon Welner – Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental; Natural Resources Law; Real Estate Law

Washington, D.C.

• David Barmak – Employment Law – Individuals; Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Susan W. Berson – Health Care Law
• Tara M. Corvo – Communications Law
• Hope S. Foster – Health Care Law
• Russell H. Fox – Communications Law
• Laurence J. Freedman – Health Care Law
• Christopher J. Harvie – Communications Law
• Paul W. Kalish – Insurance Law
• Karen S. Lovitch – Health Care Law
• O’Kelly E. McWilliams III – Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Laura A. Stefani – Communications Law
• T. Scott Thompson – Communications Law