Sept. 5, 2007 — Portland, Maine —Today, Preti Flaherty
announced that 29 attorneys from its offices in Portland and Augusta, Maine, and
Concord, N.H., have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best
Lawyers in America® 2008 (Copyright 2007 by Woodward/White, Inc.,
of Aiken, S.C.). Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has
become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the
United States.
Preti Flaherty received the following rankings:
- Ranked #1 in Maine in Administrative Law
- Ranked #1 firm in Augusta, Maine with 10 attorneys listed
The 29 selected attorneys include:
Augusta office:
Severin M. Beliveau (Administrative Law and Government Relations
Law)
Anthony W. Buxton (Energy Law)
Virginia E. Davis (Land Use &
Zoning Law)
Charles F. Dingman (Administrative Law)
Joseph G.
Donahue (Communications Law and Energy
Law)
Michael J. Gentile (Real Estate
Law)
Bruce C. Gerrity (Administrative Law
and Franchise
Law)
James C. Pitney, Jr. (Public Finance
Law)
Ann R. Robinson (Administrative
Law)
Donald J. Sipe (Energy Law)
Concord office:
John M. Sullivan (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law; Corporate Law)
Portland office:
Timothy J. Bryant (Franchise Law)
Peter S. Carlisle (Sports Law)
John
P. Doyle, Jr. (Health Care Law)
Gregory P. Hansel (Commercial
Litigation)
Evan M. Hansen (Workers’ Compensation Law)
Michael Kaplan
(Maritime
Law)
Susan
E. LoGiudice (Corporate Law)
Michael G.
Messerschmidt (Labor and Employment
Law)
Robert O. Newton (Commercial Litigation and Personal Injury
Litigation)
Christopher
D. Nyhan (Medical Malpractice Law and Personal Injury
Litigation)
Harold C. Pachios (Corporate
Law)
Jonathan S. Piper (Commercial Litigation and First Amendment
Law)
Daniel Rapaport (Alternative Dispute Resolution,
Medical Malpractice Law
and Personal Injury
Litigation)
Dennis C. Sbrega (Real
Estate Law)
Sigmund D. Schutz (First Amendment
Law)
Michael L. Sheehan (Corporate Law
and Tax Law)
Eric P. Stauffer (Corporate
Law)
David
B. Van Slyke (Environmental Law)
One of Northern New England’s largest law firms, Preti Flaherty has built a
sophisticated practice with an international reach, dedicated service and
multi-state litigation experience. Because Best Lawyers is based on an
exhaustive peer-review survey in which 18,000 leading attorneys throughout the
country cast more than a half million votes on the legal abilities of other
lawyers in their specialties, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to
pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a
singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers
“the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
About Preti Flaherty
Preti Flaherty has offices in Portland and Augusta, Maine, Concord, N.H., and
Boston, Mass. With more than 85 attorneys, the firm counsels clients in the
areas of business law, energy, environmental, estate planning, health care,
intellectual property, labor and employment, legislative and regulatory,
litigation, technology and telecommunications. More information about the firm
is available at www.preti.com.
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