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(PARSIPPANY, NJ May 23, 2014) - Day Pitney LLP attorneys have been recognized in Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business.

This year 46 Day Pitney attorneys and 12 practices received national and regional rankings in the prestigious guide, which was released today. Seven practices again garnered Band 1 rankings in their respective regions. Energy: Electricity, Franchising and Wealth Management received national recognition. Eight Day Pitney attorneys were ranked in Chambers for the first time: Michael T. Bissinger, Heather Weine Brochin and Mary B. Rogers for Labor & Employment in New Jersey; Thomas D. Goldberg for Litigation: General Commercial in Connecticut; Thomas Malman for Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use in New Jersey; Andrew Riddles for Intellectual Property: Patent in New York; James Rotondo for Litigation: General Commercial in Connecticut and Joseph K. Scully for Litigation: General Commercial in Connecticut. Nine Day Pitney attorneys received national rankings: William T. Baker, Jr. and Paul N. Belval were recognized in Energy: Electricity (Transactional); David T. Doot and Joseph H. Fagan for Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation); Gerald Garfield in Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation); Dennis R. LaFiura for Franchising; and Leiha Macauley, Dina Kapur Sanna and G. Warren Whitaker for Wealth Management. Additionally, Band 1 individual rankings were achieved by Elizabeth C. Barton in Environment - Connecticut; Jerome Berkman - Real Estate - Connecticut; Ronald H. Janis - Corporate/M&A - New Jersey; Kathy A. Lawler - Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation - New Jersey; Gregory C. Parliman - Labor & Employment - New Jersey; James Sicilian - Litigation: General Commercial - Connecticut; Felix J. Springer - Labor & Employment - Connecticut; David A. Swerdloff - Corporate/M&A - Connecticut; Albert Zakarian - Labor & Employment - Connecticut. Chambers determines its rankings based on submissions put forward by firms, interviews and internal research. A team of more than 140 researchers conducts thousands of interviews to compile a completely new guide each year. Law firms and attorneys are ranked based on technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment and other qualities valued by clients. Day Pitney practices that received a Band 1 ranking in this year's guide include: Corporate/M&A - New Jersey Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation - New Jersey Environment - Connecticut Labor & Employment - Connecticut Labor & Employment - New Jersey Litigation: General Commercial - Connecticut Real Estate - Connecticut Day Pitney practices ranked on a national level: Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) Franchising Wealth Management (inc. Eastern Region) Day Pitney partners ranked nationally: William T. Baker, Jr. - Energy: Electricity (Transactional) Paul N. Belval - Energy: Electricity (Transactional) David T. Doot - Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) Joseph H. Fagan - Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) Gerald Garfield - Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation) Dennis R. LaFiura - Franchising Leiha Macauley - Wealth Management Dina Kapur Sanna - Wealth Management G. Warren Whitaker - Wealth Management All other Day Pitney ranked practices: Corporate/M&A - Connecticut Environment - New Jersey Litigation: General Commercial - New Jersey Litigation: Products Liability - New Jersey Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations - New Jersey Real Estate (inc. Zoning & Land Use) - New Jersey Ranked Day Pitney Lawyers by practice area and region: William T. Baker, Jr. - Energy: Electricity (Transactional) - National) Elizabeth C. Barton - Environment - Connecticut R. Scott Beach - Corporate/M&A - Connecticut Paul N. Belval - Energy: Electricity - Transactional Jerome Berkman - Real Estate - Connecticut Michael T. Bissinger - Labor & Employment - New Jersey Harold M. Blinderman - Environment - Connecticut Heather Weine Brochin - Labor & Employment - New Jersey Michael P. Byrne - Real Estate - Connecticut Warren J. Casey - Corporate/M&A - New Jersey Colleen R. Donovan - Environment, Real Estate - New Jersey David T. Doot - Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) - National David P. Doyle - Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation - New Jersey Michael J. Dunne - Corporate/M&A - New Jersey Joseph H. Fagan - Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) - National Daniel L. FitzMaurice - Litigation: General Commercial - Connecticut Gerald Garfield - Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation) - National Thomas D. Goldberg - Litigation: General Commercial - Connecticut Scott Warren Goodman - Corporate/M&A - New Jersey Benjamin E. Haglund - Litigation: Products Liability - New Jersey Ronald H. Janis - Corporate/M&A - New Jersey Dennis T. Kearney - Litigation: General Commercial - New Jersey Theresa A. Kelly - Labor & Employment - New Jersey Dennis R. LaFiura - Franchising - National; Litigation: General Commercial - New Jersey Kathy A. Lawler - Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation - New Jersey Leiha Macauley - Wealth Management - National Thomas J. Malman - Real Estate - New Jersey Anthony J. Marchetta - Litigation: General Commercial - New Jersey Patrick J. McCarthy - Labor & Employment - New Jersey John B. Nolan - Litigation: General Commercial - Connecticut John J. O'Reilly - Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations - New Jersey Gregory C. Parliman - Labor & Employment - New Jersey Andrew W. Riddles - Intellectual Property: Patent - New York Mary B. Rogers - Labor & Employment - New Jersey James Rotondo - Litigation: General Commercial - Connecticut Dina Kapur Sanna - Wealth Management - National Daniel L. Schwartz - Labor & Employment - Connecticut Joseph K. Scully - Litigation: General Commercial - Connecticut James Sicilian - Litigation: General Commercial - Connecticut Joy Harmon Sperling - Litigation: General Commercial -New Jersey Felix J. Springer - Labor & Employment - Connecticut David A. Swerdloff - Corporate/M&A - Connecticut Robert M. Taylor III - Corporate/M&A - Connecticut G. Warren Whitaker - Wealth Management - National Albert Zakarian - Labor & Employment - Connecticut

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Day Pitney LLP is a full-service law firm with close to 300 attorneys in Boston, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Washington, DC. The firm offers clients strong corporate and litigation practices, with experience on behalf of large national and international corporations as well as emerging and middle-market companies and individuals.