Chambers Recognizes Day Pitney with Elevated Rankings Across Practices and Attorneys
Day Pitney LLP has once again earned national and regional acclaim in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business*. In its 2024 edition, 34 Day Pitney attorneys and 15 practices have been recognized, showcasing the firm's exceptional talent and the sophistication of its clients and legal matters. The Chambers USA guide is a legal industry ranking that highlights top lawyers and law firms across the United States.
This year, Day Pitney achieved 17 "Band 1" rankings across various practices and offices including: insurance, general commercial litigation, and real estate in Connecticut, employee benefits and executive compensation in New Jersey, as well as litigation in Florida. The firm also made significant strides, with advancements in four practice rankings and eleven individual attorneys moving up in their band rankings. Two Day Pitney attorneys earned their first-time recognition by Chambers, while nine additional attorneys were cited by the publication as having significant potential for being ranked in the future.
Day Pitney's results in the 2024 Chambers USA rankings are based on independent market commentary, client references, and a demonstrated sophistication of legal representation matters including; high-stakes, bet-the-company litigation, sophisticated corporate transactions for public and private entities, real estate, zoning, and land use work, labor and employment, environmental, energy, insurance, private wealth law, healthcare, and employee benefits and compensation.
Chambers USA ranked the following Day Pitney practices and lawyers in these categories (Band 1 ranking is denoted by 1):
PRACTICE RANKINGS
Nationwide
Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
Connecticut
Corporate M&A
Environment
Healthcare
Insurance1
Labor & Employment
Litigation: General Commercial1
Real Estate1
Florida
Litigation: General Commercial; Highly-Regarded1
New Jersey
Corporate/M&A
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation1
Labor & Employment
Litigation: General Commercial
Real Estate
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
Nationwide
David T. Doot, Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)1
Margaret Czepiel, Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) Associates to Watch
Joseph H. Fagan, Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation); Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
Daniel L. FitzMaurice, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance
Valerie Green, Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
Sebastian Lombardi, Energy: Electricity (Regulator & Litigation) Up and Coming
Evan Reese, Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
Connecticut
Rosemary Ayers, Real Estate
Elizabeth C. Barton, Environment1
Scott Beach, Corporate/M&A
Harold M. Blinderman, Environment
Michael P. Byrne, Real Estate1
John W. Cerreta, Litigation: General Commercial
Daniel L. FitzMaurice, Insurance1
Thomas D. Goldberg, Litigation: General Commercial 1
Susan R. Huntington, Healthcare
Elizabeth Retersdorf, Insurance1
William Roberts, Healthcare
James Rotondo, Litigation: General Commercial
Daniel L. Schwartz, Labor & Employment1
Joseph Scully, Insurance1
Mindy Tompkins, Healthcare
David A. Swerdloff, Corporate/M&A (Senior Statespeople)
Florida
Manuel A. Garcia-Linares, Litigation: General Commercial
Mark Romance, Litigation: General Commercial
New Jersey
Katharine A. Coffey, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
David P. Doyle, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation1
Francine Esposito, Labor & Employment
Benjamin Haglund, Litigation: Products Liability
Kathy A. Lawler, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation1
Thomas Malman, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use1
Laurence Smith, Corporate/M&A
Todd W. Terhune, Environmental
Peter J. Wolfson, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Rhode Island
George Chaclas, Intellectual Property1
*Chambers USA results are issued by Chambers and Partners. A description of the selection methodology can be found here.
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