Verrill has been recognized as a Leading Firm in 14 categories and subcategories by Chambers & Partners, the London-based legal research and publishing authority renowned for its rigorous evaluation process. Each year, Chambers conducts thousands of in-depth interviews with clients and industry professionals to assess the reputation, expertise, and client service of attorneys and law firms across the United States in a wide range of practice areas.

In addition to the firm’s overall recognition, nearly 20 percent of Verrill attorneys were individually ranked by Chambers, including 24 based in Maine, four in Massachusetts, three in Connecticut and one in Washington, D.C. In addition to the firm’s individual rankings, the firm was recognized in Connecticut for Corporate/M&A and Litigation: General Commercial; in Maine for Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Corporate/M&A, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, Litigation: Medical Malpractice & Insurance Defense, and Real Estate; and in Massachusetts for Healthcare and Environment.

The individual attorneys recognized are:

Maine:

– Roger A. Clement, Jr. – Bankruptcy/Restructuring

– Nathaniel Hull – Bankruptcy/Restructuring

– Gregory Fryer – Corporate/M&A

– Mark K. Googins – Corporate

– Eric Altholz – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

– Kenneth Ginder – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

– Suzanne Meeker – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

– Christopher Lockman – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

– Lisa Boehm – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

– James I. Cohen – Energy & Natural Resources

– Juliet T. Browne – Energy & Natural Resources and Environment

– Mathew Todaro – Environment

– Gordon Smith – Environment

– Charles P. Bacall – Intellectual Property

– Kelly Donahue – Intellectual Property

– Douglas Currier – Labor & Employment

– Robert C. Brooks – Labor & Employment

– Tawny L. Alvarez – Labor & Employment

– Martha Gaythwaite – Litigation: General Commercial

– Robert Ruesch – Litigation: General Commercial

– John Giffune – Litigation: General Commercial

– Anthony M. Calcagni – Real Estate

– David Galgay, Jr. – Real Estate

– James C. Palmer – Real Estate

Massachusetts:

– John Shea – Environment

– Peter Durning – Environment

– Thomas A. Mackie – Environment

– Michael Fee – Healthcare and Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

Connecticut:

– Cheryl Johnson – Corporate/M&A

– Frank Silvestri – Litigation: General Commercial

– Regina Flaherty – Real Estate

Washington, D.C.:

– Geoffrey Why – Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite


Verrill is a full-service law firm with more than 170 attorneys and nine offices throughout the Northeast. The firm’s attorneys provide award-winning client service to businesses and individuals across the country and around the globe in a variety of areas and industries, including construction, energy, food and beverage, health care, higher education, manufacturing, technology, and telecommunications, among others. For more information about the firm and its values, visit www.verrill-law.com.

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