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31 attorneys from Shaheen & Gordon recognized by Best Lawyers 2025

Shaheen & Gordon announced that 31 of its attorneys have been recognized in the 2025 editions of The Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. This represents more than half of the firm’s growing team of lawyers.

Best Lawyers relies on peer reviews to select its honorees annually. It is one of the most respected peer-review publications in the legal industry.

Attorneys Tracey Goyette Cote (Family Law), Cathy Green (Criminal Defense: General Practice & Criminal Defense: White-Collar), Benjamin Siracusa Hillman (Litigation – Trusts & Estates), Ron Abramson (Immigration), and Jared O’Connor (Workers’ Compensation – Claimants) were named Lawyer of the Year in their respective practice areas, meaning they received the highest overall peer feedback in their geographic region.

Shaheen & Gordon also received numerous Top-Listed Awards for areas where the firm has the most recognized lawyers of any firm. In addition to metro rankings, the firm received statewide recognition as the Top-Listed in New Hampshire in Criminal Defense: General Practice and Criminal Defense: White-Collar. The firm also has the highest number of early-career lawyers recognized as Ones to Watch in New Hampshire.

Honorees are as follows:

• Ronald L. Abramson – Immigration Law
• Stephanie K. Annunziata – Elder Law, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, and Trusts and Estates
• Joseph A. Cherniske – Criminal Defense: General Practice
• Tracey Goyette Cote – Collaborative Law: Family Law and Family Law
• Christine M. Craig – Consumer Protection Law, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, and Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Steven M. Gordon – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, and Litigation – First Amendment
• Cathy J. Green – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Criminal Defense: General Practice, and Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Timothy M. Harrington – Criminal Defense: General Practice
• Crystal M. Maldonado – Family Law
• Heather V. Menezes – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Francis G. Murphy – Employment Law – Individuals and Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants
• D. Michael Noonan – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Sean T. O’Connell – Employment Law – Individuals and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Jared P. O’Connor – Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants
• Brian M. Quirk – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• James D. Rosenberg – Criminal Defense: General Practice, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, and DUI / DWI Defense
• William H. Shaheen – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Benjamin Siracusa Hillman – Litigation – Trusts and Estates and Trusts and Estates
• Randall E. Smith – Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Alexander E. Spadinger – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Laura T. Tetrault – Elder Law and Trusts and Estates
• Lawrence A. Vogelman – Civil Rights Law

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

• Kirsten J. Allen – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• James Armillay – Commercial Litigation
• Olivia Bensinger – Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Leah Cole Durst – Criminal Defense: General Practice
• Samantha J. Heuring – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Brittani L. Pelissier – Family Law
• Julianne M. Plourde – Family Law
• Danielle Pomeroy – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Lyndsay N. Robinson – Family Law

Devine Millimet attorneys selected 2025 Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch, and Lawyers of the Year

Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A. recently announced that 23 attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in 2025 The Best Lawyers in America® and the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America.

One Devine Millimet attorney was selected for the 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” Awards: Jon B. Sparkman (Tax Law).

“Lawyer of the Year” honors are awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with extremely high overall feedback from their peers, making it an exceptional distinction.

The 22 attorneys recognized as Best Lawyers in America for their respective practice areas in 2025 are:

Manchester:

•  Suzanne Brunelle – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
• Pierre A. Chabot – Employment Law – Management; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Steve Cohen – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Corporate Law; Mergers
  and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
• Tabitha Croscut – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Corporate
  Governance Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• David P. Eby – Appellate Practice; Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Charles T. Giacopelli – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
• William F. Gramer – Family Law
• Matthew R. Johnson – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization
  Law; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
• Rebecca S. Kane – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Real Estate Law
• Renelle L. L’Huillier – Public Finance Law
• Angela B. Martin – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Corporate Law;
  Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Joseph G. Mattson – Insurance Law; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Anu R. Mullikin – Trusts and Estates
• Pamela A. Peterson – Family Law
• Charles R. Powell III – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization
  Law; Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law
• Thomas Quarles, Jr. – Litigation – Land Use and Zoning; Litigation – Real Estate
• Jennifer R. Rivett – Trusts and Estates
• Donald Lee Smith – Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Litigation –
  Insurance; Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintis
• Jon B. Sparkman – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Corporate Law;
  Nonprofit / Charities Law; Tax Law
• Marrielle B. Van Rossum – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Theofilos Vougias – Trusts and Estates

Concord:

• Joyce M. Hillis – Trusts and Estates

One of the firm’s attorneys has been recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America for 2025: Stephen N. Zaharias, Banking and Finance Law; Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); and Commercial Litigation.

Best Lawyers in America recognizes 9 Drummond Woodsum attorneys in New Hampshire

Nine Drummond Woodsum attorneys in New Hampshire were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in six distinct practice areas.

Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-reviewed publication in the legal profession. Both clients and legal professionals widely regard a listing in Best Lawyers as a significant honor conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. For over three decades, Best Lawyers’ lists have earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere.

The nine attorneys selected for inclusion in the 2025 Best Lawyers in America list and the areas of practice in which they were recognized include:

• Demetrio F. Aspiras III (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2024): Litigation – Municipal
• Mark T. Broth (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 1995): Employment Law – Management, Insurance Law, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Insurance, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Anna B. Cole (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2020): Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
• Erin R. Feltes (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2022): Litigation – Insurance
• Christine Filmore Johnston (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2024): Land Use and Zoning Law
• Meghan S. Glynn (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2024): Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
• James A. O’Shaughnessy (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021): Education Law, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
• Matthew R. Serge (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2016): Litigation – Municipal
• Gerald M. Zelin (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2009): Education Law