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The Best Lawyers in America recognizes 49 Hinckley Allen partners

Boston, MA 49 attorneys from Hinckley Allen were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which almost 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly five million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

The following Hinckley Allen attorneys were selected in their respective practice areas for 2016:

Arbitration:

• William Champlin III (Hartford, CT)

Banking and Finance Law:

• William Bouton III (Hartford, CT)

• Scott Cooper (Boston, MA)

• Joseph Curran (Providence, RI)

• Malcolm Farmer III (Providence, RI)

• Matthew Marcello III (Providence, RI)

• Nancy Wilsker (Boston, MA)

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law:

• William Fish, Jr. (Hartford, CT)

Bet-the-Company Litigation:

• Michael Connolly (Boston, MA)

• Gerald Petros (Providence, RI)

• David Wollin (Providence, RI)

Commercial Litigation:

• James Barriere (Albany, NY)

• Christine Bush (Providence, RI)

• Michael Connolly (Boston, MA)

• John Droney (Hartford, CT)

• Robert Flanders, Jr. (Providence, RI)

• William Grimm (Providence, RI)

• Michael Koenig (Albany, NY)

• Robin Main (Providence, RI)

• Gerald Petros (Providence, RI)

• Craig Scott (Providence, RI)

• David Wollin (Providence, RI)

Construction Law:

• Christine Bush (Providence, RI)

• Jared Cohane (Hartford, CT)

• John Connelly (Boston, MA)

• Joel Lewin (Boston, MA)

• Charles Schaub, Jr. (Boston, MA)

Copyright Law:

• Christine Bush (Providence, RI)

Corporate Law:

• William Bouton III (Hartford, CT)

• Stephen Carlotti (Providence, RI)

• Malcolm Farmer III (Providence, RI)

• Margaret Farrell (Providence, RI)

• Adam Gwaltney (Providence, RI)

• Thomas Marrion (Hartford, CT)

• Mark McCue (Concord, NH)

• Patrick Rogers (Providence, RI)

Criminal Defense: White-Collar:

• Michael Connolly (Boston, MA)

• Michael Koenig (Albany, NY)

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law:

• Frederick McClure (Providence, RI)

Energy Law:

• Gerald Petros (Providence, RI)

Environmental Law:

• Robin Main (Providence, RI)

• David Wollin (Providence, RI)

Financial Services Regulation Law:

• William Bouton III (Hartford, CT)

• David Wiese (Hartford, CT)

• Nancy Wilsker (Boston, MA)

First Amendment Law:

• William Fish, Jr. (Hartford, CT)

Health Care Law:

• Thomas Courage (Providence, RI)

• Priscilla Kimball (Concord, NH)

• Thomas Marrion (Hartford, CT)

• Charles Normand (Providence, RI)

• Michael Tauber (Providence, RI

Land Use and Zoning Law:

John Bolton (Providence, RI)

• John H. Sokul, Jr. (Concord, NH)

• Richard Y. Uchida (Concord, NH)

Litigation - Banking and Finance

• Robert Flanders, Jr. (Providence, RI)

Litigation - Bankruptcy:

• William Fish, Jr. (Hartford, CT)

Litigation – Construction:

• James Barriere (Albany, NY)

• Ronald Ciotti (Concord, NH)

• Jared Cohane (Hartford, CT)

• Timothy Corey (Hartford, CT)

• Joel Lewin (Boston, MA)

• Charles Schaub, Jr. (Boston, MA)

Litigation - Environmental:

• Robin Main (Providence, RI)

• Gerald Petros (Providence, RI)

Litigation - First Amendment:

• Robert Flanders, Jr. (Providence, RI)

Litigation - Intellectual Property:

• Christine Bush (Providence, RI)

• William Grimm (Providence, RI)

• Craig Scott (Providence, RI)

Litigation - Land Use and Zoning:

• John Sokul, Jr. (Concord, NH)

Litigation - Patent:

Christine Bush (Providence, RI)

William Grimm (Providence, RI)

Craig Scott (Providence, RI)

Litigation - Real Estate:

• Noble Allen (Hartford, CT)

• Robert Flanders, Jr. (Providence, RI)

• Richard Uchida (Concord, NH)

Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy):

Gerald Petros (Providence, RI)

Litigation - Securities:

• Robert Flanders, Jr. (Providence, RI)

Litigation - Trusts and Estates:

• Craig Scott (Providence, RI)

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants:

• David Wollin (Providence, RI)

Mergers and Acquisitions Law:

• Stephen Carlotti (Providence, RI)

• Margaret Farrell (Providence, RI)

Non-Profit / Charities Law:

• Paul Silver (Providence, RI)

Product Liability Litigation - Defendants:

• David Wollin (Providence, RI)

Public Finance Law:

• Malcolm Farmer III (Providence, RI)

• Stephen Weyl (Boston, MA)

Real Estate Law:

• E. Jerome Batty (Providence, RI)

• Scott Cooper (Boston, MA)

• Matthew Marcello III (Providence, RI)

• David Rubin (Providence, RI)

• John Sokul, Jr. (Concord, NH)

• David Tracy (Providence, RI)

• Richard Uchida (Concord, NH)

Securities / Capital Markets Law:

• William Bouton III (Hartford, CT)

• Margaret Farrell (Providence, RI)

Securities Regulation:

• Margaret Farrell (Providence, RI)

Trademark Law:

• Christine Bush (Providence, RI)

• Craig Scott (Providence, RI)

Trusts and Estates:

• Leon Boghossian III (Providence, RI)

• Doris Licht (Providence, RI)

• Nelson Raust (Concord, NH)

• Paul Silver (Providence, RI)

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