Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew announces that sixteen of its attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.) in sixteen different practice areas. First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an annual peer-review survey in which more than 41,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of other attorneys in their practice areas.
The practice areas and the attorney(s) listed in each area are as follows:
Commercial Litigation: Ritchie Berger, Samuel Hoar, Jr., Karen McAndrew
Corporate Law: Jeffrey McMahan, Brian Murphy
Employment Law - Management: Robert McKearin, Jeffrey Nolan, Amy McLaughlin
Healthcare Law: Spencer Knapp
Immigration Law: Leigh Cole
Insurance Law: Barbara Cory
Litigation - Environmental: Samuel Hoar, Jr.
Litigation - Intellectual Property: Shapleigh Smith, Jr.
Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants: Ritchie Berger
Mergers & Acquisitions Law: Spencer Knapp, Brian Murphy
Non-Profit/Charities Law: Brian Murphy
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants: Ritchie Berger, Karen McAndrew, John Monahan
Real Estate Law: Austin Hart, Molly Lebowitz
Tax Law: Mark Langan
Technology Law: Jeffrey McMahan
Trusts and Estates: Mark Langan
Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C., with offices in Burlington, Vermont and Plattsburgh, New York, is one of the oldest and largest law firms serving Vermont and the Adirondack Region of upstate New York. For over 90 years, the firm has served its clients in important cases, transactions and legal developments.