16 Woods Oviatt Attorneys Named to the 2009 "Best Lawyers in America" List.

Sixteen attorneys from Woods Oviatt Gilman have been named in the 2009 "Best Lawyers in America"  list.  Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be included, a listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded within the legal profession as an honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers.

2009 Woods Oviatt Gilman "Best Lawyers": 

• William G. Bauer -Commercial Litigation
• Philip L. Burke (10) -Trusts and Estates
• Gordon E. Forth -Corporate Law
• Raymond Thompson Gilman -Trusts and Estates
• Paul S. Groschadl (10) -Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
• Robert W. Kessler (10) -Trusts and Estates
• Patrick M. Malgieri -Banking Law
• James P. McElheny -Personal Injury Litigation
• Harry P. Messina, Jr. (10) -Corporate Law
• Mitchell S. Nusbaum -Real Estate Law
• Donald W. O'Brien, Jr. -Personal Injury Litigation
• Anthony R. Palermo (20) -Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation
• Rene H. Reixach - Elder Law, Health Care Law
• Warren B. Rosenbaum - Commercial Litigation
• W. Stephen Tierney (10) - Real Estate Law
• Samuel O. Tilton (10) -Real Estate Law

(10) 10 years on the list

(20) 20 years on the list