A total of 28 attorneys from Pullman & Comley, LLC, were honored by 2026 Super Lawyers with 15 named to the Connecticut Super Lawyers list and 13 named Connecticut Rising Stars. Additionally, James (Tim) Shearin was named to the Top 10 Connecticut Super Lawyers list, while Jonathan B. Orleans was recognized among the Connecticut Super Lawyers Top 50.
The Pullman & Comley attorneys on the 2026 Connecticut Super Lawyers list include the following, listed below with their cited practice areas. The names of the attorneys selected appear in the November 2026 issue of Connecticut Super Lawyers magazine and the November 2026 issue of Connecticut magazine.
Livia DeFilippis Barndollar, Family Law
Megan Y. Carannante, Business Litigation
Beck S. Fineman, Family Law
Monte E. Frank, Business Litigation
Irve J. Goldman, Bankruptcy: Business
Nancy A. D. Hancock, Securities & Corporate Finance
Joshua A. Hawks-Ladds, Employment & Labor Law
Lee D. Hoffman, Energy & Resources
Robert L. Holzberg, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Dana M. Hrelic, Appellate
Jonathan A. Kaplan, Business Litigation
Brion J. Kirsch, Real Estate
Jonathan B. Orleans, Employment & Labor Law
James T. (Tim) Shearin, Business Litigation
Marcy T. Stovall, Professional Liability: Defense
The following attorneys were named to the 2026 Connecticut Rising Stars list:
Daniel R. Barrack, Government Finance
Meagan A. Cauda, Business Litigation
Danielle Erickson, Estate & Probate
Liana Feinn, Energy & Resources
Matthew D. Glennon, Business/Corporate
Thomas S. Lambert, Business Litigation
Bianca L. LoGiurato, Civil Litigation: Defense
Michael J. Marafito, Tax
Sean M. McAuliffe, Business Litigation
Stacie L. Provencher, Family Law
Christopher M. Rousseau, Real Estate
Kelly A. Scott, Family Law
Joshua S. Smith, Business/Corporate
About Pullman & Comley
Pullman & Comley is one of Connecticut’s largest law firms and, for more than 100 years, has provided a wide range of legal services to clients in the New England region, as well as throughout the United States and internationally. Pullman & Comley’s major practice areas include business organizations and finance; labor, employment law and employee benefits; litigation; public finance; property tax and valuation; real estate, energy, environmental and land use; and trusts and estates, with focused sections including alternative dispute resolution (ADR); bankruptcy and creditors’ rights; education law; family law; health care; and hospitality, among others. The firm has offices in Bridgeport, Hartford and Westport, Connecticut; White Plains, New York; Springfield, Massachusetts; and Wakefield, Rhode Island. The firm is an active member of the Law Firm Alliance (lawfirmalliance.org), an international affiliation of law firms. For more information, please visit www.pullcom.com.
About Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Super Lawyers selects attorneys using a rigorous, multiphase rating process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with third party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis. The Rising Stars selection process is the Super Lawyers selection process except that candidates must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for ten years or less, and the selection process does not include peer evaluation by practice area. Super Lawyers is published in 50 states and the District of Columbia by Thomson Reuters. For more about the standards for inclusion in Super Lawyers, please visit superlawyers.com.
Professionals
Livia DeFilippis Barndollar
Daniel Barrack
Megan Youngling Carannante
Meagan A. Cauda
Danielle Erickson
Liana Feinn
Beck S. Fineman
Monte E. Frank
Matthew D. Glennon
Irve J. Goldman
Nancy A. D. Hancock
Joshua A. Hawks-Ladds
Lee D. Hoffman
Robert L. Holzberg
Dana M. Hrelic
Jonathan A. Kaplan
Brion J. Kirsch
Thomas S. Lambert
Bianca LoGiurato
Michael J. Marafito
Sean M. McAuliffe
Jonathan B. Orleans
Stacie L. Provencher
Christopher M. Rousseau
Kelly A. Scott
James T. Shearin
Joshua S. Smith
Marcy Tench Stovall
Practice Areas
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Appellate
Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights and Financial Restructuring
Business and Finance
Energy, Regulatory and Telecommunications
Family Law
Labor, Employment Law & Employee Benefits
Litigation
Professional Liability
Public Finance
Real Estate
Tax