44 Pullman & Comley Attorneys Named to 2027 Best Lawyers® List
August 20, 2026
Pullman & Comley, LLC would like to congratulate 44 of its attorneys for being recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® on their 2027 list. Of those attorneys, five were named “Lawyer of the Year” in their practice area and location, and 10 were identified as “Ones to Watch.”
Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. The process is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area. For the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, more than 3.8 million confidential evaluations were analyzed, which resulted in recognition of approximately 5% of lawyers in private practice in the United States. To learn more about the methodology used by Best Lawyers, one of the leading guides to legal excellence first published in 1983, click here.
The following Pullman & Comley attorneys appear in The Best Lawyers in America 2027 in the following practice areas:
Michael J. Andreana — Public Finance Law
Livia DeFilippis Barndollar — Family Law, Appellate Practice
Kathryn E. Boucher — Energy Law, Energy Regulatory Law
Megan Y. Carannante — Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Stephen M. Cowherd — Health Care Law
Monte E. Frank — Commercial Litigation
Eliot B. Gersten — Commercial Litigation
Andrew C. Glassman — Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Irve J. Goldman — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Bankruptcy
Nancy A. D. Hancock — Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Joshua A. Hawks-Ladds — Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Lee D. Hoffman — Energy Law, Energy Regulatory Law, Environmental Law
Robert L. Holzberg — Arbitration, Mediation
Dana M. Hrelic — Appellate Practice
Jonathan Kaplan — Commercial Litigation
Brion J. Kirsch — Real Estate Law
Frederic Lee Klein — Energy Law, Water Law
Thomas S. Lambert — Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Construction
James F. Martin — Real Estate Law
Kristin B. Mayhew — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation
D. Robert Morris — Tax Law, Litigation - Antitrust, Mediation
Gary B. O'Connor — Litigation - Real Estate, Real Estate Law, Environmental Law
Jonathan B. Orleans — Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Alan S. Parker — Trusts and Estates
Marie V. Phelan — Public Finance Law
Michael E. Riley — Arbitration
Richard C. Robinson — Litigation - Construction
Zachary D. Schurin — Litigation - Labor and Employment, Education Law
Kelly A. Scott — Family Law, Family Law Arbitration, Family Law Mediation
Gregory F. Servodidio — Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
James T. Shearin — Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Antitrust, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Securities, Trademark Law
James B. Stewart — Trusts and Estates
Marcy Tench Stovall — Commercial Litigation, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law, Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
Frederic Ury — Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Five Attorneys Named ‘Lawyer of the Year’
Within The Best Lawyers in America list, only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant. These lawyers are selected based on impressive voting averages received during the peer review assessments. Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism and their integrity.
Pullman & Comley would like to congratulate the following attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2027 “Lawyer of the Year” in the following practice areas and locations:
Stephen M. Cowherd — Health Care Law (Stamford)
Lee D. Hoffman — Environmental Law (Hartford)
Kristin B. Mayhew — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (Stamford)
Jonathan B. Orleans — Litigation - Labor and Employment (Stamford)
James T. Shearin — Litigation - Intellectual Property (Stamford)
This is the 11th year that Mr. Orleans has been named Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers. It is the fourth such honor for Mr. Hoffman.
Note: The metropolitan area location categories are assigned by Best Lawyers and may not reflect the Pullman & Comley office where these attorneys most commonly work.
‘Ones to Watch’
Pullman & Comley would also like to congratulate the following attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers as “Ones to Watch.” These attorneys, each of whom is earlier in their career, have been highlighted for the contributions they have made in the following areas of practice:
Meagan A. Cauda — Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
Danielle Erickson — Trusts and Estates
Matthew D. Glennon — Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Ashley Tyler Hokanson — Real Estate Law
Daryl M. Johnson — Real Estate Law
Bianca LoGiurato — Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Sean M. McAuliffe — Commercial Litigation
Stacie L. Provencher — Family Law
Christopher M. Rousseau — Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
Joshua S. Smith — Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
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; public finance; health care; labor, employment law and employee benefits; litigation; property tax and valuation; real estate, energy, environmental and land use; and trusts and estates. 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, an international affiliation of law firms. For more information, please visit www.pullcom.com.
Professionals
Michael J. Andreana
Livia DeFilippis Barndollar
Kathryn E. Boucher
Megan Youngling Carannante
Meagan A. Cauda
Stephen M. Cowherd
Danielle Erickson
Monte E. Frank
Eliot B. Gersten
Andrew C. Glassman
Matthew D. Glennon
Irve J. Goldman
Nancy A. D. Hancock
Joshua A. Hawks-Ladds
Lee D. Hoffman
Ashley Tyler Hokanson
Robert L. Holzberg
Dana M. Hrelic
Daryl M. Johnson
Jonathan A. Kaplan
Brion J. Kirsch
Frederic Lee Klein
Thomas S. Lambert
Bianca LoGiurato
James F. Martin
Kristin B. Mayhew
Sean M. McAuliffe
D. Robert Morris
Gary B. O'Connor
Jonathan B. Orleans
Alan S. Parker
Marie V. Phelan
Stacie L. Provencher
Michael E. Riley
Richard C. Robinson
Christopher M. Rousseau
Zachary D. Schurin
Kelly A. Scott
Gregory F. Servodidio, CRE
James T. Shearin
Joshua S. Smith
James B. Stewart
Marcy Tench Stovall
Frederic S. Ury
Practice Areas
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Antitrust Litigation Appellate
Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights
Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights and Financial Restructuring
Business and Finance
Construction
Education Law
Eminent Domain
Energy, Regulatory and Telecommunications
Environmental
Environmental Law
Family Law
Family Law Appellate
Health Care
Intellectual Property and Technology
Labor and Employment Litigation
Labor, Employment Law & Employee Benefits
Land Use
Litigation
Mergers and Acquisitions
Public Finance
Real Estate
Real Estate and Environmental Litigation
School Law
Securities Litigation
Tax
Trusts and Estates
Water