Fourteen Burns & Levinson Boston Based Attorneys Selected to The Best Lawyers in America® 2012

Burns & Levinson LLP is proud to announce that 14 of the firm's Boston based attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. We congratulate Attorneys Victor Bass, Brian D. Bixby, Thomas D. Burns, Laura L. Carroll, Jerry Cohen, Lisa M. Cukier, Jacob (Jesse) N. Erlich, George P. Field, Dennis J. Kelly, David P. Rosenblatt, Mark Schonfeld, Laura R. Studen, George N. Tobia, Jr. and Peter F. Zupcofska. Mr. Burns (25 years), Mr. Coffey (10 years) and Mr. Rosenblatt (10 years) are part of a distinguished group who have been listed in Best Lawyers® for ten years or longer. Many of our attorneys were also selected in more than one field.

Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 41,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.  Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

The Best Lawyers in America® 2012:

(Year) First year the lawyer was listed

Bulleted list indicates Best Lawyers® category

Victor Bass: Partner, Chairman of the Bankruptcy Group. Boston Office. (2010)

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy

Brian D. Bixby: Partner, Chairman of the Probate & Trust Litigation Group, Co-Chair of the Private Client Group, Member of the Divorce & Family and Trusts & Estates Groups. Boston Office. (2010)

  • Family Law
  • Litigation – Trusts & Estates
  • Trusts & Estates

Thomas D. Burns: Co-founder. Boston Office. (1987) (25)

  • Personal Injury – Litigation - Defendants

Laura L. Carroll: Partner, Member of the Intellectual Property and Business Litigation Groups. Boston Office. (2012)

  • Litigation – Intellectual Property

Jerry Cohen: Partner, Member of the Intellectual Property Group. Boston Office. (2009)

  • Litigation – Intellectual Property
  • Litigation – Patent
  • Patent Law
  • Trademark Law

Lisa M. Cukier: Partner, Member of Executive Committee, Member of the Private Client Group to include the Divorce & Family, Probate & Trust Litigation and Trusts & Estates Groups. Boston Office. (2010)

  • Family Law

Jacob (Jesse) N. Erlich: Partner, Member of the Intellectual Property Group. Boston Office. (2011)

  • Patent Law

George P. Field: Partner, Member of the Business Litigation, Intellectual Property and Bankruptcy Groups. Boston Office. (2006)

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Litigation – Trusts & Estates

Dennis J. Kelly: Partner, Chairman of the Government Investigations & White Collar Crime Group, Member of the Business Litigation Group. Boston Office. (2007)

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Personal Injury Litigation

David P. Rosenblatt: Managing Partner, Member of Executive Committee, Chairman of the Environmental Group, Member of the Real Estate Group. Boston Office. (1995) (10)

  • Litigation - Environmental

Mark Schonfeld: Partner, Member of the Intellectual Property and Business Litigation Groups. Boston Office. (2012)

  • Litigation – Intellectual Property

Laura R. Studen: Partner, Co-Chair of the Business Litigation Group, Member of the Divorce & Family Law and Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits Groups. Boston Office. (2006)

  • Employment Law – Individuals
  • Litigation – Labor & Employment

George N. Tobia, Jr.: Partner, Chairman of the Entertainment & Media Group, Member of the Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Private Client and Tax Groups.  Boston Office. (2011)

  • Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures & Television
    Entertainment Law - Music

Peter F. Zupcofska: Partner, Member of Executive Committee, Member of the Private Client Group to include the Divorce & Family and Probate & Trust Litigation Groups. Boston Office. (2011)

  • Family Law

About Burns & Levinson LLP
Burns & Levinson is a full-service law firm with more than 125 attorneys based in Boston, with additional offices in Providence and New York, as well as in the Merrimack Valley/North Shore, MetroWest and South Shore areas of Massachusetts. The firm has grown steadily and strategically throughout the years and has become a premier law firm with regional, national and international clientele. The firm has expertise in corporate law, finance, venture capital, private equity, tax, bankruptcy, lending and leasing, real estate, business litigation, government investigations and white collar crime defense, intellectual property and a large private client group, including estate planning, probate and trust litigation, divorce and other family law issues. In addition, the firm has a wholly owned subsidiary office in Montreal, Quebec, to service its Canadian clients. For more information, visit Burns & Levinson at www.burnslev.com.