Seventy Mintz Levin Attorneys Named 2012 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fifty-two attorneys from Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. have been named Massachusetts Super Lawyers for 2012 and eighteen have been named Massachusetts Rising Stars. The findings are published in the November 2012 issue of Boston Magazine and in a stand-alone magazine, New England Super Lawyers. In addition, attorneys R. Robert Popeo and Richard E. Mikels were recognized among the Top 100 lawyers in the state.

Massachusetts Super Lawyers are selected based upon ballots sent by Law & Politics to Massachusetts attorneys who have been in practice for five years or more. Independent research is then conducted on each of the nominees followed by a panel review process. Only five percent of Massachusetts lawyers were named 2012 Massachusetts Super Lawyers.

The following Mintz Levin attorneys were named 2012 Massachusetts Super Lawyers:

Peter A. Biagetti	Timothy J. Langella
Alden J. Bianchi	Joseph D. Lipchitz
Daniel S. Bleck	Kim V. Marrkand
Joel R. Bloom	Kevin M. McGinty
Joseph G. Blute	Richard E. Mikels
Elizabeth B. Burnett	Tracy A. Miner
Thomas R. Burton	Richard H. Moche
Ralph A. Child	Susan P. Phillips
Bret A. Cohen	A. W. (Chip) Phinney
Susan J. Cohen	Frederick J. Pittaro
Michael F. Connolly	R. Robert Popeo
Thomas S Crane	Jeffrey R. Porter
Joseph P. Curtin	Paul J. Ricotta
Michael L. Fantozzi	Jeffrey S. Robbins
Susan M. Finegan	Gregory A. Sandomirsky
Scott C. Ford	Peter M. Saparoff
Daniel O. Gaquin	Maxwell D. Solet
Michael S. Gardener	Samuel M. Starr
Robert M. Gault	Henry A. Sullivan
H. Joseph Hameline	John F. Sylvia
William M. Hill	Andrew R. Urban
Ann-Ellen Hornidge	Adrienne K. Walker
Ellen L. Janos	Kevin J. Walsh
William W. Kannel	Stephen M. Weiner
Martha J. Koster	Jeffrey M. Wiesen
Jonathan L. Kravetz	Dean G. Zioze

The following Mintz Levin attorneys were named 2012 Massachusetts Rising Stars:

Charles W. Azano	James M. Nicholas
Katharine O. Beattie	Poonam Patidar
Allan Caggiano	Matthew Pavao
Tania Rodrigues Cleary	Linda K. Rockett
Yalonda T. Howze	Ella Shenhav
John B. Koss	Kurt R. Steinkrauss
Wynter N. Lavier	Colin G. Van Dyke
Matthew D. Levitt	McKenzie E. Webster
H. Andrew Matzkin	Sara A. Wells

Rising Stars are chosen by their peers as being among the top up-and-coming lawyers and must be 40 years old or younger, or in practice 10 years or less. Only 2.5 percent of lawyers in Massachusetts were named 2012 Massachusetts Rising Stars.

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