McLane Law Firm Retains Standing As Best In New Hampshire

More McLane Lawyers Named Best of the Best by Prestigious National Ranking than Any Other Firm in the Granite State

August 18, 2005
MANCHESTER,NH
— 27 attorneys from the McLane Law Firm have been named as being the best in New Hampshire in various areas of law, according to the Best Lawyers in America® list for 2006. This prestigious annual Woodward/White publication is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey of 16,000 leading attorneys throughout the United States who cast more than a half a million “votes” on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their respective legal specialties. Lawyers do not pay a fee to be listed in this national publication. Ten McLane lawyers have made the list ten times in a row.

The Best Lawyers in New Hampshire from the Law Firm of McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton are:

Peter Anderson: Criminal Defense
Alexandra T. Breed: Real Estate Law, Trusts and Estates
Steven M. Burke: Tax Law
Steven V. Camerino: Energy Law (10)
Linda Connell: Real Estate Law
Charles A. DeGrandpre: Trusts and Estates (10)
R. David Depuy: Family Law, Personal Injury Litigation
Thomas Donovan: Commercial Litigation
Bruce W. Felmly: Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (10)
Joseph A. Foster: Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Wilbur A. Glahn III: Commercial Litigation
Ralph F. Holmes: Trusts and Estates
John E. Hughes: Trusts and Estates
Linda Johnson: Labor and Employment Law
Sarah Knowlton: Energy Law
Jack B. Middleton: Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation (10)
Barry Needleman: Environmental Law
Michael J. Quinn: Environmental Law
John E. Rich, Jr.: Employee Benefits Law
Peter B. Rotch: Financial Institutions Law, Real Estate Law (10)
Richard A. Samuels: Corporate, M&A Law, Financial Institutions Law, Energy Law (10)
Gregory H. Smith: Environmental Law (10)
Kenneth H. Volk: Maritime Law (10)
Robert A. Wells: Trusts and Estates (10)
David Wolowitz: Antitrust Law, First Amendment Law, Labor and Employment Law, Legal Malpractice Law, Maritime Law
Mark A. Wright: Intellectual Property Law!
William V. A. Zorn: Tax Law, Trusts and Estates (10)

“These men and women hold the bar very high for the standard of service at McLane,” said the firm’s Executive Director, Michael McCluskey. “Our clients deserve the best representation possible, be they companies adding value for shareholders, groups striving to protect New Hampshire’s environment, or individual families working to preserve wealth for the next generation. They come to McLane because our lawyers are recognized year after year as being the best.”

About the McLane Law Firm
Founded in 1919, the McLane Law Firm has grown to the largest full-service law firm in the state of New Hampshire, with offices in Manchester, Concord and Portsmouth. Driven by the firm’s depth of sophisticated legal expertise and an unwavering commitment to client service, McLane has built collaborative and lasting relationships with a broad spectrum of domestic and international clients. www.mclane.com