Leaders in the Law

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We celebrate three categories of honorees at Leaders in the Law:

Our Lawyers of the Year, who are selected by our editorial department for work in the previous year

Our In-House Leaders, who are general counsel and in-house attorneys nominated by their colleagues, clients and other legal professionals for being leaders in the in-house community

Our Top Verdicts & Settlements – the top cases in each category are honored.

Save the Date

May 21, 2026

5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EDT

Location:
Aloft Boston Seaport District
401-103 D Street
Boston, MA 02210

Click here to read a special section about the 2023 In-House Leaders.

Click here to read a special section about the 2022 Lawyers of the Year

For more information, contact Johnny Aguirre at jaguirre@molawyersmedia.com.

2026 Honorees

2025 Lawyers of the Year

Lisa Brodeur-McGan, Danielle Brodeur-McGan and Katharine E. Shove Harrington; Brodeur McGan

Jeffrey N. Catalano and Jonathan D. Sweet; Keches Law Group

David E. Cherny; Atwood Cherny

Shira M. Diner; Boston University School of Law

Dawn M. Mertineit, Seyfarth Shaw

Kayla H. Ghantous and David Milton; Prisoners’ Legal Services and Hogan & Lovells

William Gildea and Max D. Stern; Todd & Weld

Matthew C. Moschella; Sherin & Lodgen

Kerry L Timbers; Merchant & Gould

David R. Yannetti; Yannetti Criminal Defense Law Firm

2025 Top Verdicts

Andrew Abraham, Keches Law Group; Peerless Insurance Co., et al v. Rooney

Michael P. Joyce and Rafael Colmenares, of Law Offices of Michael P. Joyce, Boston; Joseph Belluck of Belluck Law, New York City; Sam Iola and Rachel Gross, of Iola, Gross, Forbes-King, Dallas; Estate of Judith Lapointe v. American Art Clay Company, Inc.

Leslie-Anne Taylor of Thornton Law Firm, Boston; Aaron Chapman and Danny Kraft Jr., of Dean, Omar, Branham, Shirley, Dallas; Amy Carter of Carter Law Group, Dallas; Lovell v. Johnson & Johnson

Dipanwita Deb Amar, Joseph Farris and Matthew R. Diton, of Arnold & Porter, San Francisco; Joshua S. Barlow of Arnold & Porter, Boston; Cynosure LLC, et al. v. Reveal Lasers LLC, et al.

Douglas S. Brooks of Libby, Hoopes, Brooks & Mulvey, Boston; David J. Paliotti of Greenbaum, Nagel, Fisher & Paliotti, Boston; Gim v. Young Investments, LLC

Leonard Kesten and Erica Brody, of Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & Kesten, Boston; Downey v. Massachusetts State Police

Adam R. Satin and Lynn Hu, of Lubin & Meyer, Boston; Horn v. Froio

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2025 Top Settlements

Thomas P. Kelley and Richard J. Sullivan, of Sullivan & Sullivan, Wellesley

Paul E. Mitchell and John C. DeSimone, of Mitchell & DeSimone, Boston

John Regan and Jeffrey S. Strom, of Regan Strom; Marandino v. Peterson Oil Service, Inc.

Patrick T. Jones and Timothy C. Kelleher III, of Jones Kelleher

J. Tucker Merrigan, Peter M. Merrigan and Matthieu J. Parenteau, of Sweeney Merrigan Law

Douglas K. Sheff, Kathy Jo Cook, Frank J. Federico Jr. and Michael P. Holden, of Sheff & Cook, Boston

David McCormack and Sarah Yun, of Sugarman & Sugarman, Boston

2026 In- House Leaders

Joshua M.  Aronson, Audax

Jared Barnes, Berkshire Health Systems

Kayla Breaux, Trip Advisor

Katharine B. Eshghi, UMASS Memorial

Jason Fiorillo, Boston Dynamics

Scott L. Garland, Fidelity

Brian S. Goldman, Boston Consulting Group

James J. Horgan, Boston Children’s Hospital

Tiffany Ko, Moving to John Hancock 

Michael J. Licker, Wayfair

Seema A. Lynch, Optum

David T. Mitrou, Keolis

Mark A. Mosby, Fallon Community Health Plan, Inc

Lueteshia Raymond, Boston Housing Authority

Irina Ridley, Aerin Medical

John J. Tangney, Suffolk Construction 

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