Awards

The 2012 edition of Chambers USA, a leading directory of American lawyers and law firms, recognized 14 Dinse attorneys in their practice areas. The new guide, released June 7, also recognizes the firm as among Vermont’s best in every category of practice.

The firm’s Labor & Employment group was described as a “powerhouse” with Chambers’ sources describing Dinse’s “hugely competent lawyers who know employment law inside and out and are very thoughtful and judicious in their advice.”

The firm’s Litigation group received the highest possible rating and Chambers’ observers agreed that Dinse’s “trial expertise and commercial awareness are unmatched in the state.”

The firm’s Real Estate group also received the highest ranking and was described by Chambers as “a potent real estate offering with outstanding attorneys.”

And the firm’s Corporate/Commercial group was top-ranked, Chambers’ sources saying Dinse is “a large enough firm to handle complicated matters, but small enough to get attention and a human aspect to relationships.”

Corporate/Commercial (Band 1)

Afi Ahmadi (Band U – ‘Up and Coming’)
Brian R Murphy (Band 1)
Jeffrey J McMahan (Band 1)
Spencer Knapp (Band S – ‘Senior Statesmen’)

Intellectual Property

Jeffrey J McMahan (Band 2)

Labor & Employment (Band 1)

Amy M McLaughlin (Band 3)
Jeffrey J Nolan (Band 2)
Karen McAndrew (Band 1)
Robert McKearin (Band 3)
Sophie Zdatny (Band W – ‘Associate to Watch’)

Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1)

John Monahan Jr. (Band 2)
Karen McAndrew (Band 1)
Ritchie Berger (Band 1)
Samuel Hoar Jr. (Band 2)

Real Estate (Band 1)

Austin Hart (Band 1)
Molly Lebowitz (Band 1)

Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C., with offices in Burlington, Vermont and Plattsburgh, New York, is one of the oldest and largest law firms serving Vermont and the Adirondack Region of upstate New York. For over 90 years, the firm has served its clients in important cases, transactions and legal developments.

Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew announces that sixteen of its attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.) in sixteen different practice areas. First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an annual peer-review survey in which more than 41,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of other attorneys in their practice areas.

The practice areas and the attorney(s) listed in each area are as follows:

• Commercial Litigation: Ritchie Berger, Samuel Hoar, Jr., Karen McAndrew
• Corporate Law: Jeffrey McMahan, Brian Murphy
• Employment Law – Management: Robert McKearin, Jeffrey Nolan,
• Amy McLaughlin
• Healthcare Law: Spencer Knapp
• Immigration Law: Leigh Cole
• Insurance Law: Barbara Cory
• Litigation – Environmental: Samuel Hoar, Jr.
• Litigation – Intellectual Property: Shapleigh Smith, Jr.
• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants: Ritchie Berger
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law: Spencer Knapp, Brian Murphy
• Non-Profit/Charities Law: Brian Murphy
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants: Ritchie Berger, Karen
• McAndrew, John Monahan
• Real Estate Law: Austin Hart, Molly Lebowitz
• Tax Law: Mark Langan
• Technology Law: Jeffrey McMahan
• Trusts and Estates: Mark Langan

Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C., with offices in Burlington, Vermont and Plattsburgh, New York, is one of the oldest and largest law firms serving Vermont and the Adirondack Region of upstate New York. For over 90 years, the firm has served its clients in important cases, transactions and legal developments.

Dinse is pleased to announce that Karen McAndrew and Molly Lebowitz have been included by Super Lawyers in the Top 50 Women Attorneys in New England. Karen is senior litigation counsel at Dinse focusing on Complex Litigation and Higher Education Law. Molly is head of the commercial real estate practice at the firm.