Ten Lawyers Selected by Peers for Best Lawyers 2012

September 2011

Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas, LLP is pleased to announce that 10 of its lawyers—the most from any law firm in Springfield—have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012*.

Firm partner Daniel J. Finnegan is one of only four lawyers in the state selected in the area of Administrative/Regulatory Law. Firm partner Kevin C. Maynard is one of only four lawyers in the state selected in the area of Litigation (Banking & Finance).

Three of the firm’s honorees have now been listed in Best Lawyers® for 20 years (Francis D. Dibble, Jr., Robert A. Gelinas and Ronald P. Weiss) and three for 10 or more years (Michael H. Burke, Mark D. Cress and David A. Parke).

Based on the number of lawyers in the region listed in Best Lawyers 2012, Bulkley Richardson is top listed in Springfield in 14 practice areas.

Michael H. Burke	Medical Malpractice Law (Defendants); Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants)
Mark D. Cress	Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Corporate Law
Francis D. Dibble, Jr.	Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense (White Collar); Litigation (Antitrust, Labor & Employment, Securities)
Daniel J. Finnegan	Administrative/Regulatory Law; Litigation (Construction)
Robert A. Gelinas	Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants)
Kevin C. Maynard	Commercial Litigation; Litigation (Banking & Finance, Construction)
David A. Parke	Corporate Law
Melinda M. Phelps	Medical Malpractice Law (Defendants); Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants)
Ellen M. Randle	Family Law
Ronald P. Weiss	Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law

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 39,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, 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.”