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Sheehan Phinney Named Top in State by Best Lawyers in America

(September 13, 2011, Manchester, NH) - The law firm of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA is proud to announce that twenty-eight attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in Woodward/White's Best Lawyers in America® 2012, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. Sheehan Phinney ranked #1 in New Hampshire in the areas of Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA), Health Care Law, Litigation & Controversy - Tax and, Mediation. The firm also ranked #1 in Litigation including Bankruptcy, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment and Regulatory Enforcement. Attorneys Alan P. Cleveland, Robert E. Dastin and Alan L. Reische received the distinction of making the list for over 25 years, while Attorneys James T. Cain, Robert P. Cheney, Katherine M. Hanna, Michael C. Harvell, Bruce A. Harwood and John E. Peltonen were selected for 17 years.

The twenty-eight Sheehan Phinney attorneys named in for 2012 include:

Peter T. Beach (Litigation & Controversy-Tax and Tax Law)

James T. Cain (Trusts & Estates)

Robert P. Cheney (Energy and Environmental Law)

Alan P. Cleveland (Employee Benefits ERISA Law)

Christopher Cole (Litigation: Labor & Employment and Land Use & Zoning)

Bradford E. Cook (Non-Profit/Charities Law and Trusts & Estates)

Peter S. Cowan (Commercial Litigation)

Robert E. Dastin (Corporate Law)

Joseph A. DiBrigida (Corporate Law)

William J. Donovan (Health Care Law)

W. Michael Dunn (Mediation)

Edward A. Haffer (Appellate Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation and Litigation: Labor & Employment and Regulatory Enforcement)

Katherine M. Hanna (Health Care Law)

Michael C. Harvell (Bet-the-Company Litigation and Litigation: Intellectual Property)

Bruce A. Harwood (Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights and Litigation: Bankruptcy)

Matthew J. Lapointe (Corporate Law)

Peter W. Leberman (Corporate Law)

Robert R. Lucic (Commercial Litigation)

Colleen Lyons (Corporate Law)

Susan A. Manchester (Real Estate Law)

David W. McGrath (Employment Law - Management)

James F. Ogorchock (Family Law)

John E. Peltonen (Environmental Law)

James P. Reidy (Employment Law - Management and Employee Benefits Law)

Alan L. Reische (Corporate Law)

James Q. Shirley (Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation)

Kenneth A. Viscarello (Corporate Law and Real Estate Law)

Diana K. Wieland (Labor Law - Management)

Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Selection to Best Lawyers is based on a rigorous peer-review survey of the top attorneys in the country and selection is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."

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