August 2009

Boston, MA – Burns & Levinson LLP announces that Best Lawyers in America® has selected nine of its attorneys as leaders in their fields. We congratulate Victor Bass, Brian D. Bixby, Thomas D. Burns, Sean O. Coffey, Jerry Cohen, Lisa M. Cukier, Dennis J. Kelly, David P. Rosenblatt and Laura R. Studen.  Mr. Burns has received this distinction for over twenty years.  Mr. Rosenblatt and Mr. Coffey are part of a distinguished group who have been listed in Best Lawyers® for ten years or longer.  Mr. Bixby is of a select few who have been chosen as leaders in more than one field; he is listed in Best Lawyers® in both the Family Law and Trusts and Estates fields.

The attorneys were selected as leaders in their fields of Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law (Victor Bass), Family Law (Brian D. Bixby, Lisa M. Cukier), Commercial Litigation (Dennis J. Kelly), Environmental Law (David P. Rosenblatt, Sean O. Coffey), Intellectual Property (Jerry Cohen), Labor and Employment Law (Laura R. Studen), Personal Injury Litigation (Thomas D. Burns), Trusts and Estates (Brian D. Bixby).

Best Lawyers® is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which over 25,000 leading attorneys throughout the country cast almost two million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties.  Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States.  Inclusion is considered a singular honor.

2010 Best Lawyers®:

Victor Bass: Partner, Chairman of the Bankruptcy Group.  Boston Office.

Brian D. Bixby: Partner, Chairman of the Probate & Trust Litigation Group, Co-Chair of the Private Client Group, Member of the Divorce & Family and Trusts & Estates Groups. Boston Office.

Thomas D. Burns: Co-Founding Partner. Boston Office. 

Sean O. Coffey: Partner, Member of Executive Committee, Member of the Environmental and Real Estate Groups. Providence, RI Office. 

Jerry Cohen: Partner, Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property/SciTech Group.  Boston Office.

Lisa M. Cukier: Partner, Member of Executive Committee, Member of the Divorce & Family, Private Client, Probate & Trust Litigation and Trusts & Estates Groups. Boston Office.

Dennis J. Kelly: Partner, Chairman of the White Collar Criminal Defense Group, Member of the Business Litigation Group. Boston Office.

David P. Rosenblatt:  Managing Partner, Member of Executive Committee, Chairman of the Environmental Group, Member of the Real Estate Group.  Boston Office. 

Laura R. Studen:  Partner, Co-Chair of Business Litigation Group, Member of the Divorce & Family Law and Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits Groups. Boston Office.

About Burns & Levinson

Burns & Levinson, with over 120 attorneys in four offices in New England, is a full-service Boston-based law firm. The firm has grown steadily and strategically throughout the years and has become a premier law firm with regional, national and international clientele. The firm has expertise in corporate law, finance, venture capital, private equity, tax, bankruptcy, lending and leasing, real estate, business litigation, government investigations and white collar crime defense,  intellectual property - including patent law, and a  large private client group – including estate planning, probate and trust litigation, divorce and other family law issues. In addition, the firm has a wholly-owned subsidiary office in Montreal, Quebec, to service its Canadian clients. For more information, visit Burns & Levinson at www.burnslev.com.