BOSTON’S ® T HE D EFINITIVE GUIDE TO LEGAL REPRES E NTA TION IN BOSTON TOP2012 EDITIONRATEDLAWYERS VINCENT D. MORGERA, LTD. & THE LAW DOCTORS VINCENT D. MORGERA A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO PERSONAL INJURY LUBIN & MEYER PC ANDREW C. MEYER, JR. CHANGING CIVIL LITIGATION’S LANDSCAPE A SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT TO THE BOSTON GLOBE A SPECIAL SUPPLEM E NT TO BOSTON’ S Cover Shot by Scott Indermaur 2012 EDITION BOSTON’S TOP RA TED LAWYERS BY SP E C I ALTY Administrative ..........................................4 Divorce ....................................................14 Maritime .................................................21 Alternative Dispute Resolution .............4 Education ...............................................14 Mass Torts ..............................................21 Appellate ..................................................4 Elder Law ................................................14 Mediation ...............................................21 Arbitration ................................................4 Eminent Domain ...................................14 Medical Malpractice .............................21 Asbestos Litigation .................................5 Energy and Natural Resources ...........14 Personal Injury .......................................22 Automobile Accidents ...........................5 Entertainment ........................................14 Products Liability ...................................23 Banking & Finance..................................5 Environmental........................................14 Plaintiff’s Personal Injury .......................24 Bankruptcy ...............................................5 ERISA/Employee Benefits ...................15 Professional Malpractice ......................24 Business & Commercial .........................6 Estate Planning......................................15 Real Estate .............................................24 Civil Litigation ..........................................9 Family ......................................................16 Securities ................................................26 Civil Rights ..............................................11 Franchise ................................................16 Sexual Abuse .........................................27 Class Action ...........................................11 General Practice ....................................16 Social Securitiy Disability .....................27 Collections .............................................11 Government ...........................................18 Taxation ..................................................27 Commercial Litigation ..........................12 Health Care ............................................18 Transportation .......................................28 Communications & Media ..................12 Immigration............................................18 Trusts and Estates .................................28 Construction ..........................................12 Information Technology .......................18 Whistleblower Litigation ......................28 Consumer ...............................................12 Insurance ................................................18 White Collar ...........................................28 Corporate ...............................................12 Intellectual Property .............................19 Workers’ Compensation ......................28 Criminal ...................................................12 Internet ...................................................20 Wrongful Death .....................................29 Debtor and Creditor ............................14 Labor and Employment .......................21 Zoning, Planning and Land Use .........29 Dental Malpractice ...............................14 Legal Malpractice Arbitration .............21 Discrimination ........................................14 Litigation .................................................21 M E T H ODOL O GY his list of Top Rated Lawyers was created by LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell®, the lawyers who have been rated by their peers to be AV® Preeminent™—the highest T company that has long set the standard for peer review ratings, sharing its list of Peer Review Rating available. local lawyers who have reached the highest levels of ethical standards and Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings are driven by the confidential opinions of professional excellence. lawyers and members of the judiciary who receive invitations from LexisNexis® Generations of lawyers have relied on LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® as the Martindale-Hubbell®, via an online survey or by mail, to provide reviews of lawyers of authoritative resource for information on the legal profession worldwide. 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Consumers should contact the state bar for verification and additional information prior to securing the legal services of any attorney. “ALM,” “Top Rated Lawyers,” and “Top Ranked Law Firms” are trademarks of ALM Media Properties, LLC. 2 BOSTONS’S TOP RATED LAWYERS For more information, go to www.law.com/bostontoprated COVER SPOTLIGHT C!"#$%#$ C%&%' L%(%$"(%)#’* L"#+*,"-. Lubin & Meyer PC has dominated medical malpractice verdicts and settlements in Massachusetts and New Hampshire ince 1974, Lubin & Meyer has been regarded as one of challenges, they are always the country’s leading medical malpractice and personal hard-fought. injury law firms representing injured victims and their “Good cases are made, not S families. The firm’s unparalleled results speak for them- born,” maintains Meyer, who selves. In the last decade alone, Lubin & Meyer has achieved more says that “the reasons for our than $600 million in verdicts and settlements, transforming both success are multifaceted.” the lives of its clients and the landscape of civil litigation. In 2011, Meyer credits the lawyers and the firm achieved the seemingly impossible — an incredible 36 nursing staff at his firm, as well verdicts and settlements of $1 million or more. In comparison, the as the “thorough, thoughtful, individual firm that came closest in terms of results only achieved creative and understanding five verdicts and settlements of $1 million or more. discovery, and endless prepara- Widely respected by their peers, Lubin & Meyer’s highly tion.” Plus, Meyer says, it helps skilled lawyers and their groundbreaking results distinguish the “when insurance companies firm from would-be competitors. Founding partner Andrew C. know you are willing to go to Meyer, Jr., and partners Krysia J. Syska and Robert M. Higgins trial and have a track record of From Left: Krysia J. Syska*, Robert M. Higgins*, William J. Thompson, Andrew C. Meyer, Jr.*, Adam R. Satin have all garnered a Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent rating success there. Consistent achieve- *AV rated for the highest level of professional excellence. Unrivaled in their ment of verdicts assists you in achieving good settlements.” scope of knowledge and experience, the firm is distinctively unique With award-winning attorneys licensed to represent victims of OOD CASES ARE in their ability to dominate in two formidable practice areas of the medical malpractice and personal injury in Massachusetts, New “ law; medical malpractice and personal injury. Hampshire and Rhode Island, the firm’s elite team of trial lawyers has G MADE, NOT BORN.” Their mastery was illustrated in 2011 when the firm achieved built a legacy of exceptional client service. —ANDREW C. MEYER, JR. both the largest jury verdict in Massachusetts for a medical mal- “I’m proud that we have been able to put together a team of practice case and the largest jury verdict in New Hampshire for a attorneys and professionals who, through their efforts, have truly personal injury case. changed the lives of the clients