We are thrilled to announce that 39 Shaheen & Gordon attorneys have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® 2027 lists. This is a new record for the firm, recognizing more than half the firm’s practicing lawyers.
Six attorneys received additional recognition as “Lawyer of the Year” for the highest overall peer feedback for their practice and region.
Shaheen & Gordon also received multiple “Top-Listed” Awards in areas where the firm has the most recognized lawyers in the region. This includes statewide recognition as the Top-Listed in New Hampshire for Criminal Defense: General Practice, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, and Family Law. For the third year running, Shaheen & Gordon has the highest number of young lawyers in New Hampshire recognized as Ones to Watch.
Since its first publication in 1983, Best Lawyers has become one of the most respected peer-review publications in the legal industry. The firm’s recognized lawyers represent nearly every area of law, including personal injury, criminal defense, family, business, trusts and estates, immigration, and litigation.
Here is the complete list of Shaheen & Gordon’s lawyers recognized for 2027:
“Lawyer of the Year” Awards
- Ronald L. Abramson – Immigration Law
- Joseph A. Cherniske – Criminal Defense: General Practice
- Tracey Goyette Cote – Family Law
- Jared P. O’Connor – Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants
- James D. Rosenberg – Criminal Defense: White Collar
- Benjamin Siracusa Hillman – Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Best Lawyers in America
- Ronald L. Abramson – Immigration Law
- William C. Baker – Commercial Litigation
- Elana S. Baron – Elder Law
- Lauren Breda – Criminal Defense: General Practice and Criminal Defense: White Collar
- James M. Callahan – Banking and Finance Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), and Real Estate Law
- Anthony Carr – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Joseph A. Cherniske – Criminal Defense: General Practice
- Tracey Goyette Cote – Collaborative Law: Family Law and Family Law
- Christine M. Craig – Consumer Protection Law, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, and Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Steven M. Gordon – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, and Litigation – First Amendment
- Cathy J. Green – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Criminal Defense: General Practice, and Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Timothy M. Harrington – Criminal Defense: General Practice and DUI / DWI Defense
- Jeffrey L. Manganaro – Family Law and Family Law Mediation
- Heather V. Menezes – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Francis G. Murphy – Employment Law – Individuals and Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants
- D. Michael Noonan – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Sean O’Connell – Employment Law – Individuals and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Jared P. O’Connor – Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants
- Andrew J. Piela – Family Law
- Brian M. Quirk – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- James D. Rosenberg – Criminal Defense: General Practice, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, and DUI / DWI Defense
- William H. Shaheen – Family Law and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Benjamin Siracusa Hillman – Litigation – Trusts and Estates and Trusts and Estates
- Emma Sisti – Commercial Litigation
- Randall E. Smith – Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Alexander E. Spadinger – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Amanda Steenhuis – Trusts and Estates
- Laura T. Tetrault – Elder Law and Trusts and Estates
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
- Kirsten J. Allen – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Litigation – Real Estate
- Olivia Bensinger – Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law – Employee, Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants, Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Jocelyn Frawley – Trusts and Estates
- Nicholas G. Kline – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Timothy Mainella – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Austin M. Mikolaities – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) and Real Estate Law
- Brittani L. Pelissier – Family Law, Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants
- Julianne M. Plourde – Family Law
- Danielle Pomeroy – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs and Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants
- Lyndsay N. Robinson – Family Law and Trusts and Estates
- Leah Cole Tracey (Durst) – Criminal Defense: General Practice
