Day Pitney Earns Expanded Recognition in Chambers USA 2026

Building on a year of strategic growth across both talent and practices, Day Pitney LLP has earned national and regional recognition in the 2026 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. The firm’s presence in the rankings expanded, with 41 Day Pitney attorneys earning a total of 44 rankings and 19 practices recognized—up from 40 attorneys and 17 practices in 2025—demonstrating the firm’s strong depth of talent and continued momentum in advising on sophisticated, high-stakes matters.

This year, the firm earned 17 “Band 1” rankings across practices and individuals. The firm’s top-ranked practices include Insurance; Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory; Intellectual Property; Litigation: General Commercial and Real Estate in Connecticut; Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded in Florida; and Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation in New Jersey. 

Day Pitney further strengthened its standing with key improvements across its practice rankings. Underscoring pivotal accomplishments, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory and Intellectual Property, both in Band 1 and in Connecticut were ranked for the first time, while Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) for Nationwide moved up a band. 

Four attorneys earned promotions in their individual rankings, and seven Day Pitney attorneys received first-time recognition. An additional eight attorneys and four practices were identified by the publication as having significant potential for future rankings, further highlighting Day Pitney’s sustained momentum.

Chambers USA is a highly regarded legal industry guide that ranks top lawyers and law firms across the United States based on independent research, client feedback, and market commentary.

Chambers USA ranked the following Day Pitney practices and lawyers in these categories (Band 1 ranking is denoted by 1):

PRACTICE RANKINGS

Nationwide (also ranked in Chambers Global)
Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
Private Equity: Fund Formation 

Connecticut
Corporate M&A
Environment
Healthcare
Insurance¹
Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory¹
Intellectual Property¹
Labor & Employment
Litigation: General Commercial¹
Real Estate¹

Florida
Litigation: General Commercial; Highly-Regarded¹

Massachusetts
Insurance

New Jersey
Corporate/M&A
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation¹
Labor & Employment
Litigation: General Commercial
Real Estate

INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Nationwide (also ranked in Chambers Global)
Ashley Picker Dubin, E-Discovery & Information Governance (Up and Coming)
David T. Doot, Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) (Senior Statespeople)
Margaret Czepiel, Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) (Associates to Watch)
Joseph H. Fagan, Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation); Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
Valerie Green, Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation); Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) 
Evan Reese, Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
Sebastian Lombardi, Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
William Roberts, Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare

Connecticut
Elizabeth A. Alquist, Intellectual Property¹
Elizabeth C. Barton, Environment (Senior Statespeople)
Scott Beach, Corporate/M&A¹
Harold M. Blinderman, Environment
Andraya Pulaski Brunau, Intellectual Property (Up and Coming)
Michael P. Byrne, Real Estate¹
John W. Cerreta, Litigation: General Commercial
April Condon, Real Estate
Thomas D. Goldberg, Litigation: General Commercial
Jeffrey Mueller, Litigation: General Commercial (Up and Coming)
Robert Rahilly, Real Estate
Elizabeth Retersdorf, Insurance¹
William Roberts, Healthcare
Daniel L. Schwartz, Labor & Employment¹
Joseph Scully, Insurance¹
Mindy Tompkins, Healthcare

Florida
Manuel A. Garcia-Linares, Litigation: General Commercial¹
Mark Romance, Litigation: General Commercial
Georgia A. Thompson, Litigation: General Commercial (Up and Coming)
Steven J. Wernick, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Florida: South)

Massachusetts
Jonathan Zelig, Insurance 

New Jersey
Katharine A. Coffey, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
David P. Doyle, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation¹
Francine Esposito, Labor & Employment
Craig M. Gianetti, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Benjamin E. Haglund, Litigation: Products Liability
Drew Levinson, Environment (Associates to Watch)
Thomas Malman, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use¹
Mark Morgan, Litigation: General Commercial
Jennifer L. Solberg, Real Estate 
Laurence Smith, Corporate/M&A
Todd W. Terhune, Environment
Peter J. Wolfson, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

Rhode Island
George Chaclas, Intellectual Property¹

*Chambers USA results are issued by Chambers and Partners. A description of the selection methodology can be found here.

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