Lisa M. Cukier

Maura McLaughlin counsels employers throughout the full life cycle of managing employment relationships. She advises clients on important hiring, discipline and termination decisions, and on best practices for performance management and documentation, which allows for successful defense of these decisions. Clients look to Maura’s advice on negotiating reasonable accommodation issues, addressing employee absenteeism and misconduct, and as compliance with wage and hour laws. She also prov...

Michael E. Kushnir is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law. Michael E., who practices law in Boston, Massachusetts, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Michael E. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Of his 20 years practicing law, Ben Zimmermann has spent 20 at Sugarman & Sugarman P.C. in Boston. After finishing his studies at Fordham University School of Law, he got his start in the corporate litigation group of a large New York City firm. His path quickly changed and took him to SUGARMAN, where he has emerged as a leading trial lawyer in New England, and the managing partner of a firm with a sixty year history of excellence in litigating and trying serious personal injury cases. Ra...

Graham Robinson focuses his practice on mergers, acquisitions and other transactions in the pharmaceutical, medical device and technology industries in the U.S. and internationally. He also regularly represents both private equity funds and hedge funds on a wide range of matters. Mr. Robinson’s health care clients have included, among others, Alnara Pharmaceuticals, Alpharma Pharmaceuticals, Bayer, Dendreon Corporation, PerkinElmer Inc., Prism Pharmaceuticals, Savient Pharmaceuticals, T...

Larry Green is a patent lawyer partner at Sunstein and is highly experienced in handling pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device patent interferences and litigation, patent and trademark prosecution, and clearance opinions on validity, infringement and patentability. His practice is focused on all aspects of intellectual property in various technologies, including medical devices and mechanical technologies. Larry has had a long history of successfully handling matters before the Pat...

Talia Simonds is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. Talia, who practices law in Newton, Massachusetts, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Talia is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Pete Palladino has been chairman of Choate’s Business Department since 1999. He also served as chairman of the Finance & Restructuring Group from 1997 to 2005. Mr. Palladino is listed among the leading lawyers for business in America in Chambers USA , and is the only lawyer in Boston to be named at the top of his field for his work in finance every year from 2008 - 2013. He has been named the 2014 Boston “Lawyer of the Year” for Project Finance Law by Best Lawyers , a de...

Sarah Kitchell focuses her practice on transactional and regulatory matters affecting a wide range of clients in the health care industry, including nonprofit and for-profit health systems, academic medical centers, community hospitals, drug and device manufacturers, contract research organizations, and post-acute and sub-acute providers such as home health and hospice providers, therapy providers, behavioral health providers and senior living facilities. Read full biography: https://www.mwe....

Bruce I. Miller focuses his practice on representing lenders and lending institutions in the structuring and documentation of commercial real estate loans and the negotiation of documents evidencing such loans. He also represents lending institutions in the sale or purchase of participation interests in commercial loans. Bruce also represents buyers and sellers of real estate, developers and landlords in the commercial context, acts as title agent for First American Title Insurance Company, a...

Patrick J. Mitchell is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Venture Capital Law. Patrick J., who practices law in Boston, Massachusetts, has been recognized since 2010. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Patrick J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.