Seven Oak, Elm & Birch Attorneys Named to 2025 Best Lawyers in America

HARTFORD, CT — August 15, 2024 — Seven attorneys from Oak, Elm & Birch LLP have been selected for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, the firm announced today. Equity partner Winona Thorpe, head of the Trusts & Estates practice, was named Hartford "Lawyer of the Year" for Trusts and Estates — a recognition given to a single attorney per practice area per metropolitan market.

The other Oak, Elm & Birch attorneys listed in the 2025 edition are Steven Stone (Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law), Lance Harrington (Commercial Litigation and Securities Litigation), Wallace Blackwood (Real Estate Law), Norman Cavanaugh (Labor and Employment Law — Management), Flannery O'Neill (Tax Law), and Giovanni Marchetti (Private Equity Law).

"Being selected by other lawyers for this list — and especially the Lawyer of the Year designation — is meaningful because the people doing the voting are the same people we are across the table from on estate matters every week," said Winona Thorpe. "I am grateful to colleagues at the Connecticut bar who took the time to participate."

Best Lawyers is the oldest peer-reviewed legal publication in the United States and publishes its rankings annually after a nomination and peer-review process.