BOSTON, Nov. 7, 2006 — Goodwin Procter LLP today announced that 56 of its partners were named to Law & Politics' 2006 Massachusetts Super Lawyers ranking. The survey honors the top 5 percent of Massachusetts attorneys.
Four Goodwin Procter partners, Christopher P. Davis, Daniel M. Glosband, Joseph F. Savage Jr., and Paul F. Ware Jr., were named to the Top 100 lawyers statewide. In addition to this honor, the firm's partners were also ranked within the following categories of law: Banking; Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights; Business Litigation; Business/Corporate; Criminal Defense/White Collar Crime; Employee Benefits/ERISA; Employment & Labor; Energy & Natural Resources; Environmental; Estate Planning & Probate; General Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Land Use/Zoning; Mergers & Acquisitions; Professional Liability Defense; Real Estate; Securities & Corporate Finance; Securities Litigation; and Tax.
Law & Politics sent over 31,000 ballots to active attorneys across Massachusetts and asked them to vote for the best lawyers they had personally observed in action. Each lawyer is then given a score based on the number and type of votes received. Super Lawyers rankings are published in a total of 21 states, and lists outstanding lawyers in more than 60 practice areas.
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Goodwin Procter LLP is one of the nation's leading law firms with 700 attorneys. The firm's core areas of practice are corporate, litigation and real estate, with specialized areas of focus that include financial services, private equity, technology companies, REITs and real estate capital markets, intellectual property and products liability. Goodwin Procter is headquartered in Boston, with offices in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.