Seventeen Attorneys from Barton Gilman Recognized in the 2025 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and Four Attorneys Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™

August 15, 2024

Jason Morales named “Lawyer of the Year” for Litigation – Health Care by Best Lawyers

Barton Gilman is pleased to announce that 17 lawyers in its U.S. offices have been recognized in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America and four attorneys were recognized in the 5th edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. Additionally, Jason M. Morales was named “Lawyer of the Year” for Litigation – Health Care.

Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected lawyer ranking service in the world. For more than 40 years, Best Lawyers has assisted those in need of legal services to identify the lawyers best qualified to represent them in distant jurisdictions or unfamiliar specialties. Best Lawyers’ methodology is based on a transparent peer review process designed to obtain substantive evaluations of the quality of legal services and the professional abilities of lawyers within the same geographical and legal practice areas. Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, also based entirely on peer review, recognizes the abilities of extraordinary lawyers who have been in private practice for less than 10 years in the United States.

The list of Barton Gilman lawyers listed in the 2025 editions of The Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch include:

The Best Lawyers in America

Stephen Adams: Education Law; Litigation – Health Care
Rui Alves: Family Law
John J. Barton: Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Angela L. Carr: Litigation – Health Care; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Francis A. Connor III: Mediation; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
Thomas M. Dolan III: Litigation – Insurance; Medical Malpractice – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Steven Gerber: Litigation – Labor and Employment
Pamela Slater Gilman: Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Timothy J. Groves: Education Law
Patricia Hennessy: Commercial Litigation
Kristina I. Hultman: Litigation – Insurance; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Stacy K. Hurley: Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Insurance
Jason M. Morales: Litigation – Health Care; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Sheri L. Pizzi: Litigation – Labor and Employment; Litigation – Health Care; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Matthew R. Plain: Education Law; Employment Law – Management
Richard E. Quinby: Litigation – Insurance; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Edward D. Shoulkin: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

Allison M. Geary: Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Shylah Luna: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Andrew M. Lynch: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants and Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Zachary K. Lyons: Immigration Law

About Barton Gilman
Barton Gilman (bglaw.com) serves clients throughout the Northeast with offices in Boston, MA, Providence, RI, New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Milford, CT, and Fairfield, NJ offering legal services in over twenty-five service areas, including medical malpractice and aging services defense, professional liability defense, insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, product liability and general liability, business and commercial litigation, education law and employment, as well as immigration, family law, trusts and estates, criminal defense, corporate formation and intellectual property. Committed to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, Barton Gilman has achieved Midsize Mansfield Certification Plus status. The firm and its attorneys have received numerous awards and accolades, including Best Lawyers, Best Law Firms, Best Places to Work Rhode Island, Outstanding Philanthropic Business, Common Good Award, and Super Lawyers.

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