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Preti Flaherty Litigators Earn Rankings by Benchmark: Litigation

Preti Flaherty announced today that the firm has been ranked in the 2011 Maine Chapter of Benchmark: Litigation as a "Highly Recommended" law firm. In addition to the firm ranking, attorneys Jonathan Piper, Daniel Rapaport, Gregory Hansel and Neal Pratt have been listed as "Litigation Stars."

Benchmark Litigation identifies the leading US trial attorneys and firms at the local and national levels. Focused exclusively on the US litigation market, the publication's rankings and editorials are the result of extensive interviews with private practice lawyers and in-house counsel. Supplementary firm information is also submitted in the form of a questionnaire. The guide's "local litigation stars" reflect lawyers who are recommended by peers and clients to have established consistent reputations as trial attorneys, while "future stars" are those litigators who are highlighted as likely to be become "local litigation stars" in coming editions. Benchmark's independent research is conducted annually between February and June.

Jonathan Piper, Managing Partner of Preti Flaherty, focuses his practice on litigation and arbitration, and chaired the firm's Litigation Group for eight years. Daniel Rapaport, a Partner and Chair of the firm's Litigation Group, is an experienced litigator with substantial trial experience. He practices primarily in the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice defense, and insurance defense. Gregory Hansel, a Partner with the firm, focuses on complex business litigation. He has successfully handled some of Maine's largest cases, has a national litigation practice and frequently advises overseas clients on U.S. legal matters. Neal Pratt is a trial lawyer and Partner with Preti Flaherty. He has successfully tried numerous cases to juries, judges, arbitrators and administrative authorities. Before joining Preti Flaherty, he served as Litigation Chair with a large Maine-based law firm.

Preti Flaherty's Litigation Practice is one of the largest and most respected litigation practices in northern New England. The Group provides consensual or mandatory ADR, domestic or international arbitration, and trials in state and federal court. Its experience is varied and extensive, including noteworthy successes in matters such as class action litigation, toxic tort litigation, securities claims, anti trust matters, professional liability litigation, construction claims, lender liability claims, injunction of governmental agencies on constitutional grounds, and libel defense of national publications and broadcasters.

Licensed in over a dozen states and numerous federal courts, the firm's litigation team consists of over 30 litigators, including four senior partners who each bring 30+ years of trial experience to the group.

About Preti Flaherty

Preti Flaherty has offices in Portland and Augusta, Maine, Bedminster, N.J., Concord, N.H., Boston, Mass and Washington, D.C. With more than 90 attorneys, the firm counsels clients in the areas of business law, energy, environmental, estate planning, health care, intellectual property, labor and employment, legislative and regulatory, litigation, technology and telecommunications. More information about the firm is available at www.preti.com.

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