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Gawthrop Ranked #1 Multiple Times by Main Line Today “Top Lawyers”
Gawthrop Greenwood is ranking #1 in multiple practice areas as Main Line Today magazine names more than half of the firm’s lawyers to its ranking of Top Lawyers 2022.
Patrick McKenna was named #1 in the region for Municipal Law. John Rafferty was named #1 in the region for Civil Litigation. The following attorneys from Gawthrop Greenwood have been named in 2022:
Denise Antonelli – Estate, Probate & Tax
P. Kristen Bennett – Tax Law
Walter P. Eells – Divorce and Family Law
Stacey L. Fuller – Municipal Law
Robert C. Jefferson, IV – Municipal Law
Kelly A. Jurs – Divorce and Family Law
Sandra L. Knapp – Business Law
Jack Larkin – Civil Litigation
Stephen R. McDonnell – Civil Litigation
Patrick M. McKenna – #1 Municipal Law
Michael F. Merlie – Business Law
Lauren A. Nehra – Civil Litigation
Stephen J. Olsen – Estate, Probate & Tax
Mary Ann Plankinton – Divorce and Family Law
Gordon W. Prince – Business Law
John Rafferty – #1 Civil Litigation
Main Line Today is a regional lifestyle magazine that serves Pennsylvania’s western suburbs. Each year attorneys are nominated via peer balloting, then vetted through the publication’s editorial process.
