Oak, Elm & Birch Recognized in 2024 Chambers USA Rankings

HARTFORD, CT — April 2, 2024 — Oak, Elm & Birch LLP has been ranked across four practice areas in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA, Chambers and Partners announced today. Five of the firm's attorneys were individually ranked across Litigation, Corporate/M&A, Real Estate, and Labor & Employment.

Litigation Chair Lance Harrington was ranked in Band 1 for Connecticut Commercial Litigation for the ninth consecutive year, with Chambers researchers noting his work on "bet-the-company securities matters and crisis-response engagements for the state's largest insurers." Managing Partner Steven Stone was ranked in Band 2 for Corporate/M&A, and Wallace Blackwood, head of Real Estate, was ranked in Band 2 for Connecticut Real Estate.

Norman Cavanaugh, head of Labor & Employment, was ranked in Band 3 for Connecticut Labor & Employment. Equity partner Giovanni Marchetti received an "Up and Coming" recognition in the Corporate/M&A category based on his middle-market private equity work.

"Chambers rankings reflect what our clients and the matters we handle say about us, not what we say about ourselves," said Steven Stone, Managing Partner. "We are grateful to the clients and peer lawyers who spoke to the researchers."

The Chambers USA guide is based on interviews with clients and practicing attorneys and has published annually since 1999.