20 Eaton Peabody Attorneys Named 2025 Best Lawyers in America

The Maine law firm of Eaton Peabody is pleased to announce that 20 of the firm’s attorneys have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® for 2025.

Attorneys selected for The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 are:

  • David M. Austin – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Seth W. Brewster – Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Antitrust
  • John A. Cunningham – Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law
  • Shawn K. Doil – Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
  • Edward F. Feibel – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Labor Law – Management
  • William V. Ferdinand, Jr. – Energy Regulatory Law and Government Relations Practice
  • P. Andrew Hamilton – Environmental Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, and Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
  • Michael A. Hodgins – Administrative / Regulatory Law, Commercial Litigation, Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation – Construction, and Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
  • Karen M. Holyoke – Trusts and Estate
  • Karen A. Huber – Real Estate Law and Timber Law
  • Gretchen L. Jones – Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law
  • Sarah E. Newell – Employment Law – Management
  • David C. Pierson – Construction Law, Litigation – Construction, and Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
  • Nathaniel S. Putnam – Trusts and Estates
  • Timothy C. Woodcock – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Attorneys selected for The Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch 2025

  • Jack S. Bjorn – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law and Labor and Employment Law – Management
  • J. Sampson Hamilton – Government Relations Practice
  • Kady S. Huff – Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Real Estate
  • Patrick W. Lyons – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Environmental Law, and Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Micah A. Smart – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Banking and Finance, and Litigation – Bankruptcy

Best Lawyers in America compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting peer-review surveys in which leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The recognized attorneys were honored as “Lawyer of the Year” because they received a particularly high rating by Best Lawyers in their practice areas.  This high rating is the result of the level of respect among their voting peers for their legal ability, professionalism and integrity.