21 Cummings & Lockwood Attorneys Have Been Named Connecticut Super Lawyers or Rising Stars in 2025
October 22, 2025
21 Cummings & Lockwood attorneys have been named Connecticut Super Lawyers or Rising Stars in 2025 by Super Lawyers. Laura Beck, a Principal in the Private Clients Group and Chairman and Managing Partner of the firm, was also named among the “Top 25 Women in Connecticut..”
The following attorneys have been named Super Lawyers or Rising Stars:
Stamford, Connecticut
- John W. Cannavino, Principal (Business Litigation) - Super Lawyer
- John F. Carberry, Principal (Civil Litigation Defense) - Super Lawyer
- Elizabeth A. Falkoff, Principal (Estate & Probate) - Rising Star
- Wyatt R. Jansen, Principal (Estate & Trust Litigation) - Rising Star
- Daniel G. Johnson, Principal (Estate & Probate) - Super Lawyer
- Michael P. Kaelin, Principal (Estate & Trust Litigation) - Super Lawyer
- Charles W. Pieterse, Principal (Estate & Trust Litigation) - Super Lawyer
- Cassandra E. Pomarico, Associate (Business Litigation) - Rising Star
- Rachel B.G. Sherman, Principal (Estate & Probate) - Super Lawyer
- William Wright, Principal (Business Litigation) - Super Lawyer
- Kara A. Zarchin, Associate (Civil Litigation Plaintiff) - Rising Star
Greenwich, Connecticut
- Laura W. Beck, Principal (Estate & Probate) - Super Lawyer and Top 25 Women in Connecticut
- Amanda E. Carino, Associate (Estate & Trust Litigation) - Rising Star
- Katherine Gent, Principal (Estate & Probate) - Rising Star
- Kelsie C. Leon, Associate (Estate & Probate) - Rising Star
- George L. Smith, Counsel (Estate & Probate) - Super Lawyer
West Hartford, Connecticut
- Michelle L. Beyer, Associate (Estate & Probate) - Rising Star
- Paul L. Bourdeau, Principal (Estate & Probate) - Super Lawyer
- Brianna L. Marquis, Principal (Estate & Probate) - Rising Star
- Kelley Galica Peck, Principal (Estate & Probate) - Super Lawyer
- Heather J. Rhoades, Principal (Estate & Probate) - Super Lawyer
About Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Their patented attorney selection process is peer influenced and research driven, selecting the top 5% of attorneys to the Super Lawyers list each year. In addition, 2.5% of attorneys are selected to Rising Stars. Candidates are eligible for Rising Stars if they are 40 or younger, or have been in practice 10 years or less.
Super Lawyers selects attorneys using a patented multiphase selection process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with independent research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis. The objective is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys that can be used as a resource for attorneys and consumers searching for legal counsel. Since Super Lawyers is intended to be used as an aid in selecting a lawyer, they limit the lawyer ratings to those who can be hired and retained by the public.
About Cummings & Lockwood
Founded in 1909, Cummings & Lockwood provides sophisticated legal counsel to individuals and families, family offices, closely held businesses, other commercial enterprises and charitable entities. Our core services include trusts and estates, corporate and finance, litigation and arbitration, and commercial and residential real estate.
The firm has nearly 200 attorneys, fiduciary accountants, paralegals and staff, as well as six offices located in Stamford, Greenwich and West Hartford, Connecticut, and in Naples, Bonita Springs and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. While many of our clients reside in Connecticut, New York and Florida, we have clients in nearly all 50 U.S. states and in over 20 countries around the world.