The law firm of McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton Professional Association congratulates attorneys Steven M. Burke (Corporate Law), Wilbur A. Glahn III (Appellate Practice), Barry Needleman (Environmental Law), and David Wolowitz (Litigation – Labor and Employment) for being named 2016 Lawyer of the Year in their respective field by Best Lawyers in America.
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Steve Burke is a director in McLane’s tax and trusts & estates departments. He has devoted his practice to advising on business, governance, tax matters, transactions, business succession, and sophisticated executive compensation for more than 25 years. Steve is a certified public accountant and a Fellow at the American College of Tax Counsel. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Taxation at the University of New Hampshire School of Law. In addition to being recognized by Best Lawyers since 2003 for Corporate Law and Tax Law, Steve is recognized in Chambers USA: A Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers in the Corporate/Commercial: Tax category, holds an AV Preeminent Peer Review rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and is rated by Super Lawyers. Steve can be reached in McLane’s Manchester and Woburn offices at (603) 628-1454, (781) 904-2711, or steve.burke@mclane.com.
Bill Glahn is a director and chair of the firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group, and has been with the firm for more than 30 years. In his more than 40 years of litigation experience, Bill has handled nearly all aspects of commercial and business litigation in the state and federal courts. As a former Assistant Attorney General in the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, he also has extensive experience in constitutional and administrative litigation. Bill is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers where he Chairs the Committee on Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and serves as New Hampshire’s State Vice-Chair. In addition to being recognized by Best Lawyers since 2006 for Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Bill is recognized in Chambers USA: A Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers in the Litigation category, holds an AV Preeminent Peer Review rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and is rated by New England Super Lawyers. Bill can be reached in McLane’s Manchester office at (603) 628-1469 or wilbur.glahn@mclane.com.
Barry Needleman is a director in the firm’s administrative law department, chairs McLane’s Energy Practice Group, and is a member of the firm’s Management Committee. He has more than 20 years of experience handling environmental and energy matters for regional and national clients. He does a substantial amount of energy facility siting work, primarily before the New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee, on numerous types of projects ranging from fossil and renewable generation, to electric and gas transmission. In addition to being recognized by Best Lawyers since 2003 for Environmental Law, Barry is recognized in Chambers USA: A Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers in the Environment category, holds an AV Preeminent Peer Review rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and is rated by Super Lawyers. Barry can be reached in McLane’s Concord office at (603) 230-4407 or barry.needleman@mclane.com.
David Wolowitz is a director in McLane’s litigation department where he serves as co-chair of the Education Law Practice Group. He is an experienced litigator with 40 years’ experience who also advises independent schools, churches, businesses, institutions, and professionals on risk avoidance and crisis management. David is able to offer clients risk management and crisis response advice based on his substantial and varied trial experience. In addition to being recognized by Best Lawyers since 1999 for Commercial Litigation, Education Law, Employment Law – Management, First Amendment Law, Litigation – Labor and Employment, and Litigation – Trusts & Estates, David is recognized by Chambers USA: A Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers in the Litigation category, holds an AV Preeminent Peer Review rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and is rated by Super Lawyers. In addition, he was recognized in Chambers USA: A Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers in the “Litigation” category. David can be reached in McLane’s Portsmouth office at (603) 334-6923 or david.wolowitz@mclane.com.