New Canaan Resident Among Top Attorneys For 2018

NEW CANAAN, CT - From Parrino, Shattuck PC: Attorney Thomas Parrino of Parrino|Shattuck, PC was selected by his peers for inclusion on the 2018 list of The Best Lawyers in America©. With this distinction, Parrino ranks among the top five percent of private practice attorneys nationwide, an honor he has held since 2006.

Attorneys listed in this 24th edition of Best Lawyers in America were selected after an exhaustive peer-review survey that confidentially investigates the professional abilities and experience of each lawyer. Recognition in Best Lawyers® is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as an extraordinary honor.

Parrino was selected for the list in the practice area of family law. His selection follows on the heels of numerous other recent awards, including being named Best Lawyers in New England and America’s Most Honored Professionals 2017 Top 10 Percent.

Parrino has been practicing family law for nearly 30 years handling some of the most intricate and high-asset family law litigation in Connecticut. Considered a top attorney in his field, Parrino is a dynamic negotiator and litigator. Parrino has earned the designation Lawyer of the Year as selected by peer recognition and published by Best Lawyers.

Parrino is a Fellow and Past President of the Connecticut Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He chaired the Connecticut Chapter’s Examining Committee, and served as a Delegate to the National Board of Governors of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, in which he previously served as Chair of the National Admissions Committee and served as a member of the National Test Subcommittee. Additionally, Parrino is a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Eighty-three thousand leading attorneys are eligible to vote (from around the world), and Best Lawyers has received almost 10 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For additional information about methodology please visit: Best Lawyers methodology.

For the 2018 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, 7.4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 58,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

Parrino|Shattuck, PC, located at 285 Riverside Ave., in Westport, represents individuals throughout the State of Connecticut in a wide range of family law matters including divorce, alimony, client support, property division, child custody and relocation cases. It is also experienced in a number of specialty areas that are incorporated into these core practice groups. For additional information on Parrino|Shattuck, please visit its website at www.parrinoshattuck.com, or call 203-557-9755.

Photo courtesy of Parrino Shattuck PC