2 Westport Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America For 2018

WESTPORT, CT — Attorneys Thomas Parrino and Laura Shattuck of Parrino|Shattuck, PC were selected by their peers for inclusion on the 2018 list of The Best Lawyers in America. With this distinction, Shattuck and Parrino rank among the top five percent of private practice attorneys nationwide.

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, according to a release. 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. He 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.

Shattuck was selected for the list in the practice area of family law. Her selection follows on the heels of numerous other recent awards, including being recognized for Lifetime Achievement among America’s Top 100 Attorneys.

She devotes her practice to representing clients in all manners of family law. She is actively engaged in litigation and has substantial experience working on large, sophisticated cases.

She practices in all areas of family law matters, including divorce, alimony, child support, property division, child custody, post judgment modification and post judgment contempt.

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.

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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.

For additional information on Parrino|Shattuck, please visit its website at www.parrinoshattuck.com or call 203-557-9755.

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