PDP Attorneys Named to 2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

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PDP Attorneys Named to 2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

PDP Attorneys Named to 2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

PDP Attorneys Named to 2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

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October 23, 2020

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PDP Attorneys Named to 2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

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2020 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

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2020 Attorney Awards & Recognition

Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP is pleased to announce that eleven of the firm's attorneys have been selected to the 2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

**2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list:**

**2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Stars list:**

Carlie S. Seigal
Jacquelyn S. Kaplan
Andrew S. Russell
John Wilusz

**Top 50 2020 Women Massachusetts Super Lawyers list:**

Judith A. Perritano

2020 PDP Super Lawyers

About Super Lawyers

About Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The Super Lawyers lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers Magazines and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country.

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