Press Release

Seven Attorneys from Premier ERISA Law Firm to Be Recognized in 2021 Edition of the Best Lawyers in America©

Issued by The Wagner Law Group P.C.

Aug. 20, 2020

The Wagner Law Group, widely recognized as the country’s top ERISA and employee benefits law firm, is honored to announce that seven of its attorneys have been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as Best Lawyers® in the area of Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. These outstanding attorneys include, Marcia Wagner, the firm’s founder and Managing Director, Thomas E. Clark Jr., Partner and the firm’s Chief Operating Officer, and Partners, Dan Brandenburg, Russell Gaudreau, Jr., Israel Goldowitz, Mark Poerio and Roberta Watson. “We are truly humbled by this significant achievement and the unique distinction of having such a high percentage of our firm’s attorneys receive this recognition,” says Ms. Wagner.

Since it was first published in 1983, The Best Lawyers in America has become widely regarded as a respected reference guide to legal excellence. Recognition by Best Lawyers is based solely on confidential peer review. The rigorous methodology utilized for recognition is designed to capture the consensus of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of colleagues within the same country and legal practice area. Best Lawyers employs a sophisticated and transparent survey process that is tailored to elicit meaningful and substantive evaluations of the quality of legal services provided by attorneys. The Best Lawyers in America recognizes the top 5% of private practicing lawyers in the United States and is commonly used by consumers in need of legal services to identify the most qualified attorneys based on legal expertise, ethical standards, and professionalism.  The 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America will be distributed in more than 30 leading publications around the country, including The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal.

The Wagner Law Group has also been nationally ranked, as well as locally ranked in Boston and Washington, D.C., as a Tier 1 Best Law Firm in the area of Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law for 2020 by U.S. News & World Report. Firms that receive this ranking are recognized for professional excellence with consistently high ratings from clients and peers.  Achieving a tiered ranking signifies a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.

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