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Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp, LLP has added Sherry E. Jackman as an associate.

Kathleen O’Donnell Wyatt has joined Verrill Dana’s Litigation & Trial Group in the firm’s Boston office. Kathleen’s practice focuses on products liability, premises liability and toxic tort litigation.

The Legal Marketing Association (LMA) has selected Verrill Dana’s new website as the Second Place winner in the “Total Website Refresh/Overhaul/Rebrand” category of the 2012 Your Honor Awards on March 15th at the LMA’s Annual Conference in Grapevine, Texas. There were more than 230 law firm websites entered in this category.

Verrill Dana is pleased to welcome Jennifer A. Creedon to its Litigation & Trial Group. Jennifer joins the firm’s Boston office as a partner, having previously practiced at another Boston firm. Her practice focuses on toxic tort defense, asbestos defense, product liability and insurance coverage matters.

Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP (BSKB) is pleased to announce that Michael T. Smith has joined the firm’s Litigation and Trademark practice groups. Based in BSKB’s Falls Church, Va. office and serving clients internationally, Mr. Smith was previously of counsel with Steptoe & Johnson PLLC in Martinsburg, W.Va. where he co-led the firm’s Intellectual Property Team.

Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp, LLP Managing Partner R. Morgan Gilhuly has been honored with the 2012 California Lawyer magazine Attorney of the Year Award (CLAY) in the category of Environmental Law.

Chambers & Partners, one of the world’s most respected legal research and publishing firms, has recognized 33 Verrill Dana attorneys as “Leading Lawyers.” These preliminary results will be expanded to include individual and practice area rankings when the 2012 edition is published in June. The attorneys recognized are:

Verrill Dana has been recognized as a “Top Ranked Law Firm” by Fortune Magazine. Results were published in the magazine’s December 26 “Investor’s Guide” issue.

On Thursday, February 16, John Giffune was elected President of the Cumberland Bar Association. John has been a member of the Cumberland bar Association since 2009 and has previously served on its General Committee and as its Second Vice President.

Verrill Dana’s Connecticut office has moved from West Hartford to Stamford. Verrill Dana’s Connecticut office allows it to serve clients across southern New England and will provide a link between business centers in New England and the New York metropolitan area.