SPRINGFIELD — Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, with offices in Springfield and Northampton, was recognized by Best Lawyers as a Best Law Firm in Springfield for 2025. The firm was singled out in the fields of banking and finance law, bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law, business organizations (including LLCs and partnerships), corporate law, elder law, trusts and estates, litigation ­– trusts and estates, and tax law.

In addition, eight attorneys at Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin were selected for inclusion in the 2025 edition of the Best Lawyers in America for outstanding contributions to their fields:

• Attorney Carol Cioe Klyman was included for her expertise the fields of elder law and trusts and estates.

• Attorney Mark Esposito was selected by his peers in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America in the fields of commercial litigation and litigation – labor and employment.

• Attorney Michele Feinstein was selected by her peers as a Lawyer of the Year for trusts and estates in Springfield. She was also chosen for inclusion on the Best Lawyers in America list for her outstanding contributions to the fields of elder law, litigation ­– trusts and estates, and trusts and estates.

• Attorney Gary Fentin, one of the firm’s founders, was selected for his work in the fields of banking and financial law and commercial transactions/uniform commercial code (UCC) law.

• Attorney Timothy Mulhern, managing partner, was included for his work in the fields of corporate law and tax law.

• Founding attorney Steven Schwartz was selected for his expertise in the fields of business organizations (including LLCs and partnerships), closely held companies, and corporate law.

• Attorney James Sheils was included for his contributions in the field of commercial transactions/uniform commercial code (UCC) law.

• Attorney Steven Weiss was selected for inclusion for his work in the fields of bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law.

Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication company in the legal profession. The lists of outstanding lawyers are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Lawyers are not permitted to pay any fee to participate in or be recognized by Best Lawyers.

SPRINGFIELD — Local law firm Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin announced that eight of its lawyers have been awarded in the 2024 editions of The Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America.

The following attorneys received special designations from Best Lawyers, including Lawyer of the Year and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America:

• Attorney Steven Schwartz was named a Lawyer of the Year in the field of business organizations (including LLCs and partnerships). He was also chosen for The Best Lawyers in America in the fields of business organizations (including LLCs and partnerships), closely held companies and corporate law.

• Attorney Gary Fentin was named a Lawyer of the Year in the fields of banking and finance law and commercial transactions/uniform commercial code (UCC) law.

• Attorney Carol Cioe Klyman was named a Lawyer of the Year in the fields of elder law and trusts and estates.

• Managing Partner Timothy Mulhern was named a Lawyer of the Year in the fields of corporate law and tax law.

• Attorney Steven Weiss was named a Lawyer of the Year in the fields of bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law.

• Attorney Mark Esposito was named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America in the fields of commercial litigation and litigation ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­– labor and employment.

The following attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America:

• Attorney Michele Feinstein was recognized in the fields of trusts and estates litigation, elder law, and trusts and estates.

• Attorney James Sheils was recognized in the field of commercial transactions/ uniform commercial code (UCC) law.

SPRINGFIELD — Local law firm Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin announced that eight of its attorneys were listed in Best Lawyers in America 2023.

• Steven Schwartz was named a Lawyer of the Year in the field of business organizations. He was also selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America in the fields of bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law, business organizations (including LLCs and partnerships), closely held companies and family business law, and corporate law.

• Michele Feinstein was named a Lawyer of the Year in the field of trusts and estates and was also selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America in the fields of litigation: trusts and estates, elder law, and trusts and estates.

• Mark Esposito was named One to Watch by Best Lawyers in the field of litigation: labor and employment.

The other attorneys selected by their peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America 2023 are:

• Gary Fentin, who was recognized in the fields of banking and finance law and commercial transactions/uniform commercial code (UCC) law;

• Carol Cioe Klyman, selected in the fields of elder law and trusts and estates;

• Managing Partner Timothy Mulhern, recognized in the fields of corporate law and tax law;

• James Sheils, recognized in the field of commercial transactions/UCC law; and

• Steven Weiss, selected in the fields of bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law.

SPRINGFIELD — Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, P.C., a law firm serving clients throughout New England and New York, has been named to Best Law Firms in Best Lawyers 2022. This is the third time the firm has been awarded the honor.

Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin has been recognized for Tier 1 metropolitan designations in Springfield in the areas of banking and finance law, bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law, corporate law, elder law, and trusts and estates law. It is also recognized for Tier 2 metropolitan designations in Springfield in the areas of business organizations (including LLCs and partnerships) and tax law.

Recognition in Best Lawyers is based on several factors, including feedback from lawyers recognized by Best Lawyers on individual lawyer and firm-wide work, the size and coverage of the firm in a specific practice area, historical analysis of the firm’s Lawyer of the Year awards in this area, and research surrounding the firm’s overall scope and areas of expertise.