Burns & Farrey's Litigation and Coverage Teams Earn Top Legal Rankings in 2024

Burns & Farrey has achieved significant recognition in 2024, with attorneys receiving honors for excellence in both litigation defense and insurance coverage. The firm has five attorneys named in Best Lawyers 2025 and three attorneys selected for Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2024.

Best Lawyers:

Boston, MA

• John Farrey: Litigation – Insurance; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Thomas B. Farrey III [16 years ranked]: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Marlborough, MA

• John F. Hurley, Jr. [16 years ranked]: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• James P. McLarnon, Jr.: Litigation – Insurance; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Janet M. Smith: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2024:

• Thomas B. Farrey, III: Civil Litigation: Defense
• James P. McLarnon: Insurance Coverage
• John T. Farrey (Rising Stars): Civil Litigation: Defense

Best Lawyers, first published in 1983, is universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. According to Corporate Counsel magazine, it is "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice." Their lists are compiled through exhaustive peer-review evaluation, with almost 87,000 industry-leading lawyers eligible to vote globally. The current edition analyzed 7.8 million votes, and lawyers cannot pay to be listed.

Super Lawyers selects attorneys from more than 70 practice areas based on peer recognition and professional achievement. Their rigorous selection process includes statewide lawyer surveys, independent research evaluation, and peer reviews. Only 5 percent of attorneys in each state are selected to the Super Lawyers list, and just 2.5 percent qualify for the Rising Stars list.