Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C. Attorneys Recognized in 2025 Edition of Best Lawyers in America®

New Haven, Connecticut (August 15, 2024) – Five attorneys from the firm of Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C. have been recognized by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 Edition of Best Lawyers in America®, for the New Haven metropolitan area.

For the past 24 years, Andrew R. Lubin, Principal with the firm, has been included by in the list produced by Best Lawyers® for Real Estate Law in New Haven, Conn. Last year, he was also named Lawyer of the Year in Real Estate Law for New Haven.

Douglas S. Skalka, Principal and Managing Partner with Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C., has been included in Best Lawyers in America since 2006 for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law in New Haven. He was also named New Haven, Conn., Lawyer of the Year in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law for 2024.

Principals Michael D. Neubert and Deborah Monteith Neubert founded the firm in 1993, with Gregory J. Pepe, Principal. Neubert and Monteith Neubert are included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers in America for Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants and Construction Law, respectively, in New Haven. Neubert has been recognized since 2012 and Monteith Neubert since 2013.

Judy K. Weinstein has been recognized by Best Lawyers since 2019 for Real Estate Law in New Haven, adding accolades for Commercial Finance Law in 2022 and Banking and Finance Law in 2021. This 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America marks the seventh year her peers have selected her for inclusion in this exclusive award.

In addition, Jane Elaine Ballerini and Dennis M. Carnelli have been distinguished in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, making this the fifth year in a row they have earned this prestigious recognition. Ballerini was recognized for Banking and Finance Law as well as Real Estate Law in New Haven. Carnelli was awarded for Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law in the same city.

“When we celebrated our 30th anniversary last year, it was a bit of a shock to realize how quickly time had passed and how much we accomplished,” Pepe commented. “We’ve not only grown our firm to well more than three dozen attorneys, but we’ve been able to help so many clients. To know that we’ve made their lives better and our peers publicly acknowledge the quality of our work means so much to everyone in our firm. I’m both thankful and humbled to be part of an organization that is so respected and effective.”

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers recognitions are compiled based on an exhaustive Purely Peer Review® evaluation. More than 123,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and we have received more than 20 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world.

Lawyer of the Year honors are awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with extremely high overall feedback from their peers, making it an exceptional distinction.

Lawyers are not required nor allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor

Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C. is a general practice law firm with offices in New Haven, Hartford and Fairfield, Connecticut and White Plains, New York (npmlaw.com). Our team of attorneys possesses the type of exceptional legal and professional skills sought by clients to meet their objectives. The team’s depth, talent, and dedication to client success allows Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C. to better serve clients locally and nationally.