Recent Hires

Since our founding in 1970, Much Shelist has maintained a strategy of intelligent growth that acknowledges and anticipates our clients' evolving needs. While some firms compete on size alone, we act in our clients' best interests by adding attorneys and skill sets that offer specific, value-added services.

We take great care in choosing the attorneys who join our team. Most have more than a decade of real-world, practical experience. Even our associates generally join the firm with a strong background in specific legal disciplines and come to us ready to hit the ground running.

The following attorneys have joined Much Shelist during the past year.

Michael A. Zalay

Principal

Michael is an accomplished corporate attorney who represents clients in a variety of business matters. He is experienced in structuring and negotiating business transactions for...

Andrew M. Silver

Associate

Andrew handles matters related to all aspects of corporate law, with a focus on representing privately held and family-run entrepreneurial businesses. He has extensive experience...

Sarah K. Quinn

Associate

Sarah is an experienced litigator and business advisor who handles all aspects of commercial dispute resolution. She has managed cases–from strategy to discovery to settlement...

Marc W. O'Brien

Special Counsel

Marc utilizes his broad business and legal experience to represent clients in corporate transactions, financial and lending transactions, real estate transactions and commercial litigation. He...

David F. Nightingale

Principal

David is an experienced trial and transactional attorney who represents clients in a broad array of construction, real estate, and contractual matters. David advises developers,...

Nicholas T. McIntyre

Associate

Nick advises clients on a broad range of real estate tax matters related to commercial, industrial, residential and mixed-use developments. He is well-versed in all...

Jason L. LaBella

Special Counsel

Jason is a transactional attorney who has a broad real estate practice representing property owners, investors, developers, lenders and other real estate professionals. He counsels...

James J. Ko

Associate

James utilizes his trial experience to advise health care providers on a wide range of disputes and regulatory issues. He represents doctors, dentists, pharmacists, nurses...

Max J. Kanter

Principal

Max focuses his practice on a variety of real estate matters, including retail, office and industrial leasing for landlords and tenants, as well as the...

Harlan D. Kahn

Principal

Harlan is a trusted legal advisor with more than 30 years of experience counseling clients on a wide variety of business matters. He handles corporate...

Mary Vidal Hays

Principal

Clients call on Mary for strategic advice regarding the full range of estate planning matters. She regularly counsels individuals and couples on trust and estate...

Laura A. Elkayam

Associate

Laura helps employers implement best practices to promote compliance with federal, state, and local labor and employment laws, while remaining mindful of each company’s unique...

Daniel R. Bronson

Principal

Dan has more than 30 years of experience representing property owners and developers in a variety of real estate investment activities and construction projects. He...

Nicholas P. Brankle

Associate

Nick counsels clients on a wide range of transactional and regulatory matters in the technology, privacy and intellectual property arenas. He regularly drafts commercial contracts...