Law360, New York (March 1, 2016, 4:15 PM EST) -- Joan A. Lukey is chairwoman of the complex trial and appellate litigation group at Choate Hall & Stewart LLP in Boston, where she focuses her practice on litigating complex business, employment and other cases in state and federal courts in Massachusetts and nationwide. She has tried approximately 100 jury trials and numerous bench trials and arbitrations in all aspects of business disputes. She is an accomplished appellate lawyer, having argued approximately 60 federal and state appeals. Lukey is a past president of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and was the first woman ever to hold this position. She is a past president of the Boston Bar Association, and has served twice as a Massachusetts Special Assistant Attorney General. Lukey has been named in Best Lawyers for over 30 consecutive years in the areas of business, bet-the-company, commercial, personal injury, employment and First Amendment litigation. She has won numerous awards over the years, and regularly receives top rankings by Chambers USA and Chambers Global as a band one litigator, Benchmark Litigation, and Massachusetts Super Lawyers among others. Lukey received her J.D., cum laude, Order of the Coif, from Boston College Law School and her B.A., magna cum laude, from Smith College....