Best Lawyers commends 215 US lawyers, honors 16 as Lawyers of the Year

United States Press release - Recognition August 21, 2020

Best Lawyers has recognized 215 lawyers in 72 practice areas as Best Lawyers or Ones to Watch from our US offices in The Best Lawyers in America 2021. Additionally, 16 lawyers have been honored as 2021 Lawyers of the Year in their respective markets.

Lawyers who have been honored as "Lawyer of the Year" received significantly high ratings from peer review assessments conducted with thousands of leading lawyers. This award recognizes lawyers who have a high level of integrity, professionalism and ability. Only one lawyer is recognized as a "Lawyer of the Year" for each specialty and location.

The Best Lawyers in America highlights the top six percent of private practicing lawyers. Those recognized received the top votes in a peer-review survey in which lawyers cast votes based on the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same legal practice area.

Lawyers of the Year

 

Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch

Rodney Acker Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Antitrust
  Litigation – Banking and Finance
  Litigation – Securities
Linda Addison Commercial Litigation
Robin Adelstein Antitrust Law
Thomas Adler Corporate Law
Marissa Alcala Project Finance Law
Todd Alexander Project Finance Law
John Allender Tax Law
Judith Archer Commercial Litigation
Noam Ayali Project Finance Law
Mark Baker International Arbitration – Commercial
  International Arbitration – Governmental
Mario Barrera Litigation – Labor and Employment
  Labor Law – Management
  Employment Law – Management
Lawrence Bauer Public Finance Law
Jerry Bell Health Care Law
Howard Beltzer Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  Litigation – Bankruptcy
Anna Biegelsen Energy Law
Jill Block Real Estate Law
Jason Boland Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
William Bowers Tax Law
Felicia Boyd Litigation – Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
  Trademark Law
Paul Braden Public Finance Law
Allan Braxdale Patent Law
Lauren Brogdon Energy Law
Reagan Brown Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Insurance Law
  Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Forrest Brumbaugh Corporate Law
  Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
Bob Bruner Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Jordan Campbell Commercial Litigation
William Caudill Litigation and Controversy – Tax
  Tax Law
William Cavanagh Tax Law
Kimberly Cheeseman Labor and Employment Law – Management
  Litigation – Labor and Employment
Alexander Clark Tax Law
Shauna Clark Employment Law – Management
  Labor Law – Management
  Litigation – Labor and Employment
Lawrence Clore Employment Law – Management
  Labor Law – Management
Jeff Cody Litigation – Health Care
Stephen Cole Public Finance Law
Robert Converse Real Estate Law
Victoria Corder Commercial Litigation
Sean Corrigan Equipment Finance Law
Carter Crow Commercial Litigation
  Employment Law – Management
  Labor Law – Management
  Litigation – Labor and Employment
Andrea D'Ambra Electronic Discovery and Information Management Law
Theodore Daniel Commercial Litigation
  Construction Law
  Litigation – Banking and Finance
Douglas Danzig Real Estate Law
Barbara D'Aquila Employment Law – Management
  Labor Law – Management
  Litigation – Labor and Employment
D'Lesli Davis Litigation – Health Care
  Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Charles Deacon Commercial Litigation
  Health Care Law
  Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
  Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Stephanie DeBrow Litigation – Patent
Brian Devine Admiralty and Maritime Law
Stephen Dillard Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Patrick Dolan Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Thomas Dowdell Health Care Law
Robert Dransfield Public Finance Law
Jeff Dykes Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Construction
  Litigation – Environmental
  Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
Mark Eberhard Intellectual Property Law
  Litigation – Intellectual Property
Joy Ellis Tax Law
Kathleen Ellison Public Finance Law
Shannon Esperti Real Estate Law
Jason Fagelman Commercial Litigation
Bryon Farnsworth Public Finance Law
Brian Fenske Corporate Law
  Securities / Capital Markets Law
  Technology Law
John Finnegan Insurance Law
Peter Fitzgerald Project Finance Law
David Foster Antitrust Law
Jonathan Franklin Appellate Practice
Stewart Gagnon Family Law
Caileen Kateri Gamache Energy Law
Frank Garcia Corporate Law
Mark Garrett Copyright Law
  Litigation – Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
  Patent Law
  Trade Secrets Law
  Trademark Law
Toby Gerber Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  Litigation – Bankruptcy
Clifford Gerber Municipal Law
  Public Finance Law
Denise Glass Health Care Law
Marjorie Glover Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Kristian Gluck Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  Litigation – Bankruptcy
Neil Gold Corporate Law
Brett Govett Commercial Litigation
  Copyright Law
  Litigation – Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
  Patent Law
  Trademark Law
Jay Greathouse Health Care Law
William Greendyke Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  Litigation – Bankruptcy
Alicia Morris Groos Copyright Law
  Trademark Law
Charles Hall Litigation and Controversy – Tax
  Tax Law
Eric Hall Litigation – Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
Thomas Hall Commercial Litigation
Kenneth Hansen Project Finance Law
Talbot Hansum Intellectual Property Law
  Litigation – Intellectual Property
  Patent Law
Julie Goodrich Harrison Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Nick Hendrix Commercial Litigation
David Heskel Ben-Meir Litigation – Patent
Glen Hettinger Corporate Law
  Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  Securities / Capital Markets Law
  Securities Regulation
John Hollyfield Real Estate Law
Tracy Horton Project Finance Law
Donald Hunt Public Finance Law
Scott Incerto Commercial Litigation
Paul Jacobs Corporate Law
  Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Steven Jansma Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
John Jennings Real Estate Law
Debbi Johnstone Health Care Law
Timothy Kenny Copyright Law
  Litigation – Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
  Patent Law
  Trademark Law
Nancy Kerr Trusts and Estates
Jeffrey Kitchen Intellectual Property Law
  Patent Law
Andrius Kontrimas Tax Law
Scott Kortmeyer Public Finance Law
Michael Krawzsenek Patent Law
Ronn Kreps Commercial Litigation
  Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Richard Krumholz Commercial Litigation
Layne Kruse Antitrust Law
  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Antitrust
  Antitrust Law
Jeffrey Kuhn Public Finance Law
Stephen Kuntz Tax Law
George Kutzschbach Energy Law
  Natural Resources Law
  Oil and Gas Law
Neel Lane Appellate Practice
  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation - Securities
Joy Langford Litigation – Insurance
Daryl Lansdale Corporate Law
  Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Celeste Lawton Trusts and Estates
Richard Leder Tax Law
Jason Lederman Trusts and Estates
Bill Leone Commercial Litigation
Daniel Leventhal Litigation – Intellectual Property
Edward Lewis Environmental Law
  Litigation – Environmental
Nicole Lynn Alternative Dispute Resolution
  Commercial Litigation
Katherine Mackillop Appellate Practice
Purvi Maniar Health Care Law
Ryan Manns Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Jeffrey Margulies Environmental Law
  Litigation – Environmental
Keith Martin Project Finance Law
Stacey Martinez Litigation – Health Care
  Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Peter Mason Commercial Litigation
Utsav Mathur Energy Law
John Mauel Energy Law
  Project Finance Law
Matthew McCabe Corporate Law
Daniel McClure Antitrust Law
  Commercial Litigation
Gary McDaniel Corporate Law
Gerald McGovern Public Finance Law
Ryan Meltzer Corporate Law
  Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  Government Relations Practice
  Litigation – Securities
Jamila Mensah Employment Law – Management
Philip Michaels Trusts and Estates
Mark Miller Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  Litigation – ERISA
Dilpreet Minhas Project Finance Law
Amy Mitchell Real Estate Law
Benjamin Montanez Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Robert Morris Tax Law
Stacey Murphy Health Care Law
Robert Newman Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Antitrust
  Litigation – Banking and Finance
  Litigation – Environmental
  Litigation – Trusts and Estates
  Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Denton Nichols Alternative Dispute Resolution
Barclay Nicholson Insurance Law
Warren Nimetz Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Patrick O'Daniel Tax Law
Kevin O'Gorman International Arbitration – Commercial
  International Arbitration – Governmental
Cecil Olmstead Public Finance Law
John O'Malley Insurance Law
Michael Parker Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  Litigation - Bankruptcy
Gerard Pecht Commercial Litigation
  Corporate Governance Law
  Litigation - Securities
  Securities / Capital Markets Law
Saul Perloff Commercial Litigation
Steven Pfeiffer Banking and Finance Law
  International Trade and Finance Law
Philip Pfeiffer Employment Law – Management
  Labor Law – Management
Joseph Piorkowski Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Labor and Employment
Carol Poindexter Health Care Law
Charles Powell Corporate Law
  Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
  Technology Law
  Venture Capital Law
Christopher Psihoules Energy Law
Yvonne Puig Health Care Law
  Litigation – Health Care
  Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
  Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Nandini Rao Litigation – Labor and Employment
Alan Raylesberg Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
  Litigation – Securities
Blake Redwine Mergers and Acquisitions Law
James Renard Commercial Litigation
James Repass Copyright Law
  Litigation – Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
  Patent Law
  Trademark Law
Anne Rodgers Antitrust Law
Andrew Roth Health Care Law
Rafe Schaefer Commercial Litigation
Leslie Schreyer Tax Law
  Trusts and Estates
Todd Schroeder Tax Law
Stephanie Schroepfer Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
George Scofield Tax Law
Kathleen Scott Banking and Finance Law
Howard Seife Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Andrea Shannon Intellectual Property Law
Marc Shapiro Real Estate Law
Robert Shapiro Project Finance Law
Heather Sherrod Labor and Employment Law - Management
  Litigation - Labor and Employment
Gina Shishima Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
  Litigation - Patent
  Patent Law
William Sing Real Estate Law
Ilana Beth Sinkin Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Jonathan Skidmore Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation - Health Care
  Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Joseph Sleeth Trusts and Estates
William Slusser Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation - Patent
Darren Smith Intellectual Property Law
Joy Soloway Appellate Practice
Richard Sonkin Real Estate Law
Michael Steindorf Commercial Litigation
Peter Stokes Litigation - Securities
Louis Strubeck Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  Litigation - Bankruptcy
Michael Swartzendruber Commercial Litigation
Robert Swift Health Care Law
  Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
Katherine Tapley Real Estate Law
Eric Tashman Public Finance Law
Jasper Taylor Litigation and Controversy - Tax
  Tax Law
Frank Taylor Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Neil Thomas Public Finance Law
Brett Todd Banking and Finance Law
  Corporate Law
Terry Tottenham Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Health Care Law
  Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
  Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Paul Trahan Commercial Litigation
James Tussing Equipment Finance Law
  Transportation Law
William Veatch Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Ross Viguet Patent Law
Chaim Wachsberger Project Finance Law
Amanda Wait Antitrust Law
Charles Walker Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation - Patent
  Patent Law
  Trademark Law
Winston Walp Real Estate Law
Tim Walsh Construction Law
  Litigation - Construction
Elizabeth Weaver Environmental Law
  Litigation - Environmental
Fredric Weber Corporate Law
  Public Finance Law
  Securities / Capital Markets Law
John Weber Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Construction Law
  Litigation - Construction
  Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
James Wiehl Health Care Law
Gregory Wilkes Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Richard Wilson Commercial Litigation
Jeffrey Wolff Commercial Litigation
Patti Wu Municipal Law
Jeff Wurzburg Health Care Law
Brett Young Litigation - Environmental
Lori Yount Commercial Litigation
Richard Zembek Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation - Patent
  Patent Law