Best Lawyers recognizes 227 US lawyers, including 7 as ‘Lawyers of the Year’

United States Press release - Recognition August 18, 2022

Best Lawyers has recognized 227 Norton Rose Fulbright lawyers in its 2023 editions including 182 in The Best Lawyers in America and 45 in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America. Seven lawyers were named "Lawyer of the Year" in their respective markets.

Lawyers honored as "Lawyer of the Year" received significantly higher ratings from peer-review assessments among 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 practice area and location.

The Best Lawyers in America highlights the top vote getters in a peer-review survey. For this survey, lawyers are asked to vote on the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same practice area.

First published in 1983, Best Lawyers publications are based entirely on annual feedback from the legal community.

Lawyer of the Year

Lawyer Name Category
Clifford M. Gerber Public Finance Law
Edward C. Lewis Environmental Law
Elizabeth M. Weaver Environmental Law
Jason Lee Boland Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
John W. Weber, Jr. Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Mark T. Garrett Trade Secrets Law
Robert C. Morris Litigation and Controversy – Tax

 

Ones to Watch

Lawyer Name Category
Aimeé Vidaurri Alternative Dispute Resolution
  Commercial Litigation
Alicia M. Grant Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  Commercial Litigation
  Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Andrea Shannon Intellectual Property Law
  Litigation – Patent
Andrew Eklund Antitrust Law
Anna Biegelsen Energy Law
Barbara R. Light Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Blake Redwine Mergers and Acquisitions Law 
  Securities / Capital Markets Law
Cat Garza Litigation - Intellectual Property
Chris Conatser Energy Law
Christopher Psihoules Administrative / Regulatory Law
  Energy Law
  Oil and Gas Law
D. Rockwell Bower Commercial Litigation
  Alternative Dispute Resolution
Daniel Brent Jackson Litigation – Securities
Darren Smith Patent Law
Emily A. Ambrose Commercial Litigation
Emily Depres Wolf Commercial Litigation
Erik Janitens Intellectual Property Law
  Patent Law
Evan Patrick Hardee Securities / Capital Markets Law
Francesca M. Cardillo Intellectual Property Law
George Khoukaz Corporate Law
  Mergers and Acquisitions Law 
Geraldine Young Antitrust Law
  Commercial Litigation
Heather L. Sherrod Labor and Employment Law – Management
  Litigation – Labor and Employment
Henry Stark Mergers and Acquisitions Law 
Ilana Beth Sinkin Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  Securities Regulation
Jamal Abdulrasheed Corporate Law
  Mergers and Acquisitions Law 
Jared D. Kaplan Corporate Law
Jessica Rodriguez Energy Law
  Oil and Gas Law
Joseph Drapalski Environmental Law
Joseph Piorkowski Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Labor and Employment
Joshua S. Owings Labor and Employment Law – Management
  Litigation – Labor and Employment
Julie Goodrich Harrison Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Julie Searle Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Securities
Kelly Potter Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Kimberly Cheeseman Labor and Employment Law – Management
  Litigation – Labor and Employment
Matthew McCabe Banking and Finance Law
  Corporate Law
  Public Finance Law
Megan Savage Energy Law
Nathan Baum Alternative Dispute Resolution
Peter C. Tipps Commercial Litigation
Rafe Schaefer Commercial Litigation
Reginald Wilson Public Finance Law
Ryan Apar Transportation Law
Ryan Meltzer Corporate Law
  Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  Government Relations Practice
  Litigation – Securities
Talbot Hansum Intellectual Property Law
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
Todd Batson Securities Regulation
Utsav Mathur Banking and Finance Law
  Energy Law
  Transportation Law
Victoria Corder Commercial Litigation

 

Best Lawyers

Lawyer Name Category
Adam T. Schramek Insurance Law
Alan I. Raylesberg Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Securities
Alexander Clark Tax Law
Amanda Wait Antitrust Law
Amy Mitchell Real Estate Law
Andrew B. Roth Health Care Law
Andrew P. Price Commercial Litigation
Anne M. Rodgers Antitrust Law
Benjamin Hulse Commercial Litigation
  Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Benjamin Ratliff Banking and Finance Law
Bill Leone Commercial Litigation
Brett Govett Commercial Litigation
  Copyright Law
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation - Patent
  Patent Law
  Trademark Law
Brett J. Young Litigation - Environmental
Brett Todd Banking and Finance Law
  Corporate Law
Brian A. Sun Commercial Litigation
  Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  Litigation - Securities
Brian Fenske Corporate Law
  Securities / Capital Markets Law
  Technology Law
Brian P. Devine Admiralty and Maritime Law
Brian W. Stolarz Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Bryon Farnsworth Public Finance Law
Caileen Kateri Gamache Energy Law
Carlos R. Rainer Litigation - Antitrust
Carter Crow Commercial Litigation
  Employment Law – Management
  Labor Law – Management
  Litigation – Labor and Employment
Celeste Lawton Trusts and Estates
Chaim Wachsberger Project Finance Law
Charles A. Deacon Commercial Litigation
  Health Care Law
  Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
  Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Charles B. Walker, Jr. Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation - Patent
  Patent Law
  Trademark Law
Charles D. Powell Corporate Law
  Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
  Technology Law
  Venture Capital Law
Clifford M. Gerber Municipal Law
  Public Finance Law
Corey L. Gordon Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Danette Davis Real Estate Law
Daniel A. Prati Litigation - Patent
Daniel Leventhal Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation - Patent
Daniel M. McClure Antitrust Law
  Commercial Litigation
Daryl Lansdale Corporate Law
  Mergers and Acquisitions Law
David A. Rosenzweig Litigation - Bankruptcy
David Ben-Meir Litigation - Patent
David M. Foster Antitrust Law
Debbi Johnstone Health Care Law
Debra Gatison Hatter Corporate Law
Denise Glass Health Care Law
D'Lesli Davis Litigation - Health Care
  Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Donna S. Clark Health Care Law
Douglas J. Danzig Real Estate Law
Edward Lewis Environmental Law
  Litigation - Environmental
Elizabeth M. Weaver Environmental Law
  Litigation - Environmental
Eric Hall Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation - Patent
Eric Tashman Public Finance Law
Felicia J. Boyd Advertising Law
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation - Patent
  Trademark Law
Frank A. Taylor Consumer Law
  Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Frank Garcia Corporate Law
Fredric A. Weber Corporate Law
  Public Finance Law
  Securities / Capital Markets Law
George W. Scofield Tax Law
Gerard G. Pecht Commercial Litigation
  Corporate Governance Law
  Litigation - Securities
  Securities / Capital Markets Law
Gina Shishima Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
  Litigation - Patent
  Patent Law
Glen Hettinger Corporate Law
  Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  Securities / Capital Markets Law
  Securities Regulation
Howard S. Beltzer Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  Litigation - Bankruptcy
Howard Seife Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
James George Wiehl Health Care Law
James H. Turken Commercial Litigation
James Renard Commercial Litigation
James W. Repass Copyright Law
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation - Patent
  Patent Law
  Trademark Law
Jamila Mensah Employment Law – Management
Jason Boland Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Jason Fagelman Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Banking and Finance
Jasper G. Taylor III Litigation and Controversy - Tax
  Tax Law
Jay Dewald Criminal Defense: General Practice
  Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Jay M. Chadha Tax Law
Jeff Cody Litigation - Health Care
Jeffrey Brian Margulies Environmental Law
  Litigation - Environmental
Jeffrey S. Wolff Commercial Litigation
Jerry Bell Health Care Law
John F. Finnegan Insurance Law
John Hollyfield Real Estate Law
John Mauel Energy Law
  Project Finance Law
John P. Jennings Real Estate Law
John W. Weber, Jr. Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Construction Law
  Litigation - Construction
  Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Jonathan Bank Insurance Law
  Reinsurance Law
Jonathan S. Franklin Appellate Practice
Jonathan Skidmore Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation - Health Care
  Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Joseph C. Sleeth, Jr. Trusts and Estates
Joy Ellis Tax Law
Joy M. Soloway Appellate Practice
Judith A. Archer Commercial Litigation
Katherine A. Tapley Real Estate Law
Katherine Mackillop Appellate Practice
Kathleen R. Ellison Public Finance Law
Keith M. Rosen Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Keith Martin Project Finance Law
Kenneth Hansen Project Finance Law
Kevin M. O'Gorman International Arbitration – Commercial
  International Arbitration – Governmental
Kristian Gluck Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  Litigation - Bankruptcy
Lawrence A. Bauer Public Finance Law
Lawrence Clore Employment Law – Management
  Labor Law – Management
Layne Kruse Antitrust Law
  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Antitrust
Leslie J. Schreyer Trusts and Estates
  Tax Law
Linda L. Addison Commercial Litigation
Linda M. Merritt Trademark Law
Lisa Rossmiller Tax Law
Luke Maher Construction Law
Mario Barrera Employment Law – Management
  Labor Law – Management
  Litigation – Labor and Employment
Marissa Leigh Alcala Project Finance Law
Marjorie M. Glover Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Mark Baker International Arbitration – Commercial
  International Arbitration – Governmental
Mark Bradley Wilson Patent Law
Mark Garrett Copyright Law
  Litigation – Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
  Patent Law
  Trade Secrets Law
  Trademark Law 
Mark S. Miller Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  Litigation - ERISA
Mary Young Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Matthew M. Hughey Public Finance Law
Michael A. Burke Public Finance Law
Michael Keeley Banking and Finance Law
Michael R. Krawzsenek Patent Law
Michael Steindorf Commercial Litigation
Michael Swartzendruber Commercial Litigation
Michael W. O'Donnell Arbitration
  Energy Law
  Energy Regulatory Law
  Mediation 
Nancy Nowlin Kerr Trusts and Estates
Neel Lane Appellate Practice
  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Securities
Neil Gold Corporate Law
Noam Ayali Project Finance Law
Patrick D. Dolan Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Patrick L. O'Daniel Tax Law
Patti T. Wu Municipal Law
  Public Finance Law
Paul Braden Public Finance Law
Paul Jacobs Corporate Law
  Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Paul Scott Conneely Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Paul Trahan Commercial Litigation
Peter D. Smith Tax Law
Peter F. Fitzgerald Project Finance Law
Peter Stokes Litigation - Securities
Philip J. Michaels Trusts and Estates
Philip J. Pfeiffer Employment Law – Management
  Labor Law – Management
Purvi B. Maniar Health Care Law
Reagan Brown Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Energy Law
  Insurance Law
  Oil and Gas Law
  Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Rebecca Winthrop Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Richard Krumholz Commercial Litigation
Richard Lee Hunn Tax Law
Richard S. Zembek Litigation – Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
  Patent Law
Robert C. Morris Litigation and Controversy - Tax
  Tax Law
Robert Converse Real Estate Law
Robert Dransfield Public Finance Law
Robert F. Shapiro Project Finance Law
Robert G. Newman Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Antitrust
  Litigation – Banking and Finance
  Litigation - Environmental
  Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Robert J. Swift Health Care Law
  Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Robert L. Greeson Litigation – Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
Robin Adelstein Antitrust Law
  Litigation – Antitrust
Rodney Acker Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Antitrust
  Litigation – Banking and Finance
  Litigation - Securities
Ross Viguet Patent Law
Ryan E. Manns Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Scarlet McNellie Corporate Law
Scott Incerto Commercial Litigation
Scott Kortmeyer Public Finance Law
Sean F. Corrigan Equipment Finance Law
Shauna Clark Employment Law – Management
  Labor Law – Management
  Litigation – Labor and Employment 
Stacey L. Murphy Health Care Law
Stacey Martinez Litigation - Health Care
  Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Stephanie DeBrow Appellate Practice
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation - Patent
Stephanie Leibe Public Finance Law
Stephanie M. Schroepfer Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Stephen Dillard Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants
Stephen Kuntz Tax Law
Steven B. Pfeiffer Banking and Finance Law
  International Trade and Finance Law
Steven D. Jansma Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Stewart W. Gagnon Family Law
Susan Feigin Harris Government Relations Practice
  Health Care Law
T. Neil Thomas Public Finance Law
Terry Tottenham Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Health Care Law
  Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
  Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Thomas A. Coulter Commercial Litigation
  Government Relations Practice
Thomas E. Reddin Employment Law – Management
Thomas Edward Hirsch III Energy Regulatory Law
Thomas J. Hall Commercial Litigation
Tim Walsh Construction Law
  Litigation -  Construction
Timothy M. Kenny Copyright Law
  Litigation – Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
  Patent Law
  Trademark Law
Toby Gerber Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  Litigation - Bankruptcy
Todd E. Alexander Project Finance Law
Todd Schroeder Tax Law
Uyen Poh Public Finance Law
Warren J. Nimetz Mergers and Acquisitions Law
William B. Sing Real Estate Law
William Bowers Tax Law
William G. Cavanagh Tax Law
William Greendyke Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  Litigation - Bankruptcy
Winston Walp Real Estate Law
Yvonne Puig Health Care Law
  Litigation - Health Care
  Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
  Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants