Best Lawyers recognizes 262 US lawyers, including 14 as ‘Lawyers of the Year’

United States Press release - Recognition August 2023

Best Lawyers has recognized 262 US Norton Rose Fulbright lawyers in its 2024 edition including 194 in The Best Lawyers in America and 67 in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America. Fourteen lawyers were named "Lawyer of the Year" in their respective markets.

Those honored as "Lawyer of the Year" received the highest ratings among leading lawyers recognized. Only one lawyer receives "Lawyer of the Year" designation in each practice area and location.

Recognitions by Best Lawyers are based entirely on peer review and annual feedback from the legal community. Now celebrating its 30th edition, 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.

Listed below are the Norton Rose Fulbright lawyers honored by The Best Lawyers in America.

Lawyer of the Year

Best Lawyers

Lawyer Name

Category

Adam T. Schramek

Insurance Law

Adrienne Sebring

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Alan Raylesberg

Commercial Litigation

 

Litigation - Securities

Alex Niebruegge

Oil and Gas Law

Alexander Clark

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

 

Tax Law

Alyssa Marie Vazquez

Aviation Law

Amanda Wait

Antitrust Law

Amy M. Mitchell

Real Estate Law

Andrew Price

Commercial Litigation

Andrew B. Roth

Health Care Law

Anne M. Rodgers

Antitrust Law

Beau Cox

Appellate Practice

Becky H. Diffen

Energy Law

Benjamin Hulse

Commercial Litigation

 

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

 

Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Benjamin Ratliff

Banking and Finance Law

Bill Bowers

Tax Law

Bill Leone

Commercial Litigation

Bob Bruner

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Brett C. Govett

Commercial Litigation

 

Copyright Law

 

Litigation - Intellectual Property

 

Litigation - Patent

 

Patent Law

 

Trademark Law

Brett H. Todd

Banking and Finance Law

 

Corporate Law

Brett J. Young

Litigation - Environmental

 

Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Brian P. Devine

Admiralty and Maritime Law

Brian P. Fenske

Corporate Law

 

Securities / Capital Markets Law

 

Technology Law

 

Venture Capital Law

Brian Stolarz

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Brian A. Sun

Commercial Litigation

 

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

 

Litigation - Securities

Bruce Baty

Banking and Finance Law

 

Insurance Law

Bryon G. Farnsworth

Public Finance Law

Caileen K. Gamache

Energy Law

 

Energy Regulatory Law

Carlos R. Rainer

Litigation - Antitrust

Celeste C. Lawton

Trusts and Estates

Charlene McHugh

Insurance Law

Charles A. Deacon

Commercial Litigation

 

Health Care Law

 

Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

 

Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Charles D. Powell

Corporate Law

 

Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law

 

Technology Law

 

Venture Capital Law

Charles B. Walker

Litigation - Intellectual Property

 

Litigation - Patent

 

Patent Law

 

Trademark Law

Chuck Hollis

Information Technology Law

 

Technology Law

Clifford Gerber

Municipal Law

 

Public Finance Law

Corey Gordon

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

 

Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Craig Vogelsang

Oil and Gas Law

Dani Davis

Real Estate Law

Daniel Leventhal

Litigation - Intellectual Property

 

Litigation - Patent

Daniel M. McClure

Antitrust Law

 

Commercial Litigation

Daniel Prati

Litigation - Patent

Darryl Anderson

Commercial Litigation

Daryl L. Lansdale

Corporate Law

 

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

David Rosenzweig

Litigation - Bankruptcy

Debbi M. Johnstone

Health Care Law

Debra Gatison Hatter

Corporate Law

Denise Webb Glass

Health Care Law

Denton Nichols

International Arbitration - Commercial

Derek Johnston

IT Outsourcing Law

D'Lesli M. Davis

Litigation - Health Care

 

Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Donna Clark

Health Care Law

Eagle Robinson

Litigation - Intellectual Property

 

Litigation - Patent

Eddie Lewis

Environmental Law

 

Litigation - Environmental

Elizabeth M. Weaver

Environmental Law

 

Litigation - Environmental

Ellen Sessions

Litigation - Securities

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 T. Garcia

Corporate Law

Fredric A. Weber

Corporate Law

 

Public Finance Law

 

Securities / Capital Markets Law

George Scofield

Tax Law

Gerard Pecht

Commercial Litigation

 

Corporate Governance Law

 

Litigation - Securities

 

Securities / Capital Markets Law

Gina Shishima

Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice

 

Litigation - Patent

 

Patent Law

Glen J. Hettinger

Corporate Law

 

Mergers and Acquisitions Law 

 

Securities / Capital Markets Law

 

Securities Regulation

Harold Burroughs

Banking and Finance Law

 

Public Finance Law

 

Real Estate Law

Howard Beltzer

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

 

Litigation - Bankruptcy

Howard Seife

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

James S. Renard

Commercial Litigation

James W. Repass

Copyright Law

 

Litigation - Intellectual Property

 

Litigation - Patent

 

Patent Law

 

Trademark Law

James Turken

Commercial Litigation

James Wiehl

Health Care Law

Jamila S. Mensah

Employment Law - Management

Jason L. Boland

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

 

Litigation - Bankruptcy

Jason K. Fagelman

Commercial Litigation

 

Litigation - Banking and Finance

Jasper G. Taylor

Litigation and Controversy - Tax

 

Tax Law

Jay M. Chadha

Tax Law

Jay Dewald

Criminal Defense: General Practice

 

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Jeff Cody

Litigation - Health Care

Jeff Richardson

Commercial Litigation

 

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Jeffrey Margulies

Environmental Law

 

Litigation - Environmental

Jeffrey S. Wolff

Commercial Litigation

Jerry A. Bell

Health Care Law

John Finnegan

Insurance Law

John S. Hollyfield

Real Estate Law

John P. Jennings

Real Estate Law

John W. Weber Jr.

Bet-the-Company Litigation

 

Commercial Litigation

 

Litigation - Construction

 

Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

 

Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Jonathan F. Bank

Insurance Law

 

Reinsurance Law

Jonathan S. Franklin

Appellate Practice

Jonathan B. Skidmore

Bet-the-Company Litigation

 

Commercial Litigation

 

Litigation - Health Care

 

Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Joseph C. Sleeth

Trusts and Estates

Josh Agrons

Banking and Finance Law

Joy R. Ellis

Tax Law

Justin VandenBout

Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Katherine Mackillop

Appellate Practice

Katherine A. Tapley

Real Estate Law

Kathleen R. Ellison

Public Finance Law

Katie Van Dyke

Real Estate Law

Keith Martin

Project Finance Law

Keith Rosen

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Kenneth Hansen

Project Finance Law

Kevin Fischer

Corporate Law

Kevin J. Harnisch

Litigation - Securities

Kevin O'Gorman

International Arbitration - Governmental

 

International Arbitration - Commercial

Kristian Gluck

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

 

Litigation - Bankruptcy

Lawrence A. Bauer

Public Finance Law

Lawrence H. Clore

Employment Law - Management

 

Labor Law - Management

Layne Kruse

Antitrust Law

 

Commercial Litigation

 

Litigation - Antitrust

Les Schreyer

Tax Law

 

Trusts and Estates

Linda L. Addison

Commercial Litigation

Linda M. Merritt

Copyright Law

 

Trademark Law

Lisa Rossmiller

Tax Law

Luke Maher

Construction Law

M. Carter Crow

Commercial Litigation

 

Employment Law - Management

 

Labor Law - Management

 

Litigation - Labor and Employment

M. Scott Incerto

Commercial Litigation

Mario A. Barrera

Employment Law - Management

 

Labor Law - Management

 

Litigation - Labor and Employment

Marissa Leigh Alcala

Project Finance Law

Marjorie Glover

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Mark Baker

International Arbitration - Commercial

 

International Arbitration - Governmental

Mark B. 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

Mark Oakes

Commercial Litigation

Mary Young

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

Matt Hughey

Public Finance Law

Michael A. Burke

Public Finance Law

Mike Keeley

Banking and Finance Law

Michael Krawzsenek

Patent Law

Michael W. O'Donnell

Energy Regulatory Law

 

Mediation

 

Arbitration

Michael C. Steindorf

Commercial Litigation

Michael A. Swartzendruber

Commercial Litigation

Nancy Nowlin Kerr

Trusts and Estates

Neel Lane

Appellate Practice

 

Commercial Litigation

 

Insurance Law

 

Litigation - Securities

Neil Thomas

Public Finance Law

Noam Ayali

Project Finance Law

Patrick Dolan

Securitization and Structured Finance Law

Patrick L. O'Daniel

Tax Law

Patti T. Wu

Municipal Law

 

Public Finance Law

Paul A. Braden

Public Finance Law

Paul Conneely

Corporate Governance Law

 

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Paul Trahan

Commercial Litigation

Peter F. Fitzgerald

Project Finance Law

Peter D. Smith

Tax Law

Peter A. Stokes

Litigation - Securities

Philip J. Michaels

Trusts and Estates

Philip Pfeiffer

Employment Law - Management

 

Labor Law - Management

Purvi B. Maniar

Health Care Law

R. Ross Viguet

Patent Law

Reagan M. 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 S. Krumholz

Commercial Litigation

Richard L. Hunn

Tax Law

Richard S. Zembek

Litigation - Intellectual Property

 

Litigation - Patent

 

Patent Law

Robert G. Converse

Real Estate Law

Robert D. Dransfield

Public Finance Law

Robert Greeson

Litigation - Intellectual Property

 

Litigation - Patent

Robert C. Morris

Litigation and Controversy - Tax

 

Tax Law

Robert G. Newman

Commercial Litigation

 

Litigation - Antitrust

 

Litigation - Banking and Finance

 

Litigation - Environmental

 

Litigation - Trusts and Estates

 

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

Robert Shapiro

Project Finance Law

Robert J. Swift

Health Care Law

 

Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Robin Adelstein

Antitrust Law

 

Litigation - Antitrust

Rodney Acker

Bet-the-Company Litigation

 

Commercial Litigation

 

Litigation - Antitrust

 

Litigation - Banking and Finance

 

Litigation - Securities

Ryan E. Manns

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

S. Jamal Faleel

Commercial Litigation

 

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

 

Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Scarlet McNellie

Corporate Law

Scott Kortmeyer

Public Finance Law

Shauna Clark

Employment Law - Management

 

Labor Law - Management

 

Litigation - Labor and Employment

Stacey Martinez

Litigation - Health Care

 

Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Stacey Murphy

Health Care Law

Stephanie DeBrow

Appellate Practice

 

Litigation - Intellectual Property

 

Litigation - Patent

Stephanie Leibe

Public Finance Law

Stephanie Schroepfer

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Stephen C. Dillard

Bet-the-Company Litigation

 

Commercial Litigation

 

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

 

Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Stephen A. Kuntz

Tax Law

 

Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

 

Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Steve Peirce

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Steven Jansma

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

  Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Steven B. Pfeiffer

Banking and Finance Law

 

International Trade and Finance Law

Stewart W. Gagnon

Family Law

Susan Feigin Harris

Government Relations Practice

 

Health Care Law

Tamsen Barrett

Litigation - Intellectual Property

 

Litigation - Patent

Terry O. Tottenham

Bet-the-Company Litigation

 

Commercial Litigation

 

Health Care Law

 

Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

 

Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

 

Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Thomas Hirsch

Energy Regulatory Law

Tim Walsh

Construction Law

 

Litigation - Construction

Timothy M. Kenny

Copyright Law

 

Litigation - Intellectual Property

 

Litigation - Patent

 

Patent Law

 

Trademark Law

Toby L. Gerber

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

 

Litigation - Bankruptcy

Todd Schroeder

Tax Law

Tom Coulter

Commercial Litigation

 

Government Relations Practice

Uyen Poh

Public Finance Law

Warren S. Huang

Appellate Practice

William G. Cavanagh

Tax Law

William Greendyke

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

 

Litigation - Bankruptcy

William B. Sing

Real Estate Law

Winston Walp

Real Estate Law

Yvonne K. Puig

Health Care Law

 

Litigation - Health Care

 

Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

 

Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Ones to Watch

Lawyer Name

Category

Abraham Chang

Commercial Litigation

Addison Churay

Corporate Law

Aimeé Vidaurri

Commercial Litigation

 

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Alex Cummings

Commercial Litigation

Alicia M. Grant

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

 

Commercial Litigation

 

Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Amelia X. Zhang

Corporate Governance and Compliance Law

 

Corporate Law

 

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

 

Securities/ Capital Markets Law

Andrea Shannon

Intellectual Property Law

 

Litigation - Patent

Andrew Eklund

Antitrust Law

Barbara Light

Commercial Litigation

 

Litigation - Trusts and Estates

 

Trusts and Estates

Blake Redwine

Corporate Law

 

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

 

Securities / Capital Markets Law

Cat Garza

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Chris Conatser

Energy Law

Christine Brozynski

Energy Law

 

Project Finance Law

Christopher Psihoules

Administrative / Regulatory Law

 

Energy Law

 

Oil and Gas Law

Damola Omisore

Oil and Gas Law

Daniel Jackson

Litigation - Securities

Darren Smith

Intellectual Property Law

 

Patent Law

David Dyer

Intellectual Property Law

David G. Moore, Jr.

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

 

Corporate Law

Dylan Fehl

Corporate Law

 

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

 

Real Estate Law

Emily Ambrose

Commercial Litigation

 

Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Emily Despres Wolf

Commercial Litigation

Erik Janitens

Patent Law

 

Intellectual Property Law

Evan Patrick Hardee

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

 

Securities / Capital Markets Law

Francesca Cardillo

Intellectual Property Law

Geetika Jerath

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

 

Project Finance Law

George Khoukaz

Corporate Law

 

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Geraldine W. Young

Antitrust Law

 

Commercial Litigation

Heather L. Sherrod

Labor and Employment Law - Management

 

Litigation - Labor and Employment

Henry Stark

Corporate Law

 

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Ilana Beth Sinkin

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

 

Securities Regulation

James A. Copeland

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Jared D. Kaplan

Corporate Law

Jason Blanchard

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Jeff Wurzburg

Health Care Law

Jeremy Albright

Intellectual Property Law

Jessica Rodriguez

Energy Law

 

Oil and Gas Law

Joey Piorkowski

Commercial Litigation

 

Litigation - Labor and Employment

Joseph Drapalski

Environmental Law

Josh Owings

Labor and Employment Law - Management

 

Litigation - Labor and Employment

Juan Felipe Velasquez

Corporate Law

 

Securities / Capital Markets Law

Julie Goodrich Harrison

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Julie Searle

Commercial Litigation

 

Litigation - Securities

Kate Ergenbright

Commercial Litigation

Kelly A. Potter

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Kimberly Cheeseman

Labor and Employment Law - Management

 

Litigation - Labor and Employment

Madison Keeble

Corporate Law

 

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Matt Lee

Banking and Finance Law

Matthew John McCabe

Banking and Finance Law

 

Corporate Law

 

Public Finance Law

Megan Savage

Energy Law

Nathan Baum

Alternative Dispute Resolution

 

Commercial Litigation

Nathan Damweber

Commercial Litigation

Peter Daniel McLellan

Intellectual Property Law

Peter C. Tipps

Commercial Litigation

Rafe A. Schaefer

Commercial Litigation

Reginald Wilson

Banking and Finance Law

 

Public Finance Law

Ryan Apar

Transportation Law

Ryan Meltzer

Corporate Law

 

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

 

Government Relations Practice

 

Litigation - Securities

Ryan L. Waggoner

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Talbot Hansum

Intellectual Property Law

 

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Ted Hartman

Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Todd Batson

Securities Regulation

Utsav Mathur

Energy Law

 

Transportation Law

 

Banking and Finance Law

Vanessa Woods

Trusts and Estates

Victoria Corder

Commercial Litigation

Will Badcock

Banking and Finance Law

William Allan Braxdale

Intellectual Property Law