Best Lawyers recognizes 180 US lawyers, honors nine as Lawyers of the Year

United States Press release - Business August 15, 2019

Best Lawyers has recognized 180 lawyers from our US offices in The Best Lawyers in America 2020 and honored nine lawyers as 2020 Lawyers of the Year.

Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review and voting.

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.

Lawyers listed among The Best Lawyers in America 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.

2020 Best Lawyers in America

Rodney Acker Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Antitrust
  Litigation – Banking and Finance
  Litigation – Securities
Linda L. Addison  Commercial Litigation
Thomas Adler Corporate Law
Todd Alexander  Project Finance Law
John Allender Tax Law
Judith A. Archer  Commercial Litigation
Noam Ayali  Project Finance Law
Mark Baker  International Arbitration – Commercial
  International Arbitration – Governmental
Mario Barrera  Employment Law – Management
  Labor Law – Management
  Litigation – Labor and Employment
Lawrence A. Bauer  Public Finance Law
Jerry A. Bell  Healthcare Law
Howard Beltzer  Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  Litigation – Bankruptcy
David Ben-Meir Litigation – Patent
Josh Bernstein Real Estate Law
Clayton Binford Public Finance Law
Jill Block Real Estate Law
Jason L. Boland  Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Bill Bowers  Tax Law
Paul A. Braden  Public Finance Law
Reagan M. Brown  Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Insurance Law
  Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Tim Bruinsma Corporate Law
  Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Forrest Brumbaugh Corporate Law
  Private Funds/ Hedge Funds Law
William H. Caudill  Litigation and Controversy – Tax
  Tax Law
William G. Cavanagh  Tax Law
Gary Clark Banking and Finance Law
Shauna Clark  Employment Law – Management
  Labor Law – Management
  Litigation - Labor and Employment
Lawrence H. Clore  Employment Law – Management
  Labor Law – Management
Stephen Cole Public Finance Law
Robert G. Converse  Real Estate Law
Sean Corrigan Equipment Finance Law
M. Carter Crow  Commercial Litigation
  Employment Law – Management
  Labor Law – Management
  Litigation – Labor and Employment
Andrea L. D'Ambra  Electronic Discovery and Information Management Law
Barbara D'Aquila Employment Law – Management
  Labor Law – Management
  Litigation – Labor and Employment
Douglas J. Danzig  Real Estate Law
D'Lesli M. Davis  Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Dan Davison Commercial Litigation
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
Charles A. Deacon  Commercial Litigation
  Healthcare Law
  Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
  Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Brian P. Devine  Admiralty and Maritime Law
Stephen C. Dillard  Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Patrick Dolan  Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Thomas Dowdell Healthcare Law
Robert D. Dransfield  Public Finance Law
Jeff Dykes Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Construction
  Litigation – Environmental
  Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
Joy R. Ellis  Tax Law
Kathleen R. Ellison  Public Finance Law
Jason K. Fagelman  Commercial Litigation
Brian P. Fenske  Corporate Law
  Securities / Capital Markets Law
  Technology Law
John Finnegan  Insurance Law
Peter F. Fitzgerald  Project Finance Law
David M. Foster  Antitrust Law
Jonathan S. Franklin  Appellate Practice
Stewart Gagnon  Family Law
Frank T. Garcia  Corporate Law
Mark Garrett  Copyright Law
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
  Patent Law
  Trade Secrets Law
  Trademark Law
Clifford M. Gerber  Municipal Law
  Public Finance Law
Toby L. Gerber  Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  Litigation – Bankruptcy
Denise Webb Glass  Healthcare Law
Kristian W. Gluck  Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Marjorie Glover  Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Neil Gold  Corporate Law
Brett C. Govett  Commercial Litigation
  Copyright Law
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
  Patent Law
  Trademark Law
William Greendyke Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  Litigation – Bankruptcy
Alicia Morris Groos Trademark Law
Charles W. Hall  Litigation and Controversy – Tax
  Tax Law
Eric Hall  Litigation – Patent
Thomas J. Hall  Commercial Litigation
Kenneth Hansen  Project Finance Law
Glen J. Hettinger  Corporate Law
  Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  Securities/Capital Markets Law
  Securities Regulation
John S. Hollyfield  Real Estate Law
Donald Hunt Public Finance Law
M. Scott Incerto  Commercial Litigation
Paul Jacobs Corporate Law
  Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Steven D. Jansma  Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
John P. Jennings  Real Estate Law
Debbi M. Johnstone  Healthcare Law
Rosemary Kanusky Appellate Practice
Timothy M. Kenny  Copyright Law
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
  Patent Law
  Trademark Law
Nancy Nowlin Kerr  Trusts and Estates
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 S. Krumholz  Commercial Litigation
Layne E. Kruse  Antitrust Law
  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Antitrust
Jeffrey Kuhn Public Finance Law
Stephen A. Kuntz  Tax Law
George Kutzschbach Energy Law
  Natural Resources Law
  Oil and Gas Law
Joy Langford Litigation - Insurance
Neel Lane  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Securities
Daryl L. Lansdale  Corporate Law
Celeste C. Lawton  Trusts and Estates
Richard Leder Tax Law
David LeMay Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Bill Leone  Commercial Litigation
Daniel Leventhal  Litigation - Intellectual Property
Eddie Lewis  Environmental Law
  Litigation – Environmental
Jeffrey Lewis  Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Patent Law
Gerry Lowry Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Katherine Mackillop  Appellate Practice
Purvi B. Maniar  Healthcare Law
Ryan E. Manns   Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Jeffrey Margulies  Environmental Law
  Litigation – Environmental
Keith Martin  Project Finance Law
Stacey A. Martinez  Litigation – Healthcare
Peter Mason Commercial Litigation
John Mauel Energy Law
  Project Finance Law
Daniel M. McClure  Antitrust Law
  Commercial Litigation
Gary McDaniel Corporate Law
Gerald McGovern Public Finance Law
Jamila S. Mensah  Employment Law – Management
Michael Metteauer Trademark Law
Philip J. Michaels  Trusts and Estates
Mark S. Miller  Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  Litigation – ERISA
Amy M. Mitchell  Real Estate Law
Robert C. Morris  Tax Law
Stacey Murphy  Healthcare Law
Robert G. Newman  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Antitrust
  Litigation – Banking and Finance
  Litigation – Environmental
  Litigation – Trusts and Estates
  Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Barclay Nicholson Insurance Law
Warren Nimetz  Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Patrick L. O'Daniel  Tax Law
Kevin O'Gorman  International Arbitration – Commercial
  International Arbitration – Governmental
Cecil Jay Olmstead  Public Finance Law
John O'Malley Insurance Law
Michael Parker Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  Litigation – Bankruptcy
Gerry Pecht Commercial Litigation
  Corporate Governance Law
  Litigation – Securities
  Securities / Capital Markets Law
Saul Perloff Commercial Litigation
Philip J. Pfeiffer  Employment Law – Management
  Labor Law – Management
Steven B. Pfeiffer  Banking and Finance Law
  International Trade and Finance Law
Carol Poindexter Healthcare Law
Charles D. Powell  Corporate Law
  Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
  Technology Law
  Venture Capital Law
Yvonne K. Puig  Healthcare Law
  Litigation – Healthcare
  Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
  Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Alan Ira Raylesberg  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
  Litigation – Securities
James S. Renard  Commercial Litigation
James W. Repass  Copyright Law
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
  Patent Law
  Trademark Law
Anne M. Rodgers  Antitrust Law
Andrew B. Roth  Healthcare Law
Stephanie Schroepfer  Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
George W. Scofield  Tax Law
Les Schreyer  Tax Law
Kathleen Scott Banking and Finance Law
Howard Seife  Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Marc Shapiro Real Estate Law
Robert Shapiro  Project Finance Law
Gina Shishima  Biotechnology Law
  Litigation – Patent
  Patent Law
William B. Sing  Real Estate Law
Jonathan B. Skidmore  Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Healthcare
  Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Joseph C. Sleeth  Trusts and Estates
Bill Slusser Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
Jane Snoddy Smith Commercial Litigation
  Litigation – Real Estate
  Real Estate Law
Joy Soloway Appellate Practice
Richard Sonkin Real Estate Law
Michael C. Steindorf  Commercial Litigation
Kenneth Stewart Corporate Law
  Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Peter A. Stokes  Litigation – Securities
Lou Strubeck Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  Litigation – Bankruptcy
James Summers Real Estate Law
Michael A. Swartzendruber   Commercial Litigation
Robert J. Swift  Healthcare Law
  Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Eric Tashman  Public Finance Law
Katherine A. Tapley  Real Estate Law
Jasper G. Taylor  Litigation and Controversy – Tax
  Tax Law
Neil Thomas  Public Finance Law
Brett H. Todd  Banking and Finance Law
  Corporate Law
Terry O. Tottenham  Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Healthcare Law
  Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
  Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Paul Trahan  Commercial Litigation
James Tussing Equipment Finance Law
  Transportation Law
Chaim Wachsberger Project Finance Law
Charles B. Walker  Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Litigation – Patent
  Patent Law
  Trademark Law
Winston Walp  Real Estate Law
Tim Walsh  Construction Law
  Litigation – Construction
Elizabeth M. Weaver  Environmental Law
  Litigation – Environmental
Fredric A. Weber  Corporate Law
  Public Finance Law
  Securities / Capital Markets Law
John W. Weber Jr.              Bet-the-Company Litigation
  Commercial Litigation
  Construction Law
  Litigation – Construction
  Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Christopher Weimer Trademark Law
James Wiehl  Healthcare Law
Richard Wilson Commercial Litigation
Jeffrey S. Wolff  Commercial Litigation
Patti T. Wu  Municipal Law
Brett J. Young  Litigation – Environmental
Richard S. Zembek  Litigation - Intellectual Property
  Patent Law

2020 Lawyers of the Year