‎152 Locke Lord Lawyers Named to The Best Lawyers in ‎America® ‎‎2023 List‎, 38 Recognized as Ones to Watch

August 18, 2022 – Locke Lord is pleased to announce 152 lawyers from 15 U.S. offices have been recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®, and 38 lawyers from nine offices were recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. In addition, six of the Firm’s lawyers were recognized under the special designation of Lawyer of the Year, an honor earned by just one lawyer in each practice area and metropolitan area.

Lawyer of the Year Recipients:

The full list of Locke Lord lawyers listed in the 2023 editions of The Best Lawyers in America^® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch follows below.

Atlanta

• Brian T. Casey – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
   

Austin

• Cynthia Bast – Public Finance Law, Real Estate Law
• Jerry K. Clements – Commercial Litigation
• Nicole Olvera Cook – Ones to Watch: Real Estate Law
• Daniel Durell – Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance
• Brad Hawley – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
• L. Jeffrey Hubenak – Real Estate Law
• Stephen J. Humeniuk – Ones to Watch: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation
• Susan A. Kidwell – Appellate Practice
• Robert D. Miller – Government Relations Practice
• Brian L. O'Reilly – Ones to Watch: Transportation Law
• John K. Schwartz – Commercial Litigation
• Tai C. Tran – Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, Real Estate Law  

Boston

• Christopher M. Flanagan – Tax Law
• Richard D. Glovsky – Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Stanley Keller – Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law
• Daryl J. Lapp – Education Law, Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Richard A. Manley Jr. – Public Finance Law
• Stephanie H. Massey – Public Finance Law
• Jennifer Capasso Mendonça – Public Finance Law
• David L. Ruediger – Banking and Finance Law
• Walter J. St. Onge III – Public Finance Law
• Jeffrey Swope – Commercial Litigation, Education Law
• David S. Szabo – Health Care Law
• George Ticknor – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
• Adrienne K. Walker – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• John L. Whitlock– Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
 

Chicago

• Christopher R. Barth – Aviation Law, Insurance Law
• Jon Biasetti – Insurance Law
• Tom Bohac – Ones to Watch: Corporate Law
• Nick J. DiGiovanni – Insurance Law, Reinsurance Law
• Matthew T. Furton – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Kevin D. Kelly – Employment Law - Management
• Jennifer A. Kenedy – Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Michael B. Kind – Ones to Watch: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Keith D. Parr – Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent
• Timothy F. Peterson – Ones to Watch: Intellectual Property Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Rowe W. Snider – Insurance Law
• Samuel Stempel – Real Estate Law
• Molly McGinnis Stine – Insurance Law
• Benjamin P. Sykes – Health Care Law
• Jonathan B. Turpin – Ones to Watch: Intellectual Property Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Ann Marie Walsh – Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Steven T. Whitmer – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
   

Cincinnati

• Todd L. Cooper – Public Finance Law, Tax Law
• Emily Huggins Jones – Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental, Natural Resources Law
   

Dallas

• Thomas P. Arnold – Real Estate Law
• J. Mitchell Bell – Real Estate Law
• Henry D. Benton – Ones to Watch: Corporate Law
• Bryan E. Bishop – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Stuart Bumpas – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Nonprofit / Charities Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
• E. Philip Bush – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Tax Law
• Paul E. Coggins – Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
• Michael H. Collins – Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law
• Thomas A. Connop – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Don M. Glendenning – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Vicky Gunning – Real Estate Law
• Roy W. Hardin – Litigation - Intellectual Property
• W. Scott Hastings – Appellate Practice, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Oil and Gas Law
• Van M. Jolas – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• C. Scott Jones – Aviation Law, Commercial Litigation
  
• Elizabeth Lang-Miers – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
• Christopher J. Larson – Ones to Watch: Real Estate Law 
• Janis Loegering – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
• Thomas F. Loose – Appellate Practice
• Jani Lotz – Ones to Watch: Real Estate Law
• Paula G. Lynch-Griffith – Real Estate Law
• Elizabeth E. Mack – Environmental Law
• Jennifer McCoy – Ones to Watch: Labor and Employment Law - Management
• John P. McDonald – Commercial Litigation, Qui Tam Law
• John B. McKnight – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Kip Mendrygal – Criminal Defense: White-Collar 
• Harriet Miers – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Government Relations Practice
• Brandan Montminy – Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation
• Robert T. Mowrey – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance
• Paul G. Nason – Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Charles E. Phipps – Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent
• Geoffrey Polma – Tax Law
• Michael V. Powell – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
• Charles C. Reeder – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Robin G. Shaughnessy – Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Frank E. Stevenson II – Litigation - Securities
• Robb P. Stewart – Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law
• Cynthia Timms – Appellate Practice
• Kevin L. Twining – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Bradley C. Weber – Antitrust Law
• Amy Gremminger White – Commercial Finance Law
• Katherine Wright – Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation
• Thomas G. Yoxall – Commercial Litigation
   

Houston

• John K. Arnold – Energy Law, Energy Regulatory Law
• Charles S. Baker – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Lani Blake – Ones to Watch: Labor and Employment Law - Management
• Derrick Carson – Arbitration
• M. Benjamin Cowan – Environmental Law
• Akilah F. Craig – Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Emma T. Doineau – Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation
• Lauren Doughty – Trusts and Estates
• Chris Dove – Appellate Practice
• David M. Gregory – Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• David E. Harrell Jr. – Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Construction
• Gerald D. (Jerry) Higdon – Environmental Law
• Mark Jacob – Trusts and Estates
• Stephen C. Jacobs – Real Estate Law
• Tim Johnson – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Paul Kjelsberg – Corporate Law
• Brandon Lobb – Derivatives and Futures Law
• Christopher L. Martin – Insurance Law
• Mark Miller – Derivatives and Futures Law
• Ryan Morgan – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
• Tammi S. Niven – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law
• Hanna Norvell – Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Chelsea H. Overhuls – Ones to Watch: Trusts and Estates
• Sagar Patel – Ones to Watch: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Construction
• David Patton – Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law
• Jonathan Pelayo – Commercial Litigation
• Gerald J. Pels – Environmental Law
• J. Christian Perez – Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation, Construction Law
• Joe Perillo – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Kevin Peter – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Mike Peters – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Paul M. Pruett – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
• Elizabeth Corey Raber – Ones to Watch: Administrative / Regulatory Law, Energy Law
• Terry Radney – Energy Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Oil and Gas Law
• Edward A. Razim III – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Andrew Reed – Ones to Watch: Labor and Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Ann Ryan Robertson – Arbitration, International Arbitration - Commercial, International Arbitration - Governmental
• J. Michael Rose – Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Shannon Collins Schroeder – Ones to Watch: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• Hunter Summerford – Oil and Gas Law
• Bill Swanstrom – Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law
• David Taylor – Corporate Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Chris Verducci – Litigation - Construction
• Deanna Markowitz Willson – Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Environmental Law
    

Los Angeles

• Alfred M. Clark – Real Estate Law
• Nina Huerta – Litigation - Labor and Employment
• David S. Kupetz – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• William C. Mullen – Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation
• Jonevin Sabado – Ones to Watch: Labor and Employment Law - Management
    

New Orleans

• Victoria M. de Lisle – Real Estate Law
• Brad C. Knapp – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Omer F. "Rick" Kuebel III – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Peyton C. Lambert – Ones to Watch: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation
• Robert W. Mouton– Public Finance Law, Real Estate Law
    

New York

• Rob Evans – Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
• Alan J. Levin – Insurance Law, Reinsurance Law
• Eric C. Strain – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Stephanie Wickouski – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
    

Newark

• Barry J. Bendes – Corporate Law
    

Providence

• Lori A. Basilico – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Tax Law
• Andrew J. Capalbo – Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
• Joseph A. Farside Jr. – Antitrust Law
• Mark W. Freel – Commercial Litigation
• Christopher D. Graham – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Karen S. D. Grande – Public Finance Law
• Douglas G. Gray – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Thomas “Jeff” Jefferson IV – Corporate Law
• Susan Kiernan – Banking and Finance Law, Public Finance Law
• Jennifer Lisi – Ones to Watch: Corporate Law
• Paul M. Mahoney Jr. – Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Michael L. Newquist – Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
• Michael V. Serra – Ones to Watch: Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Richard G. Small – Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
    

Stamford

• Scott D. Wofsy – Patent Law
    

Washington, D.C.

• Bruce Grabow – Energy Law
• Denise Hanna – Health Care Law
• Thomas E. Knight – Energy Law, Energy Regulatory Law
• Jonathan W. Young – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
    

West Palm Beach

• Steven J. Brotman – Ones to Watch: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Thomas J. Cunningham – Commercial Litigation
• Dale A. Evans Jr. – Ones to Watch: Litigation - Construction
• John G. Igoe – Corporate Law, Venture Capital Law
• Richard J. Miller – Public Finance Law   

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