Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, today announces its recognition by Best Lawyers in America in 477 categories in the 2021 edition of the highly regarded publication. The ranking includes 273 lawyers; 19 of whom are featured on the list for the first time, and 61 who were named “Ones to Watch.”

25 Dentons lawyers were named “Lawyer of the Year” in their practice areas:

• Keith Bice - Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
• Charles Brodbeck - Public Finance Law
• Anne Chesnut - Litigation - Environmental
• Noland Cheung - Trademark Law
• Robert Cockren - Litigation - Trusts and Estates
• Bryan Collins - Public Finance Law
• Greg Duncan - Litigation - Trusts and Estates
• Jack Elliott - Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Christopher Farrell - Nonprofit/Charities Law
• Laura Gibson - Employment Law - Individuals
• Gerard Gregerson - Construction Law
• William Hunt - Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Janet Jakubowicz - Litigation - Securities
• William Kaneko - Government Relations Practice
• June King - Corporate Governance Law
• Kevin McGoff - Family Law
• Whitney Mosby - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• David Prechtel - Banking and Finance Law
• Stephen Rovak - Franchise Law
• Jonathan Schmerling - Trusts and Estates
• Natalie Spears - Litigation - First Amendment
• David Tittle - Litigation - Banking and Finance
• Mark Trigg - Entertainment Law - Music
• Douglas Waldorf, Jr. - Banking and Finance Law
• Karl Zobrist - Energy Law

61 Dentons lawyers were named “Ones to Watch”:

• Alice Aten - Commercial Litigation
• Camille Bacon-Schulte - Real Estate Law
• Erin Bass - Banking and Finance Law/Commercial Litigation/Construction Law/Labor and Employment Law - Management
• Esperance Becton - Health Care Law
• Andrew Behnke - Immigration Law
• Jeffrey Berkey - Corporate Law
• Jay Berryman - Corporate Law
• John Bonaccorsi - Corporate Law/Real Estate Law
• Claire Bornstein - Health Care Law
• Matthew Bryson - Corporate Governance and Compliance Law*
• Joshua Burress - Commercial Litigation
• Cullen Cochran - Public Finance Law
• Daniel Cheng - Appellate Practice/Commercial Litigation
• Casey Doherty - Appellate Practice/Commercial Litigation/Energy Law/Real Estate Law
• Eugene Doyle - Corporate Law
• Uchenna Ekuma-Nkama - Commercial Litigation/Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Jasmine Fisher - Health Care Law
• Joshua Fisher - Insurance Law
• Benjamin Friedman - Trusts and Estates
• Timothy Guntli - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Spencer Hamilton - Litigation - Real Estate/Real Estate Law
• Nicole Hanson - Real Estate Law
• Samuel Harmelech - Real Estate Law
• Christina Heddesheimer - Mergers and Acquisitions Law/Real Estate Law
• Nathan Hyman - Corporate Law/Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Benjamin Kendall - Corporate Law
• Alexandre Klidonas - Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Katherine Knickelbein - Energy Law/Environmental Law
• Nicholas Koffroth - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law/Real Estate Law
• Parker Kuhl - Technology Law
• Lauren Laing - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Sarah Laren - Labor and Employment Law - Management
• Rebeca Linz - Corporate Law
• Ericka Lopes-McLeman - Commercial Litigation
• Tony K. Lu - Commercial Litigation
• Meghan Maier - Trusts and Estates
• Aaron Marcus - Labor and Employment Law - Management
• Michael McGee - Intellectual Property Law
• Geoffrey Miller - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Natnael Moges - Real Estate Law
• Lee Muench - Commercial Litigation/Health Care Law
• Eric Olson - Commercial Litigation
• Julie Patter - Commercial Litigation
• Stephanie Peatman - Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
• Andrew Pendexter - Commercial Litigation
• Rose Petoskey - Native American Law
• Courtney Posnik - Health Care Law
• Rex Redlingshafer - Real Estate Law
• Maria Salvatori - Immigration Law
• Mark Silver - Appellate Practice/Commercial Litigation/Litigation - Banking and Finance
• Shelby Sklar - Real Estate Law
• Scott Smithson, Jr. - Real Estate Law
• Erin Ashleen Stach - Real Estate Law
• Monica Thompson - Commercial Litigation/Environmental Law/Insurance Law
• Sarah Trevino - Commercial Litigation/Litigation - Environmental
• James Turner Ph.D. - Intellectual Property Law/Patent Law/Technology Law*
• Samantha Wenger - Insurance Law
• April Wimberg - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Francesca Witzburg - Entertainment and Sports Law/Intellectual Property Law
• Jeff Zachman - Commercial Litigation/Real Estate Law/Technology Law

The Dentons lawyers included in the 2021 Best Lawyers in America ranking include:

Atlanta

• Daniel Beale - Employment Law – Individuals/Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Frank Davis, Jr. - Litigation - First Amendment
• Gordon Giffin - Government Contracts
• Jeffrey Haidet - Corporate Law/Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Edward Lindsey, Jr. - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Matthew Martin - Commercial Litigation
• Summer Martin - Health Care Law
• Todd Silliman - Environmental Law/Government Contracts/Natural Resources Law/Water Law
• William Stevens - Real Estate Law
• Mark Trigg - Appellate Practice/Commercial Litigation/Entertainment Law – Music/Litigation - Banking and Finance

Cincinnati

• Bradley Arnett - Banking and Finance Law/Financial Services Regulation Law
• Richard Boydston - Banking and Finance Law/Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law/Commercial Litigation/Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
• Brandon McGrath - Commercial Litigation

Chicago

• Kathryn Ashton - Health Care Law, Public Finance Law
• Jana Cohen Barbe - Real Estate Law
• Carol Anne Been - Patent Law/Trademark Law
• Steven Davidson - Real Estate Law
• Ross Docksey - Technology Law
• Richard Fenton - Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
• Samuel Fifer - Litigation - First Amendment/Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Jeffrey Fort - Environmental Law
• Michael Froy - Corporate Law/Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Robert Guenthner - Health Care Law
• Rosemary Gullikson - Technology Law
• Wayne Hannah, Jr. - Litigation - Real Estate/Real Estate Law
• Linda Harris - Corporate Law
• Fruman Jacobson - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Robert Johnson - Insurance Law
• Jeffrey Lennard - Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
• Stephen Libowsky - Litigation - Antitrust
• Donald Lubin - Corporate Law
• Mark Mehlman - Real Estate Law
• Robert Millner - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law/Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Patrick Moran - Real Estate Law
• Keith Moskowitz - Litigation - Insurance
• Robert Richards - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Eric Schiller - Real Estate Law
• Gerald Sherman - Real Estate Law
• Alan Silberman - Antitrust Law/Franchise Law
• Natalie Spears - Litigation - First Amendment
• Todd Stennes - Real Estate Law
• Donna Vobornik - Insurance Law
• Mary Wilson - Health Care Law/Public Finance Law

Dallas

• Barry Cannaday - Energy Law
• Robert Hanson, Jr. - Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice

Evansville, IN

• Donald Fuchs - Banking and Finance Law
• John Rhine - Real Estate Law
• Ted Ziemer IV - Real Estate Law

Honolulu

• Paul Alston - Appellate Practice/Bet-the-Company Litigation/Commercial Litigation/Litigation – Antitrust/Litigation - First Amendment/Litigation - Real Estate/Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Claire Wong Black - Commercial Litigation
• Dianne Winter Brookins – Arbitration/Health Care Law/Mediation
• Pamela Bunn - Commercial Litigation/Litigation - Real Estate
• William Byrns - Litigation - Real Estate/Real Estate Law*
• William Hunt - Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants/Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Louise Ing - Bet-the-Company Litigation/Commercial Litigation/Litigation – Bankruptcy/Litigation - Labor and Employment/Litigation - Real Estate
• William Kaneko - Government Relations Practice
• Corianne Lau – Arbitration/Employment Law – Management/Government Contracts/Litigation - Labor and Employment
• John-Anderson Meyer - Commercial Litigation/Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants/Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• John Rhee - Commercial Litigation/Employment Law – Management/Litigation - Labor and Employment
• James Blaine Rogers III - Litigation - Real Estate
• Judy Tanaka - Litigation – Construction/Litigation - Real Estate
• William Yuen - Natural Resources Law/Real Estate Law

Houston

• Laura Gibson - Employment Law – Individuals/Employment Law – Management/Litigation - Labor and Employment

Indianapolis

• Jeffrey Bennett - Tax Law
• Keith Bice - Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law/Corporate Law
• Daniel Boots - Copyright Law
• Daniel Byron - First Amendment Law/Litigation - First Amendment
• Briana Clark - Commercial Litigation
• Bryan Collins - Public Finance Law
• Alan Dansker - Health Care Law
• Rusty Denton - Commercial Litigation/Employment Law - Management/Labor Law - Management/Litigation - Intellectual Property/Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Michael Dorelli - Commercial Litigation
• Greg Duncan - Litigation - Trusts and Estates/Trusts and Estates
• Donald Graham - Construction Law/Litigation - Construction
• Gerard Gregerson - Construction Law/Litigation - Construction
• Andrew Gruber - Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Brad Hasler - Tax Law
• Jeremy Hill - Financial Services Regulation Law
• James Hinshaw - Commercial Litigation/Litigation - Intellectual Property/Litigation - Real Estate
• Larry Kane - Environmental Law/Litigation - Environmental
• Richard Kiefer - Bet-the-Company Litigation/Commercial Litigation/Criminal Defense: General Practice/Criminal Defense: White-Collar/Litigation - Health Care
• Brad Maurer - Trademark Law
• Kevin McGoff - Criminal Defense: General Practice/Criminal Defense: White-Collar/Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law/Family Law/Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
• Brett Miller - Tax Law
• Whitney Mosby - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law/Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Karl Mulvaney - Appellate Practice/Bet-the-Company Litigation/Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
• Gregory Neibarger - Commercial Litigation
• David Prechtel - Banking and Finance Law/Financial Services Regulation Law/Health Care Law
• Matthew Price - Real Estate Law
• Nana Quay-Smith - Appellate Practice
• James Reed - Family Law
• Thomas Scherer - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law/Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Randolph Seger - FDA Law
• Mary Solada - Land Use and Zoning Law/Litigation - Land Use and Zoning/Real Estate Law
• Hans Steck - Economic Development Law/Public Finance Law
• Jennifer Kahney Thompson - Environmental Law
• David Tittle - Bet-the-Company Litigation/Commercial Litigation/Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants/Litigation - Banking and Finance/Mediation/Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Matthew Troyer - Corporate Law
• Bryan Weese - Real Estate Law
• Brian Welch - Commercial Litigation/Litigation - Municipal/Litigation - Real Estate

Jasper, IN

• William Kaiser, Jr. - Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
• David McGimpsey - Energy Regulatory Law

Kansas City

• Steven Martin Aaron - Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Rudolf Beese - Real Estate Law
• Bruce Davison - Nonprofit / Charities Law/Tax Law
• David Fenley - Land Use and Zoning Law/Litigation - Land Use and Zoning/Real Estate Law
• Robert Fisher - Corporate Law/Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Robert Hammeke - Litigation - Real Estate
• Stephen Hill, Jr. - Litigation - Securities
• Mark Johnson - Communications Law/Energy Law/First Amendment Law
• Michelle Stark Kaufman - Health Care Law
• Lisa Krigsten - Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Martin Moderson - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• John Snyder - Real Estate Law
• Margo Soulé - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Gregory Wolf - Commercial Litigation
• Jerome Wolf - Commercial Litigation/Litigation – Antitrust/Litigation – Construction/Litigation - Environmental
• Curtis Woods - Antitrust Law/Bet-the-Company Litigation/Commercial Litigation/Criminal Defense: White-Collar/Litigation – Antitrust/Qui Tam Law
• Karl Zobrist - Bet-the-Company Litigation/Commercial Litigation/Energy Law/Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)

Lexington, KY

• Jason Ams - Commercial Litigation
• Anne Chesnut - Appellate Practice/Commercial Litigation/Litigation - Environmental/Litigation - Land Use and Zoning/Litigation - Real Estate
• Bruce Cryder - Energy Law/Mining Law/Natural Resources Law
• Branden Gross - Real Estate Law
• Phillip Scott - Commercial Litigation/Corporate Law/Health Care Law
• Job Turner III - Corporate Law/Land Use and Zoning Law/Real Estate Law

Louisville, KY

• John Ames - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law/Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Brent Baughman - Appellate Practice/Employment Law - Management/Labor Law - Management/Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Melissa Norman Bork - Commercial Litigation/Education Law/Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
• John Cummins - Health Care Law/Litigation - Trusts and Estates/Trusts and Estates
• James Eaves, Jr. - Patent Law
• Mary Eaves - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Philip Eschels - Employment Law - Management/Labor Law - Management/Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Benjamin Evans - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law/Litigation - ERISA
• Daniel Fisher - Corporate Law/Health Care Law/Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Michael Fleishman - Corporate Law/Real Estate Law
• Carmin Grandinetti - Corporate Law/Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Mark Grundy - Commercial Litigation
• James Irving - Commercial Litigation
• Eric Ison - Commercial Litigation
• Janet Jakubowicz - Bet-the-Company Litigation/Commercial Litigation/Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law/Litigation - Banking and Finance/Litigation - Intellectual Property/Litigation - Securities/Litigation - Trusts and Estates
• Christopher Jones - Mergers and Acquisitions Law/Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Margaret Keane - Bet-the-Company Litigation/Commercial Litigation/Litigation - Labor and Employment
• June King - Banking and Finance Law/Corporate Compliance Law/Corporate Governance Law/Corporate Law/Mergers and Acquisitions Law/Securities/Capital Markets Law/Securities Regulation
• Charles Lavelle - Litigation and Controversy - Tax/Tax Law
• John Lueken - Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law/Nonprofit/Charities Law/Trusts and Estates
• Peggy Lyndrup - Corporate Governance Law/Corporate Law/Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Jeffrey McKenzie - Construction Law/Corporate Law
• Holland McTyeire - Administrative / Regulatory Law/Banking and Finance Law/Litigation - Antitrust
• Jesse Mudd - Commercial Litigation
• Mark Oppenheimer - Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law/Trusts and Estates
• Raja Patil - Real Estate Law
• Tandy Patrick - Corporate Law/Real Estate Law
• Mark Riddle - Commercial Litigation/Litigation - Environmental
• Rene Remek Savarise - Health Care Law
• Peter Thurman, Jr. - Health Care Law
• Patrick Welsh - Corporate Law/Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Los Angeles

• Ronald Kent - Insurance Law
• Samuel Maizel - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law/Health Care Law/Litigation - Bankruptcy
• John Moe II - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Naples, FL

• Michael Dana - Tax Law
• Alan Hilfiker - Trusts and Estates
• Jason Hunter Korn - Commercial Litigation/Litigation - Construction
• John Lyncheski - Employment Law - Management/Labor Law - Management
• Hugh Nevin Jr. - Corporate Law/Litigation and Controversy - Tax/Tax Law
• Kelley Geraghty Price - Commercial Litigation/Litigation - Construction/Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Douglas Waldorf, Jr. - Banking and Finance Law/Real Estate Law

New York

• Reid Ashinoff - Commercial Litigation
• Victor Boyajian - Corporate Law/Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
• Sean Cenawood - Health Care Law
• Charles Dorkey III - Commercial Litigation
• Ralph Engel - Litigation - Trusts and Estates/Trusts and Estates
• Brit Geiger - Trusts and Estates
• Lynn Harrison III - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Erik Klingenberg - Securitization and Structured Finance Law
• Stephen Kudenholdt - Securitization and Structured Finance Law
• Charles Luband - Health Care Law
• Brian Raftery - Trusts and Estates
• Monica Richman - Trademark Law
• Marc Teitelbaum - Tax Law
• Peter Wolfson - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Phoenix

• Paul Charlton - Criminal Defense: White-Collar/Native American Law
• Quintin Cushner - Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Mark Daliere - Leisure and Hospitality Law
• Richard Ross - Leisure and Hospitality Law/Real Estate Law
• Karl Tilleman - Insurance Law

Pittsburgh

• John Brendel - Immigration Law
• Charles Brodbeck - Public Finance Law/Real Estate Law
• James Brown - Mediation
• Christopher Carson - Corporate Law/Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Noland Cheung - Patent Law/Trademark Law
• James Chiafullo - Banking and Finance Law/Corporate Law/Mergers and Acquisitions Law/Real Estate Law
• Anthony Cillo - Administrative/Regulatory Law
• Charles Cohen - Corporate Compliance Law/Corporate Law
• Susanne Cook - International Trade and Finance Law
• Robert Cottington - Employment Law - Management/Labor Law - Management/Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Jack Elliott - Corporate Law/Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Larry Elliott - Commercial Litigation/Litigation - Securities
• Valerie Faeth - Employment Law - Management
• Christopher Farrell - Litigation - Trusts and Estates/Nonprofit/Charities Law/Tax Law/Trusts and Estates
• Samuel Goncz - Trusts and Estates
• James Haggerty - Employment Law - Management/Labor Law - Management/Litigation - Labor and Employment
• David Kalson - Corporate Law/Tax Law/Technology Law/Venture Capital Law
• William Kelleher, Jr. - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law/Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Blaine Lamperski - Real Estate Law
• Lawrence Lebowitz - Immigration Law
• Clifford Levine - Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
• Robert Linn - Commercial Litigation/Litigation - Intellectual Property/Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Eric Pfeil - Trusts and Estates
• Matthew Phillips - Immigration Law
• Robert Prorok - Employment Law - Management/Labor Law - Management
• Richard Rosen - Trusts and Estates
• Mario Santilli, Jr. - Litigation - Trusts and Estates/Trusts and Estates
• Jonathan Schmerling - Trusts and Estates
• William Taxay - Real Estate Law
• Helen Sara Ward - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law/Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Jeffrey Ward - Commercial Litigation/Litigation - Trusts and Estates
• Michael Winterhalter - Corporate law
• Chad Wissinger - Construction Law/Litigation - Construction

San Diego

• Charles Bird - Appellate Practice/Litigation - Intellectual Property/Litigation - Labor and Employment/Litigation - Real Estate
• Chad Ensz - Banking and Finance Law/Corporate Law
• Christopher Healey - Commercial Litigation/Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Plaintiffs
• John Leslie - Energy Regulatory Law
• Stephanie Seidman - Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice

San Francisco/Oakland

• Jessica Duggan - Native American Law
• Daniel Higgins - Health Care Law
• Michael Isaacs - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law/Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Sandra McCandless - Employment Law – Individuals/Employment Law - Management
• Lisa Oberg - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Christopher Oliver - Securitization and Structured Finance Law
• Paula Yost - Native American Law

Short Hills, NJ

• Jeffrey Baumel - Corporate Law/Venture Capital Law
• Joel Bock - Patent Law
• John Cleary II - Venture Capital Law
• Robert Cockren - Litigation - Trusts and Estates/Trusts and Estates
• Shawn Kelly - Commercial Litigation/Insurance Law
• David Papier - Corporate Law
• John Vales - Insurance Law
• Philip White - Litigation – Construction

St. Louis

• Alan Bornstein - Real Estate Law
• Frank Hackmann - Environmental Law/Litigation - Environmental
• John Haug - Construction Law
• Karen Jordan - Banking and Finance Law
• Amelia Lewis - Real Estate Law
• Stephen Rovak - Commercial Litigation/Franchise Law
• Thomas Vandiver - Municipal Law
• Charles Vantine - Construction Law

Washington, DC

• Sam Alberts - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law/Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Kennis Bellmard - Gaming Law/Native American Law
• Martin Bruehs - Patent Law
• James Costan - Energy Law
• Samuel Daughety - Native American Law
• Jeffry Erney - Litigation and Controversy – Tax/Tax Law
• Ramy Fayed - Health Care Law
• Alan Fedman - Native American Law
• Bruce Merlin Fried - Health Care Law
• James Guinivan - Transportation Law
• Emma Hand - Energy Regulatory Law
• David Hirsh - Transportation Law
• Mark Hogge - Litigation - Patent
• Thomas Hyatt - Health Care Law/Nonprofit/Charities Law
• Christopher Janney - Health Care Law
• Shari Klevens - Insurance Law/Litigation - Insurance
• Holley Thames Lutz - Health Care Law
• Elliott Portnoy - Government Relations Practice
• Suzanne Schaeffer - Native American Law
• Heather Sibbison - Native American Law
• George Skibine - Native American Law
• Clinton Vince - Energy Law
• Gadi Weinreich - Health Care Law

*Lawyer is no longer with the firm.