123 Locke Lord Lawyers Named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2018 List

August 15, 2017 – Locke Lord is pleased to announce that 123 lawyers from 16 U.S. offices have been recognized in the 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. In addition, five 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:

Tim Johnson (Houston) – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Raymond E. LaDriere II (Dallas) – Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Thomas J. Smedinghoff (Chicago) – Information Technology Law
Jeffrey Swope (Boston) – Education Law 

In addition, nine Locke Lord lawyers were listed for the first time. The full list of Locke Lord lawyers listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2018 follows below.

Atlanta

• Brian T. Casey – Insurance Law

Austin

• Jerry K. Clements – Commercial Litigation
• Brad Hawley – Real Estate Law 
• L. Jeffrey Hubenak – Real Estate Law 
• John K. Schwartz – Commercial Litigation
• Tai Tran – Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, Real Estate Law

Boston

• Christopher M. Flanagan – Tax Law
• Karl P. Fryzel – Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Tax Law
• Richard D. Glovsky – Employment Law - Management
• Stanley Keller – Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law
• Daryl J. Lapp – Education Law, Employment Law - Management
• Richard A. Manley Jr. – 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
• John L. Whitlock – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Chicago

• Christopher R. Barth – Insurance Law 
• Jon Biasetti – Insurance Law 
• Nick J. DiGiovanni – Insurance Law 
• Kevin D. Kelly – Employment Law - Management
• Jennifer A. Kenedy – Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants 
• Thomas J. Smedinghoff – Information Technology Law, Technology Law
• Samuel Stempel – Real Estate Law

Cincinnati 

• Todd L. Cooper – Public Finance Law

Dallas

• J. Mitchell Bell – Real Estate Law
• Bryan E. Bishop – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Stuart Bumpas – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Non-Profit / Charities Law, Trusts and Estates
• E. Philip Bush – Employee Benefits (ERISA) 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
• Roy W. Hardin – Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Van M. Jolas – Corporate Law
• Raymond E. LaDriere II – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - ERISA, Litigation - Trusts and Estates
• Janis Loegering – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
• Elizabeth E. Mack – Environmental Law
• John P. McDonald – Commercial Litigation
• John B. McKnight – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Harriet Miers – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Government Relations Practice
• Robert T. Mowrey – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance
• Paul G. Nason – Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Michael V. Powell – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
• Charles C. Reeder – Corporate Law
• Robin G. Shaughnessy – Employment Law - Management
• Stefan P. Smith – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Frank E. Stevenson II – Litigation - Securities
• Robb P. Stewart – Real Estate Law
• Cynthia Timms – Appellate Practice
• Kevin L. Twining – Corporate Law
• Bradley C. Weber – Antitrust Law
• Thomas G. Yoxall – Commercial Litigation 

Hartford

• Alan J. Levin – Insurance Law

Houston

• Charles S. Baker – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• M. Benjamin Cowan – Environmental Law
• Chris Dove – Appellate Practice
• David M. Gregory – Litigation - Labor and Employment 
• Brett L. Hamilton – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
• 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 
• Mark Miller – Derivatives and Futures Law
• Robert D. Miller – Government Relations Practice 
• Hanna Fister Norvell – Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• David Patton – Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law 
• Gerald J. Pels – Environmental Law
• Mike Peters – Corporate Law 
• Paul M. Pruett – Real Estate Law
• Edward A. Razim III – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law 
• Ann Ryan Robertson – International Arbitration - Governmental
• Jamie Robertson – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law 
• Bill Swanstrom – Energy Law 
• David Taylor – Corporate Law 
• Mitch Tiras – Tax Law

Los Angeles

• Jonathan Bank – Insurance Law

New Orleans

• Victoria M. de Lisle – Real Estate Law 
• Omer F. "Rick" Kuebel III – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law 

Providence

• 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
• Paul M. Mahoney Jr. – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law 
• Richard G. Small – Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law

Stamford

• Scott D. Wofsy – Litigation - Patent

Washington, D.C.

• Denise Hanna – Health Care Law

West Palm Beach

• Thomas J. Cunningham – Commercial Litigation
• John G. Igoe – Corporate Law, Venture Capital Law
• Richard J. Miller – Public Finance Law

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