125 Locke Lord Lawyers Named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2019 List

August 15, 2018 – Locke Lord is pleased to announce that 125 lawyers from 16 U.S. offices have been recognized in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. 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:

Todd L. Cooper (Cincinnati) – Public Finance Law
John G. Igoe (West Palm Beach) – Corporate Law
Raymond E. LaDriere II (Dallas) – Litigation - ERISA
Daryl J. Lapp (Boston) – Education Law
Paul G. Nason (Dallas) – Employment Law - Management
Walter J. St. Onge III (Boston) – Public Finance Law 

In addition, 11 Locke Lord lawyers were listed for the first time. The full list of Locke Lord lawyers listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2019 follows below.

Atlanta 

• Brian T. Casey – Insurance Law

Austin

• Cynthia Bast – Real Estate Law
• C. Brian Cassidy – Administrative / Regulatory Law
• Jerry K. Clements – Commercial Litigation
• Brad Hawley – Real Estate Law 
• L. Jeffrey Hubenak – Real Estate Law
• Susan Kidwell – Appellate Practice
• 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, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• 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
• Steven T. Whitmer – Commercial Litigation

Cincinnati 

• Todd L. Cooper – Public Finance Law

Dallas

• J. Mitchell Bell – Real Estate Law
• Bryan E. Bishop – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• George E. Bowles – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Stuart Bumpas – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Nonprofit / Charities Law, Tax 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
• W. Scott Hastings – Appellate Practice
• Jack E. Jacobsen – Corporate Law
• 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
• Thomas F. Loose – Appellate Practice
• Elizabeth E. Mack – Environmental Law
• John P. McDonald – Commercial Litigation
• John B. McKnight – Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Harriet Miers – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Government Relations Practice
• Garry Miles – Tax Law
• Robert T. Mowrey – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance
• Paul G. Nason – Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Geoffrey Polma – Tax Law
• Michael V. Powell – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
• Charles C. Reeder – Corporate Law
• Whit Roberts – 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
• Scott Hunsaker – Real Estate 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
• Tammi S. Niven – Banking and Finance Law
• 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, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Paul M. Pruett – Real Estate Law
• Terry Radney – Oil and Gas 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
• Robert Mouton – Real Estate Law 

Princeton

• Paulette Brown – Commercial Litigation, Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment

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.

• Edward F. Glynn Jr. – Advertising Law
• 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

About Locke Lord LLP
Locke Lord is a full-service law firm with global reach and 20 offices designed to meet clients’ needs around the world. The Firm has a history that spans more than 130 years and is a worldwide leader in the middle market sector. Locke Lord advises clients across a broad spectrum of industries including energy, financial services, fund formation, health care, insurance and reinsurance, private equity and venture capital, public finance, real estate, and technology, media and telecommunications, while providing a wealth of experience through its complex litigation, intellectual property, tax, regulatory and transactional teams.