132 Locke Lord Lawyers Named to The Best Lawyers in America® ‎‎2020 List

August 15, 2019 – Locke Lord is pleased to announce that 132 lawyers from 16 U.S. offices have been recognized in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. In addition, three 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:

Brad Hawley (Austin) – Real Estate Law
Edward A. Razim III (Houston) – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

The full list of Locke Lord lawyers listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2020 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 C. Tran – Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, Real Estate Law

Boston

• Jennifer Capasso Mendonça – Public Finance Law
• 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
• Matthew T. Furton – Insurance Law
• Kevin D. Kelly – Employment Law - Management
• Jennifer A. Kenedy – Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• 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
• 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
• Vicky Gunning – Real Estate Law
• Roy W. Hardin – Litigation - Intellectual Property
• W. Scott Hastings – Appellate Practice
• 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
• Charles E. Phipps – Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Geoffrey Polma – Tax Law
• Michael V. Powell – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
• Charles C. Reeder – Corporate Law
• Robin G. Shaughnessy – Employment Law - Management
• 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, Reinsurance Law

Houston

• Charles S. Baker – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Derrick Carson – Arbitration
• M. Benjamin Cowan – Environmental Law
• Chris Dove – Appellate Practice
• David M. Gregory – Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Brett L. Hamilton – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
• David E. Harrell Jr. – Arbitration, Commercial Litigation
• 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
• Robert D. Miller – Government Relations Practice
• Tammi S. Niven – Banking and Finance Law
• Hanna 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
• Bill Swanstrom – Energy Law
• David Taylor – Corporate Law
• Mitchell A. Tiras – Tax Law
• Chris Verducci – Litigation - Construction

Los Angeles

• Alfred M. Clark – Real Estate 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 W. Mouton – Real Estate Law

New York

• Rob Evans – Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation

Providence

• Lori A. Basilico – Employee Benefits (ERISA) 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
• 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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Locke Lord is a full-service law firm with global reach and 20 offices designed to meet clients’ needs in the United States and around the world. The Firm has a history that spans more than 130 years and is a leader in the middle market arena. Locke Lord focuses on providing the highest levels of commitment, quality and service to clients across its five Key Sectors: Energy and Infrastructure; Finance and Financial Services; Insurance and Reinsurance; Pharmaceutical; and Private Equity. In addition, the Firm advises clients across a broad spectrum of other industries, including fund formation, venture capital, health care, public finance, real estate, technology, cybersecurity and white collar, while providing a wealth of experience through its complex litigation, intellectual property, tax, regulatory and transactional teams.