145 Locke Lord Lawyers Named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 List, 29 Recognized as Ones to Watch

August 20, 2020 – Locke Lord is pleased to announce 145 lawyers from 16 U.S. offices have been recognized in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, and 29 lawyers from 10 offices were recognized in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. 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:

Daryl J. Lapp (Boston) – Education Law
Walter J. St. Onge III (Boston) – Public Finance Law
John B. McKnight (Dallas) – Corporate Governance Law
Christopher D. Graham (Providence) – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Karen S. D. Grande (Providence) – Public Finance Law

The full list of Locke Lord lawyers listed in the 2021 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch follows below.

Atlanta

• Brian T. Casey – Insurance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law

• Matthew A. Arth – Ones to Watch: Administrative / Regulatory Law, Energy Law
• Cynthia Bast – Real Estate Law
• C. Brian Cassidy – Administrative / Regulatory Law
• Jerry K. Clements – Commercial Litigation
• Daniel Durell – Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance
• Adam C. Harden – Ones to Watch: Tax Law
• Brad Hawley – 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 Kidwell – Appellate Practice
• John K. Schwartz – Commercial Litigation
• Tai C. Tran – Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, Real Estate Law

• Jennifer Capasso Mendonça – Public Finance Law
• Tanya Jane Embers – Ones to Watch: Banking and 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, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Richard A. Manley Jr. – Public Finance Law
• David L. Ruediger – Banking and Finance Law
• Walter J. St. Onge III – Public Finance Law
• Douglas R. Sweeney – Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• 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
• Jonathan W. Young – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

• Christopher R. Barth – Insurance Law
• Jon Biasetti – Insurance Law
• Tom Bohac – Ones to Watch: Corporate Law
• W. Patrick Conlon – Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation
• Irina Dashevsky – Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation
• Nick J. DiGiovanni – Insurance Law, Reinsurance Law
• Lauren N. Falk – Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation
• Matthew T. Furton – Insurance Law
• Rebecca Hemmings – Ones to Watch: Corporate Law
• 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
• Timothy F. Peterson – Ones to Watch: Intellectual Property Law
• Thomas J. Smedinghoff – Information Technology Law, Technology Law
• Samuel Stempel – Real Estate Law
• Steven T. Whitmer – Commercial Litigation

• Todd L. Cooper – Public Finance Law, Tax Law

• Thomas P. Arnold – Real Estate Law
• Will S. Becker – Tax Law
• 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
• Vicky Gunning – Real Estate Law
• Roy W. Hardin – Litigation - Intellectual Property
• W. Scott Hastings – Appellate Practice
• Jack E. Jacobsen – Corporate Law
• Van M. Jolas – Corporate Law
• C. Scott Jones – Commercial Litigation
• Raymond E. LaDriere II – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - ERISA, Litigation - Trusts and Estates
• Christopher J. Larson – Ones to Watch: Real Estate Law
• Janis Loegering – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
• Thomas F. Loose – Appellate Practice
• Elizabeth E. Mack – Environmental Law
• Stephanie McDermott – Ones to Watch: Tax Law
• John P. McDonald – Commercial Litigation, Qui Tam Law
• John B. McKnight – Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Kiprian Mendrygal – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Elizabeth Lang Miers – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
• 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, Litigation - Patent
• Geoffrey Polma – Tax Law
• Michael V. Powell – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
• Charles C. Reeder – Corporate Law
• Whit Roberts – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Jason A. Schumacher – Oil and Gas Law
• Robin G. Shaughnessy – Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• 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

• David W. Bogan – Energy Law

• Scott J. Arrington – Corporate Law
• Charles S. Baker – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Evan C. Blankenau – Ones to Watch: Labor and Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Derrick Carson – Arbitration
• M. Benjamin Cowan – Environmental Law
• Elizabeth Corey Raber – Ones to Watch: Administrative / Regulatory Law, Energy Law
• Stephanie Donaho – Trusts and Estates
• Lauren Doughty – Trusts and Estates
• 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
• 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
• Stuart Lawson – Ones to Watch: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Brandon Lobb – Derivatives and Futures Law
• Christopher L. Martin – Insurance Law
• Mark Miller – Derivatives and Futures Law
• Robert D. Miller – Government Relations Practice
• Ryan Morgan – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
• Tammi S. Niven – Banking and Finance Law
• Hanna Norvell – Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Chelsea H. Overhuls – Ones to Watch: Trusts and Estates
• Sagar Patel – Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation
• David Patton – Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law
• Jonathan Pelayo – Commercial Litigation
• Gerald J. Pels – Environmental Law
• Joe Perillo – Corporate 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
• J. Michael Rose – Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Michelle L. Sloan – Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation
• Bill Swanstrom – Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law
• David Taylor – Corporate Law
• Mitchell A. Tiras – Tax Law
• Emily Travis – Ones to Watch: Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Chris Verducci – Litigation - Construction

• Jonathan Bank – Insurance Law
• Alfred M. Clark – Real Estate Law
• Jonevin Sabado – Ones to Watch: Labor and Employment Law - Management

• Peyton C. Lambert – Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation
• 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
• Natalie White – Ones to Watch: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law

• Rob Evans – Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
• Alan J. Levin – Insurance Law, Reinsurance Law
• Kaitlin J. Levine-Brown – Ones to Watch: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Aileen C. Meehan – Corporate Law
• Eric C. Strain – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

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

• Lori A. Basilico – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Baker Coon – Ones to Watch: Corporate Law
• Paul Cotter – Corporate 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
• Susan Kiernan – Banking and Finance 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
• Richard G. Small – Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law

• Scott D. Wofsy – Litigation - Patent

• Edward F. Glynn Jr. – Advertising Law
• Bruce Grabow – Energy Law
• Denise Hanna – Health Care Law
• Thomas E. Knight – Energy Law

• Thomas J. Cunningham – Commercial Litigation
• John G. Igoe – Corporate Law, Venture Capital Law
• Richard J. Miller – Public Finance Law
• Enrique Santiago – Ones to Watch: Corporate Law

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