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143 Buchanan Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 Edition
- 143 Buchanan Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 Edition
- 6 Attorneys Named "Lawyer of the Year" In Respective Practice and Metro Areas
- 38 Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch®
PITTSBURGH (August 15, 2024) - Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney proudly announces that 143 of the firm’s attorneys are listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2025 Edition®. In addition, 6 are named "Lawyer of the Year" in their respective practice categories and metropolitan areas and 39 are named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America®.
The "Lawyer of the Year" recognition is awarded to individual lawyers with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. Only one lawyer is recognized as the "Lawyer of the Year" for each specialty and location. Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® awards recognize extraordinary lawyers who have been in private practice for less than 10 years in the United States. Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer-review.
“Lawyer of the Year” 2025
Harrisburg
Thomas G. Collins – Labor Law – Management
Pittsburgh
Lynn Alstadt – Litigation- Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent
Sean Girdwood – Commercial Finance Law
Jennifer R. Minter – Corporate Governance Law
Howard J. Wein – Environmental Law
Tampa
Mitchell Horowitz – Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
Best Lawyers in America 2025
Alexandria
Matthew Fedowitz – Patent Law
Robert Mukai – Litigation – Intellectual Property
William Rowland – Patent Law
Todd Walters - Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent; Patent Law
Fort Lauderdale
Bruce Booken - Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Tax Law
Jesse Diner - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Banking and Finance; Litigation - Construction; Litigation - Real Estate; Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Philip Hanaka - Real Estate Law
Kelly Kolb - Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
David Pearl - Real Estate Law
Lawrence Ploucha - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Tax Law
Adele Stone - Real Estate Law
Harrisburg
Anthony (T.J.) Andrisano Jr. - Litigation - Labor and Employment
Jan Budman II – Commercial Litigation
Thomas Collins - Labor Law - Management; Litigation - ERISA; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Jill Lashay - Litigation - Labor and Employment
John Povilaitis - Communications Law; Energy Law; Utility Law
Alan Seltzer - Energy Law
Jayson Wolfgang - Commercial Litigation; Government Contracts
King of Prussia
Joshua L. Cohen – Patent Law
Jaques L. Etkowicz – Patent Law
Benjamin E. Leace – Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent; Trademark Law
Miami
Christine Alden – Immigration Law
Mark Auerbacher - Commercial Litigation
George Karavetsos – Criminal Defense: White – Collar
Richard Montes de Oca – Corporate Compliance Law; International Mergers and Acquisitions; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Jennifer Olmedo-Rodriguez - Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
Gina Polo – Immigration Law
Raquel Rodriguez - Commercial Litigation
Miranda Soto - Insurance Law; Litigation – Insurance
Kyle Teal – Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Land Use and Zoning Law
New York
Daniel Z. Rivlin - Family Law
Stuart P. Slotnick – Family Law
Newark
Christopher J. Dalton - Litigation - Labor and Employment; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Louis M. DeStefano - Energy Law; Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
Philadelphia
James Becker - Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Thomas Bergstrom - Criminal Defense: General Practice; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Larry Besnoff – Labor Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Gerald Burns - Commercial Litigation
Joseph Centeno - Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Craig Mills –Commercial Litigation
Brian North - Corporate Law; Securities/ Capital Markets Law
James O'Toole, Jr. - Energy Law; Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental
Howard Scher - Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Antitrust
William Schorling - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Andrew Shapren - Employment Law - Management
H. Marc Tepper - Insurance Law
John Washlick - Healthcare Law
Pittsburgh
Lynn Alstadt - Copyright Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent; Patent Law; Trademark Law
Christian Antkowiak - Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
Leslie Gromis Baker – Government Relations Practice
John Barbour – Real Estate Law
Amy Barrette – Energy Law
Victoria Bechtold Kush – Commercial Litigation
Thomas Boyle – Health Care Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Michelle Garvey Brennfleck – Healthcare Law
Thomas Buchanan – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Venture Capital Law
Matthew Burger – Commercial Litigation; Commercial Transactions/UCC Law; Energy Law; Mineral Law
George Cass - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Rosemary Corsetti – Healthcare Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Nonprofit / Charities Law
Jason D'Amico - Real Estate Law
Michael Dever - Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent; Patent Law
Mary Ann Dunham - Corporate Law
Robert Finkel – Mass Tort Litigation /Class Actions - Defendants
Ralph Fischer – Litigation – Intellectual Property
Lynn Freeman - Banking and Finance Law; Public Finance Law
Shawn Gallagher - Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation – Municipal; Real Estate Law
Sean Girdwood – Banking and Finance Law; Commercial Finance Law; Real Estate Law
Kathleen Jones Goldman - Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor and Employment
David Gould - Commercial Transactions / UCC Law; Corporate Law; Privacy and Data Security Law; Technology Law
David Gurwin – Copyright Law; Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television; Entertainment Law – Music; Entertainment Law - Theater; Information Technology Law
Susan Hartman - Corporate Law; Venture Capital Law
Pamela Hepp - Healthcare Law
Gretchen Jankowski – Commercial Litigation
Stephen Kelkenberg – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Securities
Jack Kessler - Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Real Estate Law; Tax Law
S. Howard Kline – Employment Law – Management
Carrie Kochenbach - Real Estate Law
Rebecca Livingston Lando - Real Estate Law
Kevin Lucas – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Construction
Kenneth Luttinger – Commercial Finance Law;Public Finance Law
Thomas Madigan - Construction Law; Litigation - Construction
Donald Malecki - Banking and Finance Law; Commercial Finance Law
David Margolis - Trusts and Estates
Paul Mazeski - Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Joseph McDonough - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Banking and Finance; Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions; Litigation - Trusts and Estates
John McGrady III - Tax Law
Erin McLaughlin - Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
James McLean - Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Law
Gregory Miller - Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Jennifer R. Minter - Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
David Monaghan - Corporate Law
William Moorhead Jr. - Litigation – Construction; Litigation - Healthcare
Sean Moran - Corporate Law; Energy Law
Kelly Neal - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
James Newell - Banking and Finance Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Wendelynne Newton - Antitrust Law; Litigation – Antitrust; Litigation - Healthcare
Brian Novosel - Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Timothy Palmer - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Stanley Parker - Commercial Litigation
Perry Patterson – Business Organizations (including LLCs and partnerships); Corporate Law
Robert Ramsey III - Healthcare Law
Peter Russ - Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Bankruptcy
Christopher Schueller - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Terry Shulsky - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Brian Simmons - Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Construction
Carl Staiger - Corporate Law
Duane Stewart III - Trademark Law
Thomas Thompson - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Jaime Tuite - Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Howard Wein - Environmental Law
Philip Weis – Employment Benefits (ERISA) Law; Municipal Law
Jan Wenzel - Healthcare Law
Stanley Yorsz - Commercial Litigation
Princeton
David L. Gordon – Litigation - Healthcare
Brian Rath – Healthcare Law
San Diego
Kimberly Arouh - Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
Matthew Short – Corporate Law
Tallahassee
Mallory Harrell – Government Relations Practice
Tampa
Cathy Beveridge - Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
David T. Cellitti – Corporate Law
Blake Delaney - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation
John Emmanuel - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Mitchell Horowitz - Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
Leslie Wager Hudock – Business Organizations (including LLCs and partnerships); Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Richard Jacobson - International Trade and Finance Law
Mark Kornfeld – Commercial Litigation
Ronald Noble - Environmental Law
Dilip Patel - Immigration Law
Richard Salazar – Commercial Litigation; Copyright Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Labor and Employment; Litigation - Patent; Trademark Law
Barbara Sanchez-Salazar – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Hala Sandridge - Appellate Practice
Joshua S.M. Smith – Commercial Litigation
Ted Tamargo - Real Estate Law
Dale Webber - Healthcare Law
Washington, DC
Ronald Abramson - Real Estate Law
Sahel Ahyaie Assar – Tax Law
Edward John Allera - FDA Law
William Garvin – FDA Law
Elizabeth Carrott Minnigh – Trusts and Estates
John Muir – Real Estate Law
Daniel Pickard - International Trade and Finance Law
Donald Reynolds, Jr. - Tax Law
John Warner - Tax Law
Ones to Watch 2025
Alexandria
Laura Pitts - Intellectual Property Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property
James Wilcox - Intellectual Property Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Patent Law
Charlotte
Caroline Bassett Warren – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor & Employment
Fort Lauderdale
Michael Dutko – Commercial Litigation; Government Relations Practice; Land Use and Zoning Law
Helene Gray – Real Estate Law
Kyle Roberts – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Harrisburg
Christopher Amthor – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Sara Myirski – Labor and Employment Law – Management
Jordan Yeagley – Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Miami
Daniel Lazaro – Insurance Law
Stephanie Vazquez – Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property; Patent Law
New York, NY
Natalie Peled – Litigation – Banking and Finance
Newark
Melissa Bayly - Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
Leonard Jones – Labor and Employment Law – Employee; Labor and Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Philadelphia
Vincent Barbera – Commercial Litigation
Allison Borgatti – Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White Collar; Immigration Law
Argia DiMarco - Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
Mark Kasten - Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Rachel King - Labor and Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Nyasha Pendleton - Immigration Law; Labor and Employment Law – Employee
Anna Sanders – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Michael Truncellito - Labor and Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Pittsburgh
Nicholas J. Bell – Labor and Employment Law – Employee
Kyle D. Black - Commercial Litigation
Jason P. Camillo – Intellectual Property Law
Tyler S. Dischinger - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
William P. Lewis – Litigation – Labor and Employment
Brendan P. Lucas - Energy Law; Environmental Law
Matthew Pilsner – Litigation – Antitrust; Trust and Estates
LaToya G. Sawyer-Ndizeye – Banking and Finance Law
Adam Wicks - Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
Gretchen Woodruff Root – Labor and Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
San Diego
Andrew S. Parsons- Securities/Capital Markets Law; Venture Capital Law
Tampa
Haley Ayure – Corporate Law
Lauren Humphries - Commercial Litigation
Chance Lyman - Appellate Practice
Washington, DC
Emily Crim – Trust and Estates
Joshua Headley - Tax Law
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- LYNN J. ALSTADT
- SEAN M. GIRDWOOD
- JENNIFER R. MINTER
- HOWARD J. WEIN
- MITCHELL I. HOROWITZ
- MATTHEW L. FEDOWITZ
- ROBERT G. MUKAI
- WILLIAM C. ROWLAND
- TODD R. WALTERS
- BRUCE I. BOOKEN
- JESSE H. DINER
- KELLY H. KOLB
- DAVID A. PEARL
- LAWRENCE M. PLOUCHA
- ADELE I. STONE
- ANTHONY (T.J.) ANDRISANO
- JAN L. BUDMAN, II
- JILL M. LASHAY
- JOHN F. POVILAITIS
- ALAN M. SELTZER
- JAYSON R. WOLFGANG
- JOSHUA LOUIS COHEN
- JACQUES L. ETKOWICZ
- BENJAMIN E. LEACE
- CHRISTINE J. ALDEN
- MARK S. AUERBACHER
- GEORGE M. KARAVETSOS
- RICHARD MONTES DE OCA
- JENNIFER OLMEDO-RODRIGUEZ
- GINA M. POLO
- RAQUEL (ROCKY) A. RODRIGUEZ
- MIRANDA L. SOTO
- KYLE B. TEAL
- DANIEL Z. RIVLIN
- STUART P. SLOTNICK
- CHRISTOPHER J. DALTON
- LOUIS M. DESTEFANO
- JAMES M. BECKER
- THOMAS A. BERGSTROM
- LARRY BESNOFF
- GERALD E. BURNS
- JOSEPH J. CENTENO
- CRAIG D. MILLS
- BRIAN S. NORTH
- JAMES O'TOOLE, JR.
- HOWARD D. SCHER
- WILLIAM H. SCHORLING
- ANDREW J. SHAPREN
- H MARC TEPPER
- JOHN R. WASHLICK
- CHRISTIAN ANTKOWIAK
- LESLIE GROMIS BAKER
- JOHN A. BARBOUR
- AMY L. BARRETTE
- VICTORIA BECHTOLD KUSH
- THOMAS E. BOYLE
- MICHELLE GARVEY BRENNFLECK
- THOMAS G. BUCHANAN
- MATTHEW F. BURGER
- GEORGE L. CASS
- ROSEMARY L. CORSETTI
- JASON A. D'AMICO
- MICHAEL L. DEVER
- MARY ANN DUNHAM
- ROBERT D. FINKEL
- RALPH G. FISCHER
- B. LYNN FREEMAN
- SHAWN N. GALLAGHER
- KATHLEEN JONES GOLDMAN
- DAVID E. GOULD
- DAVID A. GURWIN
- PAMELA E. HEPP
- GRETCHEN L. JANKOWSKI
- STEPHEN W. KELKENBERG
- JACK J. KESSLER
- S HOWARD KLINE
- CARRIE KOCHENBACH
- REBECCA LIVINGSTON LANDO
- KEVIN P. LUCAS
- THOMAS J. MADIGAN
- DONALD E. MALECKI
- E. DAVID MARGOLIS
- PAUL S. MAZESKI
- JOSEPH F. MCDONOUGH
- JOHN E. MCGRADY, III
- ERIN J. MCLAUGHLIN
- JAMES G. MCLEAN
- GREGORY A. MILLER
- DAVID A. MONAGHAN
- WILLIAM J. MOORHEAD
- SEAN W. MORAN
- KELLY M. NEAL
- JAMES D. NEWELL
- WENDELYNNE J. NEWTON
- BRIAN S. NOVOSEL
- TIMOTHY P. PALMER
- STANLEY J. PARKER
- PERRY S. PATTERSON
- ROBERT B. RAMSEY, III
- PETER S. RUSS
- CHRISTOPHER P. SCHUELLER
- TERRY A. SHULSKY
- BRIAN H. SIMMONS
- CARL F. STAIGER
- DUANE A. STEWART, III
- THOMAS M. THOMPSON
- JAIME S. TUITE
- PHILIP J. WEIS
- JAN O. WENZEL
- STANLEY YORSZ
- DAVID L. GORDON
- BRIAN RATH
- KIMBERLY AROUH
- MATTHEW SHORT
- MALLORY HARRELL
- CATHY J. BEVERIDGE
- DAVID T. CELLITTI
- BLAKE J. DELANEY
- JOHN D. EMMANUEL
- LESLIE WAGER HUDOCK
- RICHARD A. JACOBSON
- MARK A. KORNFELD
- RONALD H. NOBLE
- DILIP PATEL
- RICHARD G. SALAZAR
- BARBARA L. SANCHEZ-SALAZAR
- HALA A. SANDRIDGE
- JOSHUA S.M. SMITH
- TED R. TAMARGO
- DALE S. WEBBER
- RONALD D. ABRAMSON
- SAHEL AHYAIE ASSAR
- EDWARD JOHN ALLERA
- WILLIAM A. GARVIN
- ELIZABETH CARROTT MINNIGH
- JOHN D. MUIR
- DANIEL B. PICKARD
- DONALD B. REYNOLDS, JR.
- JOHN P. WARNER
- LAURA K. PITTS
- JAMES T. WILCOX
- CAROLINE BASSETT WARREN
- MICHAEL E. DUTKO, JR.
- HELENE J. GRAY
- KYLE S. ROBERTS
- CHRISTOPHER R. AMTHOR
- JORDAN A. YEAGLEY, CAMS
- DANIEL R. LAZARO
- STEPHANIE VAZQUEZ
- NATALIE N. PELED
- MELISSA J. BAYLY
- LEONARD V. JONES
- VINCENT N. BARBERA
- ALLISON L. BORGATTI
- ARGIA J. DIMARCO
- MARK A. KASTEN
- RACHEL E. KING
- NYASHA AL PENDLETON
- ANNA E. SANDERS
- MICHAEL E. TRUNCELLITO
- NICHOLAS J. BELL
- KYLE D. BLACK, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM
- JASON P. CAMILLO
- TYLER S. DISCHINGER
- WILLIAM P. LEWIS
- BRENDAN P. LUCAS
- MATTHEW C. PILSNER
- LATOYA G. SAWYER-NDIZEYE
- ADAM G. WICKS
- GRETCHEN WOODRUFF ROOT
- ANDREW S. PARSONS
- HALEY R. AYURE
- LAUREN V. HUMPHRIES
- CHANCE LYMAN
- EMILY L. CRIM
- JOSHUA D. HEADLEY
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- BANKRUPTCY & CREDITORS' RIGHTS
- CLASS ACTIONS
- COPYRIGHT
- CORPORATE
- EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & ERISA
- ENERGY
- ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA & SPORTS
- ENVIRONMENTAL
- ESTATES & TRUSTS
- FDA & BIOTECHNOLOGY
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- GOVERNMENT RELATIONS & PUBLIC POLICY
- HEALTHCARE
- IMMIGRATION
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