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