Locke Lord LLP issued the following announcement on Aug. 15.
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
Martin Gibson – Energy Law
Brad Hawley – Real Estate Law
L. Jeffrey Hubenak – Real Estate Law
Susan Kidwell – Appellate Practice
Jennifer L. Rangel – Health Care Law
John K. Schwartz – Commercial Litigation
Tai Tran – Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, Real Estate Law
Boston
J. Robert Beatty – Energy 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
Stephen G. Huggard – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
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
Steven H. Adelman – Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Christopher R. Barth – Insurance Law
Jon Biasetti – Insurance Law
Nick J. DiGiovanni – Insurance Law
Lawrence J. Fey – Real Estate 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
David W. Wirt – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
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
David W. Bogan – Energy Law
Alan J. Levin – Insurance Law
Houston
Scott J. Arrington – Corporate Law
Charles S. Baker – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property
M. Benjamin Cowan – Environmental Law
Stephanie Donaho – Trusts and Estates
Chris Dove – Appellate Practice
David M. Gregory – Litigation - Labor and Employment
Buddy Haas – Banking and Finance Law
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
New York
Harry C. Marcus – Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent, Patent Law, Trademark Law
Rory J. Radding – Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent, Patent Law
Princeton
Paulette Brown – Commercial Litigation, Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Providence
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
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
Edward Elia Zughaib – Real Estate Law
West Palm Beach
Thomas J. Cunningham – Commercial Litigation
John G. Igoe – Corporate Law, Venture Capital Law
Richard J. Miller – Public Finance Law
Original source can be found here.