Foley & Lardner LLP issued the following announcement on Aug. 20.
Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that 20 of its attorneys earned Best Lawyers 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” recognition in their respective practice areas. In addition, 243 of the firm’s attorneys from 18 offices have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2021. Another 49 of the firm’s attorneys from 14 offices have been named to the new category of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, which recognizes associates and other lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice.
The Best Lawyers in America list is based on a peer-review survey process in which thousands of leading attorneys confidentially evaluate other attorneys in their practice areas. Individuals honored as a “Lawyer of the Year” have received particularly high ratings for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.
The 20 Foley attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers as a 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” are as follows:
Norman C. Ankers: Detroit – Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions
Nathan A. Beaver: Washington, D.C. – Food and Beverage Law
Laura L. Bilas: Chicago – Public Finance Law
Gardner F. Davis: Jacksonville – Corporate Law
Edward J. Hammond: Milwaukee – Financial Services Regulation Law
Carrie B. Hoffman: Dallas – Litigation – Labor and Employment
Kevin E. Hyde: Jacksonville – Labor Law – Management
Emory Ireland: Milwaukee – Commercial Finance Law
Richard A. Kaufman: San Diego – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
Bruce A. Keyes: Milwaukee – Natural Resources Law
Michael B. Kirwan: Jacksonville – Securities/Capital Markets Law
James T. McKeown: Milwaukee – Litigation – Antitrust
Austin B. Neal: Tallahassee – Insurance Law
Fred S. Ridley: Tampa – Leisure and Hospitality Law
Anita M. Sorensen: Madison – Immigration Law
John A. Tucker: Jacksonville - Litigation – Real Estate
Naikang Tsao: Madison – Appellate Practice
Trevor J. Will: Milwaukee – Energy Law
John K. Wilson: Milwaukee – Corporate Governance Law
Steven W. Vazquez: Tampa – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
The 243 Foley attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2021, segmented by office location and practice area, are:
Austin
Edward D. Burbach: Administrative/Regulatory Law
Robert F. Johnson III: Government Contracts
Mark T. Mitchell: Litigation – Construction
Kristina Weber Silcocks: Government Relations Practice
Kimberly A. Yelkin: Insurance Law
Boston
Alexis Finkelberg Bortniker: Health Care Law
Christopher J. Donovan: Health Care Law
Alan H. Einhorn: Health Care Law
Ana Francisco: Commercial Litigation
Gabor Garai: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
David W. Kantaros: Venture Capital Law
John D. Lanza: Information Technology Law
Matthew B. Lowrie: Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
Susan E. Pravda: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Michael J. Tuteur: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Health Care Law
Lawrence W. Vernaglia: Health Care Law
Adria E. Warren: Health Care Law
Chicago
Stephen P. Bedell: Securities Regulation
Laura L. Bilas: Public Finance Law
John T. Brooks: Litigation, Trusts and Estates
James D. Dasso: Commercial Litigation, Food and Beverage Law
Patrick D. Daugherty: Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
Bennett L. Epstein: Litigation – Labor and Employment
Jay A. Erens: Corporate Law
Jeanne M. Gills: Food and Beverage Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property
Phillip M. Goldberg: Litigation – Securities
David B. Goroff: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Eric A. Haab: Insurance Law
Mark F. Hebbeln: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
James R. Hellige: Nonprofit/Charities Law, Trusts and Estates
Heidi H. Jeffery: Public Finance Law
Harold L. Kaplan: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Corporate Law
William J. McKenna: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Real Estate
Neal J. Moglin: Insurance Law
Jill L. Nicholson: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Lisa M. Noller: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
John B. Palmer: Tax Law
Mark Prager: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Donna J. Pugh: Land Use and Zoning Law
Gary S. Rovner: Environmental Law
Michael J. Small: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Roger D. Strode Jr: Health Care Law
Eley O. Thompson: Litigation – Intellectual Property
Kathryn M. Trkla: derivatives and Futures Law
Michael H. Woolever: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Dallas
Val J. Albright: Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
David G. Cabrales: Commercial Litigation
Kevin A. Chumney: Corporate Law
Christopher G. Converse: Corporate Law
Michael J. Donohue: Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
Barry D. Drees: Banking and Finance Law
Michael W. Dubner: Litigation – Intellectual Property
C. Ashley Ellis: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Jane Fergason: Corporate Law
Craig B. Florence: Commercial Litigation
Kenneth R. Glaser: Litigation – Intellectual Property, Patent Law
Lawrence B. Goldstein: Corporate Law
Stephen D. Good: Tax Law
Jack W. Hawkins: Trusts and Estates
Marcus A. Helt: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Carrie B. Hoffman: Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Stephen A. McCartin: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Todd A. Murray: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities
Michael H. Newman: Corporate Law
Keith V. Novick: Trusts and Estates
Stacy R. Obenhaus: Appellate Practice
Holland N. O’Neil: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Alan J. Perkins: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Clifford J. Risman: Leisure and Hospitality Law, Real Estate Law
Robert Sarfatis: Corporate Law
Larry L. Schoenbrun: Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
Kay Lyn Schwartz: Trademark Law
Robert T. Slovak: Litigation – Construction
Paul V. Storm: Litigation – Intellectual Property
James J. Sullivan: Real Estate Law
Peter S. Vogel: Information Technology Law, Technology Law
Robert J. Ward: Litigation – Intellectual Property
Detroit
Norman C. Ankers: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions
Jennifer Zbytowski Belveal: Commercial Litigation
John F. Birmingham Jr.: Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Jason Conti: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Real Estate, Litigation and Controversy – Tax
Daljit S. Doogal: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
Steven H. Hilfinger: Government Relations Practice
Jeffrey S. Kopp: Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Omar A. Lucia: Corporate Law
Philip B. Phillips: Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
John A. Simon: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Thomas B. Spillane Jr.: Corporate Law
John R. Trentacosta: Commercial Litigation
Ann Marie Uetz: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation
Houston
Michael A. Abbott: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
David M. Bates: Litigation – Environmental
Sharon M. Beausoleil: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Eric A. Blumrosen: Corporate Law
Geoffrey H. Bracken: Commercial Litigation, Oil and Gas Law
Robert W. Bramlette: Real Estate Law
Daniel L. Cohen: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Allen B. Craig III: Corporate Law, Tax Law
Douglas K. Eyberg: Corporate Law, Energy Law
H. James Howard II: Tax Law
Randall Jones: Real Estate Law
Jessica Mason: Employment Law – Management
John P. Melko: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Lawrence J. Pirtle: Trusts and Estates
Cristina Portela Solomon: Litigation – Labor and Employment
Timothy M. Spear: Corporate Law
Rachel Powitzky Steely: Employment Law – Management
Norman L. Stevens III: Corporate Law
Hoang Quan Vu: Banking and Finance Law
T. Michael Wall: Commercial Litigation
Jacksonville
Robert S. Bernstein: Tax Law
David C. Cook: Real Estate Law, Timber Law
Gardner F. Davis: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Chanley Howell: Electronic Discovery and Information Management Law
Kevin E. Hyde: Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Michael B. Kirwan: Securities/Capital Markets Law
Jana L. Kolarik: Health Care Law
Chauncey W. Lever Jr.: Municipal Law, Public Finance Law
John A. Tucker: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Real Estate
Los Angeles
Jaime B. Guerrero: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Pamela L. Johnston: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
James R. Kalyvas: Privacy and Data Security Law
Richard W. Lasater II: Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
Raj Tanden: Tax Law
Diane Ung: Health Care Law
Madison
Christopher C. Cain: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Roberta F. Howell: Franchise Law
Daniel A. Kaplan: Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Mark A. Kassel: Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice, Patent Law, Technology Law
David W. Reinecke: Trusts and Estates
Anne E. Ross: Corporate Law, Insurance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Anita M. Sorensen: Immigration Law
Naikang Tsao: Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
Paul T. Wrycha: Corporate Law
Miami
Roy J. Barquet: Immigration Law
William E. Davis: Commercial Litigation
Guillermo J. Fernandez-Quincoces: Tax Law
Mark J. Neuberger: Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Ralf R. Rodriguez: Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
Mary Leslie Smith: Franchise Law
Milwaukee
Steven R. Barth: Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
Erika Baurecht: Real Estate Law
Linda E. Benfield: Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Natural Resources Law
Larry J. Bonney: Energy Law
John F. Callan: Trusts and Estates
Richard H. Casper: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Amy A. Ciepluch: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
James R. Clark: Antitrust Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust
Jeffrey N. Costakos: Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
George A. Dionisopoulos: Trusts and Estates
Gregg H. Dooge: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Kevin G. Fitzgerald: Insurance Law
Michael D. Flanagan: Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Natural Resources Law
Heidi M. Furlong: Banking and Finance Law
Benjamin F. Garmer III: Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
C. Frederick Geilfuss II: Health Care Law
Jeffrey S. Gundersen: Patent Law
Edward J. Hammond: Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Energy Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Project Finance Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Michael W. Hatch: Real Estate Law
Daniel M. Hess: Trusts and Estates
Jason Hille: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Bryan B. House: Litigation – Securities
Thomas R. Hrdlick: Insurance Law
Emory Ireland: Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Corporate Law, Financial Services Regulation Law
Stanley S. Jaspan: Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
Sarah O. Jelencic: Real Estate Law
Bruce A. Keyes: Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law
Jason Kohout: Trusts and Estates
Patricia J. Lane: Banking and Finance Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Benjamin D. Levin: Real Estate Law
Jessica S. Lochmann: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Wayne R. Lueders: Trusts and Estates
Kevin D. Makowski: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Richard J. McKenna: Litigation – Intellectual Property
James T. McKeown: Antitrust Law, Litigation – Antitrust, Sports Law
Jamshed J. Patel: Tax Law
James P. Peterson: Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Patrick G. Quick: Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
Jennifer L. Rathburn: Health Care Law
David M. Reicher: Derivatives and Futures Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Leigh C. Riley: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Jay O. Rothman: Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
David B. Ryan: Nonprofit/Charities Law, Public Finance Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Bryan S. Schultz: Corporate Law
Kevin R. Schulz: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Thomas L. Shriner Jr.: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation – Real Estate, Litigation – Securities
David W. Simon: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Mark A. Thimke: Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Natural Resources Law
Peter A. Tomasi: Energy Law, Energy Regulatory Law, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
Timothy L. Voigtman: Tax Law
Trevor J. Will: Energy Law, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
John K. Wilson: Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Andrew J. Wronski: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Joseph N. Ziebert: Patent Law
New York
Richard Bernard: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Leah M. Eisenberg: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Jon Israel: Litigation – Labor and Employment
Andrew L. Lee: Sports Law
Jonathan E. Moskin: Litigation – Intellectual Property
Jeffrey C. Thrope: Health Care Law
Peter N. Wang: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction
Orlando
Kimberly A. Ashby: Appellate Practice, Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
Daniel Bachrach: Leisure and Hospitality Law, Real Estate Law
Edmund T. Baxa Jr.: Construction Law, Litigation - Construction
Michael Gay: Commercial Litigation
William C. Guthrie: Leisure and Hospitality Law, Real Estate Law
John S. Lord Jr.: Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Michael A. Okaty: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law
Kevin A. Reck: Commercial Litigation
San Diego
Samuel F. Hoffman: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Paul S. Hunter: Patent Law
Carolyn T. Long: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Van A. Tengberg: Real Estate Law
Victor A. Vilaplana: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
San Francisco
Thomas F. Carlucci: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Tallahassee
Melissa B. Coffey: Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Christopher M. Kise: Appellate Practice
Thomas J. Maida: Government Relations Practice, Insurance Law
Austin B. Neal: Insurance Law
Tampa
Natalie C. Annis: Trusts and Estates
Curt P. Creely: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
Rachel Goodman: Health Care Law
Nathaniel M. Lacktman: Health Care Law
Thomas M. Little: Leisure and Hospitality Law, Real Estate Law
Michael P. Matthews: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Fred S. Ridley: Leisure and Hospitality Law, Real Estate Law
Olin G. Shivers: Tax Law
Stephen J. Szabo: Leisure and Hospitality Law, Real Estate Law
Steven W. Vazquez: Corporate Governance Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Venture Capital Law
Mark J. Wolfson: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Washington, D.C.
Nathan A. Beaver: FDA Law, Food and Beverage Law
Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff: Patent Law
Scott L. Fredericksen: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Michael J. Lockerby: Franchise Law
John M. Lynham Jr.: Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
Stephen B. Maebius: Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law
Cleta Mitchell: Administrative/Regulatory Law
Erika Morabito: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Donald H. Romano: Health Care Law
David L. Rosen: FDA Law
Michele M. Simkin: Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
Rohan Virginkar: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Samuel J. Winer: Litigation – Securities, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
The 51 attorneys named The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch 2021, segmented by office location and practice area, are:
Boston
Noah G. Brown: Commercial Litigation
Katherine M. Harrington: Commercial Litigation
Elizabeth A. Lamontagne: Intellectual Property Law
Alexander J. Miska: Corporate Law
Clare Selden Rager: Health Care Law
Chicago
J. Michael Bresnahan Jr.: Corporate Law
Samuel D. Goldstick: Technology Law
Joshua L. Harris: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Elizabeth P. Mazzacco: Commercial Litigation
Andrew T. McClain: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Peter J. O’Meara: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial Litigation
Dallas
Sara Ann Brown: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Nicholas A. Chamis: Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Chelsea Hilliard: Commercial Litigation
Andrew A. Howell: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial Litigation
Richard T. Zaleskie: Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
Denver
Timothy C. Mohan: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Detroit
Christopher V. Burtley: Antitrust Law, Commercial Litigation
Maxwell A. Czerniawski: Commercial Litigation
Michelle A. Freeman: Government Relations Practice
Bradley M. Krul: Intellectual Property Law
Houston
Taylor Appling: Labor and Employment Law – Management
Robert P. Arthur: Commercial Litigation
Vi T. Tran: Commercial Litigation
Jacksonville
William R. Brown Jr.: Corporate Law
William Bradley Russell Jr: Commercial Litigation
Los Angeles
Adam J. Hepworth: Health Care Law
Matthew J. Stockl: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Jessica N. Walker: Commercial Litigation
Madison
Jennifer M. Luther: Commercial Litigation
Miami
Angelica L. Novick: Commercial Litigation, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Ana Romes: Commercial Litigation
Akiesha Gilcrist Sainvil: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial Litigation
Milwaukee
Lisamarie A. Collins: Intellectual Property Law, Technology Law
Stephanie J. Derks: Trusts and Estates
Gregory N. Heinen: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial Litigation
Max S. Meckstroth: Commercial Litigation
Anne-Louise T. Mittal: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial Litigation
Michelle A. Moran: Intellectual Property Law
Natalie S. Neals: Commercial Litigation
Jessica M. Simons: Corporate Law
Ashley D. Sinclair: Corporate Law
Tallahassee
Nicholas J.P. Meros: Commercial Litigation
Tampa
Jacqueline N. Acosta: Health Care Law
Nicholas D. Horner: Venture Capital Law
Michael Schwartz: Trusts and Estates
Washington, D.C.
Lauren A. Champaign: Antitrust Law
Miriam A. Cross: Corporate Law, Financial Services Regulation Law
Sunita Paknikar: Commercial Litigation
Anna S. Ross: Health Care Law
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