Locke Lord LLP issued the following announcement on Aug. 20.
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
Austin
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
Jennifer L. Rangel – Health Care Law
John K. Schwartz – Commercial Litigation
Tai C. Tran – Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, Real Estate Law
Boston
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
Chicago
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
Lawrence J. Fey – Real Estate Law
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
Cincinnati
Todd L. Cooper – Public Finance Law, Tax Law
Dallas
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
Hartford
David W. Bogan – Energy Law
Houston
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
Los Angeles
Jonathan Bank – Insurance Law
Alfred M. Clark – Real Estate Law
Jonevin Sabado – Ones to Watch: Labor and Employment Law - Management
New Orleans
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
New York
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
Princeton
Paulette Brown – Commercial Litigation, Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Providence
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
Stamford
Scott D. Wofsy – Litigation - Patent
Washington, D.C.
Edward F. Glynn Jr. – Advertising Law
Bruce Grabow – Energy Law
Denise Hanna – Health Care Law
Thomas E. Knight – Energy Law
West Palm Beach
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
Original source can be found here.