Blank Rome is pleased to announce that 200 firm attorneys have been recognized in Best Lawyers in America® 2024 in the annual categories of “Lawyers of the Year,” “Ones to Watch,” and “Best Lawyers,” in more than 50 practice areas across 12 regions. Our firm is honored to achieve such significant growth in this year’s rankings, with more than 30 additional attorneys achieving recognition following our Best Lawyers 2023 rankings.
Each year, Best Lawyers conducts extensive peer-reviewed research into the legal skills, professionalism, and integrity of U.S. attorneys. From the results of those substantial surveys, the publication identifies the top attorneys in the most high-profile practices. To view the complete methodology used by Best Lawyers to compile the 2024 rankings, please click here.
2024 “Lawyers of the Year”
Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” identifies the attorneys who received the finest overall peer feedback for their practice area and geographical region. Only a single attorney in each designated practice area and metropolitan area can earn this honor. The following four Blank Rome attorneys received this honor.
Houston
- Russell T. Wong is recognized in Patent Law
- Mark I. Rabinowitz is recognized in Banking and Finance Law
- Kevin J. Bruno is recognized in Litigation - Environmental
Mark R. Haskell is recognized in Natural Resources Law
2024 “Ones to Watch”
Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch” honors “attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice.” The following 50 Blank Rome attorneys have been recognized in this category.
Chicago, IL
- Scott M. Kaplan is recognized in Litigation - Real Estate
- Sarah Heep Frazier is recognized in Banking and Finance Law
- Stephanie E. Holden is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Cole T. Duncan is recognized in Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law, and Technology Law
- Emery Gullickson Richards is recognized in Labor and Employment Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Saam Takaloo is recognized in Commercial Litigation, Entertainment and Sports Law, Litigation - Real Estate, and Real Estate Law
- Jacqueline Combs is recognized in Family Law
- Natalie Alameddine is recognized in Labor and Employment Law - Management
- Caitlin I. Sanders is recognized in Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Harrison M. Brown is recognized in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- D. Morgan Barry is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Noe S. Hamra is recognized in Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law
- Reena Jain is recognized in Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property, and Litigation - Patent
- John C. Kessler is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Alexa B. Lutchen is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Alexander D. Newman is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Ernestine J. Mings is recognized in Family Law
- Andrea M. Roberts is recognized in Family Law and Litigation - Real Estate
- Kelly A. Jáuregui Wueste is recognized in Insurance Law
- Kathryn C. Appling is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Michael Denci is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Ashley Fleishman is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Kim Li Khutorsky is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Daniel W. Lurie is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Eugene J. Gibilaro is recognized in Tax Law
- James S. Ross is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Gregory S. Bergman is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Jonathan G. Blevins is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Melissa Fundora Murphy is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- John P. Wixted is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Huaou Yan is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Melanie S. Carter is recognized in Corporate Law and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Ashley Catalano-Leckerman is recognized in Corporate Law
- Bradford C. Craig is recognized in Corporate Law
- Ann E. Querns is recognized in Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Louise Bowes Marencik is recognized in Financial Services Regulation Law
- Samar Aryani-Sabet is recognized in Intellectual Property Law
- Joshua L. Broderson is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Shaun J. Bockert is recognized in Technology Law
- Andrew M. Logan is recognized in Trusts and Estates
- Shawna J. Henry is recognized in Litigation - Construction
- Michael R. Darbee is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Robyn N. Burrows is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Alexander H. Berman is recognized in Insurance Law
- Ameya V. Paradkar is recognized in Intellectual Property Law
- Alexander S. Perry is recognized in Intellectual Property Law
- Megan R. Wood is recognized in Litigation - Patent
- Ross E. Coe is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Dana S. Merkel is recognized in Transportation Law
- James Gorman III is recognized in Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Intellectual Property
The annual “Best Lawyers” category recognizes leading attorneys by region and practice area, for their acumen in the legal industry. The following 150 Blank Rome attorneys have been honored in this category.
Chicago, IL
- Karin H. Berg is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Paige Barr Tinkham is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Rikke A. Dierssen-Morice is recognized in Insurance Law and Litigation - Insurance
- Seth D. Lamden is recognized in Insurance Law and Litigation - Insurance
- Michael L. Cioffi is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Mark W. Harris is recognized in Banking and Finance Law and Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Michael B. Thimmig is recognized in Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Jason S. Luter is recognized in Tax Law
- Michael K. Bell is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Keith B. Letourneau is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Douglas J. Shoemaker is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law
- John A. Adkins is recognized in Banking and Finance Law and Corporate Law
- Sarah H. Frazier is recognized in Banking and Finance Law
- Cassandra Gene Mott is recognized in Banking and Finance Law
- Robert P. Scott is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Theodore D. Meyer is recognized in Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, and Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Daniel R. Peterson is recognized in Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Barry Abrams is recognized in Litigation - Land Use and Zoning, Litigation - Municipal, and Litigation - Securities
- Susan L. Bickley is recognized in Litigation - Municipal
- Russell T. Wong is recognized in Litigation - Patent and Patent Law
- Katherine Franco is recognized in Patent Law
- Domingo Manuel LLagostera is recognized in Patent Law
- Travis Jang-Busby is recognized in Animal Law
- Anthony R. Callobre is recognized in Banking and Finance Law
- Mary Craig Calkins is recognized in Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, and Litigation - Insurance
- Robert L. Kahan is recognized in Corporate Law
- Rebekah Prince is recognized in Corporate Law and Real Estate Law
- Jeffrey R. Richter is recognized in Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Kristina Royce is recognized in Family Law
- Ashley Silberfeld is recognized in Family Law
- Linda D. Kornfeld is recognized in Insurance Law and Litigation - Insurance
- Mike Margolis is recognized in Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Howard M. Knee is recognized in Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Thomas H. Belknap, Jr. is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law
- William R. Bennett III is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law
- John D. Kimball is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Richard V. Singleton II is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Lauren B. Wilgus is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Ira L. Herman is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Jerry D. Bernstein is recognized in Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Mara B. Levin is recognized in Employment Law - Individuals
- Ory Apelboim is recognized in Family Law
- Ryan J. Casson is recognized in Family Law
- Marilyn B. Chinitz is recognized in Family Law
- Alan R. Feigenbaum is recognized in Family Law
- Donald Frank is recognized in Family Law
- Steven Goldfeder is recognized in Family Law
- Norman S. Heller is recognized in Family Law
- Sophie Jacobi-Parisi is recognized in Family Law
- Lois Liberman is recognized in Family Law
- Stephen P. McSweeney is recognized in Family Law
- Dylan Mitchell is recognized in Family Law
- Morgan Mouchette is recognized in Family Law
- Sheila G. Riesel is recognized in Family Law
- Brett S. Ward is recognized in Family Law
- Rick Antonoff is recognized in Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Richard J. Miller, Jr. is recognized in Litigation - Trusts and Estates and Trusts and Estates
- Stuart D. Kaplan is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Martin Luskin is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Stephen T. Whelan is recognized in Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Peter C. Valente is recognized in Trusts and Estates
- Sean R. Weissbart is recognized in Trusts and Estates
- Edward N. Cahn is recognized in Antitrust Law, Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, and Mediation
- William H. Roberts is recognized in Antitrust Law
- Rebecca D. Ward is recognized in Appellate Practice
- Kevin J. Baum is recognized in Banking and Finance Law
- Lawrence F. Flick II is recognized in Banking and Finance Law and Equipment Finance Law
- Harvey I. Forman is recognized in Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Equipment Finance Law
- Michael G. Graziano is recognized in Banking and Finance Law and Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bruce R. Lesser is recognized in Banking and Finance Law
- Mark I. Rabinowitz is recognized in Banking and Finance Law, Equipment Finance Law, and Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Samuel H. Becker is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Regina Stango Kelbon is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation - Bankruptcy
- John E. Lucian is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Josef W. Mintz is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Michael B. Schaedle is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Joel Charles Shapiro is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Jonathan Scott Goldman is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Terry M. Henry is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Alan J. Hoffman is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Kathy E. Ochroch is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Grant S. Palmer is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- James T. Smith is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Matthew Homyk is recognized in Copyright Law
- Steven Dubow is recognized in Corporate Law
- Henry M. Kuller is recognized in Corporate Law
- Alan L. Zeiger is recognized in Corporate Law
- Joseph G. Poluka is recognized in Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Andrew J. Rudolph is recognized in Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Mark Blondman is recognized in Employment Law - Management and Labor Law - Management
- Anthony B. Haller is recognized in Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, and Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Christopher A. Lewis is recognized in Energy Law
- Benjamin G. Stonelake is recognized in Environmental Law and Litigation - Environmental
- Frank L. Tamulonis is recognized in Environmental Law and Litigation - Environmental
- Mary T. Vidas is recognized in Family Law
- Shlomo Troodler is recognized in Financial Services Regulation Law
- Stephen D. Schrier is recognized in Gaming Law
- Lawrence J. Beaser is recognized in Health Care Law
- Peter F. Kelsen is recognized in Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law
- Adam E. Laver is recognized in Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law
- Margaret Anne Hill is recognized in Litigation - Environmental
- Charles S. Marion is recognized in Litigation - Intellectual Property and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Stephanie Gantman Kaplan is recognized in Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Frank A. Dante is recognized in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Matthew J. Comisky is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Philip R. Rosenfeldt is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Steven A. Shoumer is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Daniel R. Blickman is recognized in Tax Law
- Andrew J. Haas is recognized in Tax Law and Trusts and Estates
- Lawrence S. Chane is recognized in Trusts and Estates
- Roy W. Arnold is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Jayne L. Butcher is recognized in Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Amy Joseph Coles is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Kevin M. Eddy is recognized in Commercial Litigation and Environmental Law
- Andrew K. Fletcher is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Joseph T. Moran is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Nicholas C. Harbist is recognized in Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Kevin J. Bruno is recognized in Insurance Law and Litigation - Environmental
- Michelle Gervais is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Jeanne M. Grasso is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Gregory F. Linsin is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law and Environmental Law
- Matthew J. Thomas is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Jonathan K. Waldron is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Paul B. Bran is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Helen K. Michael is recognized in Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, and Litigation - Insurance
- William E. Lawler III is recognized in Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Barry Wm. Levine is recognized in Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Jennifer Short is recognized in Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Shawn M. Wright is recognized in Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Daniel L. Morgan is recognized in Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Mark R. Haskell is recognized in Energy Law and Natural Resources Law
- Frederick M. Lowther is recognized in Energy Law
- Brett A. Snyder is recognized in Energy Law
- Kyle P. Brinkman is recognized in Insurance Law
- James S. Carter is recognized in Insurance Law
- John A. Gibbons is recognized in Insurance Law and Litigation - Insurance
- John E. Heintz is recognized in Insurance Law and Litigation - Insurance
- Robert P. Jacobs is recognized in Insurance Law
- Dennis L. James is recognized in Insurance Law
- Justin F. Lavella is recognized in Insurance Law
- James R. Murray is recognized in Insurance Law and Litigation - Insurance
- Linda A. Powell is recognized in Insurance Law
- Omid Safa is recognized in Insurance Law
- Michael I. Sanders is recognized in Litigation and Controversy - Tax and Tax Law
- Deborah E. Greenspan is recognized in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Jon D. Grossman is recognized in Patent Law
- Jason R. Eig is recognized in Real Estate Law
- James D. Kelly is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Cynthia Langelier Paine is recognized in Tax Law
- Stanley B. Tarr is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law