144 Buchanan Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 Edition

• 144 Buchanan Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 Edition
• 6 Attorneys Named "Lawyer of the Year" In Respective Practice and Metro Areas
• 23 Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch®

PITTSBURGH (August 21, 2025) - Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney proudly announces that 144 of the firm’s attorneys are listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2026 Edition®. In addition, 6 are named "Lawyer of the Year" in their respective practice categories and metropolitan areas and 23 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” 2026

Harrisburg

Anthony F. (T.J.) Andrisano, Jr. – Litigation – Labor & Employment

Miami

Richard Montes de Oca – Corporate Compliance Law

Philadelphia

Benjamin E. Leace – Trademark Law

Pittsburgh

Lynn Freeman – Public Finance Law

Timothy Palmer – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Washington, D.C.

Todd Walters – Patent Law

Best Lawyers in America 2026

Alexandria

Matthew Fedowitz – Patent Law

Robert Mukai – Litigation – Intellectual Property

William Rowland – Patent Law

Todd Walters - Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent; Patent Law

Chicago

David B. Abramowitz – Patent Law

Keith D. Parr – Litigation – Intellectual Property

Timothy F. Peterson – Litigation - Intellectual Property

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

Robert A. Jones II – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)

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

Margaret E. Villella – Commercial Litigation

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 - Energy Law

Alan Seltzer - Energy Law

Jayson Wolfgang - Commercial Litigation; Government Contracts

King of Prussia

Joshua L. Cohen – Patent Law

Jacques 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 – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice; Commercial Litigation

Miranda Soto - Insurance Law; Litigation – Insurance

Kyle Teal – Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation – Land Use and Zoning

New York

Daniel Z. Rivlin - Family Law

Stuart P. Slotnick – Family Law

Newark

Christopher J. Dalton – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Labor and Employment; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

Louis M. DeStefano - Energy Law; Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental

Philadelphia

Charlene A. Barker Gedeus - Litigation – Labor & Employment

James Becker - 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

Salvatore G. Rotella Jr., - Healthcare Law

Andrew Shapren - Employment Law – Management

Lisa M. Starczewski – Tax Law

H. Marc Tepper - Insurance Law

John Washlick - Healthcare Law

Pittsburgh

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

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 – Employment Law- Management; Tax Law

Erin McLaughlin - Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment

James McLean - Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Law

Jennifer R. Minter - Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law

David Monaghan - Corporate Law

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; Securities/Capital Markets Law

Timothy Palmer - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Stanley Parker - Commercial Litigation

Perry Patterson – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions 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 – Patent Law; 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 – Healthcare Law; Litigation - Healthcare

Brian Rath – Healthcare Law

San Diego

Kimberly Arouh - Commercial Litigation

Jennifer M. Oliver – Antitrust Law

Matthew Short – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law

Tallahassee

Mallory Harrell – Government Relations Practice

Tampa

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

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

David M. Kramer – Media Law

Elizabeth Carrott Minnigh – Trusts and Estates

John Muir – Real Estate Law

Lorin E. Patterson – Health Care Law

Daniel Pickard - International Trade and Finance Law

Donald Reynolds, Jr. - Tax Law

John Warner - Tax Law

Ones to Watch 2025

Charlotte

Caroline Bassett Warren – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Antitrust; Litigation – Labor & Employment

Chicago

David M. Knapp Ph.D. – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Intellectual Property

Fort Lauderdale

Kyle Roberts – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Harrisburg

Christopher Amthor – Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Jordan Yeagley – Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Miami

Stephanie Vazquez – Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Patent Law

New York, NY

Andria Adigwe – Healthcare Law

Newark

Melissa Bayly - Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants

Adam C. Farkas – Healthcare Law

Jordynn E. Jackson – Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment Law – Management; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

Lucas Morgan – Healthcare Law

Philadelphia

Vincent Barbera – Commercial Litigation

Alexandria K. Rosa – Commercial Litigation; Healthcare Law; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants;

Pittsburgh

Kyle D. Black - Commercial Litigation

LaToya G. Sawyer-Ndizeye – Banking and Finance Law

Adam Wicks - Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law

San Diego

Andrew S. Parsons- Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Venture Capital Law

Tampa

Masiel Pelegrino Almon – Commercial Litigation

Alexandra Dragovich Zambrano – Commercial Litigation

Lauren V. Humphries – Commercial Litigation

Washington, DC

Brittany Colton – Intellectual Property Law

Emily Crim – Trust and Estates

Wilmington

Kody Sparks – Commercial Litigation