Over 135 Attorneys Named to 2015 Best Lawyers in America® List

Pittsburgh – August 18, 2014 – Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney is proud to announce that more than 135 attorneys and specialists in the firm have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2015.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which leading attorneys cast votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

The following attorneys were selected in their respective practice areas:

Alexandria, Va.

Charles Wieland – Litigation – Patent

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Bruce I. Booken – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Tax Law
Jesse H. Diner – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Real Estate; Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Kelly H. Kolb – Employment Law – Management
David B. Mankuta – Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
Lawrence M. Ploucha – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Tax Law
Adele I. Stone – Real Estate Law

Fort Myers, Fla.

Garey F. Butler – Real Estate Law
Carl Joseph Coleman – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Real Estate

Harrisburg, Pa.

Brian J. Clark – Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental; Water Law
Eugene E. Dice – Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental; Water Law
Stephen C. Gierasch – Corporate Law
John F. Povilaitis – Communications Law; Energy Law
Alan Michael Seltzer – Energy Law
Jack M. Stover – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
Deborah M. Suder – Government Relations Practice
David W. Sweet – Public Finance Law
Jonathan Vipond III – Health Care Law
Jayson R. Wolfgang – Commercial Litigation

Jacksonville, Fla.

Thomas C. Dearing – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law
Eric J. Holshouser – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Robert G. Riegel, Jr. – Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment

New York

Robert S. Hawkins – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management

Newark, N.J.

Rosemary J. Bruno – Litigation – Labor and Employment
John D. Goldsmith – Corporate Law; Environmental Law

Philadelphia

James M. Becker – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Thomas A. Bergstrom – Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Gerald Burns – Commercial Litigation
Alfred J. D'Angelo, Jr. – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management
Paul J. Greco – Commercial Litigation
Michael J. Hanlon – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management
Elizabeth A. Malloy – Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Brian S. North – Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law
Frances P. Rayer – Immigration Law
Howard D. Scher – Commercial Litigation
William H. Schorling – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
H. Marc Tepper – Insurance Law
John R. Washlick – Health Care Law

Pittsburgh

Lynn J. Alstadt – Copyright Law; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent; Patent Law; Trademark Law
Bruce A. Americus – Commercial Litigation; Energy Law; Mining Law; Natural Resources Law
Margaret B. Angel – Public Finance Law
Brian Balonick - Labor Law – Management
John A. Barbour – Real Estate Law
Thomas E. Boyle – Health Care Law
Samuel W. Braver – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Thomas G. Buchanan – Corporate Law; Venture Capital Law
Matthew F. Burger – Commercial Litigation; Mining Law
George L. Cass – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Rosemary L. Corsetti – Health Care Law
Jason A. D'Amico – Real Estate Law
Lewis U. Davis, Jr. – Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
Michael L. Dever – Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent; Patent Law; Trademark Law
Mary Ann Dunham – Corporate Law
B. Lynn Freeman – Banking and Finance Law
Thomas S. Galey – Banking and Finance Law
Jeremiah G. Garvey – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
Charles B. Gibbons – Commercial Litigation
Thomas S. Giotto – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management
David A. Gurwin – Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures and Television; Entertainment Law – Music
Calvin R. Harvey – Banking and Finance Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Real Estate Law
Craig S. Heryford – Banking and Finance Law
Scott W. Irmscher – Real Estate Law
Robert A. Johnson – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Non-Profit/Charities Law
Jack J. Kessler – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Tax Law
Carrie Kochenbach – Real Estate Law
Rebecca Livingston Lando – Real Estate Law
David J. Laurent – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Natural Resources Law
Jacqui Fiske Lazo – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
Deborah Little – Commercial Litigation
Kevin P. Lucas – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction
Kenneth R. Luttinger – Public Finance Law
Donald E. Malecki – Banking and Finance Law
E. David Margolis – Trusts and Estates
Paul S. Mazeski – Workers' Compensation Law – Employers
Joseph F. McDonough – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance; Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions; Litigation – Trusts and Estates
James G. McLean – Commercial Litigation
Matthew H. Meade – Commercial Litigation
B. Lafe Metz – Real Estate Law
Gregory A. Miller – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Sean W. Moran – Corporate Law; Energy Law
James D. Newell – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Wendelynne J. Newton – Antitrust Law
Timothy P. Palmer – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Joseph J. Palumbo – Real Estate Law
Stanley Parker – Commercial Litigation
David J. Porter – Commercial Litigation
Joseph F. Quinn – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Robert B. Ramsey III – Health Care Law
Carl E. Rothenberger, Jr. – Corporate Law
Thomas M. Thompson – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Howard J. Wein – Environmental Law
John H. Wilson – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Susan A. Yohe – Commercial Litigation
Stanley Yorsz – Commercial Litigation

Princeton, N.J.

Ivan J. Punchatz – Health Care Law

San Diego

Charles G. Knox – Real Estate Law

Tallahassee, Fla.

Linda Loomis Shelley – Administrative/Regulatory Law; Environmental Law; Government Relations Practice; Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation – Environmental; Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
John McKager Stipanovich – Administrative/Regulatory Law; Government Relations Practice
Jacob D. Varn – Environmental Law; Transportation Law; Water Law

Tampa, Fla.

Cathy J. Beveridge – Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Heather B. Brock – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
John D. Emmanuel – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Darren D. Farfante – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation
William J. Flynn III – Immigration Law
G. Calvin Hayes – Commercial Litigation
Mitchell I. Horowitz – Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
Richard A. Jacobson – International Trade and Finance Law
Rhea F. Law – Administrative/Regulatory Law; Environmental Law; Government Relations Practice; Land Use and Zoning Law; Municipal Law; Real Estate Law
Conrad J. Lazo – Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
Carl R. Nelson – Admiralty and Maritime Law; Commercial Litigation
Ronald H. Noble – Environmental Law
Paul R. Pizzo – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Richard G. Salazar – Copyright Law; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Litigation – Patent; Trademark Law
Hala A. Sandridge – Appellate Practice
Jeffrey C. Shannon – Real Estate Law
Ted R. Tamargo – Real Estate Law
Edward M. Waller, Jr. – Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Andrea E. Zelman – Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation – Land Use and Zoning

Washington

Dennis K. Moyer – Real Estate Law
John P. Warner – Tax Law
Aen Walker Webster – Trusts and Estates

Wilmington, Del.

James J. Sullivan, Jr. – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management

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