Saul Ewing LLP, a full-service national law firm, today announced that attorneys from the firm were named to the 2027 editions of The Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America. Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review.
Atlanta
Attorneys from the firm’s Atlanta, Georgia office named to The Best Lawyers in America list were Rebecca Davis for environmental law and environmental litigation; Peter Hall for employment law management and labor and employment litigation; G. Scott Rafshoon for corporate law and real estate law; and Steven C. Reingold for bankruptcy litigation.
Baltimore
Attorneys from the firm’s Baltimore, Maryland office selected to The Best Lawyers in America list were Gianna Julian Arnold for biotechnology and life sciences practice; Dan Altchek, Harriet E. Cooperman and Gary B. Eidelman for employment law management, labor law management, and labor and employment litigation; Edward J. Baines for commercial litigation; Carville B. Collins for energy law and administrative / regulatory law; Sherry H. Flax for copyright law, intellectual property litigation, and trademark law; Geoffrey Gamble and Jonathan A. Singer for commercial litigation; John J. (Jay) Ghingher III for business organizations (including LLCs and partnerships) and corporate law; Jeffrey S. Glaser for trusts and estates, trusts and estates litigation, and tax law; Jim Goodrich and Howard R. Majev for real estate law; Laura L. Katz for health care law and insurance law; Howard B. Miller, Eric G. Orlinsky and Marshall B. Paul for corporate law; Kimberly J. Min for corporate law and real estate law; Charles O. Monk, II for antitrust, bankruptcy, intellectual property and securities litigation; Erik P. Pramschufer for labor and employment law management; Thomas K. Prevasfor environmental law and environmental litigation; Harry D. Shapiro for tax law and litigation and controversy – tax; Mark A. Simanowith for commercial litigation and labor and employment litigation; and Jason M. St. John for commercial and real estate litigation.
Attorneys from the Baltimore office selected to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list were Ashley N. Fellona for commercial litigation; Brian D. Meltzer for corporate governance and compliance law, corporate law, leveraged buyouts and private equity law, and mergers and acquisitions law; and Douglas A. Sampson for commercial litigation and real estate law.
Boston
Attorneys from the firm’s Boston, Massachusetts office named to The Best Lawyers in America list were Aloke S. Chakravarty for criminal defense: white-collar and commercial litigation; Brian Landry for patent law; Joseph D. Lipchitz for commercial litigation; Sally E. Michael for real estate law; John Powell for intellectual property litigation; Jeffrey S. Robbins for commercial litigation and first amendment law; and Tal M. Unrad for bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights / insolvency and reorganization law.
Attorneys from the Boston office selected to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list were Michael T. Sandfort for banking and finance law, closely held companies and family business law, and mergers and acquisitions law and Jacob A. Tosti for commercial litigation, labor and employment law management, and labor and employment litigation.
Chesterbrook
Attorneys from the firm’s Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania office named to The Best Lawyers in America list were Michael S. Burg for real estate law; Gregory J. Davis, David J. Falcone and John C. Snyder for land use and zoning law and real estate law; Richard T. Frazier for tax law; Scott D. Patterson for information technology law and technology law; John F. Stoviak for environmental litigation; and Elizabeth U. Witmer for land use and zoning law, real estate law and utilities law.
From the Chesterbrook office, Blaine R. Feinauer was selected to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list for commercial litigation.
Chicago
From the firm’s Chicago, Illinois office, attorneys selected to The Best Lawyers in America list were George P. Apostolides and Barry A. Chatz for bankruptcy litigation and bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights / insolvency and reorganization law; Roy L Bernstein for environmental law, health care law, and real estate law; Justin K. Beyer for commercial litigation and trade secrets law; David A. Golin and Michelle Novick for bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights / insolvency and reorganization law; Barry R. Katz for real estate law; Candice L. Kline for bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights / insolvency and reorganization law and commercial litigation; Joseph Kuo for patent law; Robert E. McKenzie for tax law; James A. Morsch for antitrust law; Joe Ourth for health care law; James T. Rohlfing for construction law; Howard J. Swibel for commercial litigation; and Jay P. Tarshis for trusts and estates.
Attorneys from the Chicago office selected to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list were Tom Laser and Michael Pollock for commercial litigation and Margaret Gienko and Thomas Goodwyn for real estate law.
Fort Lauderdale
Attorneys from the firm’s Fort Lauderdale, Florida office selected to The Best Lawyers in America list were Steven M. Appelbaum for commercial litigation and Michael Denberg for real estate law.
Harrisburg
From the firm’s Harrisburg, Pennsylvania office, attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America list were Andrew T. Bockis for energy law, environmental law, and environmental litigation; Michael A. Finio for antitrust litigation; Matthew M. Haar for commercial litigation and insurance litigation; and William W. Warren, Jr. for construction law and real estate law.
Los Angeles
Attorneys from the firm’s Los Angeles, California office selected to The Best Lawyers in America list were Thomas Aikin, Joi Morris, Rebekah E. Swan and Geraldine A. Wyle for trusts and estates litigation; Carol Chow for bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights / insolvency and reorganization law; Jeryll Cohen for trusts and estates litigation and trusts and estates; Damon Juha, Tom Sestanovich, Glenn Sherman and Bruce Smiley for real estate law; Stephen Ma for entertainment law - music; Fred Marcus and Linda Retz for trusts and estates; and Theodore Stolman for bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights / insolvency and reorganization law.
Attorneys from the Los Angeles office selected to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watchin America list were Julie Bachert for labor and employment law management and labor and employment litigation; Matthew Baker for trusts and estates litigation and trusts and estates; and Christine Ciarlo for real estate law.
Miami
Attorneys from the firm’s Miami, Florida office selected to The Best Lawyers in America list were Louis P. Archambault, Luis Flores, Kevin Grossfeld,Anthony Kang and David Shear for real estate law; Juan C. Martinez for commercial litigation, construction law, real estate law, and real estate litigation; Julian Montero for corporate law and mergers and acquisitions law; and Jeffrey B. Shapiro for product liability litigation - defendants and commercial litigation.
From the Miami office, Teo Victoria was selected to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list for real estate law.
Minneapolis
Attorneys from the firm’s Minneapolis, Minnesota office selected to The Best Lawyers in America list were Nancy Quattlebaum Burke for environmental law; Alfred W. Coleman for mergers and acquisitions law and agriculture law; Andy Daly for employee benefits (ERISA) law; and Courtland Merrill for commercial litigation and intellectual property litigation.
New York
From the New York office, Laurie A. Kamaiko was selected to The Best Lawyers in America list for insurance law and Stephanie L. Denker was selected to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list for commercial litigation.
Newark
Attorneys from the firm’s Newark, New Jersey office selected to The Best Lawyers in America list were Colleen A. Foley for energy law, energy regulatory law, and water law; Stephen B. Genzer for energy law and water law; Charles M. Lizza and Sarah A. Sullivan for commercial litigation; and Stephen B. Ravin for bankruptcy litigation and bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights / insolvency and reorganization law.
From the Newark office, Alex Callo was selected to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list for intellectual property litigation.
Orange County
From the Orange County, California office, Valisa Carney was selected to The Best Lawyers in America list for trusts and estates.
Philadelphia
Attorneys from the firm’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania office selected to The Best Lawyers in America list were Bruce D. Armon for health care law and corporate law; Alexander (Sandy) R. Bilus for commercial litigation; Justin C. Danilewitz for criminal defense: white-collar; Cathleen M. Devlin for commercial litigation, environmental litigation, and environmental law; Kathryn Doyle for patent law; Martin J. Doyle, Jennifer K. Peterson, John P. Pierce, Frederick D. Strober and Erik F. Williams for real estate law; Stanley J. Kull and David G. Shapiro for tax law; Darius C. Gambino for copyright law and intellectual property litigation; Jeffrey C. Hampton and Adam H. Isenberg for bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights / insolvency and reorganization law and bankruptcy litigation; Maurice D. Lee for trusts and estates; John F. Meigs for trusts and estates and closely held companies and family business law; Joseph F. O'Dea and Courtney L. Schultz for commercial litigation; George E. Rahn for construction litigation; and Domingos J. Silva and Mark D. Simpson for patent law.
Attorneys from the Philadelphia office selected to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list were Lisa M. Koblin for labor and employment law management and Megan E. Moyer for real estate law.
Pittsburgh
Attorneys from the firm’s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania office named to The Best Lawyers in America list were David R. Berk for business organizations (including LLCs and partnerships), corporate law, tax law, and trusts and estates; Sarah (Sally) Lockwood Church for employee benefits (ERISA) law; John P. Englert for environmental law and environmental litigation; Jared S. Hawk for energy law, mass tort litigation / class actions - defendants and product liability litigation - defendants; Michael J. Joyce for commercial litigation and insurance litigation; Charles Kelly for intellectual property litigation; and Jeffrey W. Letwin for aviation, corporate, franchise, municipal, and real estate law.
From the Pittsburgh office, John A. Marty was named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list for commercial litigation.
Princeton
Attorneys from the firm’s Princeton, New Jersey office selected to The Best Lawyers in America list were Tara P. Carver and Marc A. Citron for real estate law; Pamela Goodwin for environmental law; Andrea A. Lipuma for environmental law and environmental litigation; and Francis X. Riley III for commercial litigation.
From the Princeton office, Ryan E. Gallagher was selected to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list for commercial and environmental litigation.
Washington, D.C.
Attorneys from the firm’s Washington, D.C. office selected to The Best Lawyers in America list were Steven L. Dube, Jeffrey H. Gelman and Andrew F. Palmieri for real estate law and Clarence Y. Lee and Thomas S. Schaufelberger for insurance law.
From the Washington, D.C. office, Kevin Kang was selected to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list for tax law.
West Palm Beach
Attorneys from the firm’s West Palm Beach, Florida office selected to TheBest Lawyers in America list were Steven L. Daniels for real estate law and John Turner for real estate litigation.
Wilmington
Attorneys from the firm’s Wilmington, Delaware office named to The Best Lawyers in America list were John D. Demmy and Monique B. DiSabatino for bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights / insolvency and reorganization law; Richard A. Forsten for eminent domain and condemnation law, land use and zoning law, land use and zoning litigation, real estate litigation, and real estate law; William S. Gee for real estate law; William E. Manning for land use and zoning litigation and real estate litigation; Mark Minuti for bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights / insolvency and reorganization law, bankruptcy litigation, and bet-the-company litigation; Pamela J. Scott and Wendie C. Stabler for land use and zoning law and real estate law; and James D. Taylor, Jr. for commercial litigation and corporate law.
Attorneys from the Wilmington office named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list were Matthew Gerber for health care law; Jessica M. Jones for commercial litigation; Paige Topper for bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights / insolvency and reorganization law; and Alexander W. Walenczyk for real estate law.
In addition to the aforementioned recognitions, three Saul Ewing attorneys were named to the 2027 Lawyers of the Year list: Andrew T. Bockis (environmental litigation); Bruce D. Armon (corporate law); and Richard A. Forsten (land use and zoning law).
