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119 Tucker Ellis Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for 2026
August 21, 2025
Firm News
119 Tucker Ellis Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for 2026
August 21, 2025
Tucker Ellis LLP is proud to announce that 119 of the firm’s attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® or Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for 2026. The recognitions reflect an increase of 41 additional attorneys since the 2025 edition.
The Tucker Ellis attorneys included in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America and the practice areas in which they are recognized are:
- Thomas Baker—Commercial Litigation
- Alex Barfield—Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Karl Bekeny—Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation – Insurance; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Mollie Benedict—Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- William Beseth—Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
- Matthew Boyd—Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Julie Callsen—Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Christopher Caryl—Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Nicholas Clifford—Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Jonathan Cooper—Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Elizabeth Cummings—Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- James Cunningham—Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Richard Dean—Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Madeline Dennis—Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Justin Eddy—Real Estate Law
- Michael Elliott—Banking and Finance Law
- John Favret—Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Thomas Fawkes—Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Carlos Garritano—Patent Law
- Frank Garritano—Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Anna Gecht—Commercial Litigation
- Diana Gerstel—Product Liability Litigation – Defendants*
- Marc Greenberg—Admiralty and Maritime Law; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Manju Gupta—Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Government Contracts
- Christopher Hewitt—Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Laura Kingsley Hong—Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Aaron Howell—Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Max Huber—Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Brian Huelsmann—Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Scott Hunsaker—Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Peter Igel—Tax Law
- Jayne Juvan—Corporate Law
- Maha Kabbash—Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants*
- Brendan Kelley—Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Drew Kemp—Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Eugene Killeen—Public Finance Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Sherry Knutson—Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Joseph Koncelik—Environmental Law
- Ludgy LaRochelle—Corporate Law
- Nicole Braden Lewis—Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Robert Loesch—Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Paul Malie—Banking and Finance Law
- Derek Mason—Patent Law
- John McCaffrey—Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: General Practice; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Erica McGregor—Trusts and Estates
- Jennifer Mesko—Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Joseph Morford—Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Carl Muller—Employment Law – Individuals; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Tariq Naeem—Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Kelli Novak—Health Care Law
- Brian O’Neill—Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Real Estate Law
- Thomas Ostrowski—Banking and Finance Law
- Giuseppe Pappalardo—Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Thomas Peppard—Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Anthony Petruzzi—Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Ronald Polly—Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Susan Racey—Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
- Keith Raker—Real Estate Law
- Peter Rome—Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Karen Ross—Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Jennifer Roth—Public Finance Law
- Michael Ruttinger—Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Lindsey Sacher—Litigation – Insurance; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Benjamin Sassé—Appellate Practice
- Thomas Simmons—Employment Law – Management
- John Slagter—Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation – Land Use and Zoning; Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law
- William Stavole—Commercial Litigation
- Scott Stitt—Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Employment Law – Individuals; Litigation – ERISA
- Edward Taber—Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Anthony Vacanti—Litigation – Land Use and Zoning; Real Estate Law
- Victoria Vance—Health Care Law
- Peter Voudouris—Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Seth Wamelink—Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- John (Chaz) Weber—Real Estate Law
- Jeffrey Whitesell—Litigation – Health Care
- Scott Wilkov—Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Sandra Wunderlich—Litigation – Intellectual Property; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Michael Zellers—Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
*No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
The Tucker Ellis attorneys included in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America and the practice areas in which they are recognized are:
- Nwadiuto Amajoyi—Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Elisabeth Arko—Appellate Practice; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Ariana Bernard—Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Labor and Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Alexis Bovell—Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Connor Doughty—Litigation – Labor and Employment; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Danielle Easton—Appellate Practice; Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
- Rachel Emerson—Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
- Smita Gautam—Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law
- Thomas Giacobbe—Litigation – Intellectual Property; Patent Law
- Tayler Gill—Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Marlin Gramajo Gillespie—Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law
- Emily Grace—Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Helena Guye—Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Izaak Horstemeier-Zrnich—Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Nicholas Janizeh—Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Colin Kelsey—Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Ryan Kray—Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Spencer Krebs—Commercial Litigation
- Nathan Lovette—Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Bridget McCusker—Commercial Litigation
- Meghan McDonnell—Alternative Dispute Resolution; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law
- Ashley Moya—Insurance Law; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Transportation Law
- Anna Nelson—Intellectual Property Law
- Caleb Ohrn—Banking and Finance Law
- Carter Ostrowski—Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Kaitlyn Pangburn—Health Care Law
- Breshauna Perkins—Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment Law – Management
- Anika Prednis—Commercial Litigation
- Scarlet Rush—Commercial Litigation
- Michael Scheiman—Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Daniel Schiau—Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities Regulation
- Riley Shaw—Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Grayson Sieg—Banking and Finance Law; Real Estate Law
- Brianna Soltys—Commercial Litigation
- Anna-Sophie Tirre—Commercial Litigation
- Cheska Tolentino—Health Care Law*
- Cory Verba—Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Ethan Weber—Appellate Practice
- Brandon Wojtasik—Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities Regulation
- Victorija Zdraveva—Commercial Litigation
- Lucy Zelina—Health Care Law
*No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
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