WASHINGTON — June 11, 2026 — BakerHostetler has once again been recognized as one of the best performing American law firms in the 2026 Legal 500 guide, with 153 attorney honors and 33 practice area commendations. These recognitions are a result of Legal 500’s assessment of hundreds of law firms across the United States, using a methodology involving in-depth market research, client and peer feedback and law firm submissions.
The firm received new rankings in four categories: Media, technology and telecoms – Advertising and marketing: litigation; Transport – Shipping: litigation and regulation; Intellectual property – Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing); Healthcare – Life sciences; Finance – Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate and Dispute resolution – General commercial disputes – mid-market ($250-500m).
All BakerHostetler 2026 ranked practice areas and individual attorney recommendations are listed below.
Practice Area Rankings
- Antitrust – Civil Litigations/Class Actions: Defense (Tier 4)
- Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates (Tier 3)
- Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals (Tier 4)
- Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration (Tier 4)
- Dispute Resolution – International Litigation (Tier 3)
- Dispute Resolution – General Commercial Disputes – midmarket ($250 – 500m) (Tier 3)
- Dispute Resolution – Securities Litigation: Defense (Tier 4)
- Finance -- Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate (Tier 6)
- Government – Government Contracts (Tier 4)
- Healthcare – Service Providers (Tier 5)
- Healthcare – Life Sciences (Tier 5)
- Intellectual Property – Patents: Licensing (Tier 3)
- Intellectual Property – Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage) (Tier 5)
- Intellectual Property – Patents: Prosecution (Including Re-examination and Post-grant Proceedings) (Tier 4)
- Intellectual Property – Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-contentious Matters) (Tier 3)
- Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Litigation (Tier 4)
- Intellectual Property – Trademarks non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing) (Tier 3)
- International Trade and National Security – Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions (Tier 3)
- International Trade and National Security –Trade Remedies and Trade Policy (Tier 4)
- Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design (Tier 4)
- Labor and Employment – Immigration (Tier 4)
- Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) (Tier 3)
- Labor and Employment – Labor-management Relations (Tier 3)
- Labor and Employment – Workplace and Employment Counseling (Tier 2)
- M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m) (Tier 2)
- Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory (Tier 2)
- Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection) (Tier 2)
- Media, technology and telecoms – Advertising and marketing: litigation (Tier 3)
- Real Estate – Real Estate – mid-market ($0-500m) (Tier 1)
- Tax – International Tax (Tier 3)
- Tax – Not-for-Profit (Fortune 1000 Private Foundations, National Trade Associations and Charities) (Tier 3)
- Tax – U.S. Taxes: Contentious (Tier 4)
- Transport – Shipping: litigation and regulation (Tier 3)
Individual Rankings – Special Mentions
Hall of Fame
- Mark Itri – Intellectual Property: Patents: Prosecution (Including Re-examination and Post-grant Proceedings)
- Alexander Reid– Tax: Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
Next Generation Partners
- Lana Muranovic – International Trade and National Security: Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions
- Michael Pappert– Real Estate – mid-market ($0-500m)
Leading Partners
- Steven Goldberg – M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Craig Hoffman – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
- Joann Gallagher Jones – Real estate – mid-market ($0-500m)
- Theodore Kobus – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
- Melissa Mannino – International Trade and National Security: Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions
- Amy Ralph Mudge – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory
- John Siegal – Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-contentious Matters)
- Amy Traub – Labor and Employment: Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions) and Workplace and employment counseling
Leading Associates
- John Ferry – Media, technology and telecoms: Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Matthew Gases – M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m)
Recommended Attorneys
Attorneys with a * received multiple recognitions.
Antitrust – Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
- Gregory Commins Jr.
- Danyll Foix
- John Fornaciari*
- Tyson Herrold
- Carl Hittinger
- Bridget McCabe
- Justin Murphy
- Julian Perlman
- Sally Qin*
- Alyse Stach
Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense
- Robb Adkins
- Jonathan Barr
- Terry Brennan
- John Carney
- C. Shawn Cleveland
- Steven Dettelbach
- Ryan Hedges
- Rachel Palmer Hooper
- Rachael Israel
- Jonathan New
- Carlos Ortiz
- Carole Rendon
- Lauren Resnick
- Gregory Saikin
- George Stamboulidis
Dispute Resolution – General commercial disputes – mid-market ($250-500m)
- Jeremy Anderson
- Joshua Bennett
- Gilbert Keteltas
- Bradley Pensyl
- Jonathan Pressment
- John Siegal*
- Victoria Weatherford
Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration
- Sashe Dimitroff*
- Analia Gonzalez*
- Paul Levine*
- Tatiana Markel*
- Marco Molina*
- Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky*
- Michelle Usitalo*
- Oren Warshavsky*
- Gonzalo Zeballos*
- Fabian Zetina
Dispute Resolution – International Litigation
- Sashe Dimitroff*
- Analia Gonzalez*
- Paul Levine*
- Tatiana Markel*
- Marco Molina*
- Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky*
- David Sheehan
- Michelle Usitalo*
- Oren Warshavsky*
- Gonzalo Zeballos*
Dispute Resolution – Securities Litigation: Defense
- Erica Barrow
- Douglas Greene
- Zachary Taylor
- Aric Wu
- Genevieve York-Erwin
Finance – Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Michael Delaney
- Joseph Esmont
- Elizabeth Green
- Elyssa Kates
- Andrew Layden
- Jimmy Parrish
- Jorian Rose
Government – Government Contracts
- Kevin Barnett
- Todd Canni
- Stephen Ruscus
- Kaitlyn Toth
Healthcare – Lifesciences
- Winston Kirton
- Stephanie Lodise, Ph.D.*
- Timothy Worrall, Ph.D.*
Intellectual Property – Patents: Licensing
- Christopher Arena
- Lisa Collins*
- Chad Rutkowski
- Mark Tidman*
- Monica Verma
- Theresa Weisenberger
Intellectual Property – Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)
- Kevin Kirsch*
- Mark Tidman*
Intellectual Property – Patents: Prosecution (Including Re-examination and Post-grant Proceedings)
- Timothy Casey
- Michael Dreznes
- David Farsiou
- Felicity Groth
- Mark Itri
- Mark Krietzman
- Stephanie Lodise, Ph.D.*
- Joseph Lucci
- Tayan Patel
- Steven Samuels
- Michael Swope
- Mark Tidman*
- Miranda Wang
- Timothy Worrall, Ph.D.*
Intellectual Property – Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-contentious Matters)
- Lisa Collins*
- Joyce Ackerbaum Cox*
- Jason D’Cruz*
- Kevin Kirsch*
- M. Scott McIntyre
- John Siegal*
- Amy Traub*
Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Litigation
- Lisa Bollinger Gehman
- Mark Tidman*
Intellectual Property – Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- David Mancino
- Christina Moser
- Mark Tidman*
International Trade and National Security – Customs, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions
- Barbara Linney
- Melissa Mannino
- Lana Muranovic
- Michael Snarr*
International Trade and National Security – Trade Remedies and Trade Policy
- Elliot Feldman
- Michael Snarr*
Labor and Employment – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design
- Seth Hanft
- Susan Lubow
- Jennifer Mills
- Brian Murray
- Stefan Smith
- Stacy Wilhite
Labor and Employment – Immigration
- Michelle Barhorst
- John Foerster
- David Serwer
- Amy Traub*
Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions)
- Joyce Ackerbaum Cox*
- Matthew Kane
- Sylvia Barksdale Kim
- Courtney Perez
- Mark Temple
- Amy Traub*
- Jeffrey Vlasek
Labor and Employment – Labor-management Relations
- Todd Dawson
- Peter Fischer
- Jeremiah Hart
- Amy Traub*
- Christian White
Labor and Employment – Workplace and Employment Counseling
- Joyce Ackerbaum Cox*
- Jason D’Cruz*
- Fanny Ferdman
- Ashley Guffey
- Brian Harris
- Todd Lebowitz
- Sabrina Shadi
- Kevin Shaughnessy
- Amy Traub*
M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-market ($500m-900m)
- John Allotta
- Will Chuchawat
- Matthew Gases
- Steven Goldberg
Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Julie Singer Brady
- Bethany Lukitsch
Media, Technology and Telecoms – Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory
- John Ferry
- Amy Ralph Mudge
Media, Technology and Telecoms – Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
- Craig Hoffman
- Paul Karlsgodt
- Theodore Kobus III
- Jennifer Mitchell
- Lynn Sessions
Real Estate – mid-market ($0-500m)
- Rajesh Bandla
- Cynthia Bast
- Matthew Borah
- Victoria Delisle
- Joann Gallagher Jones
- Wendy Markham
- Nicholas Melillo
- Richard Morrow
- Michael Pappert
- Christopher Schrauff
Tax – International Tax
- J. Brian Davis
- John Lehrer II
- Nicholas Mowbray
- Jeffrey Paravano*
- Paul Schmidt*
Tax – Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- Matthew Elkin
- Chad Makuch
- Alexander Reid
Tax – U.S. Taxes: Contentious
- David Ebersole
- Michelle Hervey
- Matthew Hunsaker
- Jeffrey Paravano*
- Paul Schmidt*
- Elizabeth Ann Smith
Transport – Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Matthew Caligur
- William Dougherty
- John Fornaciari*
- Sally Qin*
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