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BakerHostetler Attorneys Named as The Best Lawyers in America® for 2027

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The Best Lawyers in America® 2027 list recognizes BakerHostetler attorneys in a variety of practices, including 63 of our attorneys who earned a spot on the “Ones to Watch” list. Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. In addition, three BakerHostetler attorneys were designated as “Lawyers of the Year.” Only one attorney in any practice field for a given metropolitan area can receive this distinction.

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Following is the list of our 2027 “Lawyers of the Year,” “Best Lawyers” and “Ones to Watch.”

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Suzanne K. Hanselman - Securities Regulation

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Patrick M. Muldowney - Litigation - Labor and Employment

2027 The Best Lawyers in America®

R. Scott Feldmann - Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent

Mark J. Itri - Litigation – Intellectual Property

Raymond O. Aghaian - Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Shareef Farag - Litigation - Labor and Employment

Matthew C. Kane - Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment

David J. Richardson - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Eric E. Sagerman - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Robb C. Adkins - Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Robert A. Julian - Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Bankruptcy

Paul G. Karlsgodt - Commercial Litigation

L. Poe Leggette - Energy Law; Natural Resources Law; Oil and Gas Law

Laurin D. Quiat - Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Intellectual Property

Jonathan R. Barr - Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Edward J. Beckwith - Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Nonprofit/Charities Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates

William F. Dougherty - Admiralty and Maritime Law

Jeffrey H. Paravano - Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law

Richard L. Slowinski - Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law

Michael S. Snarr – Trade and Finance Law

Alberto S. Bustamante III – Real Estate Law

Joyce Ackerbaum Cox – Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Trade Secrets Law

Jeffrey E. Decker – Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

James V. Etscorn – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Elizabeth A. Green – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy

Andrew Layden - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy

Gregory D. Lee – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law

Michael R. Levin – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Intellectual Property

Patrick M. Muldowney – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment

Jimmy D. Parrish – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

William L. Pence – Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental

Joel E. Roberts – Commercial Litigation; Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; International Trade and Finance Law

James W. Seegers – Employment Law – Management

Kevin W. Shaughnessy - Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment; Qui Tam Law

Robert W. Thielhelm, Jr. – Commercial Litigation

Robert J. Webb B.C.S., RHP – Leisure and Hospitality Law; Real Estate Law

Ormend G. Yeilding – Leisure and Hospitality Law; Real Estate Law

Christopher M. Arena – Patent Law; Technology Law

Eric L. Barnum – Litigation - Labor and Employment

S. Derek Bauer – Litigation - Health Care; Media Law

Janine Anthony Bowen – Information Technology Law; Privacy and Data Security Law; Technology Law

Kevin D. Bradberry – Commercial Litigation

Lisa N. Collins – Information Technology Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property

Jason D'Cruz – Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment

Douglas S. Eingurt – Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Brian M. Harris – Employment Law – Management

Joann Gallagher Jones – Real Estate Law

Brian F. McEvoy – Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation - Health Care

Charlene L. McGinty – Health Care Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Christopher A. Wiech – Copyright Law; Trade Secrets Law

Michael D. Gannon – Litigation – Patent

John S. Letchinger – Commercial Litigation

Leif R. Sigmond, Jr. – Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent

John J. Carney – Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Tatiana Markel – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Heather McDonald Litigation – Intellectual Property

Keith R. Murphy – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Irving H. Picard – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Lauren J. Resnick – Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Jorian L. Rose – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

David J. Sheehan – Litigation – Bankruptcy

George A. Stamboulidis – Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Amy J. Traub – Employment Law – Management

Amy E. Vanderwal – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

W. Ashley Hess – Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

David A. Mancino – Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent; Patent Law

M. Scott McIntyre – Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment

John M. Mueller – Litigation - Intellectual Property

Nicholas L. Simon – Commercial Finance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

John J. Allotta – Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law

Martin T. Booher – Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental; Natural Resources Law

Terry M. Brennan – Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Phillip M. Callesen – Banking and Finance Law; Project Finance Law

Alexander C. Campbell – Corporate Law; Health Care Law; Nonprofit / Charities Law; Tax Law

Ann M. Caresani – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Todd A. Dawson – Labor Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment

Christopher D. Fidler – Trusts and Estates

Robert R. Galloway – Trusts and Estates

Suzanne K. Hanselman – Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation

Richard M. Knoth – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent

Todd H. Lebowitz – Litigation - Labor and Employment

Thomas R. Lucchesi – Commercial Litigation

Chad W. Makuch – Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates

Jennifer A. Mills – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Christina J. Moser – Litigation - Intellectual Property

Brian M. Murray – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Adam R. Nazette – Banking and Finance Law; Commercial Finance Law; Equipment Finance Law

Carole S. Rendon – Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: General Practice; Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Lisa A. Roberts-Mamone – Trusts and Estates

Ronald A. Stepanovic – Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Matthew A. Tenerowicz – Banking and Finance Law

Michael A. VanNiel – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy

Jeffrey R. Vlasek – Employment Law – Management

Daniel R. Warren – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Geoffrey D. Wills – Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates

Joseph P. Yonadi, Jr. – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

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M.J. Asensio III – Employment Law – Management; Health Care Law; Labor Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment

Joseph C. Devine – Employment Law – Management

Rodger L. Eckelberry – Commercial Litigation

Daniel J. Guttman – Litigation - Labor and Employment

Seth J. Hanft – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Mark Hatcher – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Health Care Law

Todd M. Kegler – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Kevin W. Kirsch – Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent

Albert G. Lin – Appellate Practice; Litigation - Banking and Finance; Litigation – Securities

Susan N. Lubow – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Robert K. Rupp – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Health Care Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law

Amy M. Shepherd – Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law

Felicity E. Groth – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice; Patent Law

Carl W. Hittinger – Commercial Litigation

Joseph Lucci – Litigation – Patent; Patent Law

Rakesh H. Mehta Ph.D. – Litigation - Intellectual Property

Aaron B. Rabinowitz – Litigation - Intellectual Property

Jeffrey H. Rosedale Ph.D. – Litigation - Intellectual Property

Steven B. Samuels – Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent; Patent Law

Cynthia Bast – Public Finance Law; Real Estate Law

Elise Schuller Barajas – Health Care Law

Joshua J. Bennett – Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice

C. Shawn Cleveland – Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation – Securities

Courtney Barksdale Perez – Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment

Lisa A. Peterson – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Stefan P. Smith – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Tax Law

Matthew W. Caligur – Commercial Litigation

Sashe D. Dimitroff - International Arbitration – Commercial

Michael W. Mengis – Commercial Litigation

Peter J. Stuhldreher – Employment Law – Management

Mark D. Temple – Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment

W. Ray Whitman – Commercial Litigation; Natural Resources Law

Sean C. Knowles – Litigation – Securities

BakerHostetler − Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch ® − 2027 Edition

Kamran B. Ahmadian – Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Rolando Gonzalez – Intellectual Property Law

Robyn W. Lin – Privacy and Data Security Law

Kate McMorrow – Intellectual Property Law

Jessica Sganga – Intellectual Property Law

Victoria L. Weatherford – Appellate Practice

Hillary A. Hammond Cook – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates

Jacob D. Millis – Corporate Law; Tax Law

James East – Alternative Dispute Resolution; Litigation – Construction

Tung A. Nguyen – Administrative / Regulatory Law

Richard B. Raile – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation

Lindsey Simmons – Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental

Benjamin R. Taylor – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy

Megan E. Canning – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Hillary L. Freesmeier – Labor and Employment Law – Management

Kyle R. Gregory – Health Care Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Ryan Mayo – Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Privacy and Data Security Law

Nicholas Carson – Real Estate Law; Tax Law

Csilla Boga-Lofaro – Commercial Litigation

Morgan Robertson – Intellectual Property Law

Michelle Usitalo – Commercial Litigation

Scott A. Skiles – Intellectual Property Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent; Patent Law

Cory Barnes – Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental

Anthony Calanni – Banking and Finance Law

Nathaniel T. Goldfinger – Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law

Kyle P. Graham – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates

Alanna Guy – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Grace Hurley – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Labor and Employment

Cary Jones – Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Brittany Lockyer – Commercial Litigation

Conlan Lynch – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Tax Law

Ashley Saferight – Commercial Litigation

Lauren T. Stuy – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Labor and Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment

Apps M. Akpofure – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Corporate Law; Public Finance Law; Real Estate Law

Elana Weinblatt – Privacy and Data Security Law

Daniella Martinez – Commercial Litigation

Paul J. Bruene – Antitrust Law; Intellectual Property Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property

Nikki L. Sanford – Intellectual Property Law

Eric Shreiner – Intellectual Property Law; Patent Law

Caryn Wang – Banking and Finance Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Real Estate Law

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