Foley Attorneys Recognized in 2023 Best Lawyers in America

Foley & Lardner LLP proudly announced today that 250 of the firm’s attorneys across 20 U.S. offices have received recognition in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Additionally, 17 attorneys received the prestigious “Lawyer of the Year” designation, an honor earned by only one lawyer in each practice area and metropolitan region, and 69 attorneys were named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list.

The Best Lawyers in America list is based on a peer-review survey process in which thousands of leading attorneys confidentially evaluate other attorneys in their practice areas. Individuals honored as a “Lawyer of the Year” received particularly high ratings for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.

The 17 Foley attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers® as a 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” include:

Michael Abbott: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
John Birmingham: Litigation – Labor and Employment
Jeffrey Costakos: Litigation – Patent
Curt Creely: Securities/Capital Markets Law
Daljit Doogal: Securities/Capital Markets Law
Bryan House: Litigation – Securities
Kevin Hyde: Labor Law – Management
Andrew Lee: Sports Law
James McKeown: Litigation – Antitrust
Michael Okaty: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Patrick Quick: Corporate Governance Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
Leigh Riley: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
David Ryan: Securitization and Structured Finance Law
David Simon: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Mary Leslie Smith: Franchise Law
Peter Tomasi: Energy Law
Mark Wolfson: Litigation – Bankruptcy

The 250 Foley attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2023 include:

Austin

Edward Burbach: Administrative/Regulatory Law
Robert Johnson: Government Contracts
Kristina Silcocks: Government Relations Practice
Kimberly Yelkin: Insurance Law

Boston

Katharine Beattie: Litigation – Labor and Employment
Alexis Bortniker: Health Care Law
Christopher Donovan: Health Care Law
Alan Einhorn: Health Care Law
Kyle Faget: Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice, Health Care Law
Ana Francisco: Commercial Litigation
Gabor Garai: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
David Kantaros: Venture Capital Law
John Lanza: Information Technology Law
Matthew Lowrie: Litigation – Intellectual Property, Patent
James Matthews: Commercial Litigation
Christopher McKenna: Technology Law
James Nicholas: Employment Law - Management
Susan Pravda: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Donald Schroeder: Litigation – Labor and Employment
Michael Tuteur: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Health Care Law
Lawrence Vernaglia: Health Care Law
Adria Warren: Health Care Law

Chicago

Laura Bilas: Public Finance Law
John Brooks: Litigation – Trusts and Estates
James Dasso: Commercial Litigation, Food and Beverage Law
Patrick Daugherty: Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
Bennett Epstein: Litigation – Labor and Employment
Jay Erens: Corporate Law
Jeanne Gills: Food and Beverage Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property
Phillip Goldberg: Litigation – Securities
Geoffrey Goodman: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
David Goroff: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Eric Haab: Insurance Law
Mark Hebbeln: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
James Hellige: Nonprofit/Charities Law, Trusts and Estates
Heidi Jeffery: Public Finance Law
Harold Kaplan: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
John Landis: Insurance Law
William McKenna: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Real Estate
Neal Moglin: Insurance Law
Jill Nicholson: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Lisa Noller: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
John Palmer: Tax Law
Mark Prager: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Donna Pugh: Land Use and Zoning Law
Gary Rovner: Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law
Elgie Sims: Government Relations Practice
Michael Small: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Roger Strode: Health Care Law
Eley Thompson: Litigation – Intellectual Property
Kathryn Trkla: Derivatives and Futures Law
Christopher Ward: Employment Law – Management
Ellen Wheeler: Litigation - Securities
Michael Woolever: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Dallas

Val Albright: Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
David Cabrales: Commercial Litigation
Kevin Chumney: Corporate Law
Christopher Converse: Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Michael Donohue: Tax Law
Michael Dubner: Litigation – Intellectual Property
Ashley Ellis: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Jane Fergason: Corporate Law
Craig Florence: Commercial Litigation
Stephen Gilles: Tax Law
Lawrence Goldstein: Corporate Law
Stephen Good: Tax Law
Carrie Hoffman: Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Stephen McCartin: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Todd Murray: Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Securities
Michael Newman: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Keith Novick: Trusts and Estates
Stacy Obenhaus: Appellate Practice
Holland O’Neil: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Alan Perkins: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Clifford Risman: Leisure and Hospitality Law, Real Estate Law
Robert Sarfatis: Corporate Law
Larry Schoenbrun: Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
Kay Schwartz: Trademark Law
Robert Slovak: Litigation – Construction
Paul Storm: Litigation – Intellectual Property
Peter Vogel: Information Technology Law, Technology Law
Robert Ward: Litigation – Intellectual Property

Detroit

Norman Ankers: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions
Jennifer Zbytowski Belveal: Commercial Litigation
John Birmingham: Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Jason Conti: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Real Estate, Litigation and Controversy - Tax
Daljit Doogal: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
Lynn Gandhi: Corporate Law, Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
Steven Hilfinger: Government Relations Practice
Jeffrey Kopp: Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Omar Lucia: Corporate Law
Philip Phillips: Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
John Simon: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
John Trentacosta: Commercial Litigation
Ann Marie Uetz: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation

Houston

Michael Abbott: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Sharon Beausoleil: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Eric Blumrosen: Corporate Law
Geoffrey Bracken: Commercial Litigation, Oil and Gas Law
Daniel Cohen: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
James Howard: Tax Law
Randall Jones: Real Estate Law
Jessica Mason: Employment Law - Management
Charles Meacham: Corporate Law
John Melko: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
Cristina Portela Solomon: Litigation - Labor and Employment
Timothy Spear: Corporate Law
Rachel Powitzky Steely: Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
Claude Treece: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Hoang Quan Vu: Banking and Finance Law

Jacksonville

Robert Bernstein: Tax Law
David Cook: Real Estate Law, Timber Law
Gardner Davis: Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Business Organizations (Including LLCs and Partnerships, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Emily Horner: Commercial Litigation
Chanley Howell: Electronic Discovery and Information Management Law
Kevin Hyde: Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Michael Kirwan: Securities/Capital Markets Law
Jana Kolarik: Health Care Law
Chauncey Lever: Banking and Finance Law, Municipal Law, Public Finance Law
Emily Magee: Public Finance Law
John Tucker: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Real Estate
John Wolfel: Corporate Law

Los Angeles

Jason Barglow: Real Estate Law
Pamela Johnston: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
James Kalyvas: Privacy and Data Security Law
Raj Tanden: Tax Law
Diane Ung: Health Care Law

Madison

Christopher Cain: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Roberta Howell: Franchise Law
Daniel Kaplan: Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Mark Kassel: Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice, Patent Law, Technology Law
David Reinecke: Trusts and Estates
Anne Ross: Corporate Law, Insurance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Anita Sorensen: Immigration Law
Naikang Tsao: Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
Paul Wrycha: Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice, Corporate Law

Miami

Roy Barquet: Immigration Law
Guillermo Fernandez-Quincoces: Tax Law
Laura Ganoza: Commercial Litigation
John Lord: Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Mark Neuberger: Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Larry Perlman: Litigation – Labor and Employment
Roland Potts: Litigation – Construction
Mary Leslie Smith: Franchise Law

Milwaukee

Steven Barth: Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
Erika Baurecht: Real Estate Law
Linda Benfield: Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Natural Resources Law
Larry Bonney: Energy Law
Richard Casper: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Amy Ciepluch: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
James Clark: Antitrust Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust
Jeffrey Costakos: Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
George Dionisopoulos: Trusts and Estates
Gregg Dooge: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Kevin Fitzgerald: Insurance Law
Heidi Furlong: Banking and Finance Law
Frederick Geilfuss: Health Care Law
Jeffrey Gundersen: Patent Law
Elizabeth Haas: Franchise Law
Edward Hammond: Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Energy Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Project Finance Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Michael Hatch: Real Estate Law
Daniel Hess: Trusts and Estates
Jason Hille: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Bryan House: Litigation – Securities
Thomas Hrdlick: Insurance Law
Stanley Jaspan: Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
Sarah Jelencic: Real Estate Law
Bruce Keyes: Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law
Casey Knapp: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Jason Kohout: Nonprofit/Charities Law, Trusts and Estates
Patricia Lane: Banking and Finance Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Ethan Lenz: Insurance Law
Benjamin Levin: Real Estate Law
Jessica Lochmann: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Wayne Lueders: Trusts and Estates
Kevin Makowski: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Richard McKenna: Litigation – Intellectual Property
James McKeown: Antitrust Law, Litigation – Antitrust, Sports Law
Jamshed Patel: Tax Law
James Peterson: Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Patrick Quick: Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
David Reicher: Derivatives and Futures Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Leigh Riley: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
David Ryan: Nonprofit/Charities Law, Public Finance Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Bryan Schultz: Corporate Law
Kevin Schulz: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Thomas Shriner: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation - Real Estate, Litigation - Securities
David Simon: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Clyde Tinnen: Corporate Law
Peter Tomasi: Energy Law, Energy Regulatory Law, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
Jennifer Urban: Health Care Law
Timothy Voigtman: Tax Law
Trevor Will: Energy Law, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
John Wilson: Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Andrew Wronski: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Joseph Ziebert: Patent Law

New York

Robert DuPuy: Sports Law
Jonathan Israel: Litigation – Labor and Employment, Sports Law
Andrew Lee: Sports Law
Jonathan Moskin: Litigation – Intellectual Property
Jeffrey Thrope: Health Care Law
Peter Wang: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction

Orlando

Kimberly Ashby: Appellate Practice, Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
Daniel Bachrach: Leisure and Hospitality Law, Real Estate Law
Edmund Baxa: Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
Andrew Finkelstein: Corporate Law
Michael Gay: Commercial Litigation
William Guthrie: Leisure and Hospitality Law, Real Estate Law
Christi Lawson: Litigation – Securities
Michael Okaty: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law
Kevin Reck: Commercial Litigation

Salt Lake City

Kenneth Black: Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Litigation – Securities, Trade Secrets Law
Jared Braithwaite: Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Privacy and Data Security Law
Whitney Johnson: Patent Law
David Mortensen: Commercial Litigation
Jeffrey Steele: Securities/Capital Markets Law
David Wright: Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent

San Diego

Krista Cabrera: Litigation – Labor and Employment
Samuel Hoffman: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Paul Hunter: Patent Law
Carolyn Long: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Van Tengberg: Leisure and Hospitality Law, Real Estate Law

San Francisco

Thomas Carlucci: Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation and Controversy – Tax

Tallahassee

Melissa Coffey: Government Relations Practice
Christopher Kise: Appellate Practice
Austin Neal: Insurance Law

Tampa

Natalie Annis: Trusts and Estates
Curt Creely: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
Rachel Goodman: Health Care Law
Nathaniel Lacktman: Health Care Law
Thomas Little: Leisure and Hospitality Law, Real Estate Law
Michael Matthews: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Fred Ridley: Leisure and Hospitality Law, Real Estate Law
Libby Ridley: Corporate Law
Olin Shivers: Tax Law
Stephen Szabo: Leisure and Hospitality Law, Real Estate Law
Steven Vazquez: Corporate Governance Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Venture Capital Law
Mark Wolfson: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy

Washington, D.C.

Nathan Beaver: FDA Law, Food and Beverage Law
Courtenay Brinckerhoff: Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice, Patent Law
Scott Fredericksen: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
John Klusaritz: Energy Law
Michael Lockerby: Franchise Law
John Lynham: Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
Stephen Maebius: Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law
Donald Romano: Health Care Law
David Rosen: FDA Law
Michele Simkin: Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
Rohan Virginkar: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Samuel Winer: Litigation – Securities, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation

The 69 Foley attorneys named among The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch for 2023 include: