August 21, 2025

Faegre Drinker Attorneys Recognized in Best Lawyers in America 2026 Edition

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Faegre Drinker is proud to announce that Best Lawyers^® has named numerous firm attorneys to the 2026 Best Lawyers in America report, “Lawyer of the Year” list and the sixth edition of the Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch.”

The 2026 Best Lawyers in America report recognizes the nation’s leading attorneys each year based on a national peer-review survey. The “Lawyer of the Year” distinction highlights a single attorney in each practice area and geographic region. The Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch” designation recognizes attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional experience in private practice in the United States.

The full list of Faegre Drinker attorneys named in the 2026 report includes the following:

*denotes “Lawyer of the Year” ranking

Best Lawyers in America

Boulder

John R. Marcil: Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
Mark W. Weakley: Corporate Law; Venture Capital Law

Chicago

Alison J. Baldwin: Litigation – Intellectual Property; Patent Law
Jennifer R. Breuer: Health Care Law
Edwin A. Getz: Trademark Law
Michael J. Kanute: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Sarah Bassler Millar: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Health Care Law
Neil Olderman: Health Care Law
David Porteous: Litigation – Securities
Michael D. Rosenbaum: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
James J. Saul: Trademark Law
Michael B. Viner: Real Estate Law

Dallas

Eli Burriss: Commercial Litigation
E. Paul Cauley Jr.: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Wayne B. Mason: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
K. Randolph Peak II: Corporate Law

Denver

Emily A. Bayton: Copyright Law; Trademark Law
Jared Briant: Litigation – Intellectual Property
Heather Carson Perkins: Commercial Litigation; Franchise Law
Michael B. Lapicola: Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
James D. Leonard: Corporate Law; Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television; Entertainment Law - Music; Sports Law
Andrew T. Pouzeshi: Patent Law
Joel Sayres: Litigation - Intellectual Property
Timothy B. Scull: Copyright Law; Information Technology Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent; Patent Law; Trademark Law
*Jeffrey A. Sherman: Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
*Jack R. Sperber: Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Kirstin L. Stoll-DeBell: Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent
Roger Y. Tsai: Employment Law – Management; Immigration Law
Mary L. Will: Litigation – Labor and Employment
Douglas R. Wright: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law

Des Moines

*Michael B. Abbott: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
Andrew Anderson: Energy Law; Government Relations Practice
Nicholas Klinefeldt: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
*Lance W. Lange: Litigation – Antitrust

Florham Park

Lynne Anne Anderson: Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Edward A. Gramigna, Jr.: Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
Andy S. Norin: Real Estate Law
Glenn S. Pantel: Real Estate Law
Michael P. Pompeo: Litigation – Bankruptcy
Paul A. Rosenthal: Commercial Litigation
Michael E. Rothpletz, Jr.: Real Estate Law
Michael San Giacomo: Real Estate Law
Susan M. Sharko: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Helen E. Tuttle: Litigation – Labor and Employment
Frank F. Velocci: Litigation – Bankruptcy; Litigation – Health Care
Joseph J. Whitney: Real Estate Law
Kenneth J. Wilbur: Appellate Practice
Michael C. Woodruff: Real Estate Law

Fort Wayne

James Stephen Bennett: Commercial Litigation
Jon A. Bomberger: Public Finance Law; Real Estate Law
Brian P. Clifford: Construction Law
Timothy J. Haffner: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Pat Scheiderer: Real Estate Law

Indianapolis

April Risk Arnett: Trusts and Estates
David W. Barrett: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
J. Jeffrey Brown: Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Venture Capital Law
*R. Trevor Carter: Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent
A. Scott Chinn: Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Municipal; Public Finance Law
J. Murray Clark: Administrative / Regulatory Law; Government Relations Practice
Patrick S. Cross: Corporate Law; Health Care Law
Jason Deppen: Project Finance Law
*Brian S. Fennerty: Corporate Law; Tax Law; Venture Capital Law
Richard T. Freije, Jr.: Administrative / Regulatory Law; Corporate Law; Insurance Law
Thomas C. Froehle, Jr.: Corporate Law; Gaming Law; Public Finance Law
Brant O. Gardner: Trusts and Estates
John A. Gardner: Trusts and Estates
David A. Given: Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management
Ryan M. Hurley: Antitrust Law
H. Max Kelln: Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
Scott M. Kosnoff: Corporate Law; Insurance Law
Christine J. Long: Corporate Law
Harmony A. Mappes: Litigation – Bankruptcy
Nicholas E. Mathioudakis: Venture Capital Law
Andrew M. McCoy: Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent
Kip S.M. McDonald: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
William S. Meyers: Patent Law
Joseph E. Miller, Jr.: Education Law; Nonprofit / Charities Law
Alice M. Morical: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
Robert D. Null: Litigation – Intellectual Property; Patent Law
Kathy L. Osborn: Antitrust Law
Brian J. Paul: Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation
Carl R. Pebworth: Litigation – Construction
Scott Evans Peck: Public Finance Law; Tax Law
Louis T. Perry: Litigation – Intellectual Property
Andrea Roberts Pierson: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
*Jacqueline M. Pimentel-Gannon: Nonprofit / Charities Law
Daniel E. Pulliam: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Patrick H. Reilly: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Gayle L. Skolnik: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Joseph L. Smith, Jr.: Government Relations Practice
Andrew Z. Soshnick: Family Law
Marilee J. Springer: Nonprofit / Charities Law
David A. Suess: Tax Law
Pablo A. Svirsky: Corporate Law
J. Joseph Tanner: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Jane Dall Wilson: Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
Paul A. Wolfla: Commercial Litigation
Mark E. Wright: Real Estate Law

Los Angeles

Scott F. Gautier: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
Jeremy M. Pelphrey: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Judith M. Praitis: Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
C. Frederick Reish: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Litigation – ERISA
Mark Terman: Employment Law – Individuals; Employment Law – Management

Minneapolis

Scott A. Anderegg: Real Estate Law
*Peter J. Berrie: Real Estate Law
*W. Morgan Burns: Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Martin Chester: Commercial Litigation
Daniel R. Donovan: Trusts and Estates
*Richard A. Duncan: Antitrust Law; Litigation – Antitrust; Litigation – Environmental; Native American Law; Timber Law
Amy R. Fiterman: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Page D. Fleeger: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
David J.F. Gross: Litigation – Patent
James J. Hartnett: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Real Estate
Andrew G. Humphrey: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
*Bruce Jones: Appellate Practice; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Randall E. Kahnke: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Intellectual Property
*Steven C. Kennedy: Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation; Venture Capital Law
*Charles F. Knapp: Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Nicole J. Leimer: Banking and Finance Law
Steven Lokensgard: Health Care Law
D. Charles Macdonald: Litigation – Real Estate; Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
Erica H. MacDonald: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
*Maureen M. Maly: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
George D. Martin: Corporate Law
Jennifer Miernicki: Banking and Finance Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Ryan R. Miske: Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Paul S. Moe: Real Estate Law
Andrew B. Murphy: Employment Law - Management
*Bernard Nodzon, Jr.: Construction Law
Jonathan L.H. Nygren: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Daniel G. Prokott: Employment Law – Management
Lisa R. Pugh: Tax Law
Keith P. Radtke: Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Kate S. Razavi: Litigation – Intellectual Property
William L. Roberts: Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Intellectual Property
*Breia L. Schleuss: Banking and Finance Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Brian B. Schnell: Franchise Law
Thomas S. Schroeder: Health Care Law
Amy C. Seidel: Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
Kate Sherburne: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
*Michael A. Stanchfield: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
James R. Steffen: Advertising Law; Trademark Law
Michael R. Stewart: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
*Lica Tomizuka: Commercial Finance Law; Real Estate Law
Nicole A. Truso: Employment Law – Management
John W. Ursu: Commercial Litigation
Aaron D. Van Oort: Appellate Practice; Litigation – Antitrust; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
James L. Volling: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Antitrust; Litigation – Securities
Kevin P. Wagner: Litigation – Intellectual Property
Jay A. Warmuth: Insurance Law
Allen Wheeler: Real Estate Law
Joe M. Winebrenner: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Jonathan R. Zimmerman: Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law

New York

Russell N. Adler: Elder Law
Richard J. Bernard: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Erika C. Collins: Employment Law – Management
James H. Millar: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Joseph C. O’Keefe: Employment Law – Management
Lawrence G. Scarborough: Litigation – Antitrust; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Philadelphia

Bonnie Allyn Barnett: Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
Thomas J. Barton: Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Robert E. Cannuscio: Patent Law
Mark J. Foley: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Stephen D.D. Hamilton: Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
Andrew C. Kassner: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Daniel W. Krane: Insurance Law
Katharine M. Ladd: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Jessica Natali: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Timothy J. O’Driscoll: Insurance Law
Antonio M. Pozos: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Alfred W. Putnam, Jr.: Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
Paul H. Saint-Antoine: Antitrust Law
Richard L. Scheff: Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Stephen A. Serfass: Insurance Law
Nolan Tully: Insurance Law
Kate L. Villanueva: Insurance Law
Larissa R. Whitman: Trusts and Estates
Nicole C. Wixted: Insurance Law

Princeton

Karen A. Denys: Litigation – Construction
Stuart A. Law, Jr.: Litigation – Construction
John E. Stoddard III: Corporate Law

San Francisco

Yana S. Johnson: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Cheryl D. Orr: Employment Law – Management
Paul J. Riehle: Antitrust Law
Sara Hansen Wilson: Real Estate Law

Washington, D.C.

Frank G. Burt: Litigation – Insurance
Charles S. Leeper: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
John R. Przypyszny: Education Law
Jesse A. Witten: Health Care Law

Wilmington

Francis DiGiovanni: Litigation – Intellectual Property
Brett D. Fallon: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Joseph C. Schoell: Commercial Litigation

Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch”