Blank Rome is pleased to announce that 225 firm attorneys have been recognized in Best Lawyers in America® 2025 in the annual categories of “Lawyers of the Year,” “Ones to Watch,” and “Best Lawyers,” in more than 49 practice areas across 13 regions. Our firm is honored to achieve such significant growth in this year’s rankings, with nearly 30 additional attorneys achieving recognition following our Best Lawyers 2024 rankings.
Each year, Best Lawyers conducts extensive peer-reviewed research into the legal skills, professionalism, and integrity of U.S. attorneys. From the results of those substantial surveys, the publication identifies the top attorneys in the most high-profile practices. To view the complete methodology used by Best Lawyers to compile the 2025 rankings, please click here.
2025 “Lawyers of the Year”
The “Lawyer of the Year” category identifies the attorneys who received the finest overall peer feedback for their practice area and geographical region. Only a single attorney in each designated practice area and metropolitan area can earn this honor. The following nine Blank Rome attorneys received this honor.
Chicago
- Seth D. Lamden is recognized in Litigation – Insurance
Houston
- Barry Abrams is recognized in Litigation – Municipal
Philadelphia
- Kevin J. Baum is recognized in Banking and Finance Law
- Matthew Homyk is recognized in Copyright Law
- Regina Stango Kelbon is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Christopher A. Lewis is recognized in Energy Law
- Mark I. Rabinowitz is recognized in Equipment Finance Law
Princeton
- Kevin J. Bruno is recognized in Insurance Law
Washington, D.C.
Jeanne M. Grasso is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law
2025 “Ones to Watch”
The “Ones to Watch” category honors “attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice.” The following 59 Blank Rome attorneys have been recognized in this category.
Chicago, IL
- Scott M. Kaplan is recognized in Litigation – Real Estate
- Rachel E. Mather is recognized in Corporate Law and Real Estate Law
Houston, TX
- Zachary R. Cain is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Christopher W. Caudill is recognized in Commercial Litigation and Construction Law
- Cole T. Duncan is recognized in Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law, and Technology Law
Irvine, CA
- Leslie A. Horwitz is recognized in Labor and Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment
Los Angeles, CA
- Natalie Alameddine is recognized in Labor and Employment Law – Management
- Harrison M. Brown is recognized in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Cheryl S. Chang is recognized in Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Jacqueline Combs is recognized in Family Law
- Caitlin I. Sanders is recognized in Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Saam Takaloo is recognized in Commercial Litigation, Entertainment and Sports Law, Litigation – Real Estate, and Real Estate Law
New York, NY
- Hannah K. Ahn is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Kathryn C. Appling is recognized in Real Estate Law
- D. Morgan Barry is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Thomas Cournoyer is recognized in Corporate Law
- Michael Denci is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Christopher J. DePizzo is recognized in Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Ashley Fleishman is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Eugene J. Gibilaro is recognized in Tax Law
- Noe S. Hamra is recognized in Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law
- Reena Jain is recognized in Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property, and Litigation – Patent
- John C. Kessler is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Kim Li Khutorsky is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Daniel W. Lurie is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Alexa B. Lutchen is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Ernestine J. Mings is recognized in Family Law
- Andrew M. Nerney is recognized in Trusts and Estates
- Alexander D. Newman is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Ofer Reger is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Andrea M. Roberts is recognized in Family Law and Litigation – Real Estate
Philadelphia, PA
- Samar Aryani-Sabet is recognized in Intellectual Property Law
- Gregory S. Bergman is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Jonathan G. Blevins is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Shaun J. Bockert is recognized in Technology Law
- Melanie S. Carter is recognized in Corporate Law and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Ashley Catalano-Leckerman is recognized in Corporate Law
- Danielle Catalan Hudson is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Andrew M. Logan is recognized in Trusts and Estates
- Louise Bowes Marencik is recognized in Financial Services Regulation Law
- Melissa Fundora Murphy is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Brian P. O’Neil is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Ann E. Querns is recognized in Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- James S. Ross is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Gabrielle Weiss is recognized in Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- John P. Wixted is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Huaou Yan is recognized in Commercial Litigation
Pittsburgh, PA
- Bryant Andrews is recognized in Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Shawna J. Henry is recognized in Litigation – Construction
- Brandy Ringer is recognized in Appellate Practice
Princeton, NJ
- Michael R. Darbee is recognized in Commercial Litigation
Washington, D.C.
- Alexander H. Berman is recognized in Insurance Law
- Robyn N. Burrows is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Ross E. Coe is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Dana S. Merkel is recognized in Transportation Law
- Ameya V. Paradkar is recognized in Intellectual Property Law
- Alexander S. Perry is recognized in Intellectual Property Law
- Megan R. Wood is recognized in Litigation – Patent
Wilmington, DE
- James Gorman III is recognized in Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Intellectual Property
2025 “Best Lawyers”
The annual “Best Lawyers” category recognizes leading attorneys by region and practice area, for their acumen in the legal industry. The following 157 Blank Rome attorneys have been honored in this category.
Chicago, IL
- Karin H. Berg is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Rikke A. Dierssen-Morice is recognized in Insurance Law and Litigation – Insurance
- William J. Dorsey is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Jason Frye is recognized in Insurance Law
- Seth D. Lamden is recognized in Insurance Law and Litigation – Insurance
- Kenneth J. Ottaviano is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Paige Barr Tinkham is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Eric Tower is recognized in Health Care Law
Cincinnati, OH
- Michael L. Cioffi is recognized in Commercial Litigation
Dallas, TX
- Mark W. Harris is recognized in Banking and Finance Law and Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Barrett R. Howell is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Jason S. Luter is recognized in Tax Law
- Michael B. Thimmig is recognized Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Houston, TX
- Barry Abrams is recognized in Litigation – Land Use and Zoning, Litigation – Municipal, and Litigation – Securities
- John A. Adkins is recognized in Banking and Finance Law and Corporate Law
- Michael K. Bell is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Susan L. Bickley is recognized in Litigation – Municipal
- Katherine Franco is recognized in Patent Law
- Sarah H. Frazier is recognized in Banking and Finance Law
- Keith B. Letourneau is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Domingo Manuel LLagostera is recognized in Litigation – Patent and Patent Law
- Theodore D. Meyer is recognized in Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Cassandra Gene Mott is recognized in Banking and Finance Law
- Daniel R. Peterson is recognized in Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Robert P. Scott is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Douglas J. Shoemaker is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Russell T. Wong is recognized in Litigation – Patent and Patent Law
Los Angeles, CA
- Mary Craig Calkins is recognized in Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, and Litigation – Insurance
- Anthony R. Callobre is recognized in Banking and Finance Law
- Dennis M.P. Ehling is recognized in Gaming Law
- Ali L. Fishbein is recognized in Family Law
- Travis K. Jang-Busby is recognized in Animal Law
- Robert L. Kahan is recognized in Corporate Law
- Howard M. Knee is recognized in Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Linda D. Kornfeld is recognized in Insurance Law and Litigation – Insurance
- Mike Margolis is recognized in Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Kevin B. Martin is recognized in Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Pauline M. Martin is recognized in Family Law
- Stacy D. Phillips is recognized in Family Law
- Jeffrey R. Richter is recognized in Corporate Law
- Kristina Royce is recognized in Family Law
- Ashley Silberfeld is recognized in Family Law
New York, NY
- Rick Antonoff is recognized in Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Ory Apelboim is recognized in Family Law
- Thomas H. Belknap, Jr. is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law
- William Bennett III is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Jerry D. Bernstein is recognized in Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Ryan J. Casson is recognized in Family Law
- Marilyn B. Chinitz is recognized in Family Law
- Alan R. Feigenbaum is recognized in Family Law
- Steven Goldfeder is recognized in Family Law
- Norman S. Heller is recognized in Family Law
- Ira L. Herman is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Sophie Jacobi-Parisi is recognized in Family Law
- Stuart D. Kaplan is recognized in Real Estate Law
- John D. Kimball is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Mara B. Levin is recognized in in Employment Law – Individuals
- Lois Liberman is recognized in Family Law
- Martin Luskin is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Stephen P. McSweeney is recognized in Family Law
- Dylan Mitchell is recognized in Family Law
- Morgan Mouchette is recognized in Family Law
- Eamon O’Kelly is recognized in Antitrust Law and Litigation – Antitrust
- Sheila G. Riesel is recognized in Family Law
- Richard V. Singleton II is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Peter C. Valente is recognized in Trusts and Estates
- Brett S. Ward is recognized in Family Law
- Sean R. Weissbart is recognized in Trusts and Estates
- Stephen T. Whelan is recognized in Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Lauren B. Wilgus is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law
Philadelphia, PA
- Kevin J. Baum is recognized in Banking and Finance Law and Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Lawrence J. Beaser is recognized in Health Care Law
- Samuel H. Becker is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Daniel R. Blickman is recognized in Tax Law
- Mark Blondman is recognized in Employment Law – Management and Labor Law – Management
- Edward N. Cahn is recognized in Antitrust Law, Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, and Mediation
- Larence S. Chane is recognized in Trusts and Estates
- Stephanie C. Chomentowski is recognized in Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Matthew J. Comisky is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Steven Dubow is recognized in Corporate Law
- Lawrence F. Flick II is recognized in Baking and Finance Law and Equipment Finance Law
- Jonathan Scott Goldman is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Michael G. Graziano is recognized in Banking and Finance Law and Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Andrew J. Haas is recognized in Tax Law and Trusts and Estates
- Anthony B. Haller is recognized in Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Terry H. Henry is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Margaret Anne Hill is recognized in Litigation – Environmental
- Alan J. Hoffman is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Matthew Homyk is recognized in Copyright Law
- Stephanie Gantman Kaplan is recognized in Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Regina Stango Kelbon is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Peter F. Kelsen is recognized in Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law
- Henry M. Kuller is recognized in Corporate Law
- Adam E. Laver is recognized in Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law
- Bruce Lesser is recognized in Banking and Finance Law
- Christopher A. Lewis is recognized in Energy Law
- John E. Lucian is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Charles S. Marion is recognized in Litigation – Intellectual Property and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Josef W. Mintz is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Kathy E. Ochroch is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Grant S. Palmer is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Joseph G. Poluka is recognized in Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Mark I. Rabinowitz is recognized in Banking and Finance Law and Equipment Finance Law
- Jason E. Reisman is recognized in Employment Law – Management
- Philip R. Rosenfeldt is recognized in Real Estate Law
- Andrew J. Rudolph is recognized in Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Michael B. Schaedle is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Stephen D. Schrier is recognized in Gaming Law
- Joel Charles Shapiro is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Steven A. Shoumer is recognized in Real Estate Law
- James T. Smith is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Benjamin G. Stonelake is recognized in Environmental Law and Litigation – Environmental
- Frank L. Tamulonis is recognized in Environmental Law and Litigation – Environmental
- Shlomo Troodler is recognized in Financial Services Regulation Law
- Mary T. Vidas is recognized in Family Law
- Alan L. Zeiger is recognized in Corporate Law
Pittsburgh, PA
- Roy W. Arnold is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Jayme L. Butcher is recognized in Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Amy Joseph Coles is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Kevin M. Eddy is recognized in Commercial Litigation and Environmental Law
- Andrew K. Fletcher is recognized in Commercial Litigation
- Timothy K. Lewis is recognized in Appellate Practice, Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Mediation
- Jospeh T. Moran is recognized in Commercial Litigation
Princeton, NJ
- Kevin J. Bruno is recognized in Insurance Law and Litigation – Environmental
- Nicholas C. Harbist is recognized in Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Tampa, FL
- Michelle Gervais is recognized in Commercial Litigation
Washington, D.C.
- Paul B. Bran is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Kyle P. Brinkman is recognized in Insurance Law
- James S. Carter is recognized in Insurance Law
- Jason R. Eig is recognized Real Estate Law
- John A. Gibbons is recognized in Insurance Law and Litigation – Insurance
- Jeanne M. Grasso is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Deborah E. Greenspan is recognized in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Mark R. Haskell is recognized in Energy Law and Natural Resources Law
- John E. Heintz is recognized in Insurance Law and Litigation – Insurance
- Robert P. Jacobs is recognized in Insurance Law
- Lynn G. Kamarck is recognized in International Trade and Finance Law
- James D. Kelly is recognized in in Real Estate Law
- Justin F. Lavella is recognized in Insurance Law
- William E. Lawler III is recognized in Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Barry Wm. Levine is recognized in Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Gregory F. Linsin is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law and Environmental Law
- Frederick M. Lowther is recognized in Energy Law
- Helen K. Michael is recognized in Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, and Litigation – Insurance
- Daniel L. Morgan is recognized in Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- James R. Murray is recognized in Insurance Law and Litigation – Insurance
- David M. Nadler is recognized in Government Contracts
- Linda A. Powell is recognized in Insurance Law and Litigation – Insurance
- Omid Safa is recognized in Insurance Law
- R. Anthony Salgado is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Michael I. Sanders is recognized in Litigation and Controversy – Tax and Tax Law
- Jennifer Short is recognized in Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Brett A. Snyder is recognized in Energy Law
- Matthew J. Thomas is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Jonathan K. Waldron is recognized in Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Shawn M. Wright is recognized in Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Wilmington, DE
- Stanley B. Tarr is recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
