Best Lawyers in America® 2018 Recognizes 40 Eckert Seamans attorneys; Seven noted as “Lawyer of the Year”
August 16, 2017
Eckert Seamans is pleased to announce that 40 firm attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2018.
Notably, the following seven Eckert Seamans attorneys have also been named “Lawyer of the Year for 2018,” a distinction reserved for only a single lawyer in each specialty area of the law in each community:
- David W. Clarke was named Best Lawyers 2018 Communications Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Richmond, Virginia.
- John R. McGinley, Jr. was named Best Lawyers 2018 Bet-the-Company Litigation “Lawyer of the Year” in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Christopher R. Opalinski was named Best Lawyers 2018 Litigation – Construction “Lawyer of the Year” in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Eric M. Page was named Best Lawyers 2018 Energy Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Richmond, Virginia.
- Joan N. Stern was named Best Lawyers 2018 Public Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Raymond C. Vogliano was named Best Lawyers 2018 Litigation and Controversy – Tax Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The 41 Eckert Seamans attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America© 2018 are:
HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA:
- Daniel Clearfield – Energy Law
- Renee C. Mattei Myers – Litigation – Labor and Employment
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA:
- Stephen M. Foxman– Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law
- Peter J. Hoffman– Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Richard E. Peirce– Litigation – Intellectual Property; Trademark Law
- Gary M. Schildhorn – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Marc S. Stein – Municipal Law; Public Finance Law
- Joan N. Stern – Banking and Finance Law; Public Finance Law
- Robert I. Tuteur – Banking and Finance Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Litigation – Banking and Finance; Public Finance Law
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA:
- Scott D. Cessar – Litigation – Construction
- Richard K. Dandrea – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Kathryn A. English – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Timothy Q. Hudak – Leisure and Hospitality Law
- John R. McGinley, Jr. – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Trusts & Estates
- John F. Meck – Litigation – Trusts & Estates; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
- Sandra R. Mihok– Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- John J. Myers – Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – ERISA; Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Christopher R. Opalinski– Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction
- David V. Radack– Patent Law; Trademark Law
- Raymond C. Vogliano – Litigation – Trusts & Estates; Litigation & Controversy – Tax; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
- Paul M. Yenerall – Tax Law
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY:
- Frank J. Petrino – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
- Richard J. Van Wagner – Government Relations Practice
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA:
- David W. Clarke – Administrative / Regulatory Law; Communications Law; Energy Law; Government Relations Practice
- Matthew B. Kirsner– Commercial Litigation
- Michael A. Montgomery– Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Eric M. Page– Administrative / Regulatory Law; Communications Law; Energy Law; Information Technology Law; Insurance Law; Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy); Municipal Law
About Best Lawyers
Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© (2018) is determined by more than 5.5 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.