Eckert Seamans Attorneys Recognized Among 2025 Best Lawyers in America,® Lawyers of the Year, and Ones to Watch
August 15, 2024
National law firm Eckert Seamans proudly announces that over 90 of its attorneys have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 edition. This recognition includes:
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Five Members named “Lawyers of the Year,” an honor bestowed upon only one attorney per practice area and location
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12 attorneys listed among the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, highlighting rising talent in the legal profession
Best Lawyers is a respected guide to legal excellence, based on an exhaustive peer-review process. Tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their colleagues, making this recognition a significant honor in the legal community. With over three million evaluations collected for the 31st edition of The Best Lawyers in America and over one million evaluations collected for the fifth edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, the significance of peer nominations remains clear.
The complete list of Eckert Seamans attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers for 2025 includes:
LAWYERS OF THE YEAR
Philadelphia
- David Gornish – Litigation – Patent
Pittsburgh
- Scott Cessar – Litigation – Construction
- Noland Cheung – Trademark Law
- Daniel Sinclair – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Wilmington
- Mark Reardon – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
BEST LAWYERS
Boston
- Peter Carr – Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Michael Flammia – Commercial Litigation
- Lawrence Kulig – Commercial Litigation
- Eric Losey – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Anthony Moccia – Commercial Litigation and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Stuart Offner – Real Estate Law
- Craig Waksler – Insurance Law; Litigation – Insurance; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Kevin Young – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Harrisburg
- LaToya Winfield Bellamy – Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Daniel Clearfield – Energy Law; Energy Regulatory Law; and Utilities Law
- Jonathan Cox – Municipal Law and Public Finance Law
- Jens Damgaard – Public Finance Law
- James Diamond – Real Estate Law
- Norman Kennard – Energy Law
- Michael McAuliffe Miller – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Bridget Montgomery – Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Construction
- Renee Mattei Montgomery – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Karen Moury – Energy Law and Energy Regulatory Law
- Deanne O’Dell – Energy Regulatory Law
- Adam Shienvold – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy; Litigation – Municipal; and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Kevin Skjoldal – Commercial Litigation
- Michelle Skjoldal – Environmental Law and Litigation – Environmental
- David Twaddell – Banking and Finance Law and Public Finance Law
Newark
- David Katzenstein – Commercial Litigation
Philadelphia
- William Benzing – Public Finance Law
- Donald Brooks – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Timothy Burke – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Ryan Cassidy – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Stephen Foxman – Corporate Law
- David Gornish – Litigation – Patent and Patent Law
- Dacia Haddad – Public Finance Law
- Peter Hoffman – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; and Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Jonathan Hugg – Municipal Law
- David Laigaie – Criminal Defense: White–Collar
- Mark Levy – Commercial Litigation
- Jon Nadler – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Michael O’Brien – Commercial Litigation
- Richard Pierce – Litigation – Intellectual Property and Trademark Law
- Debora Plehn–Dujowich – Patent Law
- Daniel Reisman – Real Estate Law
- Gary Schildhorn – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Amy Snyder – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Marc Stein – Municipal Law and Public Finance Law
- Christopher Strom – Real Estate Law
- Robert Tuteur – Banking and Finance Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; and Public Finance Law
Pittsburgh
- Robert Campedel – Commercial Litigation
- Scott Cessar – Litigation – Construction
- Noland Cheung – Litigation – Intellectual Property; Patent Law; and Trademark Law
- Grant Coffield – Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent; and Patent Law
- Richard Dandrea – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Dorothy Davis – Commercial Litigation
- Louis DePaul – Litigation – Real Estate
- Scott Dismukes – Energy Law and Litigation – Environmental
- Edward Flynn – Commercial Litigation
- Clare Gallagher – Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Timothy Grieco – Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Construction
- Timothy Hudak – Leisure and Hospitality Law
- Stuart Kaplan – Health Care Law and Real Estate Law
- Philip Levy – Trademark Law
- Carol Marmo – Patent Law and Trademark Law
- Dennis McEwen – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- John (Jack) McGinley, Jr. – Bet–the–Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; and Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Matthew Meade – Commercial Litigation and Privacy and Data Security Law
- John (Jack) Meck – Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Tax Law; and Trusts and Estates
- Ray Middleman – Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- John Myers – –Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – ERISA; and Litigation – Labor and Employment
- William Myers – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; and Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Christopher Opalinski – Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Construction
- David Radack – Patent Law and Trademark Law
- Jennifer Rawson – Trusts and Estates
- David Rockman – Environmental Law and Litigation – Environmental
- Daniel Sinclair – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- David Strasser – Insurance Law
- Kimberly Tague – Real Estate Law
- Raymond Vogliano – Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law; and Trusts and Estates
- Paul Yenerall – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law and Tax Law
- Eric Zagrocki – Real Estate Law
Princeton
- Frank Petrino – Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law
- Richard Van Wagner – Government Relations Practice
- Robert Zoller – Litigation – Construction
Richmond
- Annemarie DiNardo Cleary – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; and Financial Services Regulation Law
- William Hurd – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; and Education Law
- Michael Montgomery – Litigation – Construction; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Duffy Myrtetus – Real Estate Law
- Christopher Perkins – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Washington, D.C.
- Mark Johnston – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Jeffrey Larroca – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Edward Longosz – Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
Wilmington
- Patrick Brannigan – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Joel Doner – Litigation – Insurance; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Mark Reardon – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Colleen Shields – Commercial Litigation and Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
ONES TO WATCH
Boston
- Kristi Panduku – Corporate Law
- Nicholas Schneider – Appellate Practice and Commercial Litigation
Philadelphia
- Samuel Franklin – Real Estate Law
- Eli Granek – Commercial Litigation and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Jenna Torres – Intellectual Property Law and Litigation – Intellectual Property
Pittsburgh
- Nicholas Borsuk – Commercial Litigation
- Lauren Burge – Communications Law
- Mark Mazza – Intellectual Property
- Jeffrey Robb – Corporate Law
Wilmington
- Jessica Reno – Commercial Litigation
- Alexandra Rogin – Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants