Eckert Seamans Lawyers Recognized in 2024 Best Lawyers in America® and Ones to Watch
August 17, 2023
More than 85 lawyers with national law firm Eckert Seamans have been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® for 2024, including four Members who were named Lawyers of the Year, an accolade received by only one attorney in each practice area and location. Additionally, 14 lawyers from the firm were named among the ‘Ones to Watch’ by Best Lawyers.
Best Lawyers is a guide to the legal profession, compiled by conducting exhaustive peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The Best Lawyers recognitions are widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor.
Congratulations to the Eckert Seamans lawyers recognized this year, including:
LAWYERS OF THE YEAR
Harrisburg
- Renee Mattei Montgomery – Litigation – Labor and Employment
Pittsburgh
- Christopher R. Opalinski – Litigation – Construction
- John F. Meck – Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Princeton
- Frank J. Petrino – Real Estate Law
BEST LAWYERS
Boston
- Peter F. Carr II – Commercial Litigation
- Michael P. Flammia – Commercial Litigation
- Lawrence R. Kulig – Commercial Litigation
- Robert W. Levy – Real Estate Law
- David M. McGlone – Litigation – Construction
- Anthony M. Moccia – Commercial Litigation and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Stuart A. Offner – Real Estate Law
- Craig Waksler – Insurance Law; Litigation – Insurance; and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Harrisburg
- LaToya Winfield Bellamy – Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Daniel Clearfield – Energy Law and Energy Regulatory Law
- Jonathan W. Cox – Municipal Law and Public Finance Law
- Jens H. Damgaard – Public Finance Law
- James A. Diamond – Real Estate Law
- Michael McAuliffe Miller – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Bridget E. Montgomery – Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Construction
- Karen O. Moury – Energy Regulatory Law
- Renee Mattei Montgomery – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Gedd Edward Schweikert – Labor Law – Management
- Adam M. Shienvold – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy; Litigation – Municipal; and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Kevin M. Skjoldal – Commercial Litigation
- David O. Twaddell – Banking and Finance Law and Public Finance Law
Newark
- David Katzenstein – Commercial Litigation
Philadelphia
- Donald J. Brooks, Jr. – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Timothy J. Burke – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Ryan J. Cassidy – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Stephen M. Foxman – Corporate Law and Securities / Capital Markets Law
- David B. Gornish – Litigation – Patent and Patent Law
- Dacia A. Haddad – Public Finance Law
- Peter J. Hoffman – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; and Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- David M. Laigaie – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Mark C. Levy – Commercial Litigation
- Michael J. O’Brien – Commercial Litigation
- Richard E. Peirce – Trademark Law
- Debora Plehn-Dujowich – Patent Law
- Daniel N. Reisman – Real Estate Law
- Gary M. Schildhorn – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Marc S. Stein – Municipal Law and Public Finance Law
- Joan N. Stern – Banking and Finance Law and Public Finance Law
- Christopher J. Strom – Real Estate Law
- Robert I. Tuteur – Banking and Finance Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Litigation – Banking and Finance; and Public Finance Law
Pittsburgh
- Scott D. Cessar – Litigation – Construction
- Grant E. Coffield – Litigation – Intellectual Property and Patent Law
- Richard K. Dandrea – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Louis A. DePaul – Litigation – Real Estate
- Dorothy A. Davis – Commercial Litigation
- Scott R. Dismukes – Energy Law and Litigation – Environmental
- Edward C. Flynn – Commercial Litigation
- Timothy Grieco – Litigation – Construction
- Timothy Q. Hudak – Leisure and Hospitality Law
- Stuart R. Kaplan – Health Care Law and Real Estate Law
- Derek Illar – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Dennis R. McEwen – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- John R. (Jack) McGinley, Jr. – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; and Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Matthew H. Meade – Commercial Litigation and Privacy and Data Security Law
- John F. Meck – Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Tax Law; and Trusts and Estates
- John J. Myers – Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – ERISA; and Litigation – Labor and Employment
- William S. Myers – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; and Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Christopher R. Opalinski – Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Construction
- David V. Radack – Patent Law and Trademark Law
- Jennifer L. Rawson – Trusts and Estates
- David A. Rockman – Environmental Law and Litigation – Environmental
- Daniel J. Sinclair – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Kimberly S. Tague – Real Estate Law
- Raymond C. Vogliano – Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law; and Trusts and Estates
- Paul M. Yenerall – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law and Tax Law
- Eric J. Zagrocki – Real Estate Law
Princeton
- Frank J. Petrino – Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law
- Richard J. Van Wagner – Government Relations Practice
Richmond
- David W. Clarke – Administrative / Regulatory Law; Communications Law; Energy Law; and Government Relations Practice
- Annemarie DiNardo Cleary – Commercial Litigation and Financial Services Regulation Law
- William H. Hurd – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; and Education Law
- Matthew B. Kirsner – Commercial Litigation
- Eric M. Page – Administrative / Regulatory Law; Communications Law; Energy Law; Information Technology Law; Insurance Law; Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy); and Municipal Law
- Christopher L. Perkins – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Michael A. Montgomery – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Duffy Myrtetus – Real Estate Law
Washington, D.C.
- Mark A. Johnston – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Jeffrey W. Larroca – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Edward J. Longosz II – Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
Wilmington
- Patrick M. Brannigan – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Joel M. Doner – Litigation – Insurance; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Mark L. Reardon – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Colleen D. Shields – Commercial Litigation
ONES TO WATCH
Boston
- Kristi Panduku – Corporate Law
- Nicholas J. Schneider – Appellate Practice and Commercial Litigation
Harrisburg
- Tricia S. Springer – Administrative / Regulatory Law
Newark
- Misha Shah – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Philadelphia
- Samuel M. Franklin – Real Estate Law
- Eli Granek – Commercial Litigation and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Jenna P. Torres – Intellectual Property Law and Litigation – Intellectual Property
Pittsburgh
- Nicholas F. Borsuk – Commercial Litigation
- Lauren M. Burge – Communications Law
- Daniel J. Smith – Corporate Law
Washington, D.C.
- Jessica A. Glajch – Commercial Litigation
White Plains
- Nicholas W. Maiorano – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Wilmington
- Jessica L. Reno – Commercial Litigation
- Alexandra Rogin – Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants