LOUISIANA RECORD

Locke Lord issued the following announcement on Aug. 15.

Locke Lord is pleased to announce that 132 lawyers from 16 U.S. offices have been recognized in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. In addition, three of the Firm’s lawyers were recognized under the special designation of Lawyer of the Year, an honor earned by just one lawyer in each practice area and metropolitan area.

Lawyer of the Year Recipients:

Brad Hawley (Austin) – Real Estate Law

Edward A. Razim III (Houston) – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Thomas J. Smedinghoff (Chicago) – Information Technology Law

The full list of Locke Lord lawyers listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2020 follows below.

Atlanta

• Brian T. Casey – Insurance Law

Austin

• Cynthia Bast – Real Estate Law
• C. Brian Cassidy – Administrative / Regulatory Law
• Jerry K. Clements – Commercial Litigation
• Brad Hawley – Real Estate Law
• L. Jeffrey Hubenak – Real Estate Law
• Susan Kidwell – Appellate Practice
• Jennifer L. Rangel – Health Care Law
• John K. Schwartz – Commercial Litigation
• Tai C. Tran – Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, Real Estate Law

Boston

• Jennifer Capasso Mendonça – Public Finance Law
• Christopher M. Flanagan – Tax Law
• Karl P. Fryzel – Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Tax Law
• Richard D. Glovsky – Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Stanley Keller – Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law
• Daryl J. Lapp – Education Law, Employment Law - Management
• Richard A. Manley Jr. – Public Finance Law
• David L. Ruediger – Banking and Finance Law
• Walter J. St. Onge III – Public Finance Law
• Jeffrey Swope – Commercial Litigation, Education Law
• David S. Szabo – Health Care Law
• George Ticknor – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
• John L. Whitlock – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Chicago

• Steven H. Adelman – Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Christopher R. Barth – Insurance Law
• Jon Biasetti – Insurance Law
• Nick J. DiGiovanni – Insurance Law
• Lawrence J. Fey – Real Estate Law
• Matthew T. Furton – Insurance Law
• Kevin D. Kelly – Employment Law - Management
• Jennifer A. Kenedy – Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Thomas J. Smedinghoff – Information Technology Law, Technology Law
• Samuel Stempel – Real Estate Law
• Steven T. Whitmer – Commercial Litigation

Cincinnati

• Todd L. Cooper – Public Finance Law

Dallas

• J. Mitchell Bell – Real Estate Law
• Bryan E. Bishop – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• George E. Bowles – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Stuart Bumpas – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Nonprofit / Charities Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
• E. Philip Bush – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Paul E. Coggins – Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
• Michael H. Collins – Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law
• Thomas A. Connop – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Don M. Glendenning – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Vicky Gunning – Real Estate Law
• Roy W. Hardin – Litigation - Intellectual Property
• W. Scott Hastings – Appellate Practice
• Jack E. Jacobsen – Corporate Law
• Van M. Jolas – Corporate Law
• Raymond E. LaDriere II – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - ERISA, Litigation - Trusts and Estates
• Janis Loegering – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
• Thomas F. Loose – Appellate Practice
• Elizabeth E. Mack – Environmental Law
• John P. McDonald – Commercial Litigation
• John B. McKnight – Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Harriet Miers – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Government Relations Practice
• Garry Miles – Tax Law
• Robert T. Mowrey – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance
• Paul G. Nason – Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Charles E. Phipps – Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Geoffrey Polma – Tax Law
• Michael V. Powell – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
• Charles C. Reeder – Corporate Law
• Whit Roberts – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Robin G. Shaughnessy – Employment Law - Management
• Stefan P. Smith – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Frank E. Stevenson II – Litigation - Securities
• Robb P. Stewart – Real Estate Law
• Cynthia Timms – Appellate Practice
• Kevin L. Twining – Corporate Law
• Bradley C. Weber – Antitrust Law
• Thomas G. Yoxall – Commercial Litigation

Hartford

• David W. Bogan – Energy Law
• Alan J. Levin – Insurance Law, Reinsurance Law

Houston

• Scott J. Arrington – Corporate Law
• Charles S. Baker – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Derrick Carson – Arbitration
• M. Benjamin Cowan – Environmental Law
• Stephanie Donaho – Trusts and Estates
• Chris Dove – Appellate Practice
• David M. Gregory – Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Buddy Haas – Banking and Finance Law
• Brett L. Hamilton – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
• David E. Harrell Jr. – Arbitration, Commercial Litigation
• Gerald D. (Jerry) Higdon – Environmental Law
• Scott Hunsaker – Real Estate Law
• Mark Jacob – Trusts and Estates
• Stephen C. Jacobs – Real Estate Law
• Tim Johnson – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Paul Kjelsberg – Corporate Law
• Brandon Lobb – Derivatives and Futures Law
• Christopher L. Martin – Insurance Law
• Mark Miller – Derivatives and Futures Law
• Robert D. Miller – Government Relations Practice
• Tammi S. Niven – Banking and Finance Law
• Hanna Norvell – Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• David Patton – Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law
• Gerald J. Pels – Environmental Law
• Mike Peters – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Paul M. Pruett – Real Estate Law
• Terry Radney – Oil and Gas Law
• Edward A. Razim III – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Ann Ryan Robertson – International Arbitration - Governmental
• Jamie Robertson – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
• Bill Swanstrom – Energy Law
• David Taylor – Corporate Law
• Mitchell A. Tiras – Tax Law
• Chris Verducci – Litigation - Construction

Los Angeles

• Jonathan Bank – Insurance Law
• Alfred M. Clark – Real Estate Law

New Orleans

• Victoria M. de Lisle – Real Estate Law
• Omer F. "Rick" Kuebel III – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Robert W. Mouton – Real Estate Law

New York

• Rob Evans – Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
• Harry C. Marcus – Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent, Patent Law, Trademark Law
• Aileen C. Meehan – Corporate Law
• Rory J. Radding – Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent, Patent Law

Princeton

• Paulette Brown – Commercial Litigation, Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment

Providence

• Lori A. Basilico – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Paul Cotter – Corporate Law
• Mark W. Freel – Commercial Litigation
• Christopher D. Graham – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Karen S. D. Grande – Public Finance Law
• Douglas G. Gray – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Paul M. Mahoney Jr. – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Richard G. Small – Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law

Stamford

• Scott D. Wofsy – Litigation - Patent

Washington, D.C.

• Edward F. Glynn Jr. – Advertising Law
• Denise Hanna – Health Care Law

West Palm Beach

• Thomas J. Cunningham – Commercial Litigation
• John G. Igoe – Corporate Law, Venture Capital Law
• Richard J. Miller – Public Finance Law

Original source can be found here.