Honors & Awards

75 Whiteford Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers in America 2022, Eight Named “Ones to Watch”

Date: August 19, 2021
A record 75 lawyers from Whiteford, Taylor & Preston have been selected in 40 practice areas by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2022 (copyright 2021 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken S.C.). The lawyers selected are based in the firm’s Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington offices. Client comments are posted on the U.S. News & Best Lawyers web site, at bestlawfirms.com.
 
Two lawyers were selected as “Lawyer of the Year” for their particular areas of practice.  They are:
 
  • Frank S. Jones, Jr. – Baltimore, MD 2022 Venture Capital Law
  • Gregory M. Stone – Baltimore, MD, 2020, 21 and 22 Litigation - Patent “Lawyer of the Year.”
 
Eight lawyers were selected as “Ones to Watch” for their particular areas of practice. They are (*newly recognized in 2022):
 
  • Jessica M. Gorsky – Columbia, MD 2021 and 2022 Trusts and Estates
  • Jordan M. Halle – Baltimore, MD 2021 and 2022 Tax Law
  • Allen E. Honick* – Baltimore, MD 2022 Commercial Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
  • Patrick D. Houston* – Richmond, VA 2022 Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • Ioana Kastellorizios – Columbia, MD 2021 and 2022 Commercial Litigation
  • Kelly E. McCauley – Pittsburgh, PA 2021 and 2022 Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Daniel R. Schimizzi* – Pittsburgh, PA 2022 Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Ryan J. Stoker* – Baltimore, MD 2022 Corporate Law
The individual lawyers listed in Best Lawyers® and their areas of recognition are below (*newly recognized in 2022):

Maryland - Baltimore
Edward M. Buxbaum Commercial Litigation
Insurance Law
David L. Cahn Corporate Law
Franchise Law
Mary Claire Chesshire Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Non-profit/Charities Law
Robert B. Curran Corporate Law
Tax Law
Peter J. Davis Litigation – Intellectual Property
Patent Law
Gardner M. Duvall Commercial Litigation
Insurance Law
Howard R. Feldman Electronic Discovery and Information Management Law
Information Technology Law
Martin T. Fletcher Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and
Reorganization Law
Commercial Litigation
Stephen F. Fruin Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and
Reorganization Law
Peter Guattery Employment Law - Management
Kevin G. Hroblak Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and
Reorganization Law
Commercial Litigation
Harry S. Johnson Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Frank S. Jones, Jr. Copyright Law
Corporate Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Trademark Law
Venture Capital Law
Edward U. Lee III Real Estate Law
Paul W. Madden Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Rose M. Matricciani Health Care Law
Kevin C. McCormick Labor Law - Management
Albert Mezzanotte, Jr. Commercial Litigation
Education Law
Insurance Law
Kimberly J. Min Real Estate Law
Technology Law
Razvan E. Miutescu* Privacy and Data Security Law
S. Keith Moulsdale Privacy and Data Security Law
Paul M. Nussbaum Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Herman B. Rosenthal Tax Law
William F. Ryan, Jr. Commercial Litigation
Litigation – Environmental
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Dennis J. Shaffer Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Charles L. Simmons, Jr. Admiralty and Maritime Law
Gregory M. Stone Litigation – Intellectual Property
Litigation – Patent
Patent Law
Technology Law
Trademark Law
Steven E. Tiller Litigation – Intellectual Property
Litigation – Patent
Patent Law
Technology Law
Trade Secrets Law
J. Daniel  Vorsteg Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Warren N. Weaver Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Thomas Whiteford Commercial Litigation
Litigation – Real Estate
M. Trent Zivkovich* Environmental Law
 
Maryland - Columbia
Thomas C. Barbuti Real Estate Law
Robert F. Carney Construction Law
Litigation - Construction
Sigrid C. Haines Elder Law
Health Care Law
 
Maryland - Rockville
Erek L. Barron Appellate Practice
Nelson C. Cohen Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation – Bankruptcy
Brent C. Strickland Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy
 
Maryland - Towson
Jennifer R. Busse Land Use and Zoning Law
Edwin G. Fee, Jr. Trusts and Estates
John B. Gontrum Land Use and Zoning Law
Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
George S. Lawler Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Venture Capital Law
 
Delaware - Wilmington
Marc L. Abrams Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Richard W. Riley Litigation -   Bankruptcy
 
Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh
Scott Hare Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Michael J. Roeschenthaler Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
 
Virginia – Falls Church
Barry E. Bretschneider Litigation – Patent
Patent Law
Bradford F. Englander Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy
David W. Gaffey* Litigation - Bankruptcy
Christopher A. Jones Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Ed O’Connell III Community Association Law
Andrew J. Terrell Litigation – Construction
Litigation – Real Estate
Eric A. Vendt Corporate Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
 
Virginia – Richmond
Elizabeth J. Atkinson Litigation and Controversy – Tax
Tax Law
Mary Elizabeth “Betsy” Davis Commercial Litigation - Employment
Employment Law – Management
Litigation – Labor and Employment
Stephen M. Faraci, Sr. Commercial Litigation
Construction Law
Litigation – Banking and Finance
Litigation - Construction
Grant S. Grayson Corporate Law
International Mergers & Acquisitions
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Katja H. Hill Real Estate Law
Vernon E. Inge, Jr. Commercial Litigation
Litigation – Banking and Finance
Litigation – Bankruptcy
Litigation – Construction
Litigation - Municipal
Dale Mullen Environmental Law
Litigation - Environmental
John C. Selbach Corporate Law
D. Shane Smith Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
 
Virginia - Roanoke
Brandy M. Rapp Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy
 
Washington, DC
Jefferson C. Glassie Non-profit/Charities Law
Kenneth J. Ingram Education Law
Jennifer S. Jackman Litigation – Labor and Employment
Tiffany M. Releford Community Association Law
 
About Best Lawyers: Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as a definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 36,000 leading attorneys cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel Magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

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