Baker Donelson is pleased to announce that 284 of its attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
Thirty-seven of the Firm's attorneys were also recognized by Best Lawyers®as "Lawyers of the Year," a designation given to a select group of individuals in high-profile specialties in large legal communities. Only one attorney in each community for each specialty is honored.
In addition to the individual attorneys recognized, Baker Donelson is top-listed in the nation in four practice areas: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Commercial Finance Law, Non-Profit/Charities Law and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants.
Baker Donelson's 30 Baltimore attorneys named to the 2020 edition of Best Lawyers are:
- Kenneth B. Abel: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Jonathan Biran: Criminal Defense – White-Collar
- Frank C. Bonaventure Jr.: Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law
- Patrick K. Cameron: Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
- Thomas W. Coons: Health Care Law
- Ty Kelly: Criminal Defense – White-Collar
- Darlene R. Davis: Corporate Law
- Kevin A. Dunne: Commercial Litigation
- John P. Edgar: Trusts and Estates
- James E. Edwards Jr.: Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
- S. Craig Holden: Health Care Law
- Michael L. Jennings: Real Estate Law
- E. Scott Johnson: Copyright Law, Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures and Television, Entertainment Law – Music, Trademark Law
- Julie E. Kass: Health Care Law
- Joseph C. Kovars: Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
- Matthew A. Mace: Trusts and Estates
- Donald R. Mering: Trusts and Estates
- Alan J. Mogol: Banking and Finance Law, Equipment Finance Law
- John F. Morkan III: International Arbitration – Commercial, International Arbitration – Governmental
- Laurence B. Russell: Health Care Law
- Cynthia Blake Sanders: Copyright Law, Trademark Law
- Stuart M. Schabes: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Tax Law
- Robert E. Scher: Real Estate Law
- Michael A. Schollaert: Construction Law
- Howard L. Sollins: Health Care Law
- Paul Sugar: Construction Law
- Sanford V. Teplitzky: Health Care Law
- Geoffrey S. Tobias: Admiralty and Maritime Law
- M. Hamilton Whitman Jr.: Admiralty and Maritime Law, Arbitration, Construction Law, International Arbitration – Commercial, International Arbitration – Governmental, Mediation
- John Anthony Wolf: Arbitration, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, International Arbitration – Commercial, International Arbitration – Governmental, Mediation
Three of the Firm's Baltimore attorneys were also named Best Lawyers' 2020 "Lawyers of the Year":
- John P. Edgar: Baltimore Trusts and Estates "Lawyer of the Year"
- E. Scott Johnson: Baltimore Trademark Law "Lawyer of the Year"
- Alan J. Mogol: Baltimore Banking and Finance Law "Lawyer of the Year"
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. The 2020 Best Lawyers list is based on exhaustive peer-review surveys in which almost 94,000 eligible attorneys cast more than eleven million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. The publication now covers over 75 countries and 146 practice areas, and Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."
