88 Attorneys Named to Inaugural Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch List
Baker Donelson is pleased to announce that 289 of its attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© and that 88 attorneys have been selected in the inaugural edition of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list.
Thirty-two 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.
The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list recognizes attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice. Honorees are individuals who have typically been in practice for five to nine years and have received positive feedback on the caliber of work from their peers.
In addition to the individual attorneys recognized, Baker Donelson is top-listed in the nation in six practice areas: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Commercial Finance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Nonprofit/Charities Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, and Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants.
Baker Donelson's 32 Baltimore attorneys named to the 2021 edition of Best Lawyers are:
- Kenneth B. Abel: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Frank C. Bonaventure Jr.: Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law
- Raymond D. Burke: Construction 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 – General Practice, Criminal Defense – White-Collar
- John P. Edgar: Trusts and Estates
- James E. Edwards Jr.: Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
- Yale M. Ginsburg: Trusts and Estates
- Leslie Demaree Goldsmith: Health Care Law
- 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
- William T. Mathias: Health Care Law
- Robert E. Mazer: Health Care Law
- Donald R. Mering: Trusts and Estates
- Alan J. Mogol: Banking and Finance Law, Equipment Finance Law
- Kelly M. Preteroti: Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Laurence B. Russell: Health Care Law
- Cynthia Blake Sanders: Copyright Law, Trademark Law
- Stuart M. Schabes: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
- Robert E. Scher: Real Estate Law
- Michael A. Schollaert: Construction Law
- Donna J. Senft: Health Care Law
- Howard L. Sollins: Health Care Law
- Paul S. Sugar: Construction Law
- Sanford V. Teplitzky: Health Care Law
- Geoffrey S. Tobias: Admiralty and Maritime Law
- 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' 2021 "Lawyers of the Year":
- Patrick K. Cameron: Baltimore Banking and Finance Law "Lawyer of the Year"
- E. Scott Johnson: Baltimore Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures and Television "Lawyer of the Year"
- Stuart M. Schabes: Baltimore Litigation and Controversy – Tax "Lawyer of the Year"
Seven of Baker Donelson's Baltimore attorneys are included in the 2021 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list:
- Courtney K. Brust: Trusts and Estates
- Laura E. Collins: Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Christopher C. Dahl: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Construction
- Jeffrey S. Greenberg: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Real Estate Law
- Alison Schurick: Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Government Relations Practice
- Nicole Necklas Soraruf: Banking and Finance Law
- Timothy R. Wagner: Tax Law
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. The 2021 Best Lawyers results are based on exhaustive peer-review surveys in which almost 108,000 eligible attorneys cast more than 9 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."
Baker Donelson is among the 70 largest law firms in the country, with more than 650 attorneys and public policy advisors representing more than 30 practice areas to serve a wide range of legal needs. Clients receive knowledgeable guidance from experienced, multi-disciplined industry and client service teams, all seamlessly connected across 21 offices in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
