(New York – August 17, 2023)—FisherBroyles, LLP is pleased to announce the inclusion of 86 Partners in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers of America.

Partners of FisherBroyles have been acknowledged in three categories:

• Best Lawyers (78); including
• Three Lawyers of the Year; and
• Lawyers to Watch (8).

Leanne Prendergast – based in Fort Myers – was awarded Lawyer of the Year in the specialty Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law.

Matthew S. Parrish received the title for his Securities and Capital Markets Law practice in Cincinnati.

Michael R. Traven achieved the award in the Litigation – Health Care category. He is based in Columbus, Ohio.

Recognition in Best Lawyers – the oldest and most respected peer review publication in the legal profession – is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a major honor.

Kevin Broyles, Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner, said:

“I am proud of the 86 FisherBroyles Partners who were named Best Lawyers across various specialties – adding another ten lawyers year-on-year. Year after year, more FisherBroyles Partners are included in this most prestigious ranking, and our distributed Law Firm 2.0 model – which has disrupted the legal profession for over two decades – gains recognition. Our fair model values Partners’ contributions and rewards cooperation – this is the way forward for the legal profession. I congratulate all award recipients, and the Firm’s entire partnership which helps them achieve incredible work.”

Best Lawyers publishes annual listings of the leading attorneys across the U.S. who are held in the highest regard by their peers. Extensive peer review surveys are conducted to compile the lists, in which tens of thousands of accomplished lawyers – who practice in the same area of law and are best placed to assess candidates’ professional merits – confidentially evaluate their professional peers.

The full list of FisherBroyles Partners includes:

Atlanta, GA

• Gordon M. Berger – Employment Law – Management
• Cynthia Brooks-Bullock – Real Estate Law
• Kevin E. Broyles – Technology Law
• Vincent Bushnell – Copyright Law
• Tyler Giles – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Barry Goheen – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Carl R. Johnston – Technology Law
• W. Wayt King Jr. – Technology Law
• R. Bates Lovett – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Tom Lundin – Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Matthew S. Moore III – Real Estate Law
• Steven S. Sidman – Copyright Law, Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures and Television, Entertainment Law – Music
• John E. Taylor – Real Estate Law
• Kenneth Thompson – Commercial Litigation
• Thomas R. Walker – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Bruce A. Wobeck – Corporate Law

Austin, TX

• Scott A. Agthe – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Ryan Beard – Litigation – Patent

Boston, MA

• Michael C. Gilleran – Litigation – Intellectual Property

Charlotte, NC

• Frank Leak – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Patent Law

Chicago, IL

• R.Mark Halligan – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets Law
• David E. Reid – Public Finance Law

Cincinnati, OH

• Matthew Parrish – Commercial Finance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law

Cleveland, OH

• Amy L. Butler – Transportation Law
• Patricia Brown Fugée – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Kevin P. Gluntz – Venture Capital Law
• W. Scott Harders – Patent Law
• Daniel L. Messeloff – Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Suzanne K. Saganich – Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Real Estate Law

Columbus, OH

• Fordham E. Huffman – Commercial Litigation Insurance Law
• Michael R. Traven – Litigation – Health Care, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants

Dallas, TX

• Martha Crandall Coleman – Construction Law
• Mark L. Mathis – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Laura L. McClellan – Real Estate Law

Denver, CO

• Greg Fettig – Patent Law
• Russell T. Manning – Patent Law
• Craig Mueller – Patent Law
• Ian Walsworth – Litigation – Intellectual Property Patent Law, Trade Secrets Law
• Rita Wu – Patent Law

Detroit, MI

• Jess A. Bahs – Tax Law
• Michael S. Khoury – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law, Information Technology Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Douglas P. LaLone – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Patent Law

Houston, TX

• Chris P. Perque – Technology Law
• Trent D. Stephens – Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

Los Angeles, CA

• Paul J. Beard II – Land Use and Zoning Law

Miami, FL

• Tiffany Comprés – International Arbitration – Commercial
• Debra S. Hill – Franchise Law
• Irene Oria – Litigation – Insurance, Litigation – Securities
• Susan Warner – Appellate Practice
• Robert T. Wright – Commercial Litigation

Naples, FL

• Radha V. Bachman – Health Care Law
• Robert B. Graziano – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Health Care, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Robert G. Menzies – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Municipal, Litigation – Real Estate
• Leanne Prendergast – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation
• Nicole Hughes Waid – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Daniel Weidenbruch – Real Estate Law

New York, NY

• James Spitzer, Jr. – Real Estate Law
• Robert M. Taylor III – Banking and Finance Law

Philadelphia, PA

• Christopher W. Boyle – Environmental Law
• Stephen J. Driscoll – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law
• Todd W. Martin – Insurance Law
• Eric Meyer – Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Ted Naccarella – Patent Law
• Joseph Posillico – Patent Law
• Sidney R. Steinberg – Employment Law – Management

Princeton, NJ

• Brooks R. Bruneau – Trademark Law
• Maryam M. Meseha – Commercial Litigation

San Diego, CA

• David A. Fisher – Real Estate Law

Seattle, WA

• Richard Black – Patent Law, Technology Law
• Kevin Jablonski – Patent Law
• Jason M. Pass – Patent Law
• Jeremy Sanders – Litigation – Patent, Patent Law

Washington, DC

• Denise Delcore – Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Amy Epstein Gluck – Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Wendy L. Fields – Real Estate Law
• Gal N. Kaufman – Trusts and Estates
• Gary J. Rinkerman – Copyright Law
• Edward Zughaib – Real Estate Law

 

Lawyer of the Year

 

Fort Myers

• Leanne Prendergast – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Cincinnati

• Matthew Parrish – Securities / Capital Markets Law

Columbus-OH

• Michael R. Traven – Litigation – Health Care

 

Ones to Watch

 

Dallas, TX

• Katie Ackels – Commercial Litigation

Denver, CO

• Joseph B. DiRago – Real Estate Law

Miami, FL

• Yine Rodríguez Pérez – Commercial Litigation

Naples, FL

• Ryan Wierenga – Health Care Law

New York, NY

• James M. Marshall – Alternative Dispute Resolution

Philadelphia, PA

• Diego Matamoros – Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Seattle, WA

• Charlie Hagadorn III – Patent Law

Washington, DC

• Matthew M. May – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law

 

 

Further information

FisherBroyles

Michael Pierson, Managing Partner, Global Corporate

[email protected]

Direct: +1.202.445.3779

 

Thoburns

Benedict Rothschild

[email protected]

Tel: +44 7926 669 740