McGuireWoods had more than 140 attorneys from its U.S. offices selected for inclusion on Best Lawyers’ 2024 “Ones to Watch” list recognizing the nation’s most promising counsel for professional excellence in private practice. The honor is reserved for lawyers in private practice fewer than 10 years. Best Lawyers selects honorees based on surveys in which attorneys confidentially evaluate their peers.
The following McGuireWoods lawyers were named to the “Ones to Watch” list.
ATLANTA – M. Laughlin Allen, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities; William B. Bradbury, Banking and Finance Law; Natalina N. DePina, Commercial Litigation; Nicholas A. DuPuis, Banking and Finance Law; Collier McLeod Field, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law; Nicholas G. Hill, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law; Isaac Yilma, Public Finance Law
AUSTIN – Madison K.B. Wyche, Real Estate Law
BALTIMORE – Anna C. Horevay, Public Finance Law; Emily M. Patterson, Commercial Litigation
CHARLOTTE – Katharine Y. Barnes, Labor and Employment Law – Management; Luis F. Benavides, Banking and Finance Law; Thomas E. Booms, Banking and Finance Law; Diana Castro, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Health Care Law; Adam S. Coto, Banking and Finance Law; Alec Covington, Commercial Litigation; Matthew L.C. Cox, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; J. Porter Durham III, Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law; Alexia Faraguna, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Jasmine K. Gardner, Commercial Litigation; Abigail A. Golden, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; C. Caroline Grier Kraich, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Robert Grimmett-Norris, Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers; Richard V. Lockridge, Real Estate Law; Samuel O. Lumpkin, Environmental Law; Mary C. Markle, Real Estate Law; Kayla McCann Marty, Health Care Law; T. Richmond McPherson III, Litigation – Banking and Finance; Eric W. Mills, Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Andrew Parrish, Banking and Finance Law; Ethridge B. Ricks, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Allison P. Tanner, Corporate Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Andrew J. Terjesen, Securities/Capital Markets Law; Elizabeth M. Thomas, Commercial Litigation; Kelly Warlich, Litigation – Banking and Finance
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Hunter M. Glenn, Trusts and Estates; Richard P. Massony Jr., Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
CHICAGO – Alyssa C. Campbell, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Erin E. Dine, Health Care Law; Timothy J. Fry, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Health Care Law; Daniel J. Goldstein, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Jason Griffith, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Vinu G. Joseph, Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Katharine P. Lennox, Labor and Employment Law – Management; Amanda K. Roenius, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Health Care Law; Alexandra Shipley, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Jason A. Richardson, Administrative/Regulatory Law
DALLAS – Matthew W. Cornelia, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent; Katie M. Hull, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Laura Grace Mezher, Tax Law; Brian Robertson, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Cassandra A. Shoemaker, Litigation – Bankruptcy
HOUSTON – Ryan J. Frankel, Commercial Litigation; Sarah Holub, Commercial Litigation; Miles Indest, Commercial Litigation, Oil and Gas Law; Alexis Reynolds, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Health Care Law; Wendy P. Wright, Health Care Law
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Kristen P. Courtney, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law; E. Paul Cuffe, Commercial Litigation, Government Relations Practice, Insurance Law, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Municipal Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Cameron G. Kynes, Litigation – Labor and Employment; Kimberly T. Mydock, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance; Emily Y. Rottmann, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Real Estate; Farhan N. Zarou, Trusts and Estates
LOS ANGELES – Kathleen M. Baskin, Real Estate Law; Victoria T. Gregson, Real Estate Law; Andrew W. Russell, Litigation – Labor and Employment; Piper A. Waldron, Commercial Litigation
NEW YORK – Amanda J. Goldstein, Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Craig R. Haughton, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Tatiana Z. Pawlowski, Real Estate Law; Scott D. Rader, Land Use and Zoning Law, Allison W. Rosenzweig, Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
NORFOLK, Va. – Megan Italiano, Health Care Law; Jeanne E. Noonan, Commercial Litigation
PITTSBURGH – Jessica Barrera, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law; Frank J. Guadagnino, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Benjamin F. Hantz, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Kelsey R. Hitchcock, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Casey E. Kuretich, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Branden P. Moore, Commercial Litigation; Daniel R. Richey, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law; Molleigh M. Thomas, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Matthew VanDyke, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Natalie L. Zagari, Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
RALEIGH, N.C. – Amanda M. Colley, Banking and Finance Law; Corinne S. Hockman, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent; Jocelyn Mitnaul Mallette, Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Aline M. McCullough, Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
RICHMOND – Chris Alderman, Construction Law, Energy Law, Project Finance Law; Kathryn M. Barber, Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities; Elissa N. Baur, Antitrust Law, Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Emily G. Blair, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Project Finance Law; Allison Bohan, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Sarah Bennett Bures, Administrative/Regulatory Law; Caroline Schmidt Burton, Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Matthew B. Chmiel, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Alexandria E. Cuff, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Amanda DeFord, Litigation – Intellectual Property; Arrion N. Dennis, Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Mitchell Diles, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Gregory J. DuBoff, Litigation – Securities; Claire Hagen Eller, Litigation – Intellectual Property; Andrew F. Gann, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Nicholas J. Giles, Antitrust Law, Litigation – Antitrust; Travis C. Gunn, Appellate Practice; David N. Gustin, Public Finance Law; Thomas F. Hancock IV, Health Care Law, Etahjayne J. Harris, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Anne Hampton Haynes, Administrative/Regulatory Law; Garrett H. Hooe, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities; Daniel E. Howell, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Latasha M. James, Securities/Capital Markets Law; Samuel F. Kettering, Construction Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Drew Crocker LaFountaine, Real Estate Law; Stephanie A. Martinez, Intellectual Property Law; Emilie J. McNally, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Laura A. Meis, Trusts and Estates; Timothy D. Patterson, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Energy Law; Elizabeth P. Redpath, Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment; Alec V. Sauble, Tax Law; Anne Curtis Saunders, Public Finance Law; Frederick H. Schutt, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law; Heidi E. Siegmund, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment; John L. Spilman Jr., Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Lauren E. Sutphin, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law; Frank Talbott V, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Jonathan T. Tan, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Evan X. Tucker, Commercial Litigation; Jennifer Dvorak Valaika, Administrative/Regulatory Law; Davis M. Walsh, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Brooke A. Weedon, Commercial Litigation; Robert B. Wynne; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
SAN FRANCISCO – Anthony Q. Le, Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law; Krunal K. Patel, Banking and Finance Law; Kim Stouffer, Project Finance Law
TYSONS, Va. – Heather Britton Chaney, Commercial Litigation; Keith Joseph Minson, Commercial Litigation; Brooks H. Spears, Commercial Litigation; John E. Thomas Jr., Litigation – Labor and Employment; Matthew J. Weinstein, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law; Louise Zwicker, Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
WASHINGTON, D.C. – R. Andrew Austria, Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Jeffrey P. Ehrlich, Banking and Finance Law; Katlyn A. Davis Farrell, Energy Law; Brandi G. Howard, Criminal Defense: White-Collar; A. Wolfgang McGavran, Litigation – Environmental, Oil and Gas Law; Carrie Mobley, Energy Law; Wrede Smith, Antitrust Law.