The Best Lawyers in America® has listed 287 Husch Blackwell lawyers in its 2026 edition, including 14 attorneys who have been named “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective areas and 38 attorneys who are being recognized for the first time. The directory was first published in 1983 and is based on a national survey involving detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.
Husch Blackwell attorneys named “Lawyers of the Year” in the 2026 edition for their respective areas of law are:
Oakland, California
- Lisa Oberg – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Kansas City, Missouri
- John Cruciani – Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Craig Kovarik – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Ed Wilson – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
St. Louis, Missouri
- Tom Donaldson – Banking and Finance Law
- Carrie Hermeling – Land Use and Zoning Law
Omaha, Nebraska
- Brent Meyer – Litigation - Construction
Providence, Rhode Island
- Jeffrey Chase-Lubitz – Health Care Law
Madison, Wisconsin
- Bryan Nowicki – Health Care Law
- Paul Dombrowski – Banking and Finance Law
- Brian Potts – Environmental Law
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Eric Meier – Construction Law
- Rebecca Mitich – Real Estate Law
- Tim Posnanski – Litigation - Real Estate
Husch Blackwell’s 2026 The Best Lawyers in America® honorees are listed below by location, followed by their practice area(s). Lawyers appearing in The Best Lawyers in America® for the first time are listed with an asterisk (*).
ARIZONA
Phoenix
- Chris Erblich – Trusts and Estates
- Benjamin Kelly – Trusts and Estates
- Julie Maurer – Insurance Law; Transportation Law
- Aaron Schepler – Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
- Michael Clark – Corporate Law
- Andrew Demetriou – Corporate Law; Health Care Law
- MaryBeth Heydt – Real Estate Law
- Jon McNutt – Litigation - Labor and Employment
Oakland
- Jennifer Lee – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Lisa Oberg – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
COLORADO
Denver
- David Brenner – Tax Law
- Scott Browning – Commercial Litigation; Construction Law
- Jessica Fuller – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law
- Barbara Grandjean – Commercial Litigation; Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
- *Molly Hobbs – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Ashley Jordaan – Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
- *Ben Kass – Energy Law
- Brian Kinnear – Litigation - Patent
- Steve Levine – Corporate Law
- Jeff Miller – Real Estate Law
- *Dustin Taylor – Artificial Intelligence Law
- *Jeffrey Whitney – Commercial Litigation
FLORIDA
Naples
- Lorna McGeorge – Trusts and Estates
- Kelley Geraghty Price – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Construction; Litigation - Labor and Employment
GEORGIA
Atlanta
- Elliott Coward – Health Care Law
- Robert Threlkeld – Health Care Law
ILLINOIS
Chicago
- Nicole Bashor – Patent Law
- Michael Brandess – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Aron Carnahan – Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Jen Dlugosz – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Nicholas Legatos – Real Estate Law
- Philip Segrest – Patent Law
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
- Stephen F.W. Ball, Jr. – Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent; Patent Law
- Robert Blaisdell – Administrative / Regulatory Law; Health Care Law
- Crystal Bloom – Administrative / Regulatory Law; Health Care Law
- Andrew Levine – Health Care Law
- *Rebecca Rodman – Health Care Law
- Sean Ryan – Health Care Law
- Emily Shanahan – Litigation - Trusts and Estates
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis
- Jeffer Ali – Litigation - Intellectual Property
- David Cleveland – Patent Law
- *Tom Dickson – Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Gregory Fontaine – Natural Resources Law
- *Kevin Johnson – Environmental Law
- Steven Katkov – Real Estate Law
- *Rob Kukuljan – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Richard Morgan – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Tina Syring – Employment Law - Management
MISSOURI
Jefferson City
- Harvey Tettlebaum – Health Care Law
Kansas City
- James Ash – Corporate Law; International Mergers and Acquisitions; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Edward Barker – Health Care Law
- Gary Barnes – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Mark Benedict – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Kirsten Byrd – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law
- Steve Carman – Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Curt Chase – Health Care Law
- William Corum – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Construction
- John Cruciani – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Ted Dale – Real Estate Law
- *Christina Pyle Engle – Commercial Litigation
- Peter Enko – Health Care Law
- Michael Fielding – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Michael Hargens – Commercial Litigation
- *Tyler Hibler – Employment Law - Individuals; Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Tim Hilton – Litigation - Labor and Employment
- *Beau Jackson – Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Tessa Jacob – Commercial Litigation
- Kris Kappel – Patent Law; Trademark Law
- *Wade Kerrigan – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice; Technology Law
- Anna Kimbrell – Real Estate Law
- *Chris Kline – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
- Craig Kovarik – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Martin Loring – Energy Law
- Kelli Meilink – Employment Law - Individuals
- John Moore – Corporate Law; Franchise Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Paul Pautler – Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Michael Raupp – Commercial Litigation
- David Raymond – Construction Law; Litigation – Construction; Real Estate Law
- Charles Renner – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
- Jason Reschly – Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
- Christopher Rockers – Banking and Finance Law; Equipment Finance Law
- Kyle Russell – Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Kirstin Salzman – Corporate Law; International Mergers and Acquisitions; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Megan Scheiderer – Commercial Litigation
- Jeffrey Simon – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Antitrust; Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Julianne Story – Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Derek Teeter – Commercial Litigation
- Cori Turner – Health Care Law
- Mark Welker – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Ed Wilson – Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Brian Zickefoose – Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Springfield
- David Agee – Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Equipment Finance Law
- Michael Bridges – Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Real Estate Law
- Cory Collins – Banking and Finance Law; Construction Law; Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation - Real Estate; Real Estate Law
- Michael Cosby – International Mergers and Acquisitions
- Lauren Hawkins – Corporate Law
- Bryan Wade – Land Use and Zoning Law; Media Law; Real Estate Law
St. Louis
- *Matt Ahlers – Real Estate Law
- Michelle Alvey – Copyright Law
- Michael Annis – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent
- Melissa Baris – Commercial Litigation
- Steven Beshore – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Elizabeth Bozicevic – Commercial Litigation
- *Jennifer Cecil – Product Liability Litigation - Defendents
- Caroline Chicoine – Advertising Law; Trademark Law
- Dan Cohn – Patent Law; Trademark Law
- Patrick Conner – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Trusts and Estates
- Andrew Crossett – Real Estate Law
- Matthew Diehr – Appellate Practice
- Tom Donaldson – Banking and Finance Law
- Chris Erker – Environmental Law
- *Glennon Fogarty – Advertising Law
- Kara Fussner – Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent
- Jon Giokas – Banking and Finance Law; Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
- Joe Glynias – Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Joseph Guffey – Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Catherine Hanaway – Commercial Litigation
- Erik Hansell – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Sarah Hellmann – Commercial Litigation
- Carrie Hermeling – Construction Law; Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation - Real Estate; Real Estate Law
- Courtney Hill – Real Estate Law
- Jennifer Hoekel – Advertising Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent
- William Hof – Real Estate Law
- Bryan Hopkins – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- David Human – Real Estate Law
- *Cynthia Juedemann – Litigation - Insurance
- Alan Kandel – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Matthew Knepper – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Raymond Kreienkamp – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
- *Timothy Larkin – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Robert Leible – Trusts and Estates
- David Lemkemeier – Real Estate Law
- Mark Leuchtmann – Trusts and Estates
- David Linenbroker – Real Estate Law
- Vicki Little – Franchise Law; Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Daisy Manning – Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Steven McCandless – Banking and Finance Law
- J.Y. Miller – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Jim Monafo – Commercial Litigation
- Brandan Mueller – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Alan Nemes – Advertising Law; Copyright Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Trademark Law
- Sonni Nolan – Employment Law - Management
- Joseph Orlet – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation -Defendants
- Jill Palmquist – Trusts and Estates
- Matthew Perlow – Nonprofit / Charities Law; Trusts and Estates
- Terry Potter – Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Labor Law - Union; Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Jessica Prosperi – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Eric Rakestraw – Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent; Patent Law
- Garrett Reuter, Jr. – Trusts and Estates
- David Richardson – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
- Jerry Ronecker – Environmental Law; Litigation - Environment
- JoAnn Sandifer – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
- Matthew Schneider – Corporate Law
- Ernesto Segura – Land Use and Zoning Law; Project Finance Law; Real Estate Law
- Jeffrey Sigmund – Litigation - Real Estate; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Michael Silver – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
- Kenneth Slavens – Litigation – Construction
- *Paul Smelcer – Litigation - Patent; Patent Law
- Christopher Smith – Litigation - Antitrust
- Gregory Smith – Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
- Melissa Smith-Groff – Real Estate Law
- David Sobelman – Commercial Litigation
- Dwayne Stanley – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- James Strong – Trusts and Estates
- Rudy Telscher – Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent
- Randall Thompson – Employment Law - Individuals; Employment Law - Management; Labor Law -Union; Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Michael Tolles – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Real Estate
- Robert Tomaso – Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Frans von Kaenel – Real Estate Law
- *Mark Zellmer – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
NEBRASKA
Omaha
- David Gardels – Corporate Law; International Mergers and Acquisitions; International Trade and Finance Law
- *Kamron Hasan – Commercial Litigation
- Marnie Jensen – Commercial Litigation
- Grant Leach – International Trade and Finance Law
- Brent Meyer – Litigation - Construction
- Victoria Sitz – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Gene Summerlin – Commercial Litigation
OREGON
Portland
- Diane Babbitt – Commercial Litigation
RHODE ISLAND
Providence
- Jeffrey Chase-Lubitz – Administrative / Regulatory Law; Health Care Law
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga
- Michael Alston – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Real Estate
- Steve Barrett – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Alan Cates – Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Nonprofit / Charities Law; Trusts and Estates
- *John Culpepper – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Ronald Feldman – Real Estate Law
- Katie Giannasi – Corporate Law
- Andrew Hodgson – Corporate Law
- Patrick Shockey - Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Mark Smith – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Nashville
- Timothy Capria – Copyright Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Patent Law; Trademark Law
TEXAS
Austin
- Lynn Butler – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Diane Carter – Health Care Law
- *Ellee Cochran – Health Care Law
- Carrie Collier-Brown – Energy Law; Energy Regulatory Law
- Michael Crowe – Health Care Law
- Brian Flood – Administrative / Regulatory Law; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Health Care Law; Litigation - Health Care
- Joe Geraci – Health Care Law
- Racy Haddad – Real Estate Law
- *Lauren Hayes – Commercial Litigation
- David Hilgers – Health Care Law
- Lorinda Holloway – Health Care Law
- Cacki Jewart – Real Estate Law
- Doug Jones – Tax Law
- Hal Katz – Health Care Law
- Albert Lin – Corporate Law; Health Care Law; Nonprofit / Charities Law
- James McClendon – Health Care Law; Litigation - Health Care
- Nikelle Meade – Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation - Land Use and Zoning; Real Estate Law
- Ace Pickens – Health Care Law
- Chris Reeder – Energy Law; Energy Regulatory Law; Utilities Law
- Mark Vane – Government Relations Practice
- Bob Werner – Real Estate Law
Dallas
- *Kaitlyn Blanchard – Trusts and Estates
- Steve Camp – Banking and Finance Law
- Chalon Clark – Commercial Litigation
- *Darla Gabbitas – Litigation - Trusts and Estates
- Brooke Ginsburg Guerrero – Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
- Buffey Klein – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Charles Morris – Real Estate Law
- John Norris– Litigation - Trusts and Estates
- Scott Weber – Litigation - Trusts and Estates
- Tracy Wolf – Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Houston
- *Rick Anderson – Litigation - Construction
- Sandy Hellums-Gomez – Real Estate Law
- Timothy Million – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Michael Stafford – Real Estate Law
WASHINGTON, D.C.
- Richard Bonnifield – Energy Law
- Cormac Connor – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Michael Dana – Tax Law
- James Hoecker – Energy Law; Energy Regulatory Law
- Hal Perloff – Litigation – Construction
- *Brent Salmons – Corporate Law
- Robert Stang – International Trade and Finance Law
- Elizabeth Thomas – Health Care Law
- Linda Walsh – Energy Law; Energy Regulatory Law
WISCONSIN
Madison
- Jon Anderson – Education Law; Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
- *Andrew Brenton – Health Care Law
- Paul Cranley – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Construction; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Paul Dombrowski – Banking and Finance Law; Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
- Thomas Godar – Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Thomas Heneghan – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Richard Lewandowski – Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental
- Eric McLeod – Commercial Litigation
- Bryan Nowicki – Health Care Law; Litigation - Health Care
- Tom O'Day – Employment Law - Individuals; Employment Law - Management
- Meg Pekarske – Health Care Law
- Brian Potts – Energy Regulatory Law; Environmental Law
- Thomas Shorter – Education Law; Health Care Law
Milwaukee
- Gabrielle Baumann Adams – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Insurance; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Steven Allen – Trusts and Estates
- Anthony Anzelmo – Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Bruce Arnold – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Health Care Law
- *Scott Brunner - Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- David Carr – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Real Estate; Real Estate Law
- Rodney Carter – Corporate Law; Litigation - Land Use and Zoning; Litigation - Real Estate
- Smitha Chintamaneni – Construction Law; Litigation - Real Estate; Real Estate Law
- Bradley Dallet – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
- David Eckhardt – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Erik Eisenmann – Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Jack Enea – Corporate Law
- Jason Fathallah – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Insurance
- *Adam Finkel – Real Estate Law
- Cynthia Fletcher – Banking and Finance Law
- Daniel Geraghty – Litigation and Controversy – Tax
- *Lindsey Greenawald – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Philip Halley – Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
- Patrick Harvey – Commercial Litigation
- Dieter Juedes – Commercial Litigation
- Philip Koutnik – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- *Joseph LaDien – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law
- Joshua Levy – Commercial Law; Construction Law; Litigation - Construction; Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Francis LoCoco – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Michael Long – Corporate Law
- Ann Maher – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Real Estate
- *Laura Malugade – Employment Law - Management
- Eric Meier – Construction Law; Litigation - Construction
- Philip Miller – Trusts and Estates
- Thomas Miller – Copyright Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent; Patent Law; Trademark Law
- Rebecca Mitich – Banking and Finance Law; Community Association Law; Real Estate Law
- *Renae Nanna – Litigation - Health Care
- Tamara O'Brien – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation - Insurance
- Jennifer Olk – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Trusts and Estates
- Joseph Pickart – Litigation and Controversy - Tax; Tax Law
- Timothy Posnanski – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy; Litigation - Real Estate
- *Douglas Raines – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation - Insurance
- *Emily Logan Stedman – Commercial Litigation
- Erin Strohbehn – Employment Law - Individuals; Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Geoffrey Trotier – Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
- *Nate Volz – Banking and Finance Law
The firm also has more than 90 attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 “Ones to Watch" listing, which recognizes attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.