Vandeventer Black LLP announced that 27 of their lawyers have been included in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Since it was published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.
Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.
The following Vandeventer Black lawyers were named to the 2020 Best Lawyers in America list:
Christopher Ambrosio – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
R. John Barrett – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Anne G. Bibeau – Employment Law – Management
F. Nash Bilisoly – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
G. William Birkhead – Transportation Law
Dean T. Buckius – Labor Law – Management, Employment Law – Management
Deborah M. Casey – Community Association Law
Mark T. Coberly – Admiralty and Maritime Law, Transportation Law
William E. Franczek – Construction Law, Mediation, Arbitration, Litigation – Construction
Patrick A. Genzler – Environmental Law, Construction Law, Litigation – Environmental, Litigation – Construction
Richard S. Guy – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
James R. Harvey – Construction Law
Geoffrey G. Hemphill – Tax Law
Patrick W. Herman – Tax Law, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
Arlene F. Klinedinst – Labor Law – Management, Employment Law – Management
Ray W. King – Banking and Finance Law, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Law, Litigation-Real Estate, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, Real Estate Law
Neil S. Lowenstein – Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
Bryant C. McGann – Project Finance Law, Banking and Finance Law, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Commercial Finance Law, Litigation – Banking and Finance
Robert L. O’Donnell – Commercial Litigation
Richard H. Ottinger – Admiralty and Maritime Law
Douglas M. Palais – Insurance Law, Commercial Litigation, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Litigation – Securities
Anita O. Poston – Corporate Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Edward J. Powers – Admiralty and Maritime Law
Adam S. Rafal – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Michael L. Sterling – Construction Law
Brian L. Sykes – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Daniel R. Weckstein – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
