105 Hinshaw Lawyers Recognized in 2025 Editions of Best Lawyers in America and Ones to Watch

One Lawyer Also Honored as "Lawyer of the Year"

The national law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that 75 of the firm's lawyers have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. In addition, 30 Hinshaw lawyers were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

Best Lawyers® also recognized Hinshaw partner Joshua G. Vincent as the 2025 Appellate Practice "Lawyer of the Year" in Chicago. Each year, Best Lawyers® names a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area as the “Lawyer of the Year.” Those honored are selected based on impressive voting averages received during the peer-review assessments.

Hinshaw practitioners from across a range of Hinshaw legal services were selected, including Insurance, Financial Services, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Personal Injury, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate, Medical Malpractice, Health Care, Employee Benefits, Mass Tort Litigation, Employment, White Collar Crime, Construction, Energy Law, Appellate, Bankruptcy, and Immigration.

Best Lawyers® is a legal directory selected annually by attorney peers who are already listed in Best Lawyers®. The directory is divided into geographic areas and areas of practice.

Individual Best Lawyers Rankings

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

• Kyle A. Ferachi
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Lexi T. Holinga
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Belleville, Illinois

• Dennis J. Graber
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Trevor A. Sondag
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Boston, Massachusetts

• David A. Grossbaum
  • Insurance Law
  • Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants

Chicago, Illinois

• Catherine Basque Weiler
  • Appellate Practice
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Christopher D. Blum
  • Insurance Law
• Dan L. Boho
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Roy M. Bossen
  • Health Care Law
• Lisa M. Burman
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Mark A. Carter
  • Corporate Law
• David R. Creagh
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• John E. DeLascio
  • Insurance Law
• James D. Harbert
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• David E. Heiss
  • Insurance Law
• Peter E. Kanaris
  • Insurance Law
• David H. Levitt
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation – Insurance
• Craig T. Liljestrand

• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

• Tom H. Luetkemeyer
  • Employment Law – Management
• Paul M. Markese
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Action – Defendants
• Daniel W. McGrath
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Action – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Donald L. Mrozek
  • Litigation – Insurance
• Peter E. Pederson
  • Litigation – ERISA
• Daniel M. Purdom
  • Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Laurie S. Randolph
  • Litigation – Construction
• Marcos Reilly
  • Commercial Litigation
• J. William Roberts
  • Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Daniel K. Ryan
  • Litigation – ERISA
  • Litigation – Insurance
• Jason R. Schulze
  • Insurance Law
• Scott M. Seaman
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation – Insurance
• Peter D. Sullivan
  • Commercial Litigation
• Joshua G. Vincent
  • Appellate Practice
  • 2025 "Lawyer of the Year" in Chicago for Appellate Practice
• Matthew P. Walsh II
  • Construction Law
• Ian D. Wagreich
  • Immigration Law

Coral Gables (Miami), Florida

• Steven C. Cronig
  • Real Estate Law
• Steven W. Cutler
  • Trusts and Estates
• Ofonedu-Ime Goodwyn
  • Real Estate Law
• Ronald L. Kammer
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
  • Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Clinton S. Payne
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Neil S. Rollnick
  • Real Estate Law

Dallas, Texas

• Stephen T. Masley
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Commercial Litigation

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

• Andrew M. Gordon
  • Commercial Litigation
• Rory E. Jurman
  • Commercial Litigation
• Ross H. Manella
  • Real Estate Law

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• Jeffrey S. Fertl
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• David J. Hanus
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Tomislav Z. Kuzmanovic
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Transportation Law
• Jane C. Schlicht
  • Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Thomas R. Schrimpf
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Kevin R. Coan
  • Real Estate Law
• Amy L. DuMond Kottke
  • Commercial Finance Law
  • Real Estate Law
• Russell S. Ponessa
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• L.J. Rotman
  • Real Estate Law
• Paulette S. Sarp
  • Insurance Law
• Joel T. Wiegert
  • Insurance Law

New Orleans, Louisiana

• Heather LaSalle Alexis
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Lauren Campisi
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law
• Bessie Antin Daschbach
  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation - Environmental
• Colleen C. Jarrott
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Energy Law
  • Oil and Gas Law
• Stewart Spielman
  • Banking and Finance Law
• Stephen P. Strohschein
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Julia Haynes Terry
  • Real Estate Law

Phoenix, Arizona

• Randy J. Aoyama
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Brett B. Larsen
  • Commercial Litigation

Rockford, Illinois

• Sherry L. Harlan
  • Real Estate Law
• Charles F. Helsten
  • Environmental Law
• Michael F. Iasparro
  • Commercial Litigation
• Stephen T. Moore
  • Health Care Law

San Francisco, California

• Eugene Brown Jr.
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Peter Isola
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Schererville, Indiana

• Patrick P. Devine
  • Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Jennifer J. Kalas
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Tampa, Florida

• Steven D. Lehner
  • Commercial Litigation
• Burke G. Lopez
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Insurance
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Ruel W. Smith
  • Commercial Litigation

Individual Ones to Watch Rankings

Belleville, Indiana

• James M. Brodzik
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Boston, Massachusetts

• Robert M. Buchholz
  • Commercial Litigation
• Daniel R. Conte
  • Insurance Law
  • Professional Malpractice Law

Chicago, Illinois

• Michael P. Adams
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Gregory M. Emry

• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• Camille D. Evans

• Transportation Law

• Paris B. Glazer
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
• Connie M. Mayer
  • Corporate Law
• Kellie L. Mazzarella
  • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Jonathan J. Morhaim
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Vincent M. Rizzo
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Carly E. Shannon
  • Appellate Practice
  • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants

Coral Gables (Miami), Florida

• Peter A. Hernandez
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Litigation – Banking and Finance
• Daniel C. Shatz
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
• Anthony E. Torrente
  • Commercial Litigation

Dallas, Texas

• Matthew Lindsey
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

• Stephanie H. Carlton
  • Insurance Law
• Kelly M. Canfield Demmery
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
• Jill B. Mendelsohn Friedman
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Catherine M. Hedglon
  • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Peter J. Lewis
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Construction
• Adam S. Rosengard
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Anju Suresh
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law

New Orleans, Louisiana

• Dustin C. Alonzo
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law

New York, New York

• Logan G. Haine-Roberts
  • Insurance Law
• Ronald H. Park
  • Commercial Litigation
• Brent M. Reitter
  • Insurance Law

Phoenix, Arizona

• Bradley L. Dunn
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Commercial Litigation

Tampa, Florida

• Taylor Bowman
  • Insurance Law
• André D. Sesler
  • Insurance Law