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"

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Aug 15, 2024

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