175 Womble Attorneys Recognized in 2027 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America
Aug 20 2026 • 6 Min Read
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP is pleased to announce that 175 attorneys are recognized in the 2027 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America. An additional 313 attorneys are included in The Best Lawyers in America®, with 28 attorneys being named “Lawyers of the Year” in their respective practices and locations.
Established in 1983, Best Lawyers® publishes annual rankings of attorneys across a wide range of legal practice areas. Its recognitions are based on a peer review process, in which eligible lawyers evaluate the professional abilities of their colleagues.
Attorneys recognized in the 2027 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America include:
Huntsville
Anna Dennis – Insurance Law; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Virginia Gibson – Corporate Law
Phoenix
Andrew Jacobsohn – Commercial Litigation
Andrew Yocopis – Real Estate Law
Brandon M. Hellewell – Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
Brent Ocegueda – Commercial Litigation
Daniel A. Salgado – Intellectual Property Law
Daniel P. Crane – Litigation - Intellectual Property
Douglas R. Schorr – Real Estate Law
Grace Willard – Commercial Litigation
Jack McCarthy – Commercial Litigation
Jon Brinkman – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Antitrust; Litigation - Labor and Employment; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Justin K. Gowan – Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
Katerina Grainger – Commercial Litigation
Katherine Costella – Corporate Law; Tax Law
Katie M. Rios – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Kiki Owens – Commercial Litigation
Lauryn Johnson – Commercial Litigation
Lucas Hickman – Commercial Litigation
Maci Burke – Construction Law
Madison Fox – Litigation - Real Estate
Michael J. Curry – Patent Law
Mitchell Reber – Commercial Litigation
Nicolas T. Martino – Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs; Transportation Law
Ryan D. Pont – Commercial Litigation
Samit A. Bhalala – Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
Shivani Patel – Real Estate Law
T. Emiliano Aguirre – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Corporate Law
Talley Timms Ransil – Real Estate Law
Travis Reynolds – Commercial Litigation
Yalda Godusi Arellano – Commercial Litigation
Tucson
Brooke Routt – Real Estate Law
Kimberly Soto Larriva – Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
Kory J. Koerperich – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
Patrick Emerson McCormick – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Intellectual Property
Irvine
Andrew Yu-Chih – Commercial Litigation
Berenika Palys – Government Relations Practice
Jack F. Altura – Commercial Litigation
Nathan Searles – Corporate Law
Vivienne Chen – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
William S. Wang – Commercial Litigation
Los Angeles
Drew Wilson – Intellectual Property Law
Jimmy Y. Kwun – Intellectual Property Law; Litigation - Patent
Julia Wood – Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Sybil Leung – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Vincent Look – Patent Law; Technology Law
San Francisco
Adrian Sacharski – Real Estate Law
Ben Bourke – Patent Law
Leanne Yu – Litigation - Patent
Michelle F. Catapang – Commercial Litigation
Miles F. Maurino – Litigation - Labor and Employment
Solomon Pantuch – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Real Estate Law
Silicon Valley
Abhijit P. Adisesh – Litigation - Intellectual Property; Technology Law
Jason Chu – Technology Law
Yi S. Wilkinson – Technology Law
Denver
A.J. Martinez – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
Andrea Anderson – Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent
Cassidy Francies – Commercial Litigation
Claire Tate – Commercial Litigation
Elizabeth Michaels – Appellate Practice; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Intellectual Property Law
Emily Bain – Health Care Law; Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs; Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
Frances Scioscia Staadt – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Antitrust; Litigation - Real Estate
Hannah Borowski – Commercial Litigation
Joe Hykan – Commercial Litigation
John Bellipanni – Commercial Litigation
Kevin Cronan – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Michelle Gaeng – Commercial Litigation
Nicholas A. Fedewa – Real Estate Law
Nicholas Day – Public Finance Law
Noah Zedek – Energy Law; Natural Resources Law; Patent Law
Ryan Hebert – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Intellectual Property
Sara E. Yates – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Real Estate
Taylor S. Hite – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction; Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
Tyler J. Owen – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Wilson Collins – Commercial Litigation
Wilmington
Alexander P. Wharton – Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent; Patent Law
Alexandria P. Murphy – Corporate Law
Breeana Somers – Banking and Finance Law; Commercial Litigation
Brian Thomas – Corporate Law
Michael Barber – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Jacksonville
Robert Neilson – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
Atlanta
Jace Williams – Intellectual Property Law
JD Uglum – Corporate Law
Kate Johnson – Litigation – Patent; Patent Law
Meghan Aubry – Commercial Litigation
Robert Thrasher – Corporate Law
Tyler Connor – Construction Law; Litigation – Construction; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Privacy and Data Security Law
Baltimore
Chukwukpee Nzegwu – Commercial Litigation
Devin Harvin – Commercial Litigation; Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Corporate Law; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Hillary V. Colonna – Commercial Litigation
Julie Giardina – Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent
Timothy Wagner – Tax Law
Las Vegas
Mackenzie Sullivan – Litigation - Intellectual Property
Trent Earl – Commercial Litigation
Reno
Lucy C. Crow – Commercial Litigation
Albany
Christopher Greenidge – Banking and Finance Law
New York
Julia De la Parra – Banking and Finance Law
Charlotte
Chloe Williams – Real Estate Law
Emmett Whelan – Corporate Law; Government Relations Practice
Fred Irving – Banking and Finance Law
Kirsten Peterson – Real Estate Law
Kristen Tieman – Corporate Law
Madison McCraw – Intellectual Property Law
Michael Ingersoll – Commercial Litigation; Entertainment and Sports Law
Peyton Poston – Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Philip Mayer – Commercial Litigation
Sara Miller – Intellectual Property Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property
Sylvester Kisluk – Banking and Finance Law
Volodymyr Usov – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
William Carter – Patent Law
Greensboro
Alexander Hill – Corporate Law
JD Wooten – Litigation - Intellectual Property
Raleigh
Andreas Mosby – Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment Law - Management
Anne L. Bailey – Banking and Finance Law
Brian Castro – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation – Construction; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Christine Xiao – Privacy and Data Security Law; Technology Law
Grace Hearn – Corporate Law; Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental
Ian P. O'Keefe – Commercial Litigation
John Wright – Patent Law
Louisa C. Clark – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Mary Beth Barksdale – Commercial Litigation
Sarah A. Core – Public Finance Law
Sarah R. Warren – Trusts and Estates
Seiko Okada – Life Sciences Practice; Patent Law
Trevor Tomlinson – Commercial Litigation
Victoria E. Grieshammer – Commercial Litigation
Zachary N. Bernstein – Commercial Litigation
Zachary S. Buckheit – Commercial Litigation
Research Triangle Park
Taylor Ey – Privacy and Data Security Law; Technology Law
Winston-Salem
Caitlin Augerson – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Charles Frye – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Elizabeth Napps – Litigation – Patent; Patent Law
Emily E. Harrison – Commercial Litigation
Ethan Siler – Commercial Litigation; Public Finance Law; Real Estate Law
Haley Hurst – Commercial Litigation
Hayden Holliman – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
Jonathan Hilliard – Trusts and Estates
Mallory Miller – Corporate Law
Mark J. Vaders – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Wiley B. Hughes – Commercial Litigation
Cleveland
Rachael L. Aspery – Banking and Finance Law
Charleston
Andi McDonald – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Construction
Harriet C. O'Malley – Commercial Litigation
J. Whitney McGreevy – Corporate Law; Tax Law
Jordyn D'Andrea – Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Macy Cope – Commercial Litigation
Molly McDermid – Commercial Litigation
Thomas J. Zamadics, Jr. – Corporate Law; Trusts and Estates
Weston S. Light – Litigation – Construction; Litigation - Real Estate
Columbia
Levi W. Wright – Commercial Litigation
Greenville
James E. Dority – Litigation – Patent; Patent Law
William White – Commercial Litigation
Nashville
Andrew Holt – Commercial Litigation
Morgan L. Burkett – Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
Satchel Fowler – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Securities
Simon N. Levitsky – Commercial Litigation
Houston
Anthony K. Amert – Intellectual Property Law; Litigation – Patent; Patent Law; Technology Law
Carissa M. Olowos – Patent Law
Jorge Lozano – Intellectual Property Law
Pin Wu – Patent Law; Technology Law
Ragan J. Robichaux – Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Insurance Law
Ran Wang – Patent Law
Samuel A. Savanich – Patent Law
Vincent Bryan – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Yen-Kai Hseu – Patent Law
Tysons
Ian F. Beckelman – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Maan R. Sangid – Communications Law; Corporate Law
Christos Christodoulou – Corporate Law
Hee Jae Park – Banking and Finance Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Real Estate Law
Jasmine Chalashtori – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation
Julius Bodie – Corporate Law
Kathleen O. Gallagher – Litigation – Construction; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Patrice Howard – Corporate Law
Ryan Gillcrist – Corporate Law
Stephen Sharbaugh – Communications Law; Technology Law
Yuechu Li – Corporate Law