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: 

Alabama 

Huntsville 

  • Anna Dennis Insurance Law; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants 

  • Virginia Gibson Corporate Law 
     

Arizona 

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 
     

California 

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 
     

Colorado 

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 
     

Delaware 

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 
     

Florida 

Jacksonville 

  • Robert Neilson – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy 
     

Georgia 

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 

 
Maryland 

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 

 

Nevada 

Las Vegas 

  • Mackenzie Sullivan – Litigation - Intellectual Property 

  • Trent Earl – Commercial Litigation 
     

Reno 

  • Lucy C. Crow – Commercial Litigation 

 

New York 

Albany 

  • Christopher Greenidge – Banking and Finance Law 
     

New York 

  • Julia De la Parra – Banking and Finance Law 

 

North Carolina 

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 

 

Ohio 

Cleveland 

  • Rachael L. Aspery – Banking and Finance Law 

 

South Carolina 

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 

 

Tennessee 

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 

 

Texas 

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 

 

Virginia 

Tysons 

  • Ian F. Beckelman – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law 

  • Maan R. Sangid – Communications Law; Corporate Law 

 

Washington, DC 

  • 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