Lewis Rice is pleased to announce that 67 attorneys have been named to the 2026 Best Lawyers® list, with an additional 11 attorneys recognized on the Best Lawyers® Ones to Watch® list. We are also proud to congratulate Thomas L. Caradonna, Joseph E. Martineau, Richard B. Walsh, Jr., Joel L. Weeks, and Ralph E. Bellar, Jr. on being honored as 2026 Best Lawyers® “Lawyers of the Year.” To learn more about these distinguished honorees, see the "Resources" section below. Best Lawyers® compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which the nation's leading lawyers evaluate their professional peers. See our list below of Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch. Best Lawyers St. Louis, MO Christy L. Abbott - Real Estate Law Thomas P. Berra, Jr. - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants John C. Bodnar - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law Brian D. Bouquet - Mergers and Acquisitions Law David W. Brown - Public Finance Law Jeremy P. Brummond - Construction Law Marisa L. Byram - Real Estate Law Thomas L. Caradonna - Litigation - Real Estate Apollo Carey - Litigation and Controversy - Tax Charla M. Claypool - Advertising Law Michael P. Davidson - Health Care Law Steven C. Drapekin - Banking and Finance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law Leonard J. Essig - Corporate Law Robert M. Evans, Jr. - Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent C. David Goerisch - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants Robert J. Golterman - Labor Law - Management John B. Greenberg - Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Law, Trade Secrets Law Michael J. Hartley - Litigation - Patent John M. Hessel - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - First Amendment, Litigation - Municipal, Municipal Law Michael J. Hickey - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property Lynn A. Hinrichs - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Health Care Law Bridget G. Hoy - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property Rosemarie M. Karcher - Banking and Finance Law Timothy E. Kastner - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law Kathleen Markowski Petrillo - Litigation - Patent, Patent Law Joseph E. Martineau - Litigation - First Amendment, Media Law Tracy Mathis - Health Care Law Marian V. "Bo" Mehan - Trusts and Estates Jaime R. Mendez - Trusts and Estates Michael D. Mulligan - Trusts and Estates Douglas M. Nieder - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants Larry E. Parres - Bankruptcy and Creditors Debtor Rights/Insolvency Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy Aaron Pawlitz - Corporate Law Neal F. Perryman - Commercial Litigation, Employment Law - Management Catherine R. Phillips - Real Estate Law Jacob W. Reby - Real Estate Law Winthrop B. Reed, III - Antitrust Law, Commercial Litigation Evan Z. Reid - Criminal Defense: White Collar, Education Law John J. Riffle - Corporate Law, Health Care Law Andrew Rothschild - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation David W. Sweeney - Government Relations Practice, Real Estate Law Joseph J. Trad - Bankruptcy and Creditors Debtor Rights/Insolvency Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy Richard B. Walsh, Jr. - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Antitrust, Litigation - Intellectual Property Joel L. Weeks - Trusts & Estates Robert J. Will - Litigation - Trusts and Estates Mark C. Winings - Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law Tom W. Zook - Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law Kansas City, MO Joseph E. Bant - Commercial Litigation Ralph E. Bellar, Jr. - Land Use and Zoning Law, Municipal Law, Real Estate Law Kyle M. Binns - Real Estate Law Mark D. Eisemann - Real Estate Law Michael P. Gaughan - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law Lori A. Gregory - Trusts and Estates John C. Hickey - Real Estate Law Paul R. Himmelstein - Real Estate Law Stanley C. Johnston - Business Organizations, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law Thomas R. Larson - Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants Jonah Lock - Construction Law Thomas M. Martin - Commercial Litigation Patrick J. Nelson - Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Tax Law Dale G. Schedler - Tax Law Douglas S. Stone - Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law Michael R. Thiessen - Trusts and Estates Paul B. Torline - Real Estate Law Lisa A. Veselich - Trusts and Estates Louis J. Wade - Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance Scott A. Wissel - Commercial Litigation, Construction Law Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch St. Louis, MO Lauren Rouse Carey - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law Kelly M. Gorman - Corporate Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law Ryan M. Prisock - Commercial Litigation, Communications Law, Corporate Law Kristen T. Southworth - Trusts and Estates Kansas City, MO Elizabeth J. Brown - Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Litigation - Real Estate Brynne C. Brown - Corporate Law, Trusts and Estates B. Joseph Harris - Tax Law, Trusts and Estates Chance R. Lasater - Commercial Litigation Ashlyn B. Lewis - Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation Bobby J. Taylor - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law Benjamin M. Walker - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Labor and Employment
