Congratulations to our 2025 Best Lawyers®, ‘Lawyers of the Year’ and ‘Ones to Watch’
August 15, 2024Lewis Rice is pleased to announce that 66 attorneys have been named to the 2025 Best Lawyers® annual list. Additionally, 19 of our attorneys were named on the Best Lawyers® Ones to Watch list. We would also like to recognize John M. Hessel and Richard B. Walsh, Jr. for being honored as Best Lawyers® Lawyers of the Year for 2025. Click under "Resources" below to learn more about Lewis Rice attorneys named Lawyers of the Year.
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 Eisemann - Real Estate Law
Michael P. Gaughan - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
John C. Hickey - Real Estate Law
Paul R. Himmelstein - Real Estate Law
Stanley C. Johnston - 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, 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 - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Scott A. Wissel - Commercial Litigation, Construction Law
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
St. Louis, MO
Michael Armstrong - Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Law
Michael H. Durbin - Intellectual Property Law, Technology Law
Brian J. Figueroa - Trusts and Estates
Kelly M. Gorman - Corporate Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Jacqueline K. Graves - Commercial Litigation, Trusts and Estates
Matthew J. Haas - Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law - Management
Kenneth J. "Chip" Mallin, Jr. - Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law - Management
Missy A. McCoy - Construction Law, Real Estate Law
Sarah A. Milunski - Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Professional Malpractice Law
Andrea M. Patton - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Jerina D. Phillips - Commercial Litigation, Education Law, Labor and Employment Law - Management
Ryan M. Prisock - Commercial Litigation, Communications Law, Corporate Law
Kansas City, MO
Elizabeth J. Brown - Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Litigation - Real Estate
B. Joseph Harris - Tax Law
Chance R. Lasater - Commercial Litigation
Ashlyn B. Lewis - Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
Daniel R. Luppino - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance
Roger M. Turbak - Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation
Timothy A. Winkler - Real Estate Law
