John M. Hessel, Member

Lewis Rice is pleased to announce that 60 attorneys have been named to the 2022 Best Lawyers annual list. Additionally, 16 of our attorneys were named on the Best Lawyers Ones to Watch list. We would also like to recognize David W. Brown, John M. Hessel, and Jaime R. Mendez for being honored as Best Lawyers' “Lawyer of the Year” for 2022. Click here to read more about the "Lawyers of the Year".

Best Lawyers in America® compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which the nation's leading lawyers evaluate their professional peers.

Best Lawyers

St. Louis, MO

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

Curtis C. Calloway - Litigation - Labor & Employment

Thomas L. Caradonna - Litigation - Real Estate

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

Robert J. Golterman - Labor Law - Management

John B. Greenberg - Commercial Litigation, 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

David B. Lemkemeier - Real Estate Law

Matthew J. Madsen - Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates

Kathleen Markowski Petrillo - Litigation - Patent, Patent Law

Joseph E. Martineau - Litigation - First Amendment, Media Law

Tracy Mathis - Health Care Law

Marian V. Mehan - Trusts and Estates

Jaime R. Mendez - Trusts and Estates

Michael D. Mulligan - Trusts and Estates

Larry E. Parres - Bankruptcy and Creditors Debtor Rights/Insolvency Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy

Neal F. Perryman - Commercial Litigation, Employment Law - Management

Catherine R. Phillips - Real Estate Law

Jacob W. Reby - Real Estate Law

Winthrop B. Reed, III - Commercial Litigation

Evan Z. Reid - Education Law

John J. Riffle - Corporate Law, Health Care Law

Andrew Rothschild - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation

Gary M. Smith - Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management

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

Lawrence H. Weltman - Tax Law

Joseph H. Weyhrich - Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law

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

Ralph E. Bellar, Jr. - Land Use and Zoning Law, Municipal Law, Real Estate Law

William E. Carr - Real Estate Law

John E. Cruz - Real Estate Law

Mark Eisemann - Real Estate Law

John C. Hickey - Real Estate Law

Stanley C. Johnston - Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law

Thomas R. Larson - Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Thomas M. Martin - Commercial Litigation

Michele M. McCue - Real Estate Law

Charles F. Miller - Construction Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate 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

Scott A. Wissel - Commercial Litigation

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

St. Louis, MO

Michael Armstrong - Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Law

Brian J. Figueroa - Trusts and Estates

Kelly M. Gorman - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Jacqueline K. Graves - Commercial Litigation, Trusts and Estates

Matthew J. Haas - Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law - Management

Justin M. Ladendorf - Commercial Litigation

Sonette T. Magnus - Commercial Litigation

Kenneth J. "Chip" Mallin, Jr. - Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law - Management

John S. "Jack" Martin - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Securities

Missy A. McCoy - Construction Law, Real Estate Law

Sarah A. Milunski - Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Professional Malpractice Law

Andrea M. Patton - Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Jerina D. Phillips - Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law - Management

Kansas City, MO

B. Joseph Harris - Trusts and Estates

Christopher M. Helt - Commercial Litigation

Daniel R. Luppino - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance