Larry E. Parres, Member

Lewis Rice is pleased to announce that 63 attorneys have been named to the 2024 Best Lawyers® annual list. Additionally, 15 of our attorneys were named on the Best Lawyers® Ones to Watch list. We would also like to recognize Jaime R. Mendez, John M. Hessel, Joseph E. Martineau, and Douglas S. Stone for being honored as Best Lawyers® Lawyers of the Year for 2024. Click here 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.

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

Marisa L. Byram - Real Estate Law

Thomas L. Caradonna - Litigation - Real Estate

Charla M. Claypool - Advertising Law

Michael P. Davidson - Health Care Law

Steven C. Drapekin - Banking and Finance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Thomas C. Erb - Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Financial Services Regulation 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

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

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 - Education Law

John J. Riffle - Corporate Law, Health Care Law

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

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

**John E. Cruz - 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

Thomas M. Martin - Commercial Litigation

Patrick J. Nelson - 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

Scott A. Wissel - Commercial Litigation

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, Labor and Employment Law - Management

Kansas City, MO

Elizabeth J. Brown - Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Litigation - Real Estate

B. Joseph Harris - Tax Law

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