Michael J. Hickey, Intellectual Property Practice Group Leader

Lewis Rice is pleased to announce that 56 attorneys have been named to the 2019 Best Lawyers in America® annual list. We would also like to recognize Charles F. Miller, Craig S. Biesterfeld, and Joseph E. Martineau for being honored as Best Lawyers' “Lawyers of the Year” for 2019. 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.

St. Louis, MO

Thomas P. Berra, Jr. - Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants

Craig S. Biesterfeld - Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation - Land Use and Zoning, Litigation - Real Estate, Real Estate

John C. Bodnar - Corporate, Securities/Capital Markets

Brian D. Bouquet - Mergers & Acquisitions

David W. Brown - Public Finance

Jeremy Brummond - Construction Law

Curtis C. Calloway - Litigation - Labor & Employment

Thomas L. Caradonna - Litigation - Real Estate

Steven C. Drapekin - Banking & Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions

Thomas C. Erb - Banking & Finance, Corporate, Financial Services Regulation, Mergers & Acquisitions

Leonard J. Essig - Corporate

Robert J. Golterman - Labor Law - Management

John B. Greenberg - Commercial Litigation, Trade Secrets

John M. Hessel - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - First Amendment, Litigation - Municipal, Municipal Law

Michael J. Hickey - Litigation - Intellectual Property

Lynn A. Hinrichs - Health Care

Bridget G. Hoy - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property

Frank B. Janoski - Copyright, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Patent, Trademark

Rosemarie M. Karcher - Banking & Finance

David B. Lemkemeier - Real Estate

Benjamin A. Lipman - First Amendment, Litigation - First Amendment, Media Law

Matthew J. Madsen - Litigation - Trusts & Estates, Taxation, Trusts & Estates

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

Tracy Mathis - Health Care

Marian V. Mehan - Trusts & Estates

Jaime R. Mendez - Trusts & Estates

Michael D. Mulligan - Trusts & Estates

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

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

Catherine R. Phillips - Real Estate

Jacob W. Reby - Real Estate

Winthrop B. Reed, III - Commercial Litigation

John J. Riffle - Corporate, Health Care

Albert S. Rose - Corporate, Taxation, Trusts & Estates

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

Barry A. Short - Criminal Defense: White Collar Crime, Litigation - Antitrust, Bet-the-Company Litigation

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

Joseph J. Trad - Bankruptcy & Creditors Debtor Rights/Insolvency Reorganization, Litigation - Bankruptcy

Richard B. Walsh, Jr. - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Antitrust, Litigation - Intellectual Property

Joel L. Weeks - Trusts & Estates

Lawrence H. Weltman - Taxation

Joseph H. Weyhrich - Banking & Finance, Corporate

Robert J. Will - Litigation - Trusts & Estates

Mark C. Winings - Banking & Finance, Corporate

Tom W. Zook - Banking & Finance, Corporate, Securities/Capital Markets Law

Kansas City, MO

Ralph E. Bellar, Jr. - Real Estate

William E. Carr - Real Estate

John E. Cruz - Real Estate

Peter M. DiGiovanni - Real Estate

Mark Eisemann - Real Estate

John C. Hickey - Real Estate

Michele M. McCue - Real Estate

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

Douglas S. Stone - Land Use and Zoning, Real Estate

Paul B. Torline - Real Estate

Lisa A. Veselich - Trusts & Estates