Lewis 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
