173 Mintz attorneys across 53 practice areas have been recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Five Mintz attorneys received 2026 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 61 firm attorneys were included in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

The “Lawyer of the Year” recognition is awarded to individual attorneys with the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice area and geographic location. A highly competitive honor, only one lawyer is recognized as the "Lawyer of the Year" for each specialty and location. The following Mintz attorneys were named 2026 “Lawyer of the Year” award recipients:

• Thomas Burton, III – Energy Law (Boston)
• Matthew Gardella – Corporate Governance Law (Boston)
• Adam Lenain – Corporate Law (San Diego)
• Poonam Patidar – Public Finance Law (Boston)
• Kurt Steinkrauss – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law (Boston)

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch awards recognize extraordinary lawyers who have been in private practice for less than 10 years in the United States. The following Mintz attorneys received a 2026 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognition:

Boston

• Delaney Busch – Labor and Employment Law: Employee; Labor and Employment Law: Management; Litigation: Labor and Employment
• Grady Campion – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law
• Smriti Choudhury – Banking and Finance Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Real Estate Law
• Alexander Civetta – Technology Law; Venture Capital Law
• Leigh Colihan – Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Securities
• Kara Cormier – Litigation: Patent; Patent Law
• Edmund Daley, III – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Suparna Datta – Litigation: Patent; Patent Law
• Emma Follansbee – Labor and Employment Law: Employee; Labor and Employment Law: Management; Litigation: Labor and Employment
• Katherine Galle – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
• Alison Glover – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
• Jacob Goodelman – Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Energy Law
• Natalie Groot – Labor and Employment Law: Management; Litigation: Labor and Employment
• Nicole Henry – Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Samantha Kingsbury – Health Care Law
• Kayla LaRosa – Commercial Litigation
• Kaitlyn Leonard – Insurance Law
• Zachary Liebnick – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Catherine Lombardo – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Securities
• Marguerite McConihe – Intellectual Property Law; Litigation: Intellectual Property; Litigation: Patent
• Patrick McDonough – Litigation: Securities
• Timothy McKeon -- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Kevin Mortimer – Construction Law; Litigation: Construction
• Mara O’Malley – Technology Law
• Tom Pagliarini – Labor and Employment Law: Management; Litigation: Labor and Employment
• Cassandra Paolillo – Health Care Law
• Adam Rizk – Intellectual Property Law; Litigation: Intellectual Property; Litigation: Patent; Patent Law
• Gabriel Rossman – Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Securities
• Gourdin Sirles – Litigation: Intellectual Property
• Kate Stewart – Health Care Law
• Kaoru Suzuki – Corporate Law
• Aaron Williams – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Public Finance Law

Los Angeles

• David Hanna – Health Care Law; Intellectual Property Law; Litigation: Intellectual Property; Patent Law
• William Rose – Intellectual Property Law; Litigation: Intellectual Property

New York

• Kerime Akoglu – Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White Collar; Litigation: Securities
• Amanda Asaro – Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Ari Feder – Tax Law
• Erin Galliher – Commercial Litigation
• Alexandra Gallo-Cook – Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Antitrust; Litigation: Securities
• Matthew Gautier – Banking and Finance Law
• Bridgette Keller – Health Care Law
• Talia Primor – Venture Capital Law
• Joshua Rudin – Real Estate Law
• Timothy Rousseau – Litigation: Intellectual Property; Litigation: Patent
• Alexander Song – Labor and Employment Law: Management
• Sophia Temis – Health Care Law
• Kristen White – Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Securities

San Diego

• Omar Bustami – Energy Law; Environmental Law
• Cesar Dulanto – Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions: Defendants
• Jason Miller – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Valerie Phan – Commercial Litigation
• Nicole Rivers – Labor and Employment Law: Employee; Labor and Employment Law: Management; Litigation: Labor and Employment

San Francisco

• Paige Adaskaveg – Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Real Estate; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions: Defendants
• Geoffrey Friedman – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White Collar; Life Sciences Practice; Litigation: Securities
• Nana Liu – Litigation: Intellectual Property; Litigation: Patent; Patent Law
• Jessica Zhang – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Qi Zhang – Intellectual Property Law; Patent Law

Washington, DC

• Nakia Arrington – Energy Law; Litigation: Environmental; Native American Law
• Xavier Hardy – Health Care Law
• Kristopher Kirkwood – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Angela Kung – Communications Law

Finally, the following Mintz attorneys were included in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America: 

Boston

• Lisa Adams – Patent Law; Trademark Law
• Nancy Adams – Insurance Law; Reinsurance Law
• Eóin Beirne – Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Peter Biagetti – Commercial Litigation
• Daniel Bleck – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation
• Eric Blythe – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Meghan Burke – Public Finance Law
• Thomas Burton, III – Corporate Law; Energy Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Jenny Chen, PhD – Patent Law
• John Cheney – Corporate Law
• William Coffman – Immigration Law
• Nicholas Cramb – Environmental Law; Insurance Law
• Peter Cuomo – Litigation: Patent
• Deborah Daccord – Health Care Law
• Samuel Davenport – Commercial Litigation
• John Dougherty – Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions: Defendants
• Michael Fantozzi – Corproate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Dean Farmer – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice; Litigation: Intellectual Property; Patent Law
• Susan Finegan – Commercial Litigation
• Cory Flashner – Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Scott Ford – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Law
• Steve Ganis – Banking and Finance Law
• Daniel Gaquin – Real Estate Law
• Matthew Gardella – Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law
• William Geary, III – Patent Law; Trademark Law
• Lewis Geffen – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice; Corporate Law
• Geri Haight – Employment Law: Management; Litigation: Labor and Employment
• Brent Henry – Health Care Law
• William Hill – Construction Law; Litigation: Construction
• Jennifer Kiely – Real Estate Law
• Martha Koster – Insurance Law
• Cynthia Larose – Privacy and Data Security Law
• Scott Lashway – Privacy and Data Security Law
• Meredith Leary – Commercial Litigation
• Rebecca Lee – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
• Breton Leone-Quick – Commercial Litigation
• Christopher Lisy – Insurance Law; Privacy and Data Security Law; Technology Law
• Kim Marrkand – Insurance Law
• Christie Martin – Public Finance Law
• H. Andrew Matzkin – Employment Law: Individuals; Employment Law: Management; Litigation: Labor and Employment
• Kevin McGinty – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Michael McNamara – Litigation: Intellectual Property
• William Meunier – Litigation: Intellectual Property; Litigation: Patent
• Peter Miller – Trusts and Estates
• Larry Naughton – Corporate Law; Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law; Venture Capital Law
• Poonam Patidar – Public Finance Law
• Edwin Pease – Corporate Law
• John Pomerance – Corporate Law
• John Quill – Immigration Law
• Michael Renaud – Litigation: Intellectual Property; Litigation: Patent; Patent Law
• Adam Samansky – Litigation: Intellectual Property
• P. Miyoko Sato – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Public Finance Law
• Laurence Schoen – Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions: Defendants
• William Squires, III – Environmental Law
• Samuel Tony Starr – Construction Law; Litigation: Construction
• Kurt Steinkrauss – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Trusts and Estates
• Henry Sullivan – Commercial Litigation
• Sahir Surmeli – Energy Law
• John Sylvia – Litigations: Securities
• Natashia Tidwell – Commercial Litigation; Education Law
• Matthew Tikonoff – Corporate Law
• William Whelan – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice; Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Alec Zadek – Corporate Governance Law

Los Angeles

• Daniel Guggenheim - Real Estate Law
• Erin Natter – Real Estate Law

New York

• Marc Abrams – Insurance Law
• Andrew Bernstein – Litigation: Labor and Employment
• Robert Bodian – Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Labor and Employment; Litigation: Securities
• Barry Bohrer – Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Michelle Capezza – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Employment Law: Management
• Peter Chavkin – Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Nathan Coco – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Therese Doherty – Litigation: Securities
• Stephen Friedberg – Real Estate Law
• Richard Gervase, Jr. – Litigation: Patent; Patent Law
• Jason P.W. Halperin – Criminal Defense: White Collar
• David Lagasse – Employment Law: Management
• Jeffrey Moerdler – Real Estate Law
• Steven Olenick – Sports Law
• Joel Papernik – Corporate Law
• David Siegal – Criminal Defense: White Collar

San Diego

• Mitch Danzig – Employment Law: Management; Litigation: Labor and Employment
• Jeremy Glaser – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Venture Capital Law
• Fred Hernandez – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice; Patent Law
• Kenneth Jenkins – Patent Law
• Randy Jones – Commercial Litigation
• Adam Lenain – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice; Corporate Law
• Sebastian Lucier – Corporate Law
• Marc Morley – Patent Law
• Antony Nash – Litigation: Real Estate
• Sean Prosser – Commercial Litigation; Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Criminal Defense: White Collar; Litigation: Securities
• Amit Singh – Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Venture Capital Law
• Scott Stanton – Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Tali Tuchin – IT Outsourcing Law
• Michael Van Loy, PhD – Patent Law

San Francisco

• Marc Axelbaum – Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Daniel Herling – Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions: Defendants; Product Liability Litigation: Defendants
• Alexander Trimble – Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice

Washington, DC

• David Barmak – Employment Law: Individuals; Litigation: Labor and Employment
• Tara Corvo – Communications Law
• Seth Davidson – Communications Law
• Tara Dwyer – Health Care Law
• Ellen MacDonald Farrell – Insurance Law
• Hope Foster – Health Care Law
• Russell Fox – Communications Law
• Christopher Harvie – Communications Law
• Michelle Lipkowitz – Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Karen Lovitch – Health Care Law
• Susan Neuberger Weller – Patent Law
• Daniel Reing – Communications Law
• Bruce Sokler – Antitrust Law
• Scott Thompson – Communications Law

Learn more about the 2026 Best Lawyers Awards here. 

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