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134 Ice Miller Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 Rankings

August 21, 2025

Ice Miller is pleased to announce 134 lawyers were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026. Twelve Ice Miller lawyers were also recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2026 “Lawyer of the Year” Awards.

In addition, 22 lawyers were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch®. These awards recognize lawyers who are in the earlier stages of their careers and demonstrating outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States. These recipients typically have been in practice for five to nine years.
 
“The firm’s broad scope of practices and industries represented in these rankings speaks to the dedication and excellent service we provide to our clients, as well as the insight and professionalism of our team,” said Chief Managing Partner Michael Millikan. “The firm applauds and appreciates all the efforts of the talented and experienced lawyers recognized in this year’s edition of Best Lawyers®.”

Ice Miller lawyers recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® include:

Baltimore

Edward M. Buxbaum   

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law

Kevin G. Hroblak   

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Commercial Litigation

Aaron A. Nichols   

  • Litigation - Insurance
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property

Tiffany M. Releford   

  • Community Association Law
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment

Chicago

Matthew J. Kelly  

  • Health Care Law

Jason T. Lundy   

  • Health Care Law

Bart T. Murphy   

  • Commercial Litigation

Daniel Polatsek  

  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Ethan E. Rii   

  • Health Care Law

Kathleen Sheil Scheidt   

  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Thomas C. Smith   

  • Public Finance Law

Justin D. Swindells  

  • Litigation - Intellectual Property

Cleveland

Jennifer Lawry Adams   

  • Corporate Law
  • Health Care Law

Brett Altier   

  • Health Care Law

Daniel A. Gottesman   

  • Health Care Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Joshua A. Klarfeld   

  • Commercial Litigation

Marie C. Kuban   

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Corporate Law

Steven P. Larson   

  • Real Estate Law

Michael B. Pascoe   

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Construction

Robert B. Port   

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs

Columbus

William J. Barath   

  • Employment Law - Management

Abigail Barr   

  • Employment Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment

Paul L. Bittner   

  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management

Edward Braum   

  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law

John C. Cannizzaro   

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Michael B. Coleman   

  • Government Relations Practice

Kris M. Dawley   

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Health Care Law

Matthew L. Fornshell   

  • Litigation - Securities
  • Securities Regulation

Joanne I. Goldhand   

  • Real Estate Law

Gregory A. Gorospe   

  • Real Estate Law

Molly R. Gwin   

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Land Use and Zoning Law

A.J. Hensel   

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Municipal
  • Military Law
  • Trade Secrets Law

Richard W. Holz   

  • Corporate Governance Law
  • Tax Law

Leslie S. Johnson   

  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Tax Law
  • Trusts and Estates

Josef Keglewitsch   

  • Corporate Law

Benjamin Kitto   

  • Public Finance Law

Aneca E. Lasley   

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Insurance
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

T. Earl LeVere   

  • Copyright Law
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Patent
  • Trademark Law

Chris Michael   

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Miranda E. Morgan   

  • Tax Law
  • Trusts and Estates

John H. Oberle  

  • Government Relations Practice

Robert R. Ouellette   

  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Samuel H. Porter III   

  • Government Relations Practice

Susan Price   

  • Public Finance Law

Stanley D. Prybe   

  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Catherine Strauss   

  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment

Daniel R. Swetnam   

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy

Stephen G. Tanner   

  • Real Estate Law

Kristopher "Kip" Wahlers   

  • Public Finance Law

Detroit

Robert A. Kiburz   

  • Corporate Law

Indianapolis

Anthony P. Aaron   

  • Agriculture Law
  • Corporate Law

Aaron B. Aft   

  • Real Estate Law

Adam Arceneaux  

  • Agriculture Law
  • Commercial Litigation

Holiday W. Banta   

  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Patent
  • Patent Law
  • Trademark Law

Amy Berg  

  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation - Environmental

Kristine J. Bouaichi   

  • Trusts and Estates

Emmanuel V. R. Boulukos   

  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment

Jenny R. Buchheit   

  • Appellate Practice

Timothy J. Capen   

  • Corporate Law

David J. Carr   

  • Employment Law - Individuals
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment

Joshua L. Christie   

  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Commercial Finance Law
  • Corporate Governance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Troy J. Cole   

  • Information Technology Law
  • Patent Law
  • Technology Law
  • Trademark Law

Amy M. Corsaro

  • Municipal Law
  • Public Finance Law

Daniel Corsaro   

  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Tax Law

Terri A. Czajka   

  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation - Environmental

Jeffery C. Dack   

  • Real Estate Law

Matthew G. DeLaruelle   

  • Real Estate Law

Aaron J. Dixon   

  • Real Estate Law

Tami A. Earnhart   

  • Employment Law - Individuals

Matt Ehinger   

  • Nonprofit / Charities Law
  • Tax Law

Kevin P. Ewing   

  • Real Estate Law

Jennifer Frasier   

  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)

Christina Laun Fugate   

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

George A. Gasper   

  • Commercial Litigation

Robert Lee Gauss   

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Philip C. Genetos   

  • Environmental Law
  • Public Finance Law

Gina M. Giacone   

  • Nonprofit / Charities Law
  • Trusts and Estates

John B. Gregg   

  • Government Relations Practice

Stephen J. Hackman   

  • Agriculture Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Jeffrey A. Hokanson   

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy

Brent W. Huber  

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law

Heather R. James   

  • Municipal Law
  • Public Finance Law

Steven L. Jones   

  • Construction Law
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Real Estate Law

Louie Jorczak  

  • Litigation - Environmental

Tyler J. Kalachnik   

  • Public Finance Law

Christopher Kashman   

  • Public Finance Law

Angela Krahulik  

  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation - Environmental

Steven W. Krohne   

  • Energy Law

Lisa A. Lee   

  • Public Finance Law

Erik B. Long   

  • Municipal Law
  • Public Finance Law

Katie J. Marschke   

  • Real Estate Law

Kristin McNulty McClellan  

  • Municipal Law
  • Public Finance Law

Jason McNiel  

  • Real Estate Law

Michael Edward Millikan  

  • Corporate Law
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law

Lawren K. Mills   

  • Government Relations Practice

Drew J. Miroff   

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Thomas E. Mixdorf   

  • Antitrust Law
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation

Eileen P.H. Moore   

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates

David L. Nie  

  • Health Care Law
  • Public Finance Law

Timothy E. Ochs   

  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Litigation - Real Estate
  • Real Estate Law

Ryan McCabe Poor   

  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management

Melissa Proffitt  

  • Agriculture Law
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Litigation - ERISA

Nicholas Reuhs   

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation - Insurance

Mark J. Richards   

  • Litigation and Controversy - Tax
  • Tax Law

Shalina Ann Schaefer   

  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Blake Schulz   

  • Real Estate Law

Tara Schulstad Sciscoe   

  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Rebecca J. Seamands

  • Construction Law

Christopher Scott Sears   

  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Myra C. Selby   

  • Appellate Practice
  • Health Care Law

Sebastian Smelko   

  • Government Relations Practice

Richard A. Smikle   

  • Arbitration

Freedom S.N. Smith   

  • Environmental Law

Scott Snively   

  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Dale E. Stackhouse   

  • Corporate Law

Ann H. Stewart   

  • Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Taryn E. Stone   

  • Health Care Law

Paul Conrad Sweeney   

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment

Kipper Tew   

  • Government Relations Practice

John R. Thornburgh   

  • Corporate Law
  • International Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Sports Law
  • Venture Capital Law

Richard J. Thrapp   

  • Corporate Law
  • International Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Michael L. Tooley   

  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management

Gregory Touney

  • Real Estate Law

Nathaniel M. Uhl   

  • Appellate Practice
  • Litigation - Construction

Andrew N. Vento   

  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates
  • Trusts and Estates

Thomas A. Walsh   

  • Copyright Law
  • Information Technology Law

Germaine Winnick Willett   

  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment

Kevin C. Woodhouse   

  • Health Care Law
  • International Mergers and Acquisitions

Michael A. Wukmer   

  • Commercial Litigation

New York

Louis T. DeLucia   

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Philadelphia

Lesley Grossberg   

  • Litigation - Intellectual Property

Weihong Hsing Ph.D.

  • Patent Law

Washington, D.C.

Timothy D. Belevetz  

  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Jennifer S. Jackman   

  • Litigation - Labor and Employment

The following Ice Miller lawyers were recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2026 “Lawyer of the Year” Awards:

Cleveland

Robert B. Port

  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

Indianapolis

Joshua L. Christie

  • Commercial Finance Law
  • Corporate Governance Law

Troy J. Cole

  • Technology Law

Amy M. Corsaro

  • Municipal Law

Daniel Corsaro

  • Tax Law

Aaron J. Dixon

  • Real Estate Law

Gina M. Giacone

  • Trusts and Estates

Tyler J. Kalachnik

  • Public Finance Law

Michael Edward Millikan

  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law

Lawren K. Mills

  • Government Relations Practice

Christopher Scott Sears

  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Andrew N. Vento

  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates

The following Ice Miller lawyers were recognized as The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch®:

Chicago

Hilary M. Burger   

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment

Maria DeGiovanni   

  • Corporate Law
  • Venture Capital Law

Alexander S. Valdes   

  • Commercial Litigation

Columbus

Dann Bruno 

  • Corporate Law
  • Intellectual Property Law

Alexandra Petrillo 

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Marcus V. Phelps 

  • Real Estate Law

James Smolik 

  • Corporate Law
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Indianapolis

Adam M. Alexander   

  • Commercial Litigation

Jessa Irene DeGroote   

  • Commercial Litigation

Kayla Ernst   

  • Labor and Employment Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment

Meghan Grimes   

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Chuck Niblick  

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation - Environmental

Angela M. Rinehart 

  • Health Care Law

Sarah A. Sweet 

  • Trusts and Estates

Aaron Walker 

  • Corporate Law
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law

Annie Xie 

  • Real Estate Law

Miami

Gai Sher   

  • Technology Law

New York

Simone Park 

  • Litigation - Bankruptcy
  • Litigation - Patent

Philadelphia

Krzysztof Bozentka

  • Privacy and Data Security Law
  • Technology Law

Ming He, Ph.D.

  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Patent Law

Brian A. Korman 

  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Real Estate Law

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