Press Release

130 Ice Miller Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 Rankings

August 15, 2024

Ice Miller LLP is pleased to announce that 130 lawyers were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025. Six Ice Miller partners were also recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” Awards.

In addition, 23 lawyers were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch®. These awards recognize attorneys in the early stages of their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States. Recipients have typically been in practice for five to nine years. 

“Ice Miller is excited to see so many of its attorneys across an array of practice groups recognized by their peers through Best Lawyers®,” said Michael Millikan, Chief Managing Partner at Ice Miller. “Congratulations to those being acknowledged for their excellent service and continued commitment to our clients.”

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 Right/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Commercial Litigation

Tiffany M. Releford

  • Community Association Law
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment

Chicago

Jay Augustyn

  • Real Estate Law

Gary D. Blachman

  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

John David Burke

  • Commercial Litigation

Thomas W. Dimond

  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation – Environmental

Jason T. Lundy

  • Health Care Law

Steven D. Mroczkowski

  • Litigation - Construction

Daniel Polatsek

  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Ethan E. Rii

  • Health Care Law

Kathleen Scheidt

  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Justin D. Swindells

  • Litigation – Intellectual Property

Michael R. Tirman

  • Real Estate Law

Columbus

William J. Barath

  • Employment Law – Management

Paul L. Bittner

  • Employment Law – Management
  • Labor Law – Management

Edward Braum

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

John C. Cannizzaro

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Michael B. Coleman

  • Government Relations Practice

Tyson A. Crist

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

James E. Davidson

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment

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

Michael Hall

  • Government Relations Practice

A.J. Hensel

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Litigation – Construction
  • Litigation – Municipal
  • Military Law

Richard W. Holz

  • Corporate Governance Law
  • Tax Law

Leslie S. Johnson

  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers & 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

  • Mergers & 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 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

DuPage County, Illinois

Bart T. Murphy

  • Commercial Litigation

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

Brian C. Crist

  • Real Estate 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

Sherry A. Fabina-Abney

  • Health Care 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

Jane Neuhauser Herndon

  • Project Finance Law
  • Public Finance 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

Tyler J. Kalachnik

  • 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
  • Commercial Litigation

Eileen P.H. Moore

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment

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

Donald M. Snemis

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Environmental

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 Law
  • 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
  • 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 attorneys were recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” Awards:

Columbus

Matthew Fornshell

  • Litigation – Securities

Aneca E. Lasley

  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Indianapolis

Matt Ehinger

  • Nonprofit/Charities Law

Stephen J. Hackman

  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Shalina Ann Schaefer

  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

John R. Thornburgh

  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
  • Venture Capital Law  

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

Baltimore

Aaron A. Nichols

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Intellectual Property

Chicago

Hilary M. Burger

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment

Matthew J. Kelly

  • Health Care Law

Columbus

Abigail Barr

  • Labor and Employment Law – Management
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment

Kristina S. Dahmann

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Banking and Finance

Alexandra Petrillo

  • Commercial Litigation

Marcus V. Phelps

  • Real Estate Law

Greater Phoenix Area

London A. Burns

  • Construction Law
  • Project Finance Law

Indianapolis

Adam M. Alexander

  • Commercial Litigation

Siddharth Bose

  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Technology Law

Jessa Irene DeGroote

  • Commercial Litigation

Sean T. Dewey

  • Commercial Litigation

Esther Earbin Sandlin

  • Corporate Law
  • Intellectual Property Law

Kayla Ernst

  • Litigation – Labor and Employment

Samuel B. Gardner

  • Insurance Law

Louie Jorczak

  • Litigation – Environmental

Chuck Niblick

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation – Environmental

Angela M. Rinehart

  • Health Care Law

Sarah A. Sweet

  • Trusts and Estates

Aaron Walker

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

Annie Xie

  • Real Estate Law

Philadelphia

Ming He, Ph.D.

  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Litigation – Intellectual Property
  • Patent Law

Brian A. Korman

  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)


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