Ice Miller is proud to announce 151 attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America 2027, 15 of which earned their first-ever Best Lawyers listing. Five lawyers were also recognized by Best Lawyers in the 2027 “Lawyer of the Year” Awards, a distinction awarded to only one attorney per practice area per metro region.

Additionally, the firm’s emerging talent was featured, with 48 attorneys named The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch list, 30 of the recognized attorneys being first-time honorees. Ones to Watch highlights 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.

Ice Miller Attorneys Named The Best Lawyers in America^® 2027

The attorneys recognized in the 2027 edition of 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

• Commercial Litigation 
• Litigation – Insurance 
• Litigation - Intellectual Property

Tiffany M. Releford

• Litigation - Labor and Employment

Chicago

Alice A. Kelly

• Franchise Law

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

Justin D. Swindells

• Litigation – Intellectual Property

Kathleen Sheil Scheidt

• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Thomas C. Smith

• Public Finance Law

Steven J. Thayer

• Real Estate Law

Cleveland

Jennifer Lawry Adams

• Corporate Law 
• Health Care Law 
• Mergers and Acquisitions

Brett Altier

• Health Care Law 
• Real Estate Law

Daniel A. Gottesman

• Health Care Law 
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Joshua A. Klarfield

• Commercial Litigation

Marie C. Kuban

• Banking and Finance Law 
• Corporate Law

Steven P. Larson

• Real Estate Law

Michael B. Pascoe

• Commercial Litigation

Robert B. Port

• Commercial Litigation 
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants 
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs  
• Real Estate Law

Sonja C. Rice

• Construction Law  
• Corporate Law

Raymond D. Seiler

• Health Care Law 
• Real Estate Law

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 
• Litigation - Labor and Employment

Edward Braum

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

Dann Bruno

• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)

John C. Cannizzaro

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

Kris M. Dawley

• Commercial Litigation 
• Health Care Law

Kristina S. Dahmann

• Commercial Litigation

Stephen B. Edwards

• Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Matthew L. Fornshell

• Commercial Litigation 
• Litigation - Securities 
• Securities Regulation

Joanne I. Goldhand

• Real Estate Law

Gregory A. Gorospe

• Real Estate Law

Molly R. Gwin

• Commercial Litigation 
• Employment Law - Management 
• Land Use and Zoning Law 
• Litigation - Real Estate 
• Real Estate Law

A.J. Hensel

• Commercial Litigation 
• Construction Law 
• Litigation - Construction 
• Litigation - Municipal 
• 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 
• Real Estate 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

Thomas A. Pampush

• 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 Wahlers

• Public Finance Law

Detroit

Robert A. Kiburz

• Corporate Law 
• Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law

Indianapolis

Anthony P. Aaron

• Agriculture Law 
• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) 
• Corporate Law

Aaron B. Aft

• Environmental Law 
• Real Estate Law

Adam Arceneaux

• Agriculture Law 
• Commercial Litigation

Holiday W. Banta

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

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 
• Commercial Transactions / UCC 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

• 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 
• Litigation - Labor and Employment

Matt Ehinger

• Nonprofit / Charities Law 
• Tax Law

Kevin P. Ewing

• Real Estate Law

Audra J. Ferguson

• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Jennifer Frasier

• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)

Christina Laun Fugate

• Commercial Litigation 
• Franchise Law 
• 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

Lisa Erb Harrison

• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Jeffrey A. Hokanson

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

Heather R. James

• Municipal Law 
• Public Finance Law

Steven L. Jones

• Construction Law 
• Litigation - Construction 
• Real Estate Law

Tyler J. Kalachnik

• Public Finance Law

Christopher Kashman

• Public Finance Law

Angela Krahulik

• Insurance Law 
• Litigation - Environmental

Steven W. Krohne

• Energy Law

Chelsea Kurth

• Health Care Law

Steven Latterell

• Litigation - Trusts and Estates

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

Thomas E. Mixdorf

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

Drew J. Miroff

• Bet-the-Company Litigation 
• Commercial Litigation 
• Insurance Law 
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Eileen P.H. Moore

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

Amanda Morton

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

David L. Nie

• Health Care Law 
• Public Finance Law

Timothy E. Ochs

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

Paul Obszanski

• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) 
• Corporate 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

Christopher Scott Sears

• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Rebecca J. Seamands

• Construction Law

Myra C. Selby

• Appellate Practice 
• Health Care Law

Brent Showalter

• Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Sebastian Smelko

• Government Relations Practice

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

Erica S. Williams

• Real Estate Law

Kevin C. Woodhouse

• Health Care Law 
• International Mergers and Acquisitions

Michael A. Wukmer

• Commercial Litigation

Naples

Eric Kalnins

• Trusts and Estates

New York

Louis T. DeLucia

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Anastasia Tonello

• Immigration 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

Vanessa A. Scott

• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Wilmington

R. Stephen McNeill

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

Christopher Samis

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

Aaron H. Stulman

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Ice Miller Attorneys Named the Best Lawyers in America Ones to Watch® 2027

The attorneys recognized in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch® include:

Chicago

Hilary M. Burger

• Commercial Litigation 
• Litigation - Labor and Employment

Maria DeGiovanni

• Corporate Law 
• Venture Capital Law

Tyler J. Hardcastle

• Real Estate Law

Melissa Whigham

• Real Estate Law

Alexander S. Valdes

• Commercial Litigation  

Cleveland

Sara Dorland

• Commercial Litigation

Joseph S. Hendlin

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

Andreana Shepherd

• Corporate Law

Columbus

Erica L. Arras

• Appellate Practice

Ryland A. Doerr

• Commercial Litigation

Max J. Fournier

• Corporate Law

Masallay Komrabai-Kanu

• Litigation - Labor and Employment

Brian Magorien

• Public Finance Law

Alexandra Petrillo

• Commercial Litigation 
• Construction Law 
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Marcus V. Phelps

• Real Estate Law

Caroline Pontius-Powers

• Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Lydia F. Reback

• Commercial Litigation

Sara K. Sams

• Litigation - Labor and Employment

Ryan Schwinghamer

• Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Brigid Sharek

• Health Care Law

James A. Smolik

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

Kishala Srivastava

• Commercial Litigation

Indianapolis

Adam M. Alexander

• Commercial Litigation

Rani Amani

• Appellate Practice 
• Commercial Litigation

Lauren Baldwin

• Litigation – Environmental 
• Real Estate Law

James N. Bulow

• Litigation – Construction

Ben Burdick

• Commercial Litigation

Kevin J. Burns

• Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Dakota M. Coates

• Commercial Litigation

Sarah K. Correll

• Public Finance Law

Grace Dahm

• Corporate Law

Abby V. DeMare

• Commercial Litigation

John (JD) French

• Commercial Litigation

Meghan Grimes (Copeland)

• Commercial Litigation 
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Veronica J. Hubartt

• Public Finance Law

Zakariah A. Kulam

• Commercial Litigation 
• Litigation - Environmental 
• Litigation - Real Estate

Tina Dukandar Light

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

Alexandria A. Lundberg

• Commercial Litigation

Rachel Mattingly Phillips

• Labor and Employment Law - Management

Libby Moyer

• Commercial Litigation

Hannah Oates

• Labor and Employment Law – Management

Tanner B. Watson

• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)

Chuck Niblick

• Commercial Litigation 
• Insurance Law 
• Litigation - Environmental

Angela M. Rinehart

• Health Care Law

Aaron Walker

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

Miami

Gai Sher

• Technology Law

Philadelphia

Ming He

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

Brian A. Korman

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

Ice Miller Attorneys Named 2027 Best Lawyers® "Lawyer of the Year"

The attorneys recognized in the 2027 Best Lawyers ® “Lawyer of the Year” Award include:

Columbus

Matthew L. Fornshell

• Litigation – Securities

Indianapolis

Joshua L. Christie

• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)

Amy M. Corsaro

• Public Finance Law

Jeffery C. Dack

• Real Estate Law

Shalina Ann Schaefer

• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Ice Miller is proud to recognize these attorneys for their inclusion in Best Lawyers, highlighting the exceptional talent and commitment they bring to clients across a multitude of industries. Connect with us to learn how Ice Miller can help you navigate your legal challenges and needs today.