Six Ice Miller partners have been named 2026 Benchmark Litigation Stars. Litigation Stars are highly regarded by their peers and possess a strong case record and positive client feedback. Lawyers who achieve this status are recognized as preeminent litigation practitioners in the United States.

Aaron Casagrande’s practice has spanned a broad array of business and commercial litigation matters, including the representation of companies, creditors, and trustees with investigations and litigation involving director and officer liability, mismanagement, business fraud, antitrust and false claim act claims and other commercial disputes. He routinely counsels clients through the discovery process during complex litigation and in response to civil and investigative subpoenas, including the preservation, collection, review, and production of electronically stored information and the implementation of software tools to streamline the process.

Kevin Hroblak is an accomplished trial lawyer whose experience extends across a broad array of business litigation, investigations, and restructuring matters, including representing companies, individuals, creditors, trustees, special committees, boards of directors, and independent fiduciaries in connection with investigations and litigation. The nature of the investigations and litigation matters include, among others, claims involving corporate governance, director and officer liability, mismanagement and business fraud, professional liability, government enforcement, and other business-related claims. Hroblak is the Office Managing Partner of Ice Miller’s Baltimore, Maryland office.

Jen Jackman is an experienced counselor to employers on all aspects of employment from hiring to discharge. She is a seasoned litigator representing employers in state and federal courts throughout the United States on matters involving wrongful termination, discrimination, breach of fiduciary duty, defamation, tortious interference, and enforcement of restrictive covenants. Jackman serves as the Office Managing Partner of the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.

Joshua Klarfeld is a litigator who focuses his practice on business disputes and complex litigation and routinely serves as a member of litigation teams in high-profile cases. He manages all stages of pretrial proceedings, from strategizing the defense or prosecution of the case, to pleadings, pre-answer motions, and discovery, through resolution. Klarfeld has briefed and argued dispositive motions and appeals in state and federal courts throughout the country and has conducted mediations across a variety of legal disputes. He is also the Office Managing Partner of Ice Miller’s Cleveland, Ohio office.

Aneca Lasley has more than two decades of complex commercial litigation experience representing Fortune 100 and 500 companies, health care providers, global retailers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and financial institutions. Her practice spans product liability, insurance coverage, intellectual property, and trade secret disputes, and she has secured multimillion-dollar verdicts and decisive defense wins in courts across the country. This experience and her ability to see the “chess match” of high-risk litigation has made Lasley a valuable strategic asset to her clients.

Drew Miroff’s litigation practice focuses on manufacturing/supply chain, products, business, and land use. He is frequently described as an aggressive yet pragmatic and focused litigator who eschews the “noise” and gets to the heart of the issue in an effort to find quick, efficient, and favorable solutions for his clients. Miroff represents businesses in virtually all aspects of their litigation, including supply chain disputes, business torts and contract disputes, real estate matters, as well as product-, premises-, and asbestos-related liability claims.

Benchmark Litigation recognizes the work of outstanding individuals and serves as a guide to the world’s leading litigation firms and lawyers. Law firm and lawyer rankings are based on extensive interviews with litigators, dispute resolution specialists, and their clients, as well as an analysis of the market’s most important cases and firm developments.