The 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® recognizes 50 Sills Cummis & Gross attorneys, including a “Lawyer of the Year” recipient. In addition, 12 lawyers have been included in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™.
The following attorneys are listed in The Best Lawyers in America:
Ivette P. Alvarado – Real Estate Law
Allan C. Bell – Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Joseph L. Buckley – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Banking and Finance Law
David L. Cook – Commercial Litigation
R. Max Crane – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Trent S. Dickey – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Mark E. Duckstein – Commercial Litigation
Richard H. Epstein – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance
Charles J. Falletta – Commercial Litigation
Meryl A.G. Gonchar – Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning, Litigation – Real Estate, Real Estate Law
Hervé Gouraige – Commercial Litigation
Jeffrey J. Greenbaum – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation – Real Estate, Litigation – Securities, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action – Defendants
Jason K. Gross – Corporate Law
Steven E. Gross – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, International Trade and Finance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Harvey T. Haber – Corporate Law
Mitchell D. Haddad – Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Law
Keith R. Hemming – Commercial Litigation
Robert R. Hempstead – Real Estate Law
Victor J. Herlinsky, Jr. – Cannabis Law
George R. Hirsch – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
James M. Hirschhorn – Commercial Litigation
Lawrence S. Horn – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Joshua N. Howley – Commercial Litigation
Steven R. Kamen – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Cecilia I. Lassiter – Real Estate Law
Michael R. Leighton – Real Estate Law
Mark S. Levenson – Real Estate Law
Simon Levin – Tax Law
Boris I. Mankovetskiy – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Jeffrey Hugh Newman – Real Estate Law
Thomas S. Novak – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Insurance Law
Kenneth F. Oettle – Gaming Law
Mark S. Olinsky – Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Thomas H. Prol – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
Andrew B. Robins – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
Beth S. Rose – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, Commercial Litigation, Electronic Discovery and Information Management Law, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
David I. Rosen – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Ira A. Rosenberg – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Richard J. Sapinski – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Alan E. Sherman – Tax Law
Andrew H. Sherman – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Joseph B. Shumofsky – Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
S. Jason Teele – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Mary E. Toscano – Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Peter G. Verniero – Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Lori M. Waldron – Corporate Law
Edwin W. Weinberg – Real Estate Law
Morris Yamner – Real Estate Law
Ted Zangari – Real Estate Law
Jerold L. Zaro – Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
The following attorney is a “Lawyer of the Year” Recipient:
Meryl A.G. Gonchar – Litigation – Land Use and Zoning in Newark
The following attorneys are included in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America:
Grace A. Byrd – Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Matthew P. Canini – Litigation – Securities
Adam J. Faiella – Real Estate Law
Lucas F. Hammonds – Litigation – Bankruptcy
Daniel J. Harris – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Stephen M. Klein – Commercial Litigation
Gregory A. Kopacz – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Jordan E. Pace – Litigation – Labor and Employment
Matthew P. Posada – Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law, Environmental Law
Laura E. Sedlak – Antitrust Law, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation -Antitrust
Lauren C. Watson – Commercial Litigation
William L. Wilkins – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Banking and Finance Law
Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise, and undergo an authentication process to ensure they are in current practice and in good standing.
Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant. This lawyer is selected based on a particularly impressive voting average during the peer review assessments.
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America recognizes associates and other lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States. Lawyers recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.
The Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America are published by Best Lawyers. Read more about the award methodology and process here.
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