The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2024

Best Lawyers

August 17, 2023

51 Sills Cummis & Gross attorneys are included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, including 4 “Lawyer of the Year” recipients. In addition, 16 attorneys are included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America.

The following 51 attorneys are included in The Best Lawyers in America list:

Ivette P. Alvarado – Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law

Allan C. Bell – Tax Law, Trusts and Estates

Julia L. Bonsal – Banking and Finance Law

Joseph L. Buckley – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Banking and Finance Law

David L. Cook – Commercial Litigation

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

Michael B. Goldsmith – Corporate Law

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

Steven E. Gross – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Insurance Law, International Trade and Finance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions 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

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 – Land Use and Zoning Law, 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)

Patricia M. Prezioso – Employment Law – Management

Thomas H. Prol – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Real Estate Law

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

Ira A. Rosenberg – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Richard J. Sapinski – Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Joseph P. Scorese – Tax Law, Trusts and Estates

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

Jason L. Sobel – Real Estate Law

Jaimee Katz Sussner – Litigation – Real Estate

Jason Teele – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Frederic M. Tudor – Corporate Law

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

Morris Yamner – Real Estate Law

Ted Zangari – Real Estate Law

Jerold L. Zaro – Corporate Law, Real Estate Law

 

The following 4 attorneys are “Lawyer of the Year” Recipients:

Meryl A.G. Gonchar – Land Use and Zoning Law in Newark

Jeffrey J. Greenbaum – Litigation – Securities in Newark

Mark S. Olinsky – Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) in Newark

Peter G. Verniero – Appellate Practice in Newark

 

The following 16 attorneys are included in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list:

Grace A. Byrd – Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment

Matthew P. Canini – Litigation – Securities

Michael P. Crowley – Commercial Litigation

Adam J. Faiella – Real Estate Law

Jeffrey Gaskill – Real Estate Law

Ahmed Kassim – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Eynar Khaimov – Real Estate Law

Corey Klein – Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law

Stephen M. Klein – Commercial Litigation

Gregory A. Kopacz – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Hannah M. Lynch – Insurance Law

Nicole Gerritsen McDonough – Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Law, Real Estate Law

Jordan E. Pace – Labor and Employment Law – Management, 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

William L. Wilkins – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Banking and Finance Law

 

Lawyers included in The Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers based on professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure 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. These lawyers are selected based on an impressive voting average received during the peer review assessments.

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America recognizes associates and other lawyers who are earlier in their careers. Lawyers recognized are divided by geographic region and practice areas. Candidates must be nominated, vetted by their peers and undergo an authentication process before they are recognized by Best Lawyers.

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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