Best Lawyers® Recognizes 42 McNees Attorneys, Three Named “Lawyer of the Year”
August 17, 2023
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August 17, 2023) McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC is pleased to announce that 42 of its attorneys were recognized by Best Lawyers® in 2024 in the U.S., with three receiving the distinction of “Lawyer of the Year.” And, nine McNees attorneys appeared in the most recent edition of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™.
Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers®’ peer-nominated lists have been recognized as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals in the country. They are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. For the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, more than 13.7 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 76,000 leading lawyers included in the milestone 30th edition.
“Lawyer of the Year” honors are awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with extremely high overall feedback from their peers, making it an exceptional distinction. Here are the four McNees attorneys named to 2024’s edition, listed with their respective practice areas:
- Jennifer E. Will, Employment Law – Management
- Shaun R. Eisenhauer, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Stephen C. Gierasch, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
The 42 McNees attorneys named to the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers® are listed below with their respective practice areas.
Columbus, Ohio
- Karl H. Schneider, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Frederick, Md.
- Kendall A. Camuti, Real Estate Law
- Derek Roussillon, Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Joseph S. Welty, Corporate Law
Harrisburg, Pa.
- Adeolu A. Bakare, Energy Regulation Law (This is his first year of recognition.)
- Alan R. Boynton, Jr., Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Intellectual Property (This is his fifteenth year of recognition.)
- Susan Bruce, Energy Law (This is her first year of recognition.)
- Debra Denison Cantor, Collaborative Law: Family Law (This is her tenth year of recognition.)
- Joseph Chapman, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs (This is his first year of recognition.)
- Dana W. Chilson, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law (This is her fifth year of recognition.)
- Charles M. Courtney, Land Use and Zoning Law (This is his tenth year of recognition.)
- Clayton W. Davidson, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (This is his tenth year of recognition.)
- James P. DeAngelo, Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance; Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions (This is his fifteenth year of recognition.)
- Shaun R. Eisenhauer, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law (This is his fifteenth year of recognition.)
- Timothy M. Finnerty, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Trusts and Estates (This is his tenth year of recognition.)
- Helen L. Gemmill, Litigation – Real Estate
- Stephen C. Gierasch, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law (This is his tenth year of recognition.)
- Scott A. Gould, Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental (This is his fifteenth year of recognition.)
- J. Paul Helvy, Family Law (This is his fifteenth year of recognition.)
- Kandice Kerwin Hull, Appellate Practice (This is her fifteenth year of recognition.)
- Brian F. Jackson, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management (This is his fifteenth year of recognition.)
- Nicole Stezar Kaylor, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law (This is her fifth year of recognition.)
- James W. Kutz, Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Municipal (This is his fifteenth year of recognition.)
- L. Renée Lieux, Mergers and Acquisitions Law (This is her fifth year of recognition.)
- Charis Mincavage, Energy Law (This is her first year of recognition.)
- Stephen A. Moore, Corporate Governance Law (This is his fifteenth year of recognition.)
- Elizabeth P. Mullaugh, Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates (This is her fifteenth year of recognition.)
- Adam L. Santucci, Labor Law – Management
- Carol A. Steinour Young, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants (This is her tenth year of recognition.)
- Diane M. Tokarsky, Construction Law; Litigation – Construction (This is her fifteenth year of recognition.)
- Bradley Walker, Corporate Law
- Rhonda M. Weaver, Real Estate Law (This is her tenth year of recognition.)
- Jennifer E. Will, Employment Law – Management
Lancaster, Pa.
- Vance Antonacci, Trusts and Estates (This is his first year of recognition.)
- Eric N. Athey, Employment Law – Management (This is his first year of recognition.)
- Donna L. Kreiser, Public Finance Law (This is her tenth year of recognition.)
- Kendra D. McGuire, Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Trusts and Estates (This is her tenth year of recognition.)
- David Unkovic, Public Finance Law (This is his first year of recognition.)
Pittsburgh, Pa.
- Robert J. Blumling, Commercial Litigation; Construction Law (This is his twentieth year of recognition.)
- Ross A. Giorgianni, Construction Law
- Michael D. Klein, Construction Law; Litigation – Construction (This is his fifteenth year of recognition.)
York, Pa.
- Anne E. Zerbe, Employment Law – Management (This is her first year of recognition.)
The nine McNees attorneys named in this year’s Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ are listed below with their respective practice areas. This award recognizes attorneys who are earlier in their careers, typically in practice for five to nine years, for outstanding professional excellence in private practice. For the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, more than 2.4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 25,000 lawyers honored in the new edition.
Columbus, Ohio
- Matthew Pritchard, Energy Law
Harrisburg, Pa.
- Jeffrey Esch McCombie, Real Estate Law
- Meaghan E. Hill, Corporate Law (This is her first year of recognition.)
- Sarah Hyser-Staub, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Brigid Landy Khuri, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Energy Law; Natural Resources Law
- Meera Modi, Mergers and Acquisitions Law (This is her first year of recognition.)
Lancaster, Pa.
- Andrew Rusniak, Trusts and Estates
- Micah T. Saul, Labor and Employment Law – Management (This is his first year of recognition.)
- Claudia N. Shank, Real Estate Law
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McNees is a multidisciplinary law firm founded in 1935 with more than 150 attorneys representing businesses, associations, institutions, municipalities and individuals. The firm serves clients worldwide from offices in Devon, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Pittsburgh, Scranton, State College and York, Pa.; Columbus, Ohio; Frederick and Towson, Md.; and Washington, D.C. McNees is a member of the ALFA International Global Legal Network.
