McGrath North's Team Receives Broad Recognition from The Best Lawyers in America® 2024
In its newly released 2024 edition, The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 46 McGrath North attorneys in the full range of specialty practice areas key to supporting businesses of all sizes across a broad range of industries, and 27 attorneys have been recognized for 10 years or more. Of these attorneys recognized based on peer-review surveys, seven were named “Lawyer of the Year.” This honor is awarded to only one attorney with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic location.
In addition, in confirmation that the firm continues to build its team of excellent attorneys to serve its clients, four attorneys were named to the 4th edition of the Best Lawyers: “Ones to Watch” for their work in Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Litigation – Banking and Financing; Mass Tort / Class Actions – Defendants; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law and Trusts and Estates.
A complete listing of McGrath North’s Best Lawyers® team is set out below.
Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the Year
First Name |
Last Name |
Lawyer of the Year Designation |
William J. |
Birkel |
Workers’ Compensation Law - Employers |
Robert J. |
Bothe |
Banking and Finance Law |
Robert J. |
Bothe |
Commercial Transactions / UCC Law |
Jonathan L. |
Grob |
Tax Law |
Jonathan L. |
Grob |
Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law |
William F. |
Hargens |
Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants |
Robert D. |
Mullin, Jr. |
Insurance Law |
Robert D. |
Mullin, Jr. |
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants |
Roger W. |
Wells |
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) |
Thomas M. |
Worthington |
Mergers and Acquisitions Law |
Best Lawyers: Recognized Lawyers
First Name |
Last Name |
Specialty |
Jason D. |
Benson |
Banking and Finance Law; Commercial Finance Law; Corporate Governance Law |
William J. |
Birkel |
Insurance Law; Litigation - Insurance; Workers' Compensation Law - Employers |
Robert J. |
Bothe * |
Banking and Finance Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Finance Law; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Transactions/UCC Law; Litigation-Bankruptcy |
Austin C. |
Bradley |
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates |
Patrick E. |
Brookhouser, Jr. * |
Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation - Securities; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants |
Steven P. |
Case * |
Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental |
Aaron A. |
Clark * |
Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - ERISA; Litigation - Labor and Employment |
Ronald L. |
Comes |
Construction Law; Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law |
Robert G. |
Dailey * |
Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law |
Mark F. |
Enenbach * |
Commercial Litigation; Litigation-Antitrust; Litigation-Environmental; Litigation-Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) |
Michael T. |
Eversden |
Franchise Law |
James J. |
Frost * |
Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law |
Lauren R. |
Goodman |
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy |
Jonathan L. |
Grob |
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Corporate Law; Nonprofit / Charities Law; Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates |
Lee H. |
Hamann * |
Construction Law; Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law |
William F. |
Hargens * |
Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation-Banking and Finance; Litigation-Environmental; Litigation Intellectual Property; Litigation-Mergers and Acquisitions; Litigation-Securities; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Plaintiffs; Professional Malpractice Law-Defendants |
David L. |
Hefflinger * |
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Merges and Acquisitions Law; Nonprofit/Charities Law; Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates; Venture Capital Law |
April N. |
Hook |
Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants |
Ruth A. |
Horvatich |
Litigation – Labor and Employment |
Thomas J. |
Kelley * |
Privacy and Data Security Law; Tax Law |
Leo A. |
Knowles * |
Commercial Litigation |
Peter C. |
Langdon * |
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law |
Guy |
Lawson * |
Corporate Governance Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation |
J. Terry |
Macnamara * |
Mediation |
Thomas C. |
McGowan * |
Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Litigation-Environmental |
Brian T. |
McKernan |
Commercial Litigation; Copyright Law |
Abigail M. |
Moland |
Employment Law - Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment |
Robert D. |
Mullin, Jr. * |
Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation-Insurance; Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs; Product Liability Litigation-Defendants; Workers' Compensation Law-Employers |
Nicholas K. |
Niemann * |
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Litigation and Controversy-Tax; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates |
James J. |
Niemeier |
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation |
Matthew R. |
Ottemann |
Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates |
Daniel C. |
Pape * |
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Corporate Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates |
J. Scott |
Paul * |
Commercial Litigation; Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law; Insurance Law; Litigation-Insurance; Professional Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs |
Jeffrey S. |
Penne |
Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law |
Patrick D. |
Pepper |
Commercial Litigation; Litigation-Insurance; Litigation-Securities |
Jeffrey J. |
Pirruccello * |
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Corporate Law; Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Litigation and Controversy-Tax; Nonprofit/Charities Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates |
James G. |
Powers * |
Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Banking and Finance; Litigation-Bankruptcy; Litigation-Construction; Litigation-Land Use and Zoning |
Douglas E. |
Quinn * |
Banking and Finance Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Transactions/UCC Law; Litigation-Bankruptcy |
David H. |
Roe * |
Antitrust Law; Banking and Finance Law; Financial Services Regulation Law |
Stacey A. |
Shadden |
Corporate Law |
Patrick J. |
Straka |
Corporate Law |
John F. |
Thomas * |
Insurance Law; Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs; Workers' Compensation Law-Employers |
James D. |
Wegner * |
Aviation Law; Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Corporate Law; Nonprofit/Charities Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates |
Roger W. |
Wells * |
Antitrust Law; Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Commercial Transactions / UCC Law; Corporate Law; International Trade and Finance Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law |
Thomas M. |
Worthington |
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Venture Capital Law |
* recognized for 10 years or more
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
First Name |
Last Name |
Specialty |
Courtney E. |
Foltz |
Tax Law; Trusts and Estates |
Jay D. |
Koehn |
Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants |
Rachel C. |
Meyer |
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law |
Matthew G. |
Munro |
Commercial Litigation |