The Best Lawyers in America has named 78 Richards, Layton & Finger attorneys in its 2024 rankings. Best Lawyers has also selected Richards Layton attorneys as Wilmington, Delaware Lawyers of the Year in five practice areas, an award presented to one outstanding lawyer in each specialty in a metropolitan area: Mark Collins in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Kelly Farnan in Patent Litigation, Mark Gentile in both Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Mark Purpura in Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships).
“I’m very proud that Best Lawyers has recognized so many of our lawyers,” said Lisa Schmidt, president of Richards Layton. “And I’m truly honored—not only that our peers respect our skill, hard work, dedication, and commitment to excellence, but also that I work with such an incredible group of talented lawyers.”
The Richards Layton attorneys named in The Best Lawyers in America are:
Michael Allen
Paul Altman
C. Stephen Bigler
Robert Burns
C. Malcolm Cochran IV
Susan Hannigan Cohen
Mark Collins
F. Peter Conaty Jr.
Frederick Cottrell
Brock Czeschin
Doneene Damon
Catherine Dearlove
Daniel DeFranceschi
Raymond DiCamillo
Daniel Dreisbach
Richard Facciolo
Kelly Farnan
Steven Fineman
Anne Foster
Kevin Gallagher
Mark Gentile
Kevin Gross
William Haubert
Paul Heath
John Hendershot
Tara Hoffner
Travis Hunter
Jennifer Jauffret
Cynthia Kaiser
Bernard Kelley
Beth Gansen Knight
John H. Knight
Rudolf Koch
Mark Kurtz
Gregory Ladner
James Leyden Jr.
Claire Love
Stephen Lukes Jr.
Elisa Erlenbach Maas
Michael Merchant
Katharine Lester Mowery
Jeffrey Moyer
Samuel Nolen
Stephanie Norman
J. Weston Peterson
Mark Purpura
Srinivas Raju
Marcos Ramos
Jason Rawnsley
Blake Rohrbacher
Richard Rollo
Lisa Schmidt
Chad Shandler
Zachary Shapiro
Russell Silberglied
W. Donald Sparks II
Robert Stearn Jr.
Amanda Steele
Stanford Stevenson III
Melissa Stubenberg
Sara Wagner
Robert Whetzel
Gregory Williams
William Yemc
John Mark Zeberkiewicz
The Richards Layton attorneys named in Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch” are:
Jake Crosetto
Laura Dietrich
Robert Greco
Christine Dealy Haynes
Lee Kaufman
Alexander Krischik
Robert Maddox
Brian Mammarella
Philip Micha
Nicole Pedi
Katie Reese
Antonios Roustopoulos
Brendan Schlauch
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