Taft is pleased to announce that 20 attorneys have been recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers® 2026. The “Lawyer of the Year” recognition is given to individual attorneys with the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice and geographic area. Only one lawyer is awarded “Lawyer of the Year” for each specialty and location.
The following Taft attorneys have been named Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year.”
Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Jill K. Sweeney, Public Finance Law
Chicago, Illinois
- Paul T. Jenson, Gaming Law
Cincinnati, Ohio
- Robert A. Bilott, Litigation – Environmental
- Samuel M. Duran, Worker’s Compensation Law – Employers
- Jeremy A. Hayden, Litigation and Controversy – Tax
- Aaron M. Herzig, Appellate Practice
- Robert W. McDonald, Venture Capital Law
Cleveland, Ohio
- Eric M. Simon, Administrative / Regulatory Law
Columbus, Ohio
- Peter W. Hahn, Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
Dayton, Ohio
- Lowell T. Woods, Jr., Litigation – Construction
- Marc L. Fleischauer, Labor Law – Management
Denver, Colorado
- Bridget K. Sullivan, Tax Law
- Garth B. Jensen, Corporate Governance Law, Securities Regulation
- Mark W. Williams, Communications Law
Detroit, Michigan
- Marko J. Belej, Tax Law
- Susan S. Lichterman, Family Law
Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Elizabeth Brama, Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Stephen A. Brunn, Employment Law – Management
- Valerie T. Herring, Utilities Law
West Palm Beach, Florida
- Manuel Farach, Litigation – Real Estate
About Best Lawyers®
Best Lawyers® is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. Best Lawyers® rankings are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. If the votes for an attorney are positive enough for inclusion in Best Lawyers®,that attorney must maintain those votes in subsequent polls to remain on the list for each edition. Lawyers are not permitted to pay any fee to participate in or be included on the lists.