Kelley Drye & Warren LLP is pleased to announce that 64 attorneys, representing 18 practice areas, have been recognized in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. This highly respected referral guide is based on annual peer-review surveys, and the attorneys selected for inclusion are recognized for their outstanding reputations and excellence in legal work. Of the 64 Kelley Drye attorneys who made the list, 50 were recognized as "Best Lawyers," and 14 were named "Ones to Watch."
The following attorneys were recognized as Best Lawyers:
Jennifer
Barks ‒ Environmental
Jen
Bedoya ‒ Real Estate
Bob
Bickford ‒ Real Estate
Aaron Burnstein ‒ Privacy
Andrea
Calvaruso ‒ Trademark
Kathy
Cannon ‒ International Trade
Jim
Carr ‒ Bankruptcy and Restructuring
Jeff
Castello ‒ Commercial Litigation
Tom
Cohen ‒ Communications
Mike
Coursey ‒ International Trade
Bob
Crotty ‒ Litigation
Chris Drewes – Real Estate
Brian
Foley – Real Estate
David
Frulla ‒ Government Relations and Public
Policy
Karyn
Fulton ‒ Real Estate
John Gilmour ‒ Environmental
Bob
Haig ‒ Commercial Litigation
Steve
Hauck ‒ Real Estate
John
Herrmann ‒ International Trade
Barbara
Hoey ‒ Labor and Employment
Alysa
Hutnik ‒ Privacy and Data Security
Bill
Jackson ‒ Environmental
Jim
Jacobus ‒ Real Estate
Jennifer Jones ‒ Litigation
Paul
Keenan ‒ Real Estate
Jim
Kirk ‒ Real Estate
Larry Lasoff – International Trade
Andrew Lee ‒ Tax
Bob
LeHane ‒ Bankruptcy and Restructuring
Blythe
Lovinger ‒ Litigation Labor and Employment
Bill
MacLeod ‒ Antitrust
Lauri
Mazzuchetti‒ Commercial Litigation
Eric McClafferty – International Trade
Gonzalo
Mon ‒ Advertising
Nick
Panarella – Commercial Litigation
Brooke
Ringel ‒ International Trade
Aaron Rosenfeld – Real Estate
Dana
Rosenfeld ‒ Privacy and Data Security
Paul Rosenthal – International Trade
Whitney
Smith ‒ Commercial Litigation
Julian
Solotorovsky ‒ White Collar, Investigations and
Compliance
Christie Thompson ‒ Advertising
John
Villafranco ‒ Advertising
Becca
Wahlquist ‒ Commercial Litigation
Allan
Weiner ‒ Real Estate
Eric
Wilson ‒ Bankruptcy and Restructuring
John
Wittenborn ‒ Environmental
Susan
Yeu ‒ Real Estate
Chip
Yorkgitis ‒ Communications
Steven
Yovits ‒ Patent
The below attorneys were recognized as 2026 "Ones to Watch." This category features attorneys who have been practicing for less than 10 years:
Alireza
Abedin – Real Estate
Samuel
Baldwin ‒ Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Phillip
Crain ‒ Real Estate
Spencer Cuddy – Real Estate
Rebecca Durrant – Commercial Litigation
Rachael Hiatt – Commercial Litigation
Matthew Kennison - Antitrust
Kelli
Ortega ‒ Trademark
David Reap – Commercial Litigation
Alexander
Schneider - Advertising
Genna Steinberg – Commercial Litigation
Fanny Turcios - Environmental
Robert
Ward ‒ Commercial Litigation
Andrew
Wood – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law &
Litigation