Over 120 Steptoe & Johnson Attorneys Named Among the Best Lawyers in America

Bridgeport, WV – Steptoe & Johnson PLLC is excited to share that 123 of the firm’s attorneys were named in the 2024 rankings of The Best Lawyers in America®. They practice throughout firm locations in Colorado, Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, and West Virginia.

Also noted below are 14 attorneys who have received the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch designation. This recognition is given to lawyers in private practice who are earlier in their careers and demonstrate professional excellence.

Below are the Steptoe & Johnson attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America.

Tammie C. Alexander

• Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
• Real Estate Law

Thomas L. Aman, Jr.

• Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
• Project Finance Law
• Public Finance Law

Robert J. Andre III

• Natural Resources Law

Rodney L. Baker II

• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Laurie C. Barbe

• Insurance Law
• Litigation – Insurance

Michael W. Barill

• Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
• Corporate Law
• Tax Law
• Trusts and Estates

Kevin L. Barley

• Natural Resources Law

Kenneth J. Barton, Jr.

• Banking and Finance Law
• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• Commercial Finance Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Law
• Litigation – Banking and Finance
• Real Estate Law

Rodney L. Bean

• Appellate Practice
• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment

Kathy G. Beckett

• Administrative / Regulatory Law
• Energy Law
• Environmental Law
• Government Relations Practice
• Litigation – Environmental
• Oil and Gas Law

Jon C. Beckman

• Energy Law

Armando F. Benincasa

• Energy Law
• Energy Regulatory Law
• Environmental Law
• Litigation – Environmental
• Natural Resources Law
• Oil and Gas Law
• Water Law

K. Blair Bennett (Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch)

• Real Estate Law

James H. Birch

• Commercial Litigation
• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Union
• Litigation – Labor and Employment

Crystal I. Bombatch-Cutright

• Litigation – Health Care

Jeffrey P. Brahan

• Construction Law
• Litigation – Construction

Jules S. Brenner

• Corporate Law

Susan S. Brewer

• Health Care Law
• Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants

Marc Bryson

• Environmental Law
• Litigation – Environmental

Amy Sullivan Cahill

• Advertising Law
• Copyright Law
• Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Trademark Law

John R. Callcott

• Litigation – Labor and Employment

James C. Carpenter

• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Law
• Litigation – Banking and Finance
• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants

Nathan S. Catanese (Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch)

• Tax Law
• Trusts and Estates

John R. Chadd

• Energy Law

Brent D. Chicken

• Litigation – Environmental

Bryan R. Cokeley

• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment

Quentin T. Collie (Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch)

• Litigation – Real Estate
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Oil and Gas Law

Gordon H. Copland

• Antitrust Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Health Care Law
• Litigation – Banking and Finance
• Litigation – Municipal

Katherine E. David

• Litigation and Controversy – Tax
• Tax Law

Mark C. Dean (Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch)

• Labor and Employment Law – Management

Susan L. Deniker

• Employment Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment

Marcia L. DePaula

• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment

G. Kurt Dettinger

• Energy Law
• Government Relations Practice
• Natural Resources Law

Tracey B. Eberling

• Employment Law – Management
• Insurance Law
• Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants

Jonathan R. Ellis

• Mining Law

Sarah C. Ellis

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Corporate Law
• Real Estate Law

Louis E. Enderle, Jr.

• Corporate Law
• Real Estate Law

John Ferrell (Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch)

• Commercial Litigation

Sharon O. Flanery

• Administrative / Regulatory Law
• Corporate Law
• Energy Law
• Energy Regulatory Law
• Mining Law
• Natural Resources Law
• Oil and Gas Law

David M. Flannery

• Administrative / Regulatory Law
• Energy Law
• Energy Regulatory Law
• Environmental Law
• Litigation – Environmental
• Natural Resources Law
• Water Law

R. Bradley Fletcher

• Trusts and Estates

Michael E. Flowers

• Commercial Finance Law
• Corporate Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Real Estate Law

Robert D. Fluharty

• Corporate Law
• Energy Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Mining Law
• Natural Resources Law
• Oil and Gas Law
• Real Estate Law

Jan L. Fox

• Education Law
• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment

Sandra K. Fraley

• Energy Law
• Natural Resources Law
• Oil and Gas Law

Bridget D. Furbee

• Commercial Litigation
• Energy Law
• Oil and Gas Law

Michael A. Furlong (Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch)

• Labor and Employment Law – Management

Brian D. Gallagher

• Administrative / Regulatory Law
• Commercial Finance Law
• Construction Law
• Corporate Law
• Economic Development Law
• Real Estate Law
• Venture Capital Law

Michelle E. Gaston

• Insurance Law
• Litigation – Insurance

Andrew S. Graham

• Real Estate Law

Christine M. Green (Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch)

• Construction Law
• Corporate Law
• Tax Law

Philip S. Griffith

• Natural Resources Law
• Oil and Gas Law

Christopher L. Harris

• Corporate Law
• Tax Law

Shelby Hicks-Merinar (Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch)

• Labor and Employment Law – Management

Vincent I. Holzhall

• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Marsha K. Hudkins

• Energy Law

Gregory A. Jackson (Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch)

• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Russell D. Jessee

• Banking and Finance Law
• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Craig L. Johnson

• Litigation – Health Care
• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants

Evans L. King, Jr.

• Banking and Finance Law
• Commercial Finance Law
• Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
• Corporate Law
• Economic Development Law
• Financial Services Regulation Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Kurt L. Krieger

• Administrative / Regulatory Law
• Energy Law
• Energy Regulatory Law
• Oil and Gas Law

Edward L. Kropp

• Environmental Law

Stacy C. Kula

• Franchise Law
• Leisure and Hospitality Law

William M. Lane

• Trusts and Estates

Henry Lawrence

• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
• Energy Law
• Environmental Law
• Litigation – Banking and Finance
• Litigation – Environmental
• Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
• Litigation – Real Estate
• Natural Resources Law
• Oil and Gas Law

Alexandria Lay

• Natural Resources Law
• Oil and Gas Law

Joseph U. Leonoro

• Employment Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment

Richard L. Lewis

• Energy Law
• Energy Regulatory Law
• Environmental Law
• Litigation – Environmental
• Mining Law
• Natural Resources Law
• Water Law

Randall C. Light

• Banking and Finance Law
• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• Corporate Law
• Economic Development Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Oil and Gas Law
• Real Estate Law

Anders W. Lindberg

• Litigation – Health Care

David R. Little

• Energy Law
• Litigation – Construction
• Natural Resources Law

Steven F. Luby

• Corporate Law
• Tax Law
• Trusts and Estates

Aimee Majoue (Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch)

• Litigation – Securities

James N. Martin, Jr.

• Litigation – Insurance

Melissa Dorman Matthews

• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants

Laura L. Mays

• Commercial Litigation

Benjamin McFarland

• Litigation – Insurance
• Litigation – Real Estate
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants

John R. Merinar, Jr.

• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment

Edward A. Miller

• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Kelsey Miller (Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch)

• Banking and Finance Law
• Real Estate Law

Michael J. Moore

• Employment Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment-

Ryan J. Morgan

• Energy Law
• Energy Regulatory Law
• Natural Resources Law

Shawn A. Morgan

• Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Litigation – Real Estate
• Privacy and Data Security Law

C. David Morrison

• Appellate Practice
• Employment Law – Individuals
• Employment Law – Management
• Energy Law
• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Mining Law

James J. A. Mulhall

• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Michael D. Mullins

• Litigation – First Amendment
• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants

James H. Newberry Jr.

• Administrative / Regulatory Law
• Education Law
• Employment Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment

Lori T. Oliphant

• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Brady Ortego

• Community Association Law

Christopher Passodelis, Jr.

• Real Estate Law

Jeffrey K. Phillips

• Commercial Litigation
• Energy Law
• Mining Law

R. Neal Pierce

• Energy Law

William J. Powell

• Commercial Litigation
• Criminal Defense: General Practice
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Anna M. Pratt

• Trusts and Estates

Bryan K. Prosek

• Corporate Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Securitization and Structured Finance Law

Ancil G. Ramey

• Appellate Practice
• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Insurance Law
• Litigation – Banking and Finance
• Litigation – Labor and Employment

Hannah Curry Ramey

• Litigation – Insurance

Larry J. Rector

• Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment

Richard L. Reed

• Construction Law

Steven Regan

• Real Estate Law

Stacey Richards-Minigh

• Commercial Litigation

Shaina Richardson (Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch)

• Appellate Practice
• Energy Law
• Oil and Gas Law

Benjamin L. Riddle

• Insurance Law
• Litigation – Real Estate

Jason E. Roma

• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Transportation Law

H. Hampton Rose

• Energy Law
• Natural Resources Law
• Oil and Gas Law

John K. Round

• Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Tax Law
• Trusts and Estates

Charles R. Russell (Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch)

• Real Estate Law

Donald C. Sinclair II

• Transportation Law

Charles A. Sinsel

• Administrative / Regulatory Law
• Corporate Law
• Health Care Law

Christopher L. Slaughter

• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment

Amy M. Smith

• Appellate Practice
• Commercial Litigation

Andrew P. Smith

• Litigation – Labor and Employment

Candace Smith

• Commercial Litigation

Nelva J. Smith

• Education Law
• Litigation – Labor and Employment

Arthur M. Standish

• Banking and Finance Law
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Real Estate Law

Frank J. Stanek

• Commercial Litigation
• Insurance Law
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Joshua Stearns (Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch)

• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Robert M. Steptoe Jr.

• Arbitration
• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – Construction
• Litigation – Environmental
• Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Mediation

John C. Stump

• Corporate Governance Law
• Economic Development Law
• Government Relations Practice
• Municipal Law
• Project Finance Law
• Public Finance Law
• Securitization and Structured Finance Law

Todd M. Swanson

• Utilities Law

Harriet Tabb

• Real Estate Law

James M. Truss

• Commercial Litigation
• Energy Law
• Litigation – Environmental
• Litigation – Real Estate
• Oil and Gas Law

Allyn G. Turner

• Environmental Law
• Litigation – Environmental
• Water Law

James W. Turner

• Commercial Litigation
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Railroad Law
• Transportation Law

Lauren Turner

• Commercial Litigation
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Endia J. Vereen

• Corporate Law

Thomas A. Vorbach

• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• Nonprofit / Charities Law
• Tax Law
• Trusts and Estates

William J. Wahoff

• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Rick L. Warren

• Corporate Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Melissa S. Watkins

• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Litigation and Controversy – Tax
• Nonprofit / Charities Law
• Tax Law
• Trusts and Estates

J. Kevin West

• Commercial Litigation
• Energy Law

Christopher White

• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Sandra Ramos White

• Employment Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment

Allison B. Williams

• Litigation – Labor and Employment

Monté L. Williams

• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Law
• Litigation – Insurance
• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Privacy and Data Security Law
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

William D. Wilmoth

• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Governance Law
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Litigation – Construction
• Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Qui Tam Law

Kristen Andrews Wilson

• Health Care Law

About Steptoe & Johnson
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC is a law firm nationally recognized for its strengths in energy law with more than a century of know-how in the areas of business, labor and employment, and litigation. Steptoe & Johnson has over 400 lawyers and other professionals practicing in 18 offices in Colorado, Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, and West Virginia. Visit and connect with us on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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