Hellmuth & Johnson is pleased to announce that 33 lawyers have been recognized in the 2025 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America.
Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America is determined through a comprehensive peer-review survey. Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication company in the legal profession. Recognition by Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by their peers. For more than four decades, the publications have earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers, “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
The following 25 H&J attorneys were named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 list:
- KC Ahrens – Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance
- Earl H. Cohen – Trusts and Estates
- Jennifer J. Elston – Trusts and Estates
- Samantha J. Graf – Family Law, Trusts and Estates
- David G. Hellmuth – Community Association Law, Corporate Law, Litigation – Real Estate, Real Estate Law
- Joel A. Hilgendorf – Real Estate Law
- Phaedra J. Howard – Real Estate Law
- Nicholas D. Hulwi – Trusts and Estates
- Chad A. Johnson – Community Association Law, Real Estate Law
- Christopher R. Jones – Real Estate Law
- Robert Keena – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance, Litigation – Real Estate
- Michael D. Klemm – Real Estate Law
- Michele R. Loughrey Tschida – Real Estate Law
- Ailana McIntosh – Commercial Transactions/UCC Law, Real Estate Law
- Terrance W. Moore – Commercial Litigation
- Kurt M. Mitchell – Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
- Carol R.M. Moss – Mass Tort Litigation /Class Actions – Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Blake R. Nelson – Real Estate Law
- Brian N. Niemczyk – Employment Law – Individuals, Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Wyatt Partridge – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction
- Nancy T. Polomis – Community Association Law, Real Estate Law
- Anne T. Regan – Litigation – Antitrust, Mass Tort Litigation /Class Actions – Plaintiffs
- Suzanne M. Remington – Family Law
- Alec Sherod – Corporate Law
- Jeremy Stier – Real Estate Law
The following eight H&J attorneys were named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2025 list:
- Jonathan Engel – Real Estate Law
- Lindsey LaBelle Larson – Commercial Litigation
- Jacob Lanthier – Litigation – Real Estate
- Ethan Malark – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Alexandria M. Mueller – Entertainment and Sports Law
- Brian W. Nelson – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction
- Darbie Tamsett – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law
- Ryan M. Theis – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America awards recognize extraordinary lawyers who have been in private practice for less than 10 years in the United States. Like traditional Best Lawyers awards, a Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America recognition is based entirely on peer review.
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