73 Richards, Layton & Finger Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America
August 19, 2021
Firm News
WILMINGTON, Delaware (August 19, 2021) – Seventy-three Richards, Layton & Finger attorneys have been named in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The firm is also ranked first in Delaware in three practice areas: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Commercial Litigation, and Securitization and Structured Finance Law.
Best Lawyers has also selected five Richards Layton attorneys as 2022 Wilmington, Delaware Lawyers of the Year, an award presented to one outstanding lawyer in a designated metropolitan area in each practice area: Doneene Damon in Securitization and Structured Finance Law, Kelly Farnan in Patent Litigation, Jennifer Jauffret in Labor Law – Management, Elisa Erlenbach Maas in Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), and Russell Silberglied in Bankruptcy Litigation.
“This year Richards Layton has more lawyers listed in Best Lawyers than we ever have before,” says firm president Doneene Damon, “and I believe that is a tribute to our ongoing diligence, dedication, and total commitment to excellence. I’m honored to work with such an exceptional group of accomplished lawyers.”
The Richards Layton attorneys named in The Best Lawyers in America are:
- Michael Allen – Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law
- Paul Altman – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law
- C. Stephen Bigler – Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- C. Malcolm Cochran IV – Commercial Litigation
- Mark Collins – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bankruptcy Litigation
- F. Peter Conaty Jr. – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
- Frederick Cottrell – Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Patent Law; Patent Litigation; Trademark Law
- Brock Czeschin – Corporate Law
- Doneene Damon – Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Catherine Dearlove – Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation
- Daniel DeFranceschi – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bankruptcy Litigation
- Raymond DiCamillo – Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation
- Daniel Dreisbach – Commercial Litigation
- Richard Facciolo – Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Kelly Farnan – Intellectual Property Litigation; Patent Litigation
- Steven Fineman – Intellectual Property Litigation
- Jesse Finkelstein – Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law
- Anne Foster – Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation
- Kevin Gallagher – Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law
- Mark Gentile – Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Kevin Gross – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- William Haubert – Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Paul Heath – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- John Hendershot – Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law
- Tara Hoffner – Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Jennifer Jauffret – Commercial Litigation; Labor Law – Management; Labor and Employment Litigation
- Cynthia Kaiser – Commercial Transactions / UCC Law; Privacy and Data Security Law
- Bernard Kelley – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law
- Beth Gansen Knight – Trusts and Estates
- John H. Knight – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Rudolf Koch – Commercial Litigation
- Robert Krapf – Real Estate Law
- Gregory Ladner – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law
- James Leyden Jr. – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Claire Love – Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Elisa Erlenbach Maas – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Eric Mazie – Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Michael Merchant – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Jeffrey Moyer – Commercial Litigation; Copyright Law; Intellectual Property Litigation; Patent Law; Patent Litigation
- Samuel Nolen – Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law
- J. Weston Peterson – Banking and Finance Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Mark Purpura – Banking and Finance Law; Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Financial Services Regulation Law
- Srinivas Raju – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law
- Blake Rohrbacher – Commercial Litigation; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law
- Richard Rollo – Corporate Law
- Lisa Schmidt – Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation
- Chad Shandler – Intellectual Property Litigation; Trusts and Estates Litigation
- Zachary Shapiro – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Russell Silberglied – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bankruptcy Litigation
- W. Donald Sparks II – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
- Robert Stearn Jr. – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bankruptcy Litigation
- Stanford Stevenson III – Tax Law
- Melissa Stubenberg – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Sara Toner – Real Estate Law
- Robert Whetzel – Environmental Law; Environmental Litigation
- Gregory Williams – Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation; Securities / Capital Markets Law
- William Yemc – Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
- John Mark Zeberkiewicz – Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
The following Richards Layton attorneys are on the Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch” list, which identifies up-and-coming young lawyers:
- Laura Dietrich – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Robert Greco – Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Brett Haywood – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Lee Kaufman – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Alexander Krischik – Corporate Law
- Robert Maddox – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Brian Mammarella – Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
- Frederick Mitsdarfer III – Real Estate Law
- Matthew Murphy – Corporate Law
- Andrew Peach – Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
- Nicole Pedi – Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation
- Matthew Perri – Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
- Antonios Roustopoulos – Real Estate Law
- Brendan Schlauch – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bankruptcy Litigation
- Jane Trueper – Banking and Finance Law
About Richards, Layton & Finger
Delaware’s largest law firm and one of its oldest, Richards, Layton & Finger helps sophisticated clients navigate complex issues and the intricacies of Delaware law. We advise global companies, business partnerships, leading financial institutions, local businesses, and individuals across a wide range of practices, including corporate law, alternative entities, commercial law, bankruptcy and restructuring, and litigation.