Over 250 Quarles Attorneys Listed in 2026 Best Lawyers in America® and “Ones to Watch”

Milwaukee — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady today announced that over 250 of its attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in 2026 Best Lawyers in America^® and "Ones to Watch." The following Quarles attorneys were designated by Best Lawyers for excellence in their respective practice areas:

Chicago

• Mark Bina - Health Care Law
• Patrick Bitterman - Trusts and Estates
• Christopher DeMent - Real Estate Law
• Cynthia Faur - Environmental Law
• Randall Fearnow - Health Care Law
• Eric Fuglsang - Real Estate Law
• Erin Hogan - Immigration Law
• Kirk Hoopingarner - Trusts and Estates
• John Hughes - Franchise Law
• James Kaplan - Banking and Finance Law
• Paul Langer - Insurance Law
• Robert Messerly - Real Estate Law
• Michael Mostow - Environmental Law
• Mary Ann Murray - Public Finance Law
• Nicole Murray - Trademark Law
• Edward Rickert - Health Care Law
• Nicholas Schmidbauer - Patent Law
• Theodore Yi - Real Estate Law

Denver

• Kent Dallow - Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Matthew Holohan - Litigation - Intellectual Property, Patent Law
• Ian Saffer - Litigation - Intellectual Property, Trademark Law
• Lu Yin - Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Daniel Young - Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law

Indianapolis

• Lucy Dollens - Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
• Joshua Fleming - Commercial Litigation
• Christine Hansen - Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law
• Daniel Long - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Amanda Morton - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• Erica Williams - Real Estate Law
• Martin Zivitz - Corporate Law, Venture Capital Law

Madison

• Douglas Buck - Real Estate Law
• Sarah Coyne - Health Care Law
• Matthew Duchemin - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Mark Ehrmann - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Venture Capital Law
• Emily Feinstein - Commercial Litigation, Consumer Law, Litigation - Health Care
• Kristin Graham Noel - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Brittany Ogden - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Grant Sovern - Immigration Law
• Matthew Splitek - Commercial Litigation
• William Toman - Insurance Law
• Margaret Utterback - Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Law

Milwaukee

• Michael Aldana - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• John Barry - Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
• Andrew Beilfuss - Commercial Litigation, Franchise Law
• Elizabeth Blutstein - Public Finance Law
• Keith Bruett - Commercial Litigation
• Jennifer Clements - Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Daniel Conley - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law, Litigation – Environmental, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation – Securities
• Charles Cousland - Real Estate Law
• Raye Daugherty - Patent Law
• Robert Duffy - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Sarah Erdmann - Health Care Law
• Nathan Fronk - Public Finance Law
• James Goldschmidt - Appellate Practice. Energy Law, Litigation – Environmental
• Ryan Haas - Corporate Law
• Jonathan Hackbarth - Litigation – Securities
• Patricia Hintz - Nonprofit / Charities Law, Tax Law
• Courtney Hollander - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Tax Law
• Noleta Jansen - Trusts and Estates
• Daniel Janssen - Franchise Law
• Michael Jaskolski - Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law
• Bernard Kearney - Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law
• Mark Kircher - Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Thomas Krumenacher - Patent Law
• Michael Levey - Health Care Law, Nonprofit / Charities Law
• Lora LoCoco - Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Kevin Long - Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction, Litigation - Real Estate
• Joshua Maggard - Commercial Litigation
• Anthony Marino - Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law
• Katie Mason - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Robert Mathers - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
• Nathan Mathews - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Eric Matzke - Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Melissa McCord - Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law
• Kathryn Muldoon - Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
• David Muth - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance
• Christopher Nickels - Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Patrick Nolan - Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Kristin Occhetti - Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
• Meghan O'Connor - Health Care Law
• Jeff Peelen - Government Relations Practice, Public Finance Law
• Kevin Rizzuto - Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
• William Schultz - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Sara Scullen - Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Sean Scullen - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
• Patrick Taylor - Corporate Law
• Amalia Todryk - Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
• Ryan Van Den Elzen - Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Johanna Wilbert - Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
• Judith Williams-Killackey - Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Joe Wilson - Energy Law, Energy Regulatory Law
• Kim Wynn - Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law
• Katrene Zelenovskiy - Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Law

Minneapolis

• Isaac Roang - Real Estate Law

Naples

• Amanda Barritt - Community Association Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
• Benjamin Brown - Commercial Litigation
• Kimberley Dillon - Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
• Kimberly Leach Johnson - Trusts and Estates

Phoenix

• Heather Buchta - Trademark Law
• David Burkett - Real Estate Law
• Amy Cotton Peterson - Health Care Law
• Jason Curry - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Steven Emerick - Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Equipment Finance Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Jeffrey Fugal - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Tax Law
• Jeffrey Gardner - Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Securities, Securities Regulation
• Benjamin Graff - Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
• Diane Haller - Real Estate Law
• John Harris - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Robert Harris - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Brian Howie - Commercial Litigation
• Eric Johnson Employment Law – Management
• Jeremy Lite - Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
• Leonardo Loo - Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
• Jerry Morgan - Real Estate Law
• Roger Morris - Health Care Law
• Coree Neumeyer - Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Litigation - Real Estate
• John O'Neal - Commercial Litigation
• Jimmie Pursell - Commercial Litigation
• Edward Salanga - Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction
• Brenda Maloney Shafer - Health Care Law
• Brian Sirower - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Lauren Stine - Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
• Susan Trujillo - Health Care Law
• Paul Valentine - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law, Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
• Amelia Valenzuela - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Bradley Vynalek - Commercial Litigation
• Kevin Walsh - Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Eric Wanner - Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Real Estate Law
• Jeffrey Wolf - Franchise Law
• Jason Wood - Real Estate Law

San Diego

• Rod Betts - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Aaron Buckley - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• George Howard - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Corrie Klekowski - Employment Law – Management
• Sandra McDonough - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Jeffrey Michalowski - Appellate Practice
• Richard Paul - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Fred Plevin - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Michael Sullivan - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment, Qui Tam Law

St. Louis

• Mary Kate Hogan - Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
• Travis Kearbey - Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Sarah Sise - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Litigation - Labor and Employment, Tax Law
• Wakaba Tessier - Corporate Law

Tampa

• David Beyer - Antitrust Law, Franchise Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Christian Burden – Arbitration, Franchise Law
• Kelli Edson - Commercial Litigation

Tucson

• Luis Ochoa - Native American Law, Nonprofit / Charities Law
• Pilar Thomas - Native American Law

Washington, D.C.

• Scott McIntosh - Franchise Law
• Nolan Mitchell - Commercial Litigation

Best Lawyers "Ones to Watch" recognizes lawyers who have been in private practice for less than 10 years in the United States. The following Quarles attorneys were named to the 2026 Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch" list:

Chicago

• Caitlin Barden - Immigration Law
• Alex Cooper - Health Care Law
• Justin DeAngelis - Intellectual Property Law
• Colleen Essid - Labor and Employment Law – Employee, Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Corinne Fombelle - Intellectual Property Law
• Andi Foster - Health Care Law
• Michael French - Health Care Law
• Gabrielle Ilaria - Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Michelle Lewis - Labor and Employment Law – Employee, Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Lennox Mark- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Labor and Employment Law – Employee
• Anne McKeon - Environmental Law
• Jenna Nwafor - Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
• Taylor Rioux - Commercial Litigation
• Rucha Shastri - Labor and Employment Law – Employee
• Gabrielle Winslow - Commercial Litigation

Denver              

• Sarah Cassinis - Intellectual Property Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property

Indianapolis

• Vanessa Davis - Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Hunter Foist - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Law
• Michalynn Miller - Health Care Law
• Nicole Perkins - Commercial Litigation
• Evan Rutter - Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Madison

• Samuel Anderson - Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
• Christopher Guthrie - Health Care Law
• Amy Harriman - Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Lily Hayles - Intellectual Property Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Patent Law
• Elizabeth Lacey - Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
• Randy Pflum - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Marta Rocha- Intellectual Property Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Patent Law
• Grace Stewart - Entertainment and Sports Law
• Trevor Wilkinson - Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
• Jeremy Wodajo - Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Jonathon Young - Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law

Milwaukee

• Claire Afable - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Labor and Employment Law – Employee, Labor and Employment Law – Management
• Ellen Anderson - Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust
• Kelsey Bailey - Trusts and Estates
• Mason Baranczyck - Patent Law
• Allison (Haugen) Bickford - Intellectual Property Law
• Abigail Bogli - Trusts and Estates
• Thomas Cameron - Public Finance Law
• Amanda Collins - Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Victoria Cook - Intellectual Property Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Richard Davis - Health Care Law
• Zachary Eastburn - Health Care Law, Insurance Law
• Dominique Fortune - Commercial Litigation
• Kristin Foster - Commercial Litigation
• Mackenzie Gutner - Commercial Litigation
• Katherine Hanes - Trusts and Estates
• Morgan Hines - Corporate Law, Entertainment and Sports Law
• Daniel Kersey - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Brandon Krajewski - Alternative Dispute Resolution, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Patent
• Steve Kruzel - Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Cody Linday - Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Christopher Little - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law
• Lauren McComis - Intellectual Property Law, Technology Law
• Damon McCormick - Real Estate Law
• Cayla McNeil - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• Lillian Mobley - Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Lily Muelrath - Real Estate Law
• Nathan Oesch - Commercial Litigation
• Michael Piery - Intellectual Property Law
• Elisabeth Platt - Public Finance Law
• Joseph Poehlmann - Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law
• Harrison Rayment - Labor and Employment Law – Employee
• Hannah Schwartz - Commercial Litigation
• Elizabeth Shirreff - Intellectual Property Law
• Alexandra Shortridge - Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
• Kiel Zillmer - Health Care Law, Real Estate Law

Minneapolis

• Aaron Sagedahl - Health Care Law

Naples

• Reed Baker - Commercial Litigation
• Joseph Kohn - Appellate Practice, Banking and Finance Law
• Pamela Lundorg - Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law

Phoenix        

• Cameron Arthur - Real Estate Law
• Jacqueline Chávez - Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Jack Contrera - Commercial Litigation
• Sargina Desargones - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Ali Elliott - Real Estate Law
• Michael Fehser - Corporate Law
• Peter Furlow - Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
• Dallin Hendricks - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Luis Lanz - Health Care Law
• Benjamin Nielsen - Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Litigation
• Daniel Peabody - Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Trusts and Estates
• Anthony Pusateri - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Mary Saxon - Health Care Law
• Andrew Schiefer - Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Litigation – Construction, Litigation - Real Estate
• Christopher Shanley - Commercial Litigation
• Shaylynn Veeder - Health Care Law
• Mike Veguilla - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law
• Michele Washington - Intellectual Property Law, Life Sciences Practice, Patent Law, Technology Law

San Diego

• Kelly Butler - Labor and Employment Law – Employee, Labor and Employment Law – Management
• Trent Cunningham - Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Heather Davis - Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Adrielli Ferrer - Labor and Employment Law – Employee, Labor and Employment Law – Management
• Matthew Gordon - Labor and Employment Law – Management
• Ashley Kearney - Labor and Employment Law – Employee, Labor and Employment Law – Management
• Lucy Peritz - Labor and Employment Law – Management
• Tory Polin - Labor and Employment Law – Employee, Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Aaron Schu - Labor and Employment Law – Employee, Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Jillian Stanley - Labor and Employment Law – Employee, Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Jason Stavely - Labor and Employment Law – Employee, Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Nora Steinhagen - Labor and Employment Law – Management
• Charles Whitman - Labor and Employment Law – Employee, Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment

St. Louis

• Lauren Schuster - Corporate Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Labor and Employment Law – Employee, Labor and Employment Law – Management, Tax Law

Tampa

• Caroline Calavan - Commercial Litigation
• Nicholas D'Amico - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Zac Foster - Commercial Litigation
• Melanie Kalmanson - Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Real Estate
• Aziza Mohamadhossen - Commercial Litigation
• Emily Plakon - Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities
• Julia Wischmeier - Commercial Litigation

Tucson

• Abbey Dunn - Trusts and Estates
• Rodger Nayak - Real Estate Law

Washington, D.C.

• Xheneta Ademi - Intellectual Property Law
• Theresa DeAngelis - Health Care Law
• Kaitlyn Fydenkevez - Health Care Law
• Filip Grzelak - Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment