151 Loeb Lawyers Named in 2026 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America

Loeb & Loeb is proud to announce that the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America honored 110 Loeb lawyers for excellence in 41 practice areas. Determined through Best Lawyers’ transparent Purely Peer Review® research process, the accolades recognize the top 5% of legal talent in private practice throughout the United States.  

In addition, 40 of the firm’s lawyers from various practice areas were recognized in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list. The Ones to Watch list is based on peer review and highlights the top legal talent for lawyers with less than 10 years of experience in private practice.

The following Loeb lawyers were recognized among the traditional Best Lawyers guide in their respective fields for the 2026 edition:

Allan Abshez – Land Use & Zoning Law; Real Estate Law (Los Angeles) 
Kenneth Adler – Technology Law (New York)
Terrence Allen – Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law (Los Angeles)
Roger Arar – Entertainment Law: Motion Pictures & Television (New York)
Marla Aspinwall – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Tax Law (Los Angeles)
Ryan Austin – Tax Law (Los Angeles)
Melissa Barahona – Labor & Employment Litigation (New York)
Robert Barry – Corporate Law (Los Angeles)
Mary Bassi – Patent Law (Chicago)
Kenneth Benbassat – Corporate Law (Los Angeles)
Ivy Kagan Bierman – Advertising Law; Entertainment Law: Motion Pictures & Television; Labor Law: Management; Labor & Employment Litigation (Los Angeles)
Leah Bishop – Nonprofit/Charities Law; Tax Law; Trusts & Estates (Los Angeles)
Meghan Biss – Nonprofit/Charities Law (Washington, DC)
Elizabeth Camacho – Real Estate Law (Los Angeles)
Robert Catalano – Real Estate Litigation (Los Angeles)
Marc Chamlin – Entertainment Law: Motion Pictures & Television (New York)
Andrew Clare – Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Litigation (Los Angeles)
Albert Cohen – Environmental Law (Los Angeles)
Marc Cohen – Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy Litigation (Los Angeles)
Nichole Cortese – Real Estate Law (New York)
Derek Crownover – Copyright Law; Entertainment Law: Music (Nashville)
Terence Cuff – Tax Law (Los Angeles) 
Jim Curry – Commercial Litigation; Labor & Employment Litigation (Los Angeles)
Jim Czaban – FDA Law (Washington, DC) 
Linda Deitch– Trusts & Estates (Los Angeles)
Andy DeVooght – Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White Collar; Intellectual Property Litigation (Chicago)
Tal Dickstein – Copyright Law (New York)
Joe Duffy – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Criminal Defense: White Collar (Chicago)
Tiffany Dunn – Entertainment Law: Music (Nashville)
Scott Edel – Entertainment Law: Motion Pictures & Television; Entertainment Law: Music (Los Angeles)
Allan Edmiston – Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Real Estate Litigation (Los Angeles)
Ross Emmerman – Venture Capital Law (Chicago)
Gil Feder – Real Estate Litigation (New York) 
Kenneth Florin – Advertising Law; Sports Law (New York) 
John Frankenheimer – Entertainment Law: Music (Los Angeles)
Jeffrey Fried – Real Estate Law (New York)
Paul Frimmer – Art Law; Nonprofit/Charities Law; Tax Law; Trusts & Estates (Los Angeles)
John Gatti – Entertainment Law: Motion Pictures & Television; Intellectual Property Litigation (Los Angeles)
Bernard Given – Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law (Los Angeles)
David Grace – Advertising Law; Intellectual Property Litigation (Los Angeles)
David Grossman – Entertainment Law: Motion Pictures & Television; Intellectual Property Litigation (Los Angeles)
Brian Heidelberger – Advertising Law; Intellectual Property Litigation (Chicago)
Jim Hitzeman – Trust & Estate Litigation; Trusts & Estates (Chicago)
Nathan Hole – Advertising Law (Chicago)
Diara Holmes – Tax Law (Washington, DC) 
Melanie Howard – Advertising Law; Copyright Law; Media Law (Los Angeles)
Tom Jirgal – Advertising Law (Chicago)
Channing Johnson – Corporate Law (Los Angeles)
Willie Jones – Entertainment Law: Music (Nashville)
Lance Jurich – Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law; Bankruptcy Litigation (Los Angeles)
Carol Kaplan – Entertainment Law: Motion Pictures & Television; Entertainment Law: Theater (New York)
Arash Khalili – Corporate Law (Los Angeles)
Benjamin King – Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law (Los Angeles)
Jordan Klein – Trusts & Estates (Chicago)
Kristen Klesh – Advertising Law (Washington, DC)
Bill Kramer – Intellectual Property Litigation; Patent Law (Chicago)
Kenneth Kraus – Entertainment Law: Music (Los Angeles)
Thomas Lawson – Tax Law; Trusts & Estates (Los Angeles)
Jessica Lee – Advertising Law (New York)
Rodney Lee – Trust & Estate Litigation; Trusts & Estates (Los Angeles)
Alexandra Letzel – Trust & Estate Litigation (Los Angeles)
Jerome Levine – Trust & Estate Litigation; Trusts & Estates (New York)
Jason Lilien – Nonprofit/Charities Law (New York)
Jeffrey Loeb – Trust & Estate Litigation; Trusts & Estates (Los Angeles)
Thomas Lombardi – Real Estate Law (Los Angeles)
Richard Lorenzo – Energy Law (New York)
David Mallen – Advertising Law (New York)
Mary Ann Mancini – Trusts & Estates (Washington, DC)
Nicole Mann – Trusts & Estates (Chicago)
Jeremy Margolis – Criminal Defense: White Collar (Chicago)
Doug Masters – Advertising Law; Intellectual Property Litigation; Trademark Law (Chicago)
Anne Kennedy McGuire – Entertainment Law: Motion Pictures & Television (New York)
Danielle Miller – Trusts & Estates (Los Angeles)
Jay Musoff – Criminal Defense: White Collar (New York)
David Nelson – Trust & Estate Litigation; Trusts & Estates (Los Angeles)
Tad O’Connor – Real Estate Litigation (New York)
Marc Owens – Nonprofit/Charities Law; Tax Law (Washington, DC) 
Ronald Pearson – Trust & Estate Litigation; Trusts & Estates (Los Angeles)
Alyse Pelavin – Nonprofit/Charities Law; Tax Law; Trusts & Estates (Los Angeles)
Jerry Phillips – Commercial Litigation (Los Angeles)
Jonathan Rikoon – Trust & Estate Litigation; Trusts & Estates (New York)
Paul Rohrer – Real Estate Law (Los Angeles)
Michael Rosen-Prinz – Trusts & Estates (Los Angeles)
Laurie Ruckel – Trusts & Estates (New York) 
Raymond Sanseverino – Real Estate Law (New York)
Cristine Sapers – Trusts & Estates (New York)
Ashley Sawyer – Trusts & Estates (Washington, DC) 
Kate O'Hagan Scallan – Trusts & Estates (Chicago)
Stefan Schick – Entertainment Law: Motion Pictures & Television; Entertainment Law: Theater (New York)
Scott Schneider – Real Estate Law (New York)
Brian Socolow – Media Law; Sports Law (New York)
Kenneth Sold – Real Estate Law (New York) 
Todd Steinberg – Trusts & Estates (Washington, DC) 
Akiba Stern – IT Outsourcing Law; Technology Law (New York)
Oleg Stolyar – Trust & Estate Litigation (Los Angeles)
Myron Sugarman – Nonprofit/Charities Law; Tax Law; Trusts & Estates (San Francisco)
Monika Tashman – Entertainment Law: Music (New York)
James Taylor – Advertising Law (New York)
Stuart Tobisman – Nonprofit/Charities Law; Trusts & Estates (Los Angeles)
Nicole Travers – Energy Law (Washington, DC) 
Jessica Vail – Trusts & Estates (Los Angeles)
Gabrielle Vidal – Trust & Estate Litigation; Trusts & Estates (Los Angeles)
William Voller III – Intellectual Property Litigation; Patent Law (Los Angeles)
Tim Warnock – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Entertainment Law: Music; Intellectual Property Litigation (Nashville)
Nicole Webb – Trusts & Estates (San Francisco)
Bruce Wexler – Trusts & Estates (New York)
Diana Wierbicki – Art Law (New York)
Scott Wilcox – Entertainment Law: Theater (New York)
Daniel Yarmish – Trusts & Estates (New York)
Arthur Yuan – Patent Law (Chicago)
Michael Zweig – Labor & Employment Litigation (New York)

Furthermore, the following Loeb lawyers were recognized among the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch guide in their respective fields for the 2026 edition:

Ava Badie – Entertainment & Sports Law; Labor & Employment Law: Management; Intellectual Property Litigation; Labor & Employment Litigation (Los Angeles)
Keane Barger – Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation (Nashville)
Brittany Berckes – Entertainment & Sports Law (New York)
Andrew Elkin – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (New York)
Harrison Finch – Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Los Angeles)
Lauren Fried – Commercial Litigation (Los Angeles)
Anna Glorioso – Trusts & Estates (Washington, DC)
Lilian Walden Givens – Trust & Estate Litigation (Los Angeles)
Christina Hammervold – Tax Law (Chicago)
Jessica Jensen – Trusts & Estates (Los Angeles)
Roshanne Katouzian – Trust & Estate Litigation; Trusts & Estates (Los Angeles)
David Khanjyan – Trusts & Estates (Los Angeles)
Steven Laduzinsky – Trusts & Estates (Chicago)
Xiaoqin (Sherry) Li – Public Finance Law (New York)
David Manella – Entertainment & Sports Law (New York)
Talia Metson – Nonprofit/Charities Law; Trusts & Estates (New York) 
Jessica Mills – Trusts & Estates (San Francisco) 
Robyn Mohr – Entertainment & Sports Law; Intellectual Property Law; Privacy & Data Security Law; Technology Law (Washington, DC)
John Monterubio – Corporate Law; Entertainment & Sports Law; Insurance Law; Technology Law (New York)
Sarah Levitan Perry – Commercial Litigation; Entertainment & Sports Law; Intellectual Property Litigation (New York)
Kyle Peterson – Intellectual Property Law (Los Angeles)
Sarah Rubenstein Polak – Technology Law (New York)
Bradley Raboin – Labor & Employment Litigation (Los Angeles)
Ryan Raccuia – Entertainment & Sports Law (Chicago)
Lauren Richards – Labor & Employment Litigation (Chicago)
Adam Rose – Corporate Law (New York) 
Evan Saunders – Corporate Law (Chicago)
Jenny Savitt – Intellectual Property Law; Intellectual Property Litigation (Chicago)
Ali Schaller – Commercial Litigation (Chicago)
Evan Shaheen – Trusts & Estates (Chicago)
Ari Spitzer – Commercial Litigation (Los Angeles)
Richmund Sta. Lucia – Trusts & Estates (New York)
John Stapleton – Real Estate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law (Chicago)
Julia Stelljes – Technology Law (Chicago)
Daryl Steiger – Entertainment & Sports Law (New York)
Victoria Stephanova – Real Estate Law (New York) 
Nick Warshaw – Administrative/Regulatory Law; Nonprofit/Charities Law (Los Angeles)
Robin Waters – Criminal Defense: White Collar (Chicago)
Lisa Wiznitzer – Corporate Law; Entertainment & Sports Law (Chicago)
Kensington Wolgamott – Nonprofit/Charities Law; Tax Law (Washington, DC)
 
To view the full rankings list, please visit the Best Lawyers website.