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91 FordHarrison Attorneys Recognized in The 2027 Edition of Best Lawyers in America and Ones To Watch

Date   Aug 20, 2026

NATIONAL – FordHarrison LLP is pleased to announce that 91 attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2027 Best Lawyers in America and Ones to Watch. These lists include attorneys from 23 offices nationwide, recognized in several specialties, including: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Labor and Employment Law – Management; Immigration Law; and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants. Some attorneys are named in multiple categories.

64 attorneys were selected as Best Lawyers in America in their respective areas. This recognition is based entirely on peer review and reflects the consensus of leading attorneys regarding the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographic region and practice area. The distinction recognizes attorneys who have earned the respect of their peers for excellence in legal practice.

27 attorneys were selected as Ones To Watch in their respective areas. This recognition is given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States. Ones to Watch recipients typically have been in practice for five to nine years.

Additionally, Thomas H. Keim, Jr.Partner in the firm’s Spartanburg office, was named Lawyer of the Year for Labor Law – Management for the Spartanburg/Greenville area.

The FordHarrison attorneys selected for 2027 Best Lawyers in America are: 

Atlanta, GA
Patricia G. Griffith
C. Lash Harrison
Jill M. Harrison
Andrew D. McClintock
Jeffrey D. Mokotoff
John L. Monroe, Jr.
Frederick L. Warren III
Lavern J. Wilson
Sarah Pierce Wimberly

Berkeley Heights, NJ
Heather R. Boshak
Mark A. Saloman

Birmingham, AL
Wesley C. Redmond

Charlotte, NC
Benjamin P. Fryer

Chicago, IL
John C. O'Connor
Craig R. Thorstenson

Hartford, CT
Proloy K. Das
Michael C. Harrington
Michael J. Spagnola
Johanna G. Zelman

Houston, TX
Sarah B. Morton

Jacksonville, FL
Amy R. Turci

Los Angeles, CA
Stephen Lueke

Melbourne, FL
R. Michelle Tatum-Bush
Louis D. Wilson

Memphis, TN
Louis P. Britt, III 
Frank L. Day, Jr.
Russell W. Jackson

Miami, FL
Elizabeth M. Rodriguez

Minneapolis, MN
Charles Roach

Nashville, TN
Mark H. Floyd
Howard B. Jackson
Paige M. Lyle
Mark E. Stamelos

New York, NY
Shawndra G. Jones

Orlando, FL
Mark E. Levitt
Marilyn G. Moran
Daniel K. Miles
Luis A. Santos
Madonna M. Snowden
Marc A. Sugerman
Jessica T. Walberg
Bret C. Yaw
Aaron L. Zandy

Richmond, VA
Jay R. Fries
Brendan C. Horgan

Spartanburg, SC
Wade E. Ballard
Matthew J. Gilley
Kristin S. Gray
Thomas H. Keim, Jr. – Lawyer of the Year – Labor Law Management
Jeffrey A. Lehrer

St. Louis, MO
Corey L. Franklin
Karen E. Milner

Tampa, FL
Todd S. Aidman
Nicholas S. Andrews
Edward B. Carlstedt
Joseph H. Harris
Tracey K. Jaensch
Christopher C. Johnson
Viktoryia Johnson
Cullan E. Jones
David M. Kalteux
Tammie L. Rattray
Dawn Siler-Nixon

Washington, D.C.
Anessa Abrams
Nancy Van der Veer Holt
David A. Rosenberg
Jacquelyn L. Thompson

West Palm Beach, FL
David M. Gobeo

The FordHarrison attorneys selected for 2027 Ones To Watch are:

Atlanta, GA
Abed H. Fakhoury
Charles W. Hoffman
Christine F. Rodriguez

Berkeley Heights, NJ
Stephen A. Oliwa, III

Charlotte, NC
Jonathan P. McKenna
Grant M. Wills

Chicago, IL
Douglass R. Nolan
Joel M. Zeid

Dallas, TX
Alyssa N. Rodriguez 
Carli L. Smith

Hartford, CT
Julianne S. Brown
Robert J. Granoth, Jr.

Jacksonville, FL
Andrew E. Underkofler

Memphis, TN
Sarah G. Rhodes
Mollie K. Wildmann

Nashville, TN
Erin M. Shrum 

New York, NY
Steven Balken

Orlando, FL
Sara K. Finnigan
Howard M. Waldman

San Diego, CA
Lawrence J. Geist

St. Louis, MO
Dohen Q. Gallagher
Rebecca L. James

Tampa, FL
Jesica P. Fico
Melany Hernandez
Amanda M. Mercado

Washington, D.C.
Maryam G. Magee
Rachel Saady-Saxe

About Best Lawyers
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 52,000 leading attorneys cast over 5.5 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”