NATIONAL - FordHarrison LLP is pleased to announce that 65 lawyers were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2026 Best Lawyers in America. This list includes attorneys from 24 offices nationwide, recognized in several specialties, including: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Immigration Law; Labor Law – Management; Labor and Employment Law – Management; and Litigation – Labor and Employment. Some attorneys are named in multiple categories.
30 attorneys were selected as Ones To Watch in their respective areas. The 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.
The FordHarrison attorneys selected for 2026 Best Lawyers in America are:
Atlanta, GA
Paul R. Beshears
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
Craig R. Thorstenson
Dallas, TX
Buena Vista Lyons
Rachel Z. Ullrich
Hartford, CT
Proloy K. Das
Michael C. Harrington
Michael J. Spagnola
Johanna G. Zelman
Houston, TX
Sarah Morton
Jacksonville, FL
Michael G. Prendergast
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
Rodolfo (Rudy) Gomez
Elizabeth M. Rodriguez
Minneapolis, MN
Charles Roach
Nashville, TN
Howard B. Jackson
Mark E. Stamelos
New York, NY
Shawndra G. Jones
Orlando, FL
Mark E. Levitt
Marilyn G. Moran
Marc Sugerman
Jessica Walberg
Aaron L. Zandy
Richmond, VA
Karen S. Elliott
Jay Fries
Spartanburg, SC
Wade E. Ballard
Matthew Gilley
Kristin Gray
Thomas H. Keim, Jr.
Jeffrey A. Lehrer
St. Louis, MO
Corey L. Franklin
Karen E. Milner
Tampa, FL
Todd S. Aidman
Nicholas S. Andrews
Edward Carlstedt
Joseph H. Harris
Tracey K. Jaensch
Christopher C. Johnson
Cullan E. Jones
David M. Kalteux
Tammie L. Rattray
Luis A. Santos
Dawn Siler-Nixon
Washington, D.C.
Anessa Abrams
David A. Rosenberg
Jacquelyn L. Thompson
West Palm Beach, FL
David M. Gobeo
The FordHarrison attorneys selected for 2026 Ones To Watch are:
Atlanta, GA
Abed H. Fakhoury
Charles Hoffman
Kadale Lubin
Christine F. Rodriguez
Berkeley Heights, NJ
Stephen A. Oliwa, III
Chicago, IL
Douglass R. Nolan
Joel M. Zeid
Dallas, TX
Meron S. Squires
Hartford, CT
Julianne S. Brown
Ciarra J. Lofstrom
Jacksonville, FL
Andrew E. Underkofler
Los Angeles, CA
Julie A. Bachert
Min K. Kim
Caleb Y. Lee
Jason Shon
Memphis, TN
Mollie K. Wildmann
Nashville, TN
Meredith A. Box
Paige M. Lyle
New York, NY
Steven Balken
Orlando, FL
Sara K. Finnigan
Madonna M. Snowden
Howard M. Waldman
Richmond, VA
Victoria L. Creta
San Diego, CA
Lawrence J. Geist
Spartanburg, SC
Briana L. Schill
St. Louis, MO
Dohen Q. Gallagher
Rebecca L. James
Tampa, FL
Ivan Ayala-Garcia
Melany Hernandez
Washington, D.C.
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.”