Goodell DeVries is pleased to announce that 21 of its attorneys have been named to the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, and another five have been selected for Best Lawyers Ones to Watch 2024.
Additionally, the following attorneys were named Baltimore “Lawyers of the Year” for 2024 in these practice areas:
- Craig B. Merkle: Litigation – Health Care
- Thomas V. Monahan, Jr.: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Derek M. Stikeleather: Appellate Practice
The Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” honors are awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with extremely high overall feedback from their peers, making it an exceptional distinction.
Recognition in Best Lawyers is based on a peer review and voting process. The results are analyzed as to professional abilities within geographic regions. This publication is used by in-house counsel to research options for outside legal expertise. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.
Goodell DeVries congratulates the following attorneys named to the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America:
- James B. Astrachan – Advertising Law; Communications Law; Copyright Law; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Trademark Law
- Richard M. Barnes – Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Bonnie J. Beavan – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Malcolm S. Brisker – Insurance Law; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Janet A. Forero – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Terri L. Goldberg – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Amy B. Heinrich – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Jeffrey J. Hines – Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Kamil Ismail – Insurance Law; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Kelly Hughes Iverson – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Shannon M. Madden – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- George S. Mahaffey – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Craig B. Merkle – Health Care Law; Litigation – Health Care (also named Baltimore “Lawyer of the Year” 2024 in this practice area); Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Thomas V. Monahan, Jr. – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants (also named Baltimore “Lawyer of the Year” 2024 in this practice area); Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- K. Nichole Nesbitt – Commercial Litigation
- Marianne DePaulo Plant – Health Care Law; Litigation – Health Care; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Derek M. Stikeleather – Appellate Practice (also named Baltimore “Lawyer of the Year” 2024 in this practice area); Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Donna M.D. Thomas – Copyright Law; Trademark Law;
- Thomas J. S. Waxter III – Litigation – Construction; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Carrie J. Williams – Appellate Practice
- Linda S. Woolf – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Insurance; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Named to Best Lawyers Ones to Watch 2024
- Kaitlin D. Corey – Corporate Law; Intellectual Property Law; Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Jhanelle A. Graham Caldwell – Health Care Law; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Jared M. Green – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- James Phelan Robinson – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Kira E. Zuber – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
About Goodell DeVries
Goodell DeVries is a regional law firm with a national presence. Our team of attorneys handles the most complex legal challenges for clients across the country in business law, intellectual property, product liability, mass torts, medical malpractice law, appellate matters, complex commercial litigation, insurance, toxic torts, and more. Our lawyers are ranked among the best in the nation by leading directories, including Chambers and Best Lawyers, and we’ve been named among the top law firms for women by Law360. To learn more, visit www.gdldlaw.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
