National law firm Wilson Elser today announced the promotion of 34 attorneys to the partnership, effective January 1, 2025.
“I congratulate our firm’s 2025 partner class,” said Wilson Elser Chair Daniel J. McMahon. “These attorneys worked hard for this honor, and they exemplify our core values of providing exceptional client service and being outstanding lawyers and business colleagues.”
The new partners represent a range of practice areas, including Complex Tort & General Casualty; Medical Malpractice & Health Care; Commercial Litigation; Aviation & Aerospace; Health Care Law; Insurance & Reinsurance Defense; Product Liability, Prevention & Government Compliance; Class Action; and the National Trial Team.
The following individuals are from 18 of Wilson Elser’s national network of 43 offices, including offices in New York, California, Texas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Devin Arnold (Atlanta, Georgia) is an experienced civil litigator practicing in state and federal courts, with a primary focus on catastrophic injury and construction claims, including construction defect litigation and design professional liability. He is a member of the Complex Tort & General Casualty Practice.
Emily Belanger (Baltimore, Maryland) handles a variety of claims including premises liability, automobile liability, medical negligence, and intentional torts. She has conducted bench trials and first- and second-chaired jury trials in the state and federal courts of Maryland and the District of Columbia, and has argued before the Maryland Court of Appeals. Belanger is a member of the Complex Tort & General Casualty Practice and has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star since 2019.
James Brodie (Albany, New York) handles insurance, commercial, and landlord-tenant matters, and litigates cases involving casualty, transportation, toxic tort, product liability, and health care issues. He is a member of the Complex Tort & General Casualty Practice.
Megan Calme-Cappellini (Nashville, Tennessee) represents clients in complex commercial litigation, including construction-related claims, employment matters, general liability, premises liability, and personal injury. She is a member of the Professional Liability & Services Practice.
Timothy Carey (Baltimore, Maryland) represents clients in defense of claims related to general liability, automobile liability, premises liability, construction defects, and personal injury. He is a member of the Complex Tort & General Casualty Practice and the Specialty Professional Risks Practice.
Alexander Cheung (San Francisco, California) focuses his practice on defending claims related to general liability, personal injury, trucking liability, and product liability. He is a member of the Complex Tort & General Casualty Practice.
Kammann Cole (San Diego, California) defends clients in the areas of personal injury, premises liability, product liability, and professional liability. Cole has represented three of the five largest retailers in the world as well as many other Fortune 50 companies. He is a member of the Complex Tort & General Casualty Practice.
Roxanne Crocket (Los Angeles, California) concentrates her practice in the areas of general liability and employment, primarily defending corporations and not-for-profit organizations in personal injury, product liability, premises liability, wrongful death, wrongful termination of employment, discrimination, and wage-and-hour disputes. She is a member of the Complex Tort & General Casualty Practice and the Employment & Labor Practice.
Justin Dobek (Chicago, Illinois) handles matters from employment disputes, corporate restructuring, and trademark and copyright issues to a variety of general liability claims. Among his clients are a national transportation company, a regional trucking transportation company, and an award-wining multimedia company. He is a member of the Financial Services, Professional Liability & Services, and Complex Tort & General Casualty practices.
Colt Dodrill (Phoenix, Arizona) represents various corporations and individuals in defense of transportation, premises, products, and various general liability matters. He is a member of the Complex Tort & General Casualty Practice.
Jessica Dorman (San Diego, California) is an experienced civil litigator who handles cases for a variety of types of clients. Dorman routinely handles general liability, auto and trucking, product liability, and defense of consumer protection claims in state and federal courts. She is a member of the Complex Tort & General Casualty Practice and the Class Action Practice.
Gerry Driskill (Orlando, Florida) hails from England where he practiced as a solicitor at an international law firm. At Wilson Elser, Driskill acts as coverage and claims counsel for several insurers, and handles defense liability claims in commercial, personal injury, and complex litigation. He is a member of the Commercial Litigation Practice.
Jamie Durrett (Nashville, Tennessee) defends claims related to general liability, professional liability, products liability, civil rights, employment, governmental tort liability, automobile liability, premises liability, personal injury, insurance coverage disputes, and business and real estate litigation. She is member of the Complex Tort & General Casualty Practice; Design Professionals Practice; Product Liability, Prevention & Government Compliance Practice; Insurance & Reinsurance Coverage Practice; and Asia Practice.
Melinda Flecker (New York Metro) is an experienced litigator and trial attorney who concentrates her practice in the areas of personal injury, transportation, and general liability defense. Among her clients are a variety of automobile insurers and corporations, including a national technology company. She is a member of the Transportation Practice.
David Glazer (New York Metro) is a seasoned trial lawyer who oversees cases involving Labor Law, construction matters, general liability, and commercial trucking. Glazer specializes in complex cases alleging negligence, safety violations, and dangerous conditions causing fatalities and serious personal injuries and property damage. He is a member of the Complex Tort & General Casualty Practice.
Adam Guzik (New York Metro) handles complex tort and general liability claims in New York state and federal courts. Guzik represents multinational corporations, private-sector public transport companies, foster care agencies, nonprofit organizations, condominium associations, school districts, and religious organizations. He is a member of the Complex Tort & General Casualty Practice.
Andrew Holland (Houston, Texas) focuses his practice on business litigation. Holland represents and counsels parties in complex commercial matters, including breach of contract, shareholder disputes, warranty claims, and business tort claims, and defends individuals, public officials, and companies against allegations of civil rights violations and professional negligence. He is a member of the Commercial Litigation Practice.
Danielle Hollis (Houston, Texas) practices in the area of general civil litigation, primarily defending clients in personal injury matters including premises liability, product liability, oil field and industrial plant accidents, trucking accidents, catastrophic injury and fatalities, and other general negligence matters. She is a member of the Complex Tort & General Casualty Practice.
Carol Kennedy (Houston, Texas) defends health care providers in professional liability, catastrophic injury, and premises liability claims, and handles licensing board complaints, representing hospitals, surgery centers, physicians, physician groups, and other health care providers across Texas. Kennedy is a member of the Medical Malpractice & Health Care Practice.
Kim Koehler (Denver, Colorado) defends general liability claims including catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims; professional liability claims, including legal malpractice, licensed clinical social workers, and other professionals; easement and other real property disputes; product liability; and construction defect. She is a member of the Complex Tort & General Casualty Practice.
Sarena Kustic (San Diego, California) is a trial attorney who defends airlines and other large corporate entities against high-exposure injury and wrongful death claims. Kustic also represents individuals and businesses in complex commercial and contractual disputes. She is a member of the Aviation & Aerospace Practice and the Commercial Litigation Practice.
Christopher Maloney (San Francisco, California) focuses on the defense of claims related to general liability, automobile liability, and personal injury. He is a member of the Complex Tort & General Casualty Practice.
Bernice Margolis (New York Metro) practices in the area of construction on behalf of owners, general contractors, and subcontractors, including Labor Law and construction defect. Margolis also specializes in all general casualty and complex tort matters, including but not limited to products liability, premises liability, and Dram Shop Law on behalf of owners of various properties and high-end establishments in New York City, and Transportation Liability matters, from the pre-suit investigation through trial. She is a member of the Construction Practice and the Complex Tort & General Casualty Practice.
Nicole Melvani (McLean, Virginia) focuses her practice on defending complex aviation matters, including claims arising from aviation-related personal injury, aircraft crashes, property damage, and wrongful death. Melvani represents major commercial airlines, aircraft owners and operators, fixed-base operators, and other aviation companies in state and federal courts across the United States. She is a member of the Aviation & Aerospace Practice.
Maria Perri-Quinn (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) has extensive civil experience that includes handling diversified areas of the law involving transportation; logistics; contracts; products and premises liability; health, life, and disability; employee benefits; bad faith; bankruptcy; liquor liability; governmental entities; insurance coverage; and maritime/admiralty. She is a member of the Transportation Practice.
Stephanie Reda (New York Metro) acts as claims, coverage, and monitoring counsel, with a focus in errors and omissions, lawyers professional liability, and management liability programs. Reda evaluates and investigates claims, provides opinions on coverage, and retains and manages outside counsel. She is a member of the Program Management Practice.
Michael Rothrock (Raleigh, North Carolina) represents insurers and businesses in matters related to product liability, general liability, automobile and trucking liability, premises liability, animal liability, and insurance coverage disputes. He is a member of the Insurance & Reinsurance Defense Practice.
Matt Rowan (Dallas, Texas) is a civil litigation attorney with extensive statewide experience in health law, corporate litigation, oil and gas litigation, employment law, eminent domain pipeline condemnation litigation, intellectual property litigation, and probate matters. He is a member of the Commercial Litigation Practice.
Scott Sweeney (Denver, Colorado) serves on the firm’s National Trial Team and maintains a diverse litigation practice that includes employment litigation, professional liability, commercial litigation, cybersecurity, insurance defense, and complex multiparty litigation. He is a member of the Employment & Labor Practice.
Grant Thornhill (Dallas, Texas) represents corporations in litigation involving transportation, premises, construction, and commercial disputes. Thornhill currently represents a multinational technology company in litigation matters throughout Texas. He is a member of the Transportation Practice.
Cameron Wall (Chicago, Illinois) represents businesses and individuals in all aspects of civil litigation, handling complex litigation matters with an emphasis on the defense of claims related to product liability, commercial disputes, and transportation. He is a member of the Complex Tort & General Casualty Practice.
Jamie Winokur (Charlotte, North Carolina) maintains a diverse litigation practice, concentrating on complex torts, medical malpractice and professional liability, and construction litigation, representing insurers, professional individuals, and construction subcontractors. She is a member of the Complex Tort & General Casualty Practice.
Scott Wolfe (Chicago, Illinois) is a seasoned litigator primarily serving as national trial and regulatory and claims counsel for health care, marine, municipal, security, and transportation entities. Wolfe has overseen claims, litigation, and regulatory investigations in the United States and Canada. He is a member of the Admiralty & Marine Practice, the Complex Tort & General Casualty Practice, and the Health Care Law Practice.
Lauren Zink (New York Metro) concentrates her practice in the areas of general liability and New York Labor Law, primarily representing property owners and managers, construction companies, and a variety of other businesses in the sports/recreational, entertainment, and hotel industries. She is a member of the Complex Tort & General Casualty Practice and serves on the firm’s National Trial Team.
About Wilson Elser
Wilson Elser is the preeminent defense litigation firm in the United States. At any given time, our more than 1,000 attorneys are engaged in some 100,000 defense and coverage matters, with many defending clients in various local, state, and federal courts. Indeed, over more than four decades, our litigation, coverage, and trial lawyers have gained a reputation for taking on and prevailing in the most challenging and technical cases, frequently “parachuting in” to assume unresolved matters from other law firms. Our success also derives from winning on our clients’ terms and rigorously adhering to their guidelines. We are ranked 103 in the Am Law 200 and 43 in the National Law Journal‘s NLJ 500. For more information, go to www.wilsonelser.com.
