More than 100 attorneys in McGuireWoods’ U.S. offices were selected for inclusion on Best Lawyers’ 2026 “Ones to Watch” list, which recognizes the nation’s most promising attorneys for professional excellence in private practice. The honor is reserved for lawyers in private practice fewer than 10 years. Best Lawyers selects honorees based on surveys in which attorneys confidentially evaluate their peers.
The following McGuireWoods lawyers were named to the “Ones to Watch” list.
ATLANTA – M. Laughlin Allen, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities; Alexander M. Bein, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Insurance Law; William B. Bradbury, Banking and Finance Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law; Natalina N. DePina, Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Litigation; Varsha Gadani, Health Care Law; Banking and Finance Law; Collier McLeod Field, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law; Jala White, Tax Law
AUSTIN – Madison K.B. Wyche, Real Estate Law
BALTIMORE – Caitlin Maloney Haus, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Project Finance Law; Anna C. Horevay, Public Finance Law; Rebecca W. Lineberry, Labor and Employment Law – Management; Mark Staines, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
CHARLOTTE – Katharine Y. Barnes, Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment; Luis F. Benavides, Banking and Finance Law; Diana Castro, Administrative / Regulatory Law, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Health Care Law; Adam S. Coto, Banking and Finance Law; Matthew L.C. Cox, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; J. Porter Durham III, Corporate Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law; Alexia Faraguna, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Derek A. Farrugia, Trusts and Estates; Jasmine K. Gardner, Commercial Litigation; Matthew E. Gerber, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law; Matthew G. Giordano, Environmental Law, Litigation -Environmental; Robert Grimmett-Norris, Workers’ Compensation Law -Employers; Logan Judy, Real Estate Law; Shanim Patel, Banking and Finance Law, Project Finance Law; Ethridge B. Ricks, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Allison P. Tanner, Corporate Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Andrew J. Terjesen, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law; Kelly Warlich, Litigation – Banking and Finance
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Mitchell Diles, Product Liability Litigation -Defendants; Hunter M. Glenn, Trusts and Estates
CHICAGO – Kristen H. Chang, Health Care Law; Janelle Darnell, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law; Erin E. Dine, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Health Care Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Joseph A. Florczak, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Chen G. Ni, Labor and Employment Law – Management; Amanda K. Roenius, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Health Care Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Alexandra Shipley, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Melissa Marie Weiss, Litigation -Labor and Employment
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Sarah B. Nielsen, Administrative / Regulatory Law; Jason A. Richardson, Administrative / Regulatory Law, Energy Law
DALLAS – Paul M. Chappell, Litigation – Labor and Employment; Matthew W. Cornelia, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent; Laura Grace Mezher, Tax Law, Cassandra A. Shoemaker, Litigation – Bankruptcy
HOUSTON – Ryan Frankel, Commercial Litigation; Sarah Holub, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment; Miles Indest, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Oil and Gas Law; Alexis Reynolds, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Health Care Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Kristen P. Courtney, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law; E. Paul Cuffe, Commercial Litigation, Government Relations Practice, Insurance Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Municipal Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
LOS ANGELES – Kathleen M. Baskin, Real Estate Law; Peter Choi, Labor and Employment; Payam Khodadadi, Litigation – Bankruptcy; Anthony Q. Le, Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Litigation; Financial Services Regulation Law
NEW YORK – Justin Chan, Real Estate Law; Hayoung Chung, Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Alexsandra Kaplun, Litigation, Banking and Finance; Allyson Maur, Health Care Law, Technology Law; Mikaela Whitman, Insurance Law
PITTSBURGH – Molleigh M. Thomas, Energy Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Matthew VanDyke, Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
RALEIGH, N.C. – Kristin Athens, Administrative / Regulatory Law, Energy Law; Nicolas A. Dantonio, Administrative / Regulatory Law, Environmental; Tracy S. DeMarco, Administrative / Regulatory Law; Cori Hockman, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law; Andrea R. Kells, Administrative / Regulatory Law; W. Dixon Snukals, Environmental Law
RICHMOND – Chris Alderman, Construction Law, Energy Law, Project Finance Law; Anne Hampton Andrews, Administrative / Regulatory Law, Energy Law; Kathryn M. Barber, Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities; Elissa N. Baur, Antitrust Law, Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Emily G. Blair, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Project Finance Law; Allison Bohan, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Steven J. Bonniwell, Trusts and Estates; Caroline Schmidt Burton, Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Alexander Castellano, Real Estate Law; Matthew B. Chmiel, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Laura J. Cooley, Litigation – Labor and Employment; David F. Dabbs, Litigation – Labor and Employment; Bret Daniel, Litigation – Labor and Employment; George B. Davis, Litigation – Patent; Arrion N. Dennis, Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Andrew F. Gann, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Product Liability – Defendants; Etahjayne J. Harris, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation -Defendants; Garrett H. Hooe, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities; Christopher M. Keegan, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Drew Crocker LaFountaine, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law; Stephanie A. Martinez, Intellectual Property Law; Laura A. Meis, Trusts and Estates; Timothy D. Patterson, Administrative / Regulatory Law, Energy Law; Joseph T. Rezabek, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Alec V. Sauble, Tax Law; Anne Curtis Saunders, Public Finance Law; Jonathan T. Tan, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Evan X. Tucker, Commercial Litigation; Jennifer Dvorak Valaika, Administrative / Regulatory Law, Energy Law; Brooke Weedon, Commercial Litigation
SAN FRANCISCO – Bailey Maher, Litigation – Labor and Employment; Litigation -Securities, Jenny Yi, Commercial Litigation, Litigation, Banking and Finance
TYSONS, Va. – Daniel Masakayan, Education Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Katlyn A. Davis Farrell, Energy Law; A. Wolfgang McGavran, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Environmental, Oil and Gas Law; Carrie Mobley, Energy Law; S.R. Sidarth, Real Estate Law; Jessica L. Vaughn, Environmental Law