Two Babst Calland Attorneys Named as 2025 Best Lawyers in America® “Lawyer of the Year”, 40 Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®, and 17 Named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America
Babst Calland is pleased to announce that two lawyers were selected as 2025 Best Lawyers in America® “Lawyer of the Year” in Pittsburgh, Pa. and Charleston, W. Va. (by BL Rankings). Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant.
Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity. Those named to the 2025 Best Lawyers in America® “Lawyer of the Year” include:
Blaine A. Lucas, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning “Lawyer of the Year” in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Timothy M. Miller, Litigation – Environmental “Lawyer of the Year” in Charleston, W. Va.
View the award recipients here.
In addition, 40 Babst Calland lawyers were selected for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, the most respected peer-reviewed publications in the legal profession:
- Chester R. Babst III – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
- Donald C. Bluedorn II – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Water Law
- Lisa Bruderly – Environmental Law
- Joseph G. Bunn – Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Mining Law
- Dean A. Calland – Environmental Law
- Matthew S. Casto – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Environmental
- Frank J. Clements – Corporate Law
- Kathy K. Condo – Commercial Litigation, Energy Law
- James V. Corbelli – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Environmental
- James Curry – Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law
- Mark K. Dausch – Commercial Litigation
- Julie R. Domike – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
- Kevin K. Douglass – Natural Resources Law
- Christian A. Farmakis – Corporate Law and Real Estate Law
- Kevin J. Garber – Energy Law, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Natural Resources Law, and Water Law
- Steven M. Green – Energy Law
- Jennifer Hicks – Commercial Litigation and Energy Law
- Lindsay P. Howard – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
- Robert Max Junker – Land Use and Zoning Law, Municipal Law
- Justine Kasznica – Corporate Law
- Stephen L. Korbel – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Blaine A. Lucas – Energy Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning, and Municipal Law
- John A. McCreary Jr. – Labor Law – Management
- Sean M. McGovern – Environmental Law
- Christina Manfredi McKinley – Commercial Litigation
- Timothy M. Miller – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, Litigation – Environmental, Oil and Gas Law
- Matthew Moses – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Jean M. Mosites – Energy Law, Environmental Law
- Christopher B. Power – Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning, Litigation – Municipal, Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Mining Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law
- Joseph K. Reinhart – Energy Law, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Natural Resources Law
- Bruce F. Rudoy – Corporate Law
- Charles F.W. Saffer – Real Estate Law
- Mychal Sommer Schulz – Litigation – ERISA
- Mark D. Shepard – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Environmental, Mediation
- Steven B. Silverman – Commercial Litigation, Information Technology Law
- Laura Stone – Corporate Law
- Robert M. Stonestreet – Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, Environmental Law
- David E. White – Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
- Richard S. Wiedman – Energy Regulatory Law, Environmental Law
- Michael H. Winek – Environmental Law
View the award recipients here.
17 Babst Calland lawyers were also named to the 2025 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America which recognizes associates and other lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States:
- Susanna Bagdasarova – Corporate Law
- Mary H. Binker – Corporate Law, Energy Law, Real Estate Law
- Gina Falaschi Buchman – Environmental Law
- Carla M. Castello – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment, and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Andrew C. DeGory – Commercial Litigation
- Alexandra G. Farone – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Marc J. Felezzola – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction
- Michael E. Fink – Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Alyssa Golfieri – Land Use and Zoning Law, Municipal Law
- Sean R. Keegan – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Jennifer L. Malik – Land Use and Zoning Law, Municipal Law
- James D. Mazzocco – Construction Law, Litigation – Environmental, Transportation Law
- Daniel R. Richey – Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Joseph V. Schaeffer – Commercial Litigation
- Varun Shekhar – Environmental Law
- Joshua S. Snyder – Commercial Litigation, Energy Law
- Eric Spada – Commercial Litigation
View the award recipients here.
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