Goldberg Segalla is proud to celebrate the 88 attorneys recognized in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, along with the 91 attorneys honored in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America.

Best Lawyers recognition comes from a rigorous review process based on the consensus opinion from leading lawyers evaluating their peers in the legal community by practice area and geographic location.

The 179 attorneys hail from across the firm’s offices nationwide and represent an expansive list of the firm’s practices, including Alternative Dispute Resolution,  Appellate, Aviation, Civil Litigation and Trial, Class Action Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Arbitration, Construction Litigation and Counsel, Consumer Product Regulation, Corporate Law and Transactions, Employment and Labor, Environmental Law, Global Insurance Services, Health Care, Intellectual Property, Management and Professional Liability, Municipal and Government Law, Product Liability, Real Estate and Land Use, Real Estate Litigation and Title Disputes, Retail and Hospitality, Sports and Entertainment, Toxic Tort, Transportation, and Workers’ Compensation.

Additionally, the following Goldberg Segalla partners received the Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” award – a prestigious recognition granted to a single attorney in each practice area and metropolitan region.

• Albert J. D’Aquino
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants – Buffalo, New York

• Caroline J. Berdzik
  • Insurance Law – Princeton, New Jersey

The following attorneys were recognized in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America:

ALBANY

• Jonathan M. Bernstein
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment

• William J. Greagan
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

BALTIMORE

• Imoh E. Akpan
  • Litigation – Insurance
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• John K. Archibald
  • Corporate Law

BUFFALO

• Michael E. Appelbaum
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

• Christopher J. Belter
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation – Construction
  • Litigation – Intellectual Property

• Kenneth L. Bostick
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

• Jason A. Botticelli
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• Marc W. Brown
  • Appellate Practice
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation – Construction
  • Litigation – Insurance
  • Litigation – Real Estate
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Real Estate Law

• Meghan M. Brown
  • Commercial Litigation

• Ashlyn M. Capote
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation – Insurance

• Laura A. Colca
  • Construction Law
  • Leisure and Hospitality Law

• Albert J. D’Aquino
  • Insurance Law
  • Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
  • Litigation – Construction
  • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• Sarah J. Delaney
  • Litigation – Insurance

• Adam R. Durst
  • Litigation – Insurance
• Richard A. Galbo
  • Insurance Law

• Michael T. Glascott
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation – Insurance

• Neil A. Goldberg
  • Aviation Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• Phyliss A. Hafner
  • Commercial Litigation

• Joseph M. Hanna
  • Insurance Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

• Christina G. Holdsworth
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

• Jeffrey L. Kingsley
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation – Insurance

• Kris E. Lawrence
  • Litigation – Insurance
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• James D. Macri
  • Commercial Litigation

• Kathleen J. Martin
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• Christopher P. Maugans
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employment Law – Management
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment

• Paul D. McCormick
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

• Colleen M. Murphy
  • Insurance Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants

• Cheryl A. Possenti
  • Consumer Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• Thomas F. Segalla
  • Insurance Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Reinsurance Law

• Susan E. Van Gelder
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• Joseph J. Welter
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

CHICAGO

• Bruce M. Engel
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation – Insurance

• Larry D. Mason
  • Environmental Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation – Insurance

• Jennifer B. Santoro
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

GARDEN CITY

• Scott R. Green
  • Employment Law – Management

GREENSBORO

• David L. Brown
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation – Insurance

• Martha P. Brown
  • Employment Law – Management
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment

• David G. Harris II
  • Insurance Law

• John I. Malone, Jr.
  • Construction Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation – Construction
  • Litigation – Insurance

• Brady A. Yntema
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation – Insurance
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

HARTFORD

• Jonathan A. Beatty
  • Litigation – Insurance

• Samantha K. Levasseur
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Michael D. Schweitzer
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Brian L. Smith
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Kristen L. Stumpo
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

MIAMI

• Frank Ramos
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Insurance
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• Valerie Shea
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation – Insurance
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment

NEW YORK

• Ryan K. Allen
  • Litigation – Construction

• Steven R. Ganfer
  • Litigation – Real Estate

• Emilio F. Grillo
  • Litigation – Construction
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

• John F. Parker
  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation – Environmental

• Reed M. Podell
  • Construction Law
  • Litigation – Construction

NEWARK

• Elizabeth Lautenbach Adams
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

• Christian A. Cavallo
  • Insurance Law

• Kevin P. Sullivan
  • Insurance Law

• Elizabeth A. Weill
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

ORLANDO

• Timothy A. Dunbrack
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• R. Gavin Mackinnon
  • Commercial Litigation

PHILADELPHIA

• Michael A. Hamilton
  • Insurance Law

• Seth L. Laver
  • Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants

• Michael P. Luongo
  • Litigation – Municipal

• Mitchell Palazzo
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Michael S. Saltzman
  • Insurance Law

• Stacy A. Tees
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Jonathan S. Ziss
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants

PRINCETON

• Caroline J. Berdzik
  • Health Care Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation – Health Care

• Robert M. Hanlon, Jr.
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• Anita Hotchkiss
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• Amanda R. Kenna
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• H. Lockwood Miller III
  • Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• David S. Osterman
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

RALEIGH

• Thomas M. Buckley
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation – Construction
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants

• William H. Harkins, Jr.
  • Construction Law

• Ryan W. Keevan
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Erica B. Lewis
  • Insurance Law
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Allegra A. Sinclair
  • Construction Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

ROCHESTER

• Robert W. Clark
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Peter J. Gregory
  • Litigation – Insurance
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

SAN FRANCISCO

• Kevin J. Robinson
  • Insurance Law

ST. LOUIS

• John M. Allen
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• James R. Hess
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Sarah B. Mangelsdorf
  • Litigation – Environmental
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Scott B. Mueller
  • Commercial Litigation

SYRACUSE

• Kenneth M. Alweis
  • Arbitration
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Construction
  • Mediation

• David E. Leach
  • Commercial Litigation

• Aaron M. Schiffrik
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

WEST PALM BEACH

• Marta R. Golani
  • Litigation – Insurance

The following attorneys were included in the 2027 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America:

ALBANY

• Rebecca M. Edwards
  • Commercial Litigation

BALTIMORE

• Trevor F. Gee
  • Commercial Litigation

• Petra A. Holness
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• Alexa N. Mellis
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Beteley T. Mulatu
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Shane Rosenbloom
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

BUFFALO

• Joseph A. Aldrich
  • Commercial Litigation

• Kallie Banker
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Samuel L. Newman
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Construction

• Chloe J. Nowak
  • Labor and Employment Law – Management
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment

• Jessica N. Reich
  • Litigation – Environmental
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

• James M. Specyal
  • Appellate Practice
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

• Kaixi Xu
  • Commercial Litigation

CHICAGO

• Blake W. Dust
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Patrycia Piaskowski
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• Chad P. Thompson
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

GARDEN CITY

• Fayyaz Ahmed
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

• Morgan T. Kitton
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Matthew A. Noto
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Robert C. Shea
  • Commercial Litigation

GREENSBORO

• Caroline W. Early
  • Insurance Law

• Alexander J. Speir
  • Insurance Law

HARTFORD

• Patrick J. Brazel
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Kirsten C. D’Addario
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Viktoriia R. Lavoie
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Samantha J. Spicer
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Catherine A. Young
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Scott Ziegler
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

LOS ANGELES

• Nicole B. Croce
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

• Rafick Issagholian
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Andrew Morrell
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

• Mykhal N. Ofili
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

NEW YORK

• Gnim K. Bazim
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

• Jenny H. Chen
  • Insurance Law

• Claudia DiGirolamo
  • Commercial Litigation

• Thamara Goltermann
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Kyung Jae Han
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Alexandra R. Hassan
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• James Kelly
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Louis Poggioli
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Ashley Repar
  • Commercial Litigation

• Siya Saggi
  • Insurance Law
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Michael Terlizzi
  • Insurance Law

• Nathalie Thomas-Padilla
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Ryan P. Thompson
  • Professional Malpractice Law

• Sarah A. Walsh
  • Litigation – Construction

• Marcos Zayas
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

NEWARK

• Taylor L. Burns
  • Insurance Law

• Erica M. Fersch
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Diana H. Carlisle
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Arianeh Hamzelou
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

• Shawn D. Kraemer
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Ayomikun Loye
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Christopher J. Major
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Pamela U. Norbert
  • Insurance Law

• Piotr Popkowski
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Bei Yang
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

ORANGE COUNTY

• Madison T. Bohan
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Elisa D’Egidio
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Christian Nunez
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Marshall K. Pautsch
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Yealee Song
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

ORLANDO

• Ahmad Felo
  • Commercial Litigation

• Adam Rachlin
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

PHILADELPHIA

• Shila Bayor
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

• John W. Burke
  • Commercial Litigation

• Hemna Chaudry
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

• Grace C. Gallagher
  • Insurance Law

• Emily Knight
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Skyler R. Morgan
  • Commercial Litigation

• Kyle A. Peterson
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

• Andrew J. Simmers
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation – Construction

PRINCETON

• Carolyn J. Collins
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Rachel W. Console
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Ghina Gharaibeh
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Valerie Mayzelshteyn
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Cameron L. McIver
  • Commercial Litigation

• Zachary Young
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

RALEIGH

• Kalie L. Chumley
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Taylor L. DiStefano
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Evan B. King
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Isaiah Milligan-Smith
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

• William L. Nimick
  • Litigation – Construction

ROCHESTER

• Dylan C. Miller
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

• Lauren E. Palermo
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

SAN FRANCISCO

• Lynet’ D. Shigg
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

ST. LOUIS

• Lauren A. Behan
  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation – Environmental

• Joseph M. Dankert
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Transportation Law

SYRACUSE

• Quinlyn A. Beaver
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
• Rebecca R. Rabideau
  • Commercial Litigation

WEST PALM BEACH

• Braden Schlosser
  • Insurance Law