87 Chamberlain Hrdlicka Attorneys Named to 2025 Best Lawyers in America®

Best Lawyers in America® recognizes 87 Chamberlain Hrdlicka attorneys in a peer selection process for the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers in America

Fifty three attorneys with Chamberlain Hrdlicka, an increase from the previous ranking, have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers in America®, with an additional 34 up-and-coming attorneys named to the Ones to Watch ranking.

 In addition to being named Best Lawyers in America®, David Aughtry (Tax), Larry Campagna (Litigation & Controversy – Tax), Charles “Chad” Muller (Criminal Defense: White Collar), and Peter Williamson (Immigration) have been recognized as “Lawyers of the Year” in their respective fields. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and a designated metropolitan area is honored as the "Lawyer of the Year,” based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer review assessments.

Best Lawyers is universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Recognized Chamberlain Hrdlicka attorneys span the firm’s Atlanta, Houston, Philadelphia, and San Antonio offices and cover 26 practice areas, including appellate law; bankruptcy; business organizations (including LLCs and partnerships); closely held companies and family businesses law; commercial litigation; construction law and litigation - construction; corporate law; criminal defense/white collar; employee benefits (ERISA) law; employment law, labor law – management, and litigation - labor and employment; energy law; government relations; immigration law; insurance law and litigation – insurance; litigation & controversy – tax and tax law; mergers & acquisitions law; nonprofit/charities law; patent law; real estate law; trusts & estates and litigation – trusts & estates.

Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America list are ranked by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers based on professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing. The following Chamberlain Hrdlicka attorneys were named to the “2025 Best Lawyers in America®”:

Atlanta

• David D. Aughtry - Tax Law, Litigation & Controversy – Tax
• Cassandra Bradford – Tax Law
• Samuel Grier – Litigation & Controversy - Tax
• John W. Hackney – Tax Law, Litigation & Controversy – Tax
• Thomas E. Jones, Jr. - Trusts & Estates
• J. Scot Kirkpatrick - Tax Law, Trusts & Estates
• Seth R. Price – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, and Litigation - Construction
• Hale E. Sheppard - Tax Law, Litigation & Controversy – Tax
• Gina M. Vitiello - Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
• Steven Wyatt – Tax Law, Litigation & Controversy – Tax

Houston

• Barry W. Adkins – Corporate Law, Tax Law
• Lawrence M. Bass – Tax Law, Trusts & Estates
• Brett Berly – Trusts & Estates
• James E. Berry – Real Estate Law
• Larry A. Campagna – Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation & Controversy – Tax, and Tax Law
• Ryan Cantrell - Litigation - Labor & Employment, Litigation - Trusts & Estates
• Larry Carbo, III – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment
• Sebastien Chain – Litigation & Controversy - Tax
• George W. Connelly, Jr. - Litigation & Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
• Aly Dossa – Patent Law
• Habeeb ‘Hobbs’ Gnaim - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies & Family Businesses Law
• Diana Gomez – Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Kyle Hawes – Construction Law
• Christine Kirchner – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Insurance
• Daniel Knight – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
• Steven J. Knight – Appellate Practice, Insurance Law
• Stephen M. Mason – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Amy Moss – Corporate Law
• Charles “Chuck” Rettig – Litigation & Controversy – Tax, Tax Law, Trusts & Estates
• Lawrence W. Sherlock -Litigation & Controversy - Tax
• Leslie T. Tan – Litigation - Insurance
• Jeff Wigginton – Litigation - Insurance
• Kerry C. Williams - Construction Law and Litigation-Construction
• Peter D. Williamson - Immigration Law

Philadelphia

• Jennifer Karpchuk – Tax Law
• Philip Karter – Litigation & Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
• Kenneth Trujillo – Government Relations Practice
• Stewart M. Weintraub - Litigation & Controversy – Tax, Real Estate Law, and Tax Law

San Antonio

• Patrick Martin – Tax Law
• Charles ”Chad” Muller – Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
• Katherine Noll - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Joshua A. Sutin – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Nonprofit/Charities Law, Litigation & Controversy – Tax, Tax Law

• Jaime Vasquez – Commercial Litigation, Litigation & Controversy – Tax, Tax Law

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America recognizes associates and other lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States. The following Chamberlain Hrdlicka attorneys were named “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch”:

Atlanta

• Jerrika Anderson - Litigation & Controversy – Tax
• Belinda Be - Litigation & Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
• John C. Guin – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Corporate Law
• Jasen Hanson - Tax Law
• Stephen Heyman - Corporate Law, Tax Law
• Nicholas Kemper – Corporate Law
• Brittney M. Little – Tax Law
• Patrick J. McCann, Jr. - Litigation & Controversy -Tax, Tax Law
• Peter Rehm – Tax Law
• Chadd Reynolds – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law
• Hunter Shelman - Litigation & Controversy -Tax, Tax Law

Houston

• Amber Ali – Commercial Litigation

• Morgan Drake Alleyn - Litigation & Controversy – Tax, Tax Law

• Kathryn “Kelly” Shields - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Labor & Employment
• Vincent Bryan - Commercial Litigation
• Lincoln Chen – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
• Kaili Cusack - Trusts & Estates
• Timothy Dean – Tax Law
• Julie G. Edelman - Trusts & Estates
• Elizabeth Pollard (Feeney) – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor & Employment
• John Fields – Tax Law
• AmyJo Foreman – Commercial Litigation
• Alissa Gipson - Litigation & Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
• Umair Karowadia – Tax Law
• Tara LeDay - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Chris Lemons – Commercial Litigation
• Lucas Meng - Labor and Employment Law - Management
• Jack Najarian – Construction Law, Corporate Law, Energy Law, and Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• David Pierson – Corporate Law
• Marianne Standley – Tax Law
• Yliana Trevino – Commercial Litigation

San Antonio

• Lauren D. Parker - Tax Law, Trusts & Estates
• Leo Unzeitig – Litigation & Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
• Victor Viser – Litigation & Controversy – Tax, Tax Law

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