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107 attorneys recognized in the 2027 edition, including eight Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” recipients, 88 Best Lawyers in America®, and 19 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 20, 2026) – On August 20, 2026, 107 Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC attorneys were recognized by Best Lawyers®, which annually showcases internationally recognized attorneys and their specialties.
Best Lawyers® is one of the most credible and definitive guides to the legal industry in the U.S. Attorney recognition is based entirely on peer review. The process is designed to capture the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.
This year, Best Lawyers® noted record participation in the program. Approximately 50,000 attorneys voted and provided more than 5 million evaluations during the award process.
Just five percent of nominees were named to the 2027 edition of Best Lawyers in America®. Those who earned Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America – less than two percent of all nominees – are attorneys with outstanding professional excellence who have been practicing for five to nine years.
The Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” recognition is presented annually to a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area.
Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” 2027 Recipients
Evansville, IN
- William E. Cartwright
- Corporate Law
Indianapolis, IN
- Norris Cunningham
- Arbitration
Lexington, KY
- Elizabeth Muyskens
- Employment Law – Management
Louisville, KY
- Douglas C. Ballantine
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Adam T. Goebel
- Environmental Law
- Lea Pauley Goff
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Beth Hendrickson McMasters
- Litigation – Health Care
- Thomas M. Williams
- Employment Law – Management
Best Lawyers in America® 2027 Recipients
Evansville, IN
- John P. Broadhead
- Banking and Finance Law
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Commercial Finance Law
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
- Corporate Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Michele S. Bryant
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- William E. Cartwright
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Real Estate Law
- J. Herbert Davis
- Real Estate Law
- Kelly A. Lonnberg
- Family Law
- D. Andrew Nestrick
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Elder Law
- Trusts and Estates
- John A. Thomason
- Natural Resources Law
- Real Estate Law
- Christopher C. Wischer
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Municipal Law
- Real Estate Law
- Ted C. Ziemer IV
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Corporate Law
- Municipal Law
- Real Estate Law
Indianapolis, IN
- Michael Blinn
- Commercial Litigation
- Taylor Bonacorsi
- Litigation – Health Care
- Dennis F. Cantrell
- Environmental Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Insurance
- Norris Cunningham
- Arbitration
- Health Care Law
- Litigation – Health Care
- Daniel R. Faust
- Real Estate Law
- Tricia Freije
- Health Care Law
- Litigation – Health Care
- Timothy Hurlbut
- Banking and Finance Law
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Commercial Finance Law
- Construction Law
- Real Estate Law
- R. Brock Jordan
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Ronald M. Katz
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Nonprofit / Charities Law
- Real Estate Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Offer Korin
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Jason P. Lueking
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses LawLand Use and Zoning Law
- Real Estate Law
- Dwight L. Miller
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Joel T. Nagle
- Commercial Litigation
- Suzannah Wilson Overholt
- Employment Law – Management
- Health Care Law
- Litigation – Health Care
- Gary L. Stage
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Donn H. Wray
- Environmental Law
- Litigation – Insurance
- Sally Franklin Zweig
- Art Law
- Health Care Law
- Litigation – Health Care
Frankfort, KY
- Paul C. Harnice
- Commercial Litigation
Hodgenville, KY
- Damon R. Talley
- Utilities Law
Lexington, KY
- Adam M. Back
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Charles R. Baesler Jr.
- Immigration Law
- P. Douglas Barr
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Keeana Sajadi Boarman
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Corporate Law
- Monica Braun
- Commercial Litigation
- Allison Cooke
- Employment Law – Individuals
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Allison J. Donovan
- Banking and Finance Law
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Real Estate Law
- Securities Regulation
- Benjamin M. Fiechter
- Health Care Law
- Litigation – Health Care
- Richard G. Griffith
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- W. Chapman Hopkins
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Dana Howard
- Commercial Litigation
- Lindsey W. Ingram III
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Energy Law
- Rebecca Krefft
- Commercial Litigation
- William M. Lear, Jr.
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
- Litigation – Real Estate
- R. David Lester
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Steven B. Loy
- Antitrust Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Elizabeth S. Muyskens
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) LawEmployment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Nick Nicholson
- Animal Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Richard A. Nunnelley
- Real Estate Law
- Matthew R. Parsons
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Adam C. Reeves
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Douglas P. Romaine
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Kenneth R. Sagan
- Corporate Law
- Shannon “AJ” Singleton
- Commercial Litigation
- Kif H. Skidmore
- Commercial Litigation
- Employment Law – Individuals
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Palmer G. Vance II
- Commercial Litigation
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Frank L. Wilford
- Banking and Finance Law
- Commercial Finance Law
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Real Estate Law
- Timothy R. Wiseman
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Gerald E. Wuetcher
- Utilities Law
Louisville, KY
- Douglas C. Ballantine
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Information Technology Law
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Jeffrey A. Calabrese
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- William Duncan Crosby
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Craig C. Dilger
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Connor Egan
- Commercial Litigation
- Timothy J. Eifler
- Tax Law
- Angela S. Fetcher
- Commercial Litigation
- Mary C. Garris
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Adam T. Goebel
- Commercial LitigationEnvironmental Law
- Litigation – Environmental
- Lea Pauley Goff
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Laura B. Grubbs
- Real Estate Law
- Culver V. Halliday
- Commercial Litigation
- Chadler M. Hardin
- Commercial Litigation
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- C. Kent Hatfield
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Communications Law
- Energy Law
- Karen L. Keith
- Litigation – Health Care
- Katherine P. Langan
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Trusts and Estates
- Matthew R. Lindblom
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Emily Mattingly Lillard
- Commercial Litigation
- Sharon A. Mattingly
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Beth Henderickson McMasters
- Litigation – Health CareMedical Malpractice Law – DefendantsPersonal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Amy L. Miles
- Employment Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Emily L. Pagorski
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- D. Keith Pulliam
- Corporate LawMergers and Acquisitions Law
- Real Estate Law
- Laura H. Pulliam
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Thomas E. Rutledge
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Christopher E. Schaefer
- Commercial LitigationConstruction LawMass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
- Anthony L. Schnell
- Real Estate Law
- John O. Sheller
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Robert J. Shilts
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Shawn M. Spalding
- Real Estate Law
- Thomas M. Williams
- Employment Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2027 Recipients
Evansville, IN
- Hannah M. Dill
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)Family Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Alyssa Freeman Ricker
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Trusts and Estates
- Kristen E. Hahn
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Jordan M. Saner
- Commercial LitigationConstruction Law
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Conner J. Voegel
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses LawCorporate LawReal Estate Law
- Trusts and Estates
Indianapolis, IN
- Cameron J. Bosak
- Transportation Law
- Kaylee Conley
- Banking and Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- W. Andrew Kirtley
- Insurance Law
- Haozhen David Ma
- Corporate Governance and Compliance Law Corporate Law
- Real Estate Law
- Zachary J. Reichle
- Insurance LawPersonal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Real Estate Law
Frankfort, KY
- Joseph B. Gabbard
- Commercial Litigation
- Government Relations Practice
Lexington, KY
- Felisa S. Moore
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Lilian Williams Ball
- Commercial Litigation
- Mary Ellen Wimberly
- Energy Law
Louisville, KY
- Kerby T. Conner
- Real Estate Law
- Andrew T. Hagerman
- Appellate Practice
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Natalie M. Nassar
- Corporate Governance and Compliance LawCorporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Ashley K. Russell
- Real Estate Law
- Virginia Leigh Schell
- Commercial Litigation
- Health Care Law
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC celebrates the attorneys recognized in the 2027 edition of Best Lawyers®. This honor not only reflects the listed attorneys’ legal knowledge, but also demonstrates how they are seen by peer attorneys in the communities they practice in. Each attorney recognized underscores the firm’s commitment to legal excellence and the trust that clients place in Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC.
