Tucker Arensberg Lawyers Named Among the Best Lawyers in America® Lawyers of the Year, and as Ones to Watch in 2022

PITTSBURGH, September 7, 2021 – Tucker Arensberg is pleased to announce that 25 attorneys were recently recognized for the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^© and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. In addition, Best Lawyers® honored five Tucker Arensberg attorneys as “Lawyers of the Year,” a distinction held by very few practicing attorneys nationwide. Only one lawyer is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for each specialty and location.

Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading attorneys confidentially evaluate their peers. The Best Lawyers in America (2022) is based on more than 5.5 million evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers in their field.

The complete list of Tucker Arensberg attorneys recognized and the categories for which they were honored, follows below.

BEST LAWYERS
Pittsburgh, PA (listed alphabetically by last name)

• Michael A. Cassidy for Health Care Law
• Nora Gieg Chatha for Trusts & Estates
• J. Kent Culley for Health Care Law
• Donald P. Eriksen for Natural Resources Law
• Irving S. Firman for Land Use and Zoning Law
• Judith K. Fitzgerald for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Gary J. Gushard for Elder Law and Municipal Law
• Matthew M. Hoffman for Construction Law and Education Law
• Gary P. Hunt for Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Construction, and Litigation – Trusts & Estates.
• Albert S. Lee for Employment Law – Management
• Jeffrey J. Leech for Commercial Litigation
• Beverly Weiss Manne for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Ralph F. Manning for Construction Law and Corporate Compliance Law
• Robert L. McTiernan for Employment Law – Individuals, Employment Law – Management, and Municipal Law
• Daniel J. Perry for Banking and Finance Law, Project Finance Law, and Securitization and Structured Finance Law
• Thomas P. Peterson for Education Law
• William Campbell Ries for Trusts & Estates
• Michael A. Shiner for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Richard B. Tucker III for Appellate Practice
• Charles J. Vater for Corporate Governance Law and Trusts & Estates
• Paul J. Welk for Health Care Law

Harrisburg, PA

• Stephen M. Greecher, Jr. for Commercial Litigation

LAWYER OF THE YEAR
Pittsburgh, PA (listed alphabetically by last name)

• Irving S. Firman for Land Use and Zoning Law
• Gary P. Hunt for Litigation – Banking and Finance
• Robert L. McTiernan For Employment Law – Individuals and Municipal Law
• Richard B. Tucker III for Appellate Practice
• Charles J. Vater for Corporate Governance Law

ONES TO WATCH
Pittsburgh, PA

• Katherine A. Janocsko for Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law
• Brian A. Pepicelli for Commercial Litigation and Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Harrisburg, PA

• Brian J. Murren for Commercial Litigation