32 Tucker Arensberg Lawyers Named Among the Best Lawyers in America® “Lawyer of the Year” and asOnes to Watch in 2026

PITTSBURGH, September 11, 2025 –Tucker Arensberg is pleased to announce that 32 attorneys were recently recognized in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch^® in America. Additionally, Paul J. Welk was recognized as the 2026 Best Lawyers^® “Lawyer of the Year” for Health Care Law in the Pittsburgh area.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.

Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America and the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America lists are divided 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.

Candidates can only be considered for one recognition at a time, either Ones to Watch or traditional Best Lawyers awards. “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” is not a seed list to “The Best Lawyers” and all hopeful candidates must be nominated, vetted by their peers, and undergo an authentication process before they are recognized by Best Lawyers. Lawyers are neither required nor allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, recognition by Best Lawyers is considered a singular distinction.

Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this a significant and coveted accolade. These lawyers are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer review assessments. 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.

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

LAWYER OF THE YEAR

Pittsburgh, PA

• Paul J. Welk for Health Care Law
  
  

BEST LAWYERS

• Christopher W. Cahillane for Commercial Litigation (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2025)
• Michael A. Cassidy for Health Care Law (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2009)
• J. Kent Culley for Health Care Law (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2009)
• R. Douglas DeNardo for Trusts & Estates (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2007)
• Jeremy V. Farrell for Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Irving S. Firman for Land Use and Zoning Law and Litigation – Municipal (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2018)
• Judith K. Fitzgerald for Arbitration, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Mediation (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2019)
• Stephen M. Greecher, Jr. for Commercial Litigation (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2010)
• Neil J. Gregorio for Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law and Litigation – ERISA (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023)
• Gary J. Gushard for Elder Law and Municipal Law (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2007)
• Matthew M. Hoffman for Construction Law and Education Law (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2007)
• Gary P. Hunt for Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Construction, and Litigation – Trusts and Estates (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2005)
• Albert S. Lee for Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2020)
• Beverly Weiss Manne for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2006)
• Robert L. McTiernan for Employment Law – Individuals, Employment Law – Management, and Municipal Law (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2007)
• Brian W. Perry for Criminal Defense: General Practice and Criminal Defense: White-Collar (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2024)
• Jerry J. Russo for Criminal Defense: General Practice and Criminal Defense: White-Collar (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2025)
• Kenneth G. Scholtz – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
• Michael A. Shiner for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2010)
• Michele R. Stafford for Litigation – ERISA (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2025)
• Richard B. Tucker III for Appellate Practice (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2007)
• John T. Vogel for Real Estate Law
• Christopher L. Voltz – Real Estate Law (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2025)
• Paul J. Welk for Health Care Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2022)

ONES TO WATCH

• Daniel C. Conlon for Administrative/Regulatory Law, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Municipal Law, and Real Estate Law (Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America since 2024)
• Ian M. Grecco for Commercial Litigation and Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America since 2025)
• Brandon O’Connor for Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Real Estate Law
• Jake Oresick for Commercial Litigation, Environmental Law, Insurance Law, and Litigation – Environmental
• Anthony T. Pavlik for Corporate Law, Oil and Gas Law, and Real Estate Law (Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America since 2024)
• Brian A. Pepicelli for Commercial Litigation and Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America since 2021)
• Weston P. Pesillo for Commercial Litigation, Municipal Law, and Trusts and Estates (Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America since 2024)
• Ashley Puchalski Thomas for Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law, Labor and Employment Law – Management, Land Use and Zoning Law, Municipal Law, and Real Estate Law (Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America since 2025)

About Tucker Arensberg

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. has over 85 attorneys and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, with offices in Harrisburg, PA, New York, NY, Cleveland, OH, and Beaver, PA, and provides legal services through Tucker Arensberg, L.L.P. with an office in the San Francisco Bay Area*. It is a full-service firm providing service to its clients in the areas of general business law, mergers and acquisitions, labor and employment, insolvency and creditors’ rights, health care, litigation, estates and trusts, school and municipal law, technology and intellectual property, energy, real estate, workers’ compensation, employee benefits, banking, criminal defense, and investment management and fiduciary services. For more information on the firm, please visit www.tuckerlaw.com.

*As Tucker Arensberg, L.L.P.

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