Joseph J. McHale

PHILADELPHIA — Forty-six Stradley Ronon lawyers across the firm’s offices nationwide have been named in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Lawyers are selected based on peer-review evaluations recognizing outstanding professional excellence across geographic and legal practice areas. The firm was honored across a variety of legal services, including corporate, litigation, employment, environment, mutual funds, insurance, trusts and estates, tax, nonprofit and securities regulation, among others. 

Partner Michael Engle, co-chair of the firm’s white collar criminal defense, investigations and compliance practice, was named Lawyer of the Year for Criminal Defense: White-Collar in Philadelphia — an honor presented to one lawyer for each practice area and geographic region — and several firm lawyers were named as Ones to Watch, which recognizes lawyers earlier in their career for outstanding professional excellence.

Lawyer of the Year:

Philadelphia, PA

• Michael Engle – Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Best Lawyers in America:

Cherry Hill, NJ

• Andrew Hamelsky – Commercial Litigation
• Catherine Ward – Environmental Law

Long Beach, CA

• David Piper – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
• Neal Robb – Commercial Litigation

Malvern, PA

• Edwin Boynton – Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
• Samantha Kats – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
• Joseph McHale – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Russell Ressler – Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
• David Winkowski – Trusts and Estates

New York, NY

• Stuart Coleman – Mutual Funds Law
• David Stephens – Mutual Funds Law

Philadelphia, PA

• Danielle Banks – Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Steven Burgess Davis – Insurance Law
• Michael Engle – Criminal Defense: General Practice; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Jeffrey Grossman – Insurance Law
• John Hook – Nonprofit/Charities Law; Trusts and Estates
• Patrick Kingsley – Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
• Dean Krishna – Tax Law
• Andrew Levine – Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
• Bennett Picker – Arbitration; Mediation
• Stephanie Sanderson-Braem – Trusts and Estates
• Ashley Shapiro – Corporate Compliance Law; Criminal Defense: General Practice; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Amy Vulpio – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy

Washington, DC

• Sara Crovitz – Mutual Funds Law
• Greg DiMeglio – Litigation – Securities
• Alison Fuller – Mutual Funds Law
• David Grim – Mutual Funds Law
• Deirdre Johnson – Insurance Law
• Paul Kalish – Insurance Law
• Jesse Kanach – Mutual Funds Law
• Michael Mundt – Mutual Funds Law
• Eric Purple – Mutual Funds Law

Ones to Watch:

Long Beach, CA

• Kate Nemzek – Litigation – Labor and Employment; Litigation – Securities
• Teresa Thong – Litigation – Labor and Employment; Litigation – Securities
• Connor Trafton – Litigation – Labor and Employment; Litigation – Securities; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

New York, NY

• Whitney Costin – Commercial Litigation
• Jenifer Scarcella – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law

Newark, NJ

• Kaitlyn Grajek – Construction Law; Litigation – Labor and Employment

Philadelphia, PA

• Brian Crowell – Securities Regulation
• Adriel Garcia – Litigation – Securities
• Shawn Hendricks – Securities Regulation
• Ben McCoy – Commercial Litigation
• Robert (RJ) Norcia – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law
• Daniel Pereira – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Miranda Sturgis – Financial Services Regulation Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
• Stephanie Wolbransky Fenster – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Litigation – Real Estate

About Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
Counseling clients since 1926, Stradley Ronon has helped private and public companies — from small businesses to Fortune 500 corporations — achieve their goals by providing pragmatic, value-driven legal counsel. With offices coast to coast, our lawyers seamlessly address the full spectrum of our clients’ needs, ranging from sophisticated corporate transactions to complex commercial litigation.