Kate H. Nemzek

PHILADELPHIA — Fifty-one Stradley Ronon lawyers across the firm’s offices nationwide have been recognized in the 2026 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. This year, partner Michael Engle was named Lawyer of the Year for Criminal Defense: General Practice in Philadelphia — a recognition presented to an individual 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: General Practice

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
• Craig Blackman – Insurance Law
• Steven Davis – Insurance Law
• Michael Engle – Criminal Defense: General Practice; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Healthcare Law
• 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
• Ellen Rosen Rogoff – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Stephanie Sanderson-Braem – Trusts and Estates
• William Sasso – Corporate Law
• Ashley Shapiro – 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
• Paul Kalish – Insurance Law
• Jesse Kanach – Mutual Funds Law
• Michael Mundt – Mutual Funds Law
• Eric Purple – Mutual Funds Law

Ones to Watch:

Cherry Hill, NJ

• Amanda Kita – Trusts and Estates

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

• Jenifer Scarcella – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law

Philadelphia, PA

• Chelsea Biemiller – Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Joseph Catuzzi – Commercial Litigation
• Brian Crowell – Securities Regulation
• Adriel Garcia – Litigation – Securities
• Bridget Giroud – Commercial Litigation
• 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
• Melissa Perry – Commercial Litigation
• Miranda Sturgis – Financial Services Regulation Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation

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.