CareersWalter Haverfield is proud to announce that 34 of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers®, a prominent, worldwide attorney ranking publication. Individuals are recognized by Best Lawyers® only after exhaustive peer review surveys in which leading attorneys evaluate their peers anonymously.
- Rick Amburgey – Construction Law
- Marc Bloch – Litigation (Labor and Employment)
- Ralph Cascarilla – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense (White-Collar), Litigation (Construction, Environmental)
- Nick Catanzarite – Real Estate Law
- Sara Ravas Cooper – Litigation (Labor and Employment)
- Charles Daroff – Real Estate Law
- Sophia Deseran – Banking and Finance Law
- Nathan Felker – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
- William Hanna – Municipal Law
- Edward Hurtuk – Real Estate Law
- Todd Hunt – Land Use and Zoning Law, Municipal Law, Real Estate Law
- Eric Johnson – Education Law
- Irene MacDougall – Banking and Finance Law, Economic Development Law, Real Estate Law
- Ted Motheral – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Kevin Patrick Murphy – Cannabis Law, Real Estate Law
- Christina Henagen Peer – Education Law
- Kathryn Perrico – Education Law
- John Schiller – Litigation (Real Estate, Trusts and Estates)
- Russell Shaw – Employee Benefits (ERISA), Litigation (ERISA)
- John W. Waldeck, Jr. – Real Estate Law
- Mark Wallach – Commercial Litigation, Litigation (Municipal)
- Gary Zwick – Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
This level of award is reserved for attorneys who are early in their careers and demonstrate outstanding professional excellence in private practice. They are also recognized by peer review surveys.
- Jennifer Beer – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
- Namit Bhatt – Patent Law
- Edward Caja – Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law
- Benjamin Grant Chojnacki – Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Alexandra Eckrich – Labor and Employment Law (Management)
- Alex Hurtuk – Real Estate Law
- Joshua Hurtuk – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
- Amanda Lauer – Real Estate Law
- James McWeeney – Labor and Employment Law (Management)
- Sebastian Pascu – Litigation and Controversy (Tax), Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
- Miriam Fair – Appellate Practice, Education Law, Litigation (Labor and Employment)
- Shaka Sadler – Litigation (Labor and Employment)
Lawyer of the Year
Additional recognitions are also awarded to individual lawyers with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region in a Best Lawyers edition. Only one lawyer is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for each specialty and location.
- Todd Hunt – Land Use and Zoning Law
Since 1932, Walter Haverfield attorneys have served as strategic counselors to private businesses, public entities and high-net-worth individuals, providing creative and customized solutions that deliver outstanding results. Our track record has allowed us to sustain year-after-year growth, and in the past decade, we have doubled our size. Today, our team of nearly 90 attorneys is focused primarily in the areas of business services, real estate, intellectual property, labor and employment, education, tax and wealth management, hospitality and liquor control, litigation and public law.