Twenty-four Goodell DeVries Attorneys Honored by Best Lawyers 2022

By: GDLD | 8.19.21 | Honors

Goodell DeVries is pleased to announce that 16 of its attorneys have been named to the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, and another eight have been selected for Best Lawyers Ones to Watch 2022.

Additionally, the following attorneys were named Baltimore "Lawyers of the Year" for 2022 in these practice areas:

  • Linda S. Woolf: Litigation - Insurance
  • Malcolm S. Brisker: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Thomas J. S. Waxter III: Litigation - Construction
  • Thomas V. Monahan, Jr.: Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Recognition in Best Lawyers® is based on a peer review and voting process. The results are analyzed as to professional abilities within geographic regions. This publication is used by in-house counsel to research options for outside legal expertise. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."

Goodell DeVries congratulates the following attorneys named to 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America:

Richard M. Barnes

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants 
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Bonnie J. Beavan

  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Malcolm S. Brisker

  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants (also named Baltimore "Lawyer of the Year" 2022 in this practice area)
  • Insurance Law
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Janet A. Forero

  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Terri L. Goldberg

  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Amy B. Heinrich

  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Jeffrey J. Hines

  • Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  • Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants

Kamil Ismail

  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Kelly Hughes Iverson

  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Shannon M. Madden

  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Craig B. Merkle

  • Health Care Law
  • Litigation - Health Care
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Thomas V. Monahan, Jr.

  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants (also named Baltimore "Lawyer of the Year" 2022 in this practice area)
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

K. Nichole Nesbitt

  • Commercial Litigation

Marianne DePaulo Plant

  • Litigation - Health Care

Thomas J. S. Waxter III

  • Litigation - Construction (also named Baltimore "Lawyer of the Year" 2022 in this practice area)
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Linda S. Woolf

  • Litigation - Insurance (also named Baltimore "Lawyer of the Year" 2022 in this practice area)
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

 

Best Lawyers Ones to Watch 2022

Jessica Ayd

  • Construction Law
  • Insurance Law

M. Peggy Chu

  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Jhanelle A. Graham Caldwell

  • Health Care Law
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Jared M. Green

  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Sean Gugerty

  • Health Care Law
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Joseph S. Johnston

  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Holly A. Leasure

  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Justin E. Tepe

  • Commercial Litigation