Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP is pleased to announce that 20 lawyers have been included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®and 2 lawyers have been included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.
“For more than 40 years, the rigorous methodology of Best Lawyers has ensured the integrity and esteem of our legal recognitions,” said Best Lawyers CEO Phillip Greer. “It is with great pleasure that we continue to provide potential clients with the pinnacle measurement of credibility through our Best Lawyers awards as they search for counsel.”
Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America and 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.
Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP would like to congratulate the following lawyers named to 2025 The Best Lawyers in America list:
- Misty H. Aldrich – Trusts and Estates
- Anthony T. Betta – Commercial Litigation
- Brandon A. Borgmann – Trusts and Estates
- Matthew S. Brown – Insurance Law and Litigation – Insurance
- Jack C. Butler – Banking and Finance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Tax Law
- Kwame O. Christian – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) and Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Dennis J. Concilla – Litigation – Securities, Securities / Capital Markets Law, and Securities Regulation
- Eric J. Estadt – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Andrew J. Federico – Municipal Law
- Bryan K. Hogue – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law and Trusts and Estates
- Geoffrey S. Kunkler – Trusts and Estates
- Jane Higgins Marx – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law and Trusts and Estates
- Brett A. Miller – Litigation – Construction
- Joseph M. Patchen – Banking and Finance Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Construction Law, and Real Estate Law
- Brent D. Rosenthal – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, and Real Estate Law
- Carol A. Sheehan – Nonprofit / Charities Law
- Michael A. Smith – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) and Corporate Law
- Keith A. Stevens – Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- David A. Swift – Trusts and Estates
- Alan K. Veatch – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, and Trusts and Estates
Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP would like to congratulate the following lawyers recognized in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America:
- Drew A. Pinta – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law and Trusts and Estates
- Oney Snyder – Construction Law and Real Estate Law
About Best Lawyers
Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected lawyer ranking service in the world. For 40 years, Best Lawyers has assisted those in need of legal services to identify the lawyers best qualified to represent them in distant jurisdictions or unfamiliar specialties. Best Lawyers awards are published in leading local, regional and national publications across the globe.
Best Lawyers has earned the respect of the profession, the media and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals. Its first international list was published in 2006 and since then has grown to provide lists in more than 75 countries.
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 not required nor allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, recognition by Best Lawyers is considered a singular distinction.
Lawyers who are nominated for consideration are voted on by currently recognized Best Lawyers working in the same practice area and located in the same geographic region. Our awards and recognitions are based purely on the feedback we receive from these top lawyers. Those who receive high peer reviews undergo a thorough verification process to make sure they are currently still in private practice. Only then can these top lawyers be recognized by Best Lawyers.
