Babst Calland Attorneys Selected as 2017 Best Lawyers ® “Lawyers of the Year” and Named to The Best Lawyers in America © List

August 16, 2016

PITTSBURGH, PA, August 16, 2016 – Babst Calland is pleased to announce that five attorneys were selected as 2017 Best Lawyers® “Lawyers of the Year” by BL Rankings. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant.

The 2017 “Lawyers of the Year” in Pittsburgh, Pa. and Charleston, W.Va. include: Kevin J. Garber, Best Lawyers® 2017 Energy Law Pittsburgh “Lawyer of the Year”

Blaine A. Lucas, Best Lawyers® 2017 Litigation – Land Use and Zoning Law Pittsburgh “Lawyer of the Year”

Norman E. Gilkey, Best Lawyers® 2017 Litigation – Bankruptcy Law Pittsburgh “Lawyer of the Year”

Steven B. Silverman, Best Lawyers® 2017 Information Technology Law Pittsburgh “Lawyer of the Year”

Timothy M. Miller, Best Lawyers® 2017 Energy Law Charleston-WV “Lawyer of the Year”

In addition, 27 attorneys were named to the 2017 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© the most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, in the following practice areas:

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law: Norman E. Gilkey
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation: Mark D. Shepard
  • Commercial Litigation: Steven F. Baicker-McKee, Timothy M. Miller, Christopher B. Power, Mark D. Shepard, Steven B. Silverman
  • Construction Law: Kurt F. Fernsler, D. Matthew Jameson III, Richard J. Lolli
  • Corporate Law: Frank J. Clements, Bruce F. Rudoy, Laura Stone, Ted Wesolowski
  • Employment Law – Management: Richard J. Antonelli
  • Energy Law: Kevin J. Garber, Blaine A. Lucas, Timothy M. Miller, Christopher B. Power
  • Environmental Law: Chester R. Babst III, Steven F. Baicker-McKee, Donald C. Bluedorn II, Dean A. Calland, Kevin J. Garber, Lindsay P. Howard, David E. Northrop, Christopher B. Power, Joseph K. Reinhart, Robert M. Stonestreet, Michael H. Winek
  • Information Technology Law: Steven B. Silverman
  • Labor Law – Management: Richard J. Antonelli, John A. McCreary, Jr.
  • Land Use and Zoning Law: Blaine A. Lucas
  • Litigation – Bankruptcy: Norman E. Gilkey
  • Litigation – Construction: Kurt F. Fernsler, D. Matthew Jameson III
  • Litigation – Environmental: Chester R. Babst III, Steven F. Baicker-McKee, Donald C. Bluedorn II, Kevin J. Garber, Lindsay P. Howard, David E. Northrop, Christopher B. Power, Joseph K. Reinhart, Mark D. Shepard
  • Litigation – ERISA: Mychal Sommer Schulz
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment: Richard J. Antonelli
  • Litigation – Land Use and Zoning: Blaine A. Lucas, Christopher B. Power
  • Litigation – Municipal: Christopher B. Power
  • Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy): Christopher B. Power
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law: Bruce F. Rudoy
  • Mining Law: Christopher B. Power
  • Municipal Law: Blaine A. Lucas
  • Natural Resources Law: Kevin K. Douglass, Kevin J. Garber, Christopher B. Power, Joseph K. Reinhart
  • Oil and Gas Law: Timothy M. Miller, Christopher B. Power
  • Water Law: Donald C. Bluedorn II, Kevin J. Garber

Best Lawyers® undergoes an authentication process, and inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© is based solely on peer review. The list has published for more than three decades, earning the respect of the profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals.