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29 KWGD Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America® 2026
4 Named “Lawyer of The Year”
Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., L.P.A. (KWGD) is pleased to announce that 29 attorneys from the firm have been recognized in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® including 4 attorneys named a “Lawyer of the Year”.
Best Lawyers uses an exhaustive peer review process in which more than 36,000 leading attorneys cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. The “Lawyer of the Year” award goes to the attorney who received the highest overall peer feedback for his or her area of specialty, and only one is recognized in each specialty and location each year.
The 4 KWGD Attorneys recognized to Best Lawyers in America “Lawyer of the Year” 2026 are:
- Jason F. Haupt – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Jennifer L. Lile – Elder Law
- Leslie Iams Kuntz – Labor Law – Management
- Michael J. Bogdan – Employment Law – Management
The 29 KWGD attorneys named to Best Lawyers in America 2026 are:
- Randall C. Hunt – Corporate Law and Merger and Acquisitions Law
- Scott M. Zurakowski – Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Michael Bogdan – Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Wayne A. Boyer – Land Use and Zoning Law
- Dianne Blocker Braun – Trusts and Estates
- David E. Butz – Commercial Litigation, Family Law, Litigation – Real Estate
- Jacqueline Bollas Caldwell – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Environmental Law
- Richard E. Davis – Elder Law and Trusts and Estates
- Lisa A. Fike – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Fred J. Haupt – Corporate Law
- Jason F. Haupt – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Christopher R. Hunt – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Leslie Iams Kuntz – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
- Jennifer L. Lile – Elder Law
- Karen Soehnlen McQueen – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Terry A. Moore – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Merger and Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law
- Edward D. Murray – Workers’ Compensation law – Employers
- Matthew W. Onest – Oil and Gas Law
- Joseph J. Pasquarella – Commercial Litigation
- Owen J. Rarric – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction, Oil and Gas Law
- John B. Schomer – Commercial Litigation
- Sam O. Simmerman – Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- John M. Tucker – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Marcus L. Wainwright – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- James M. Williams – Commercial Litigation
- William G. Williams – Litigation – Real Estate, Oil and Gas Law, Real Estate Law
- Kyla A. Williger – Elder Law
- James F. Contini II – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Elder Law, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
- Matthew P. Mullen – Litigation – Insurance
Published since 1983, Best Lawyers in America® is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed. 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.” Best Lawyers lists are found in leading publications locally, regionally, nationally and globally.