Alston & Bird attorneys continue to earn recognition from Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch across key markets worldwide. The 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® recognizes 256 Alston & Bird attorneys, including 14 first-time honorees, spanning all 11 of the firm’s U.S. offices and 71 of its practice areas.
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch®, which honors rising attorneys who have demonstrated outstanding professional excellence in private practice early in their careers, features 153 Alston & Bird attorneys who span the firm’s 11 U.S. offices and represent 37 practice areas.
The following Alston & Bird attorneys were named “Lawyer of the Year” in their practice areas and markets. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.” These lawyers are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer review assessments.
- Dane Baltich: Patent Law (Charlotte)
- Chris Frieden: Financial Services Regulation Law (Atlanta)
- Ashley Gillihan: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Atlanta)
- John Hanover: Litigation - Construction (Los Angeles)
- Barry Hester: FinTech Practice (Atlanta)
- Alison Jones: Real Estate Law (Atlanta)
- Mark Kanaly: Securities / Capital Markets Law (Atlanta)
- Scott Ortwein: Corporate Law (Atlanta)
- Mike Parisi: Commercial Transactions / UCC Law (Atlanta)
- Ben Pleune: Litigation - Intellectual Property; Patent (Charlotte)
- David Teske: IT Outsourcing Law (Atlanta)
- Valarie Williams: Litigation - Antitrust (San Francisco)
Highlighting the firm’s international reach, Jens-Olrik Murach was selected for Competition/Antitrust Law and Litigation (Frankfurt/Main) in The Best Lawyers in Germany™ 2027.
Please view a complete list of Alston & Bird attorneys recognized in this year’s Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch on the Best Lawyers website.
First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is the world’s oldest peer-review attorney guide. Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America® list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers based on professional expertise.