31 Norris McLaughlin, P.A. Lawyers Included in 2025 Best Lawyers® Lists

Norris McLaughlin, P.A. is pleased to announce that 31 of our attorneys have been included in the 2025 Best Lawyers^® lists, including 4 attorneys recognized in the 2025 edition of “Lawyer of the Year” Award, 16 attorneys recognized in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®, and 15 attorneys recognized in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch^® in America.

The attorneys included in the Best Lawyers lists are divided by geographic region and practice area. They are reviewed by their peers and undergo an authentication process to ensure they are in current practice and in good standing.

The attorneys included in the 2025 edition of “Lawyer of the Year” Award are:

• Martha N. Donovan – Litigation: Environmental
• Edward A. Hogan – Environmental Law
• Peter D. Hutcheon – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• James H. Laskey – Energy Law

The attorneys included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America are:

• Douglas R. Brown – Banking and Finance Law
• Martha N. Donovan – Environmental Law, Litigation: Environmental
• Peter J. Connors – Tax Law
• Victor S. Elgort – Trusts and Estates
• Rikki L. Field – Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
• Emil Giordano – Litigation: Labor and Employment
• Edward A. Hogan – Energy Law, Environmental Law, Litigation: Environmental, Natural Resources Law
• Barbara L. Hollenbach – Workers' Compensation Law: Employers
• Peter D. Hutcheon – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
• Joel N. Jacobson – Banking and Finance Law
• Steven A. Karg – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• James H. Laskey – Energy Law
• Michael K. Ligorano – Immigration Law
• Kenneth D. Meskin – Trusts and Estates
• Edward G. Sponzilli – Commercial Litigation
• Bruce J. Wisotsky – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy

The attorneys included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch^® in America are:

• Rocco L. Beltrami – Corporate Law, Litigation: Real Estate
• Anthony M. Brichta – Corporate Law
• Michael Coppa – Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
• Anthony P. D’Elia – Commercial Litigation
• Mariya Gonor – Commercial Litigation
• Andrew J. Kimball – Corporate Law
• John V. Kelly III – Labor and Employment Law: Management
• Lauren E. Lewis – Real Estate Law
• William R. Murphy III – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Vaughn Parchment – Land Use and Zoning Law
• Michelle L. Scanlon – Trusts and Estates
• Benjamin D. Schwartz – Patent Law
• Alexander Ryan Sokolof – Commercial Litigation
• Michael Townsend – Commercial Litigation
• Emily J. Viret – Real Estate Law

The full methodology for The Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

About Best Lawyers

Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. More than 123,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote. For the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®, more than 23 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 80,000 leading lawyers included in the milestone 31st edition. The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list includes attorneys who are earlier in their careers and have demonstrated outstanding professional excellence in private practice. For the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch^® in America, more than 4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 27,000 lawyers honored in the new edition. "Lawyer of the Year" honors are awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with extremely high overall feedback from their peers, making it an exceptional distinction. Lawyers are not required nor allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.