Twenty-seven Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller attorneys have been included in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, with 18 named to the Best Lawyers list, and nine to the Ones to Watch list. In addition, David Scolnic and Gerald Shoemaker were recognized as the Philadelphia Lawyer of the Year for Real Estate Law and Family Law, respectively.
These recognitions are based entirely on peer review and aim to capture the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about their colleagues within the same geographical region and legal practice area.
The 18 attorneys who have been named to the 2026 Best Lawyers list are:
Philadelphia, PA
Mark A. Aronchick: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
Michael R. Carlson: Insurance Law
Robert L. Ebby: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Environmental
Dori Green: Family Law
Matthew A. Hamermesh: Appellate Practice, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation
William T. Hangley: Arbitration, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
Adena Herskovitz: Real Estate Law
Bonnie M. Hoffman: Education Law
Daniel J. Layden: Insurance Law
Jason A. Levine: Commercial Litigation
Steven T. Miano: Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
David B. Pudlin: Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Ronald P. Schiller: Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
David M. Scolnic: Real Estate Law
John S. Summers: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Real Estate
Plymouth Meeting, PA
Helen E. Casale: Family Law, Family Law Mediation
Gerald L. Shoemaker: Family Law
Cheryl L. Young: Family Law
In the Ones to Watch category, which recognizes early career attorneys for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice, the nine attorneys honored are:
Philadelphia, PA
Thomas Brown: Commercial Litigation
Alexander Egerváry: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust
Andrew Erdlen: Commercial Litigation
Peter Keays: Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
Caitlin McHugh: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust
Anthony Palmer: Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
Cary L. Rice: Commercial Litigation
Kyle Victor: Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
Plymouth Meeting, PA
Kelley Menzano Fazzini: Family Law
