2026 Best Lawyers in America

Thirteen (13) attorneys from The Best Lawyers in America© 20236 were listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2026.

For the 3rd time, Paul Lang was picked as the Lawyer of the Year for the Cleveland area.

The following were listed as among the Best Lawyers in America:

David Brown

Michele Conroy

Rick Fiktus

Ira Goffman

Chris Kuhn

Paul Lang

Aric Martin

Rob Pivonka

Chris Tost

In addition, Kristen Dubic, Allison Lansell, Joe Petros and Taylor Wesley were included as Ones to Watch by Best Lawyers.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey. Over 52,000 leading attorneys cast more than 5.5 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore 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.”