Region lawyers make Super Lawyers list

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Several Region professionals were named to Super Lawyers' list of the top 50 lawyers in Indiana.

Super Lawyers was founded in 1991 and uses a patent-protected process to select the top lawyers in each state and Washington, D.C. The list was compiled through a research and review process.

Region lawyers on the top 50 list include:

  • Robert Dignam, O’Neill McFadden & Willett, Schererville
  • Steven Langer, Langer & Langer, Valparaiso
  • Barry Rooth, Theodoras & Rooth, Merrillville

Lawyers on the Super Lawyers' annual list were finalized on Aug. 23. Only lawyers who verified their data were included in the list. Only 5% of attorneys are listed on Super Lawyers' list each year.

Lawyers from the Region on the list include:

Alternative dispute resolution:

  • Anthony Bertig, Bertig & Associates, Valparaiso
  • Robert Dignam, O’Neill McFadden & Willett, Schererville
  • Daniel Gioia, Burke Costanza & Carberry, Valparaiso
  • Philip Kalamaros, Kalamaros, Mishawaka

Appellate:

  • Robert Brown, Allen Law Croup, Chesterton

Bankruptcy:

  • Daniel Freeland, Daniel L. Freeland & Associates, Highland
  • William Jonas Jr., May Oberfell Lorber, Mishawaka

Bankruptcy – consumer:

  • Joseph May, Joe May Law, Valparaiso

Business litigation:

  • Timothy Curran, SouthBank Legal, South Bend
  • Brent Inabnit, Sopko • Nussbaum • Inabnit • Kaczmarek, South Bend
  • David Jensen, Eichhorn & Eichhorn, Hammond
  • Patrick Murphy, Murphy Rice, Mishawaka
  • Andrew Shupp, Hoeppner Wagner & Evans, Valparaiso
  • Candace Williams Dickson, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Highland

Civil Litigation – defense:

  • David Beach, Eichhorn & Eichhorn, Hammond
  • Lyle Hardman, Hunt Suedhoff Kearney, South Bend
  • Shelice Tolbert, Tolbert & Tolbert, Gary
  • Gregory Tonner, Attorney at Law, Rensselaer
  • Georgianne Walker, May Oberfell Lorber, Mishawaka
  • SarahBrown, Barnes & Thornburg, South Bend
  • Nicholas DeMario, Reminger, Merrillville

Construction litigation:

  • James Portelli, Moore & Portelli, Merrillville

Creditor debtor rights:

  • Matthew Warner, Westland & Bennett, Hammond
  • David Jones, Law Office of David P. Jones, La Porte
  • Paul Gerald Stracci, Stracci Law Group, Crown Point
  • Maryam Afshar-Stewart, Stracci Law Croup, Crown Point
  • Russell Brown Jr., The Region Lawyers, Merrillville
  • Michael Campbell, Campbell Law, Highland
  • Peter Fouts, Stracci Law Croup, Crown Point

Employee benefits:

  • Richard Urda Jr., May Oberfell Lorber, Mishawaka

Employment and labor:

  • Larry Evans, Hoeppner Wagner & Evans, Valparaiso

Entertainment and sports:

  • Jason Fulk, J Fulk Legal, Gary

Environmental:

  • Daniel Cory, Plews Shadley Racher & Braun, South Bend

Estate planning and probate:

  • Jacob Ahler, The Law Office of Riley & Ahler, Rensselaer
  • Anthony Novak, Newby Lewis Kaminski & Jones, La Porte

Family law:

  • J. Douglas Angel, Law Offices of J. Douglas Angel, Munster
  • Paul Leonard Jr., Burke Costanza & Carberry, Merrillville
  • Christina Miller, Sachs & Hess, Crown Point
  • Julie Stephens, Stephens Law Firm, St. John
  • Thomas Stipp, Stipp Law, South Bend
  • Jill Swope, Sterba & Swope, Schererville
  • Tara Tauber, Tauber Law Offices, Schererville
  • Alexandra Martinez, Burke Costanza & Carberry, Merrillville
  • Courtney Smith, Smith Legal Group, Chesterton
  • Anthony Stevens, Langer & Langer, Valparaiso

General litigation:

  • Michael Jasaitis, Austgen Kuiper Jasaitis, Crown Point
  • Michael Tolbert, Tolbert & Tolbert, Gary

Immigration:

  • Alfredo Estrada, Burke Costanza & Carberry, Merrillville

Personal injury general – defense:

  • Jerry Huelat, Huelat & Mack, La Porte
  • Caleb Johnson, Caleb S. Johnson Law, Schererville
  • Gregory Bokota, Garan Lucow Miller, Merrillville

Personal injury general – plaintiff:

  • Kenneth Allen, Allen Law Croup, Chesterton
  • Bryan Bradley, Allen Law Croup, Chesterton
  • Edward Chester, Chester Law Office, Elkhart
  • David Gladish, Gladish Law Croup, Highland
  • David Holub, Law Offices of David W. Holub, Merrillville
  • John Hughes, Hoeppner Wagner & Evans, Merrillville
  • Andrew Jones, Jones Law Office, South Bend
  • Angela Jones, The Low Office of Angela M. Jones, St. John
  • Franklin Julian Jr., Sweeney Julian, South Bend
  • Jack Kramer, Allen Law Croup, Chesterton
  • Richard Morgan, Pfeifer Morgan & Stesiak, South Bend
  • Gregory Sarkisian, Sarkisian Sarkisian & Associates, Portage
  • Timothy Schafer, Schafer & Schafer, Merrillville
  • Steven Sersic, Smith Sersic, Munster
  • Kelly Sheets, Hensley Legal Croup, Hammond
  • Kevin Smith, Smith Sersic, Munster
  • Jeffrey Stesiak, Pfeifer Morgan & Stesiak, South Bend
  • David Wilson, Wilson & Novak Law Offices, Merrillville
  • Jeffrey Wrage, Blachly Tabor Bozik & Hartman, Valparaiso
  • James Barth, Pfeifer Morgan & Stesiak, South Bend
  • Thomas Benton, Allen Law Croup, Chesterton
  • David Cox IV, Cox Law Office, Hobart
  • Hunter McKee, Allen Law Group, Chesterton
  • Arman Sarkisian, Sarkisian Sarkisian & Associates, Portage
  • G. Kane Sarkisian, Sarkisian Sarkisian & Associates, Portage
  • Katherine Sarkisian, Sarkisian Sarkisian & Associates, Portage
  • Todd Schafer, Schafer & Schafer, Merrillville
  • Schocke, Mark J., Gladish Law Group, Highland
  • Tkacs, II, Andrew T., Allen Law Group, Chesterton

Personal injury general – medical malpractice:

  • Michelle Burchett, O’Neill McFadden & Willett, Schererville
  • Gregory Crisman, Eichhorn & Eichhorn, Hammond
  • David McTigue, Herendeen Kowals & McTigue, South Bend
  • Michael O’Neill, O’Neill McFadden & Willett, Schererville
  • Alyssa Stamatakos, Eichhorn & Eichhorn, Hammond
  • Stephen Tyler, Eichhorn & Eichhorn, Hammond
  • Louis Voelker, III, Eichhorn & Eichhorn, Hammond
  • Jeremy Willett, O’Neill McFadden & Willett, Schererville
  • Alan Kus, Eichhorn & Eichhorn, Hammond

Personal injury general – medical malpractice – plaintiff:

  • Heather Gilbert, Langer & Langer, Valparaiso
  • Steven Langer, Langer & Langer, Valparaiso
  • Barry Rooth, Theodoras & Rooth, Merrillville
  • Jon Schmoll, Langer & Langer, Valparaiso
  • Daniel Vinovich, Hilbrich Law Firm, Highland
  • Holly Wojcik, Theodoras & Rooth, Merrillville
  • Tara Worthley, Worthley Law, Valparaiso
  • Robert Langer, Langer & Langer, Valparaiso

Personal liability – defense:

  • Marian Drenth, O’Neill McFadden & Willett, Schererville
  • Kelly McFadden, O’Neill McFadden & Willett, Schererville

Real estate

  • Mitchell Heppenheimer, Heppenheimer & Korpal, South Bend
  • Alex Bowman, Krieg DeVault, Mishawaka

State, local and municipal:

  • Shaw Friedman, Friedman & Associates, La Porte
  • David Hollenbeck, Blachly Tabor Bozik & Hartman, Valparaiso

Workers' compensation:

  • George Patrick, George C. Patrick & Associates, Crown Point
  • Jarryd Anglin, Kelley Kronenberg, Merrillville
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