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
