2023 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ include 37 Motley Rice lawyers

Four Motley Rice member attorneys were recognized as a 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” in the 29th edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The guide includes 22 of the firm’s attorneys in its Best Lawyers® list, and included another 15 Motley Rice lawyers in its 2023 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list. In the 29th edition of The Best Lawyers in America, “5.3% of all practicing lawyers in the U.S. were selected by their peers for inclusion.”

Included in the 29th edition are: 

2023 “Lawyer of the Year” Selectees:

• Anne McGinness Kearse : Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
• Kevin R. Dean– Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Vincent L. Greene IV– Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
• William H. Narwold:– Antitrust Law

Best Lawyers Selectees:

HARTFORD, CONN.

• William H. Narwold: Antitrust Law; Litigation - Banking and Finance / Mergers and Acquisitions / Securities

CHARLESTON, S.C. 

• Kimberly Barone Baden: Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs; Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Frederick C. Baker: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
• Kevin R. Dean: Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs; Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Jodi Westbrook Flowers: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
• John E. Herrick: Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Anne McGinness Kearse: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
• Marlon E. Kimpson: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
• James W. Ledlie: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs; Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Donald A. Migliori: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
• Joseph F. Rice: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs; Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Mary F. Schiavo: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
• Carmen S. Scott:  Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs; Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Fred Thompson III: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

NEW YORK, N.Y.

• Michael M. Buchman: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
• Rebecca M. Katz: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

PROVIDENCE, R.I.

• Fidelma L. Fitzpatrick: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
• Vincent L. Greene IV: Consumer Protection Law; Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Robert J. McConnell: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
• Jonathan D. Orent: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

WASHINGTON, D.C.

• Nathan D. Finch: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs; Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Linda Singer: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

“Ones to Watch” Selectees:

CHERRY HILL, NJ

• Sarah T. Hansel: Environmental Law

MORGANTOWN, WV

• Jacob R. Stout: (2021) Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

MOUNT PLEASANT, SC 

• Andrew P. Arnold: (2021) Litigation - Securities
• Meredith Kay Clark: (2021) Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Sara O. Couch: (2022) Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs; Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs; Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Natalie Deyneka: (2021) Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Jade Haileselassie: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs; Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs; Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Temitope O. Leyimu: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs; Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs; Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
• P. Graham Maiden: (2021) Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
• John David O'Neill: (2021) Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Ann E. Rice Ervin: (2022) Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs; Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs; Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Meredith B. Weatherby: (2021) Litigation – Securities

PROVIDENCE, R.I.

• Dennis A. Costigan: (2021) Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Ashley J. Hornstein: (2021) Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Kate E. Menard: (2021) Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs

About Best Lawyers

Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on peer-review evaluation. For the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, more than 12.2 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 71,000 lawyers included in the new edition. Read more about Best Lawyers methodology. 

"Lawyer of the Year" recognition is given to only one lawyer per practice area in each region who has extremely high overall feedback from their peers.
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch includes lawyers who have been in private practice for less than 10 years in the United States. Like traditional Best Lawyers listings, a Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch listing is based entirely on peer review.

Learn more about Connecticut-specific methodology.

View our recognition in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013 edition.