RECOGNITION | AUGUST 2025
WH Burkley is pleased to announce that 29 attorneys have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America©, 2026 edition.
Best Lawyers
- Tyler S. Bobes – Real Estate Law
- Nick R. Catanzarite – Real Estate Law
- Charles Daroff – Real Estate Law
- Nathan A. Felker – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
- Mark S. Fusco – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Litigation – Real Estate
- G. Andrew Gardner – Real Estate Law
- Edward A. Hurtuk – Real Estate Law
- Mark Leskovec – Real Estate Law
- Irene M. MacDougall – Banking and Finance Law, Economic Development Law, Real Estate Law
- Christopher P. Reuscher – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law
- John E. Schiller – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Real Estate, Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- John W. Waldeck, Jr. – Real Estate Law
- Gary A. Zwick – Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
- Kirk B. Burkley – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Bankruptcy, and Real Estate Law
- Robert S. Bernstein – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Kit F. Pettit – Real Estate Law
- Harry W. Greenfield – Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Jeffrey C. Toole – Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Commercial Transactions/UCC Law, and Litigation – Bankruptcy
- David W. Ross – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Matthew J. Malcho – Real Estate Law
- John J. Richardson – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Bankruptcy, and Oil and Gas Law;
- Stuart C. Gaul for Commercial Litigation
- Gus Kallergis – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Robert M. Stefancin – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy
- James M. Berent – Real Estate Law
Best Lawyers – Ones to Watch
- Jennifer Beer – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
- Alex Hurtuk – Real Estate Law
- Matthew J. McClelland – Oil and Gas Law, & Real Estate Law
- Mary A. Shahverdian – Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Labor and Employment
WH Burkley
WH Burkley is a leading, middle-market, business solutions law firm located across Ohio (Cleveland, Mayfield, Columbus), Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh), and West Virginia (Wheeling). The firm is continually recognized for providing sophisticated transactional and litigation guidance to publicly traded companies and privately held businesses, as well as financial institutions, private equity sponsors, executives, and individuals.