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Zelle Attorneys Named Among Best Lawyers in America 2025
August 13, 2024Twenty-eight Zelle LLP attorneys from nine different offices have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 31st edition of The Best Lawyers in America® 2025, and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America. Elizabeth (Liz) Kniffen, was designated as a “Lawyer of the Year” in The Best Lawyers in America®. The recipient must have the highest voting average in a particular specialty and metro area to earn the designation. Liz was selected for the Minneapolis, MN metro area in the category of Insurance Law.
Those selected as Best Lawyers:
Steven Badger (Dallas) – Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance
Eric Bowers (Dallas) – Insurance Law
Eric Caugh (Minneapolis) – Insurance Law
Jason M. Chodos (Fort Lauderdale) – Litigation – Construction
Kristin Cummings (Dallas) – Insurance Law
Lindsey Davis (Minneapolis) – Insurance Law
Nick Dolejsi (Minneapolis) – Insurance Law
Jennifer Gibbs (Dallas) – Insurance Law
Elizabeth Kniffen (Minneapolis) – Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance
Jonathan MacBride (Philadelphia) – Insurance Law
Wm. Gerald McElroy, Jr. (Boston) – Insurance Law
Christopher Micheletti (Oakland) – Antitrust Law
Dan Millea (Minneapolis) – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Reinsurance Law
Brian Odom (Dallas) – Insurance Law
Shannon O’Malley (Dallas) – Commercial Litigation
George Reede, Jr. (Washington, DC) – Litigation – Insurance
Todd Tippett (Dallas) – Insurance Law
Brett Wallingford (Dallas) – Insurance Law
Jane Warring (Atlanta) – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
Judith Zahid (Oakland) – Litigation – Antitrust
Those selected as Ones to Watch:
Dennis Anderson (Minneapolis) – Commercial Litigation
Bryant Green (Washington, DC) – Insurance Law
Geoff Hafer (Atlanta) – Insurance Law
Bennett Moss (Dallas) – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
Michael O’Brien (Dallas) – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
Ashley Pedigo (Dallas) – Insurance Law
Kristian Smith (Atlanta) – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
Michael Upshaw (Dallas) – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
First published in 1983, Best Lawyers recognizes attorneys based entirely on peer review. Their process is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.
