Scopelitis Law Firm is pleased to have our attorneys included in the 2027 editions of The Best Lawyers in America®, and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America. Best Lawyers recognizes attorneys whose professional excellence and peer-reviewed standing distinguish them within the legal community.

This year’s awards reflect the highest level of selectivity in the award’s history. The Best Lawyers in America 2027 recognizes 81,620 lawyers across 151 practice areas and 203 metropolitan and geographic areas, spanning 17,004 participating firms. Only about 5% of practicing attorneys in the market earn this distinction.

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America 2027 recognizes 25,052 lawyers across 79 practice areas and 198 metropolitan and geographic regions, spanning 5,768 participating firms, including 2,409 firms represented solely by the Ones to Watch cohort. Only about 2% of early-career attorneys in the United States receive this honor.

This year’s awardees were determined through 1.3 million evaluations submitted during the current cycle, adding to a cumulative total of more than 6.7 million historical evaluations, with more than 16,000 lawyers voting.

The full list of Scopelitis attorneys recognized for 2027:

The Best Lawyers in America®

• Shannon M. Cohen
• James H. Hanson
• Nathaniel Saylor
• Jeffrey S. Toole
• Pamela M. Schmidt
• Jay R. Starrett

The Best Lawyers in America®

• Madeleine Baker
• James Eckhart
• J.D. Robinson
• Robert Rowlett
• Adam Steel
• Clifford W. Lauchlan