BEST LAWYERS 2025: FIFTEEN FREEHILL LAWYERS NAMED

2025:  BEST LAWYERS named fifteen lawyers at Freehill Hogan & Mahar.

Freehill Partner Peter Gutowski has been named as has been named a “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America © for the second consecutive year and is among fifteen Freehill partners individually commended in the latest edition of the publication.

He was named the 2025 New York City Lawyer of the Year in the field of Transportation Law, after having been named the 2024 New York City Lawyer of the Year in Admiralty and Maritime. This is the sixth time since 2014 that a Freehill partner has been a Lawyer of the Year recipient.

Freehill partners recognized as Best Lawyers in America © in the field of Admiralty and Maritime in New York

Tom Canevari

Mike Fernandez

Pete Gutowski

John Karpousis

Eric Lenck

Eric Matheson

Wayne Meehan

Mark Muller

Don Murnane

William Pallas

James Ross

Thomas Russo

 

The following individuals made the Best Lawyers Ones to Watch List

Yaakov Adler in the Commercial Litigation category

Tanner Honea in the Personal Injury Defense category

Matthew Pallay in the Personal Injury Defense category

 

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers in America © has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Inclusion is based upon a comprehensive peer-review survey, with more than 3.2 million evaluations having been analyzed in connection with the 2025 edition. “Lawyer of the Year” honors are awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with extremely high overall feedback from their peers, making it an exceptional distinction.  Best Lawyers’ “Ones to Watch” category is for lawyers earlier in their careers, typically only being in private practice for less than 10 years. Additional detail regarding methodology may be found here.