Best Lawyers in America® 2026 Edition Recognizes 29 Archer Attorneys: 7 Attorneys on “Ones to Watch®” List; 3 Selected for “Lawyer of the Year” Awards

Archer is pleased to announce that 36 of its attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers in America®, representing 25 practice areas. Additionally, 3 attorneys received the “Lawyer of the Year” designation, earned by only one lawyer in each practice area and metropolitan region, and 7 attorneys were named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® list.

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Recognition by Best Lawyers® is based entirely on peer review. The Best Lawyers® methodology 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 region and legal practice area. Best Lawyers® employs a sophisticated, conscientious, rational and transparent survey process designed to elicit meaningful and substantive evaluations of the quality of legal services. The Best Lawyers® complete methodology description can be found here.

Christopher R. Gibson, Archer president and chair of the Litigation Department, was named the Best Lawyers® 2026 Litigation - Environmental “Lawyer of the Year” in Cherry Hill.

Marc A. Rollo, chair of the Environmental Law Practice Group, was named the Best Lawyers® 2026 Environmental Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Cherry Hill.

Gianfranco A. Pietrafesa, a member of the Corporate Practice Group, was named Best Lawyers® 2026 Corporate Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Hackensack.

The Archer attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers® are:

• Robert W. Bucknam, Jr. – Land Use and Zoning Law
• William J. Caruso – Government Relations Practice
• Maureen T. Coghlan – Litigation - Environmental
• John C. Connell – Litigation – First Amendment
• Gerald E. Darling – Trusts and Estates
• Frank R. Demmerly, Jr. – Trusts and Estates
• Patrick J. Doran – Employment Law – Management
• Noel A. Fleming – Nonprofit/Charities Law
• Robert J. Fogg – Health Care Law
• Christopher R. Gibson – Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
• James M. Graziano – Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
• Gary L. Green – Real Estate Law
• Michael S. Horn – Commercial Litigation
• Jeffrey M. Kolansky – Employment Law-Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Ellis I. Medoway – Insurance Law
• Steven K. Mignogna – Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
• Gordon F. Moore – Tax Law
• Mark J. Oberstaedt – Commercial Litigation
• William J. O’Kane, Jr. – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Sean T. O’Meara – Litigation – Construction
• Stephen M. Packman – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Patrick Papalia – Commercial Litigation
• Kayci D. Petenko – Nonprofit/Charities Law
• Gianfranco A. Pietrafesa – Corporate Law
• Marc A. Rollo – Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
• Debra S. Rosen – Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
• William L. Ryan – Litigation - Construction
• Shelley R. Smith – Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Stephanie J. Zane – Family Law

The attorneys below were named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America list:

• Kelly M. Barry – Trusts and Estates
• Kyra G. Bradley – Administrative/Regulatory Law; Labor and Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Harrison H.D. Breakstone – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation
• Matthew M. Nicodemo – Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Amy E. Pearl – Commercial Litigation
• Zara A. Wallace – Real Estate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Alexis M. Way – Commercial Litigation