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Fifteen Knox Law Attorneys Included On 2021 Best Lawyers in America® List

Posted on August 20, 2020

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R. Perrin Baker, Bryan G. Baumann, Mark G. Claypool, Mark A. Denlinger, Neal R. Devlin, Michael A. Fetzner, Guy C. Fustine,Thomas C. Hoffman, II, Mark J. Kuhar, Carl N. Moore, Richard W. Perhacs, Timothy M. Sennett, Thomas A. Tupitza, Jerome C. Wegley and Timothy M. Zieziula, shareholders at Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett, P.C., were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2021 Best Lawyers in America® list.


Mark G. Claypool, Mark A. Denlinger and Timothy M. Sennett are new to this year's list. Alexander K. Cox was also included on the inaugural Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list.

The practice areas for which each attorney was selected is as follows:


R. Perrin Baker: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Bryan G. Baumann: Litigation - Construction

Mark G. Claypool: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (New to the 2021 list)

Mark A. Denlinger: Health Care Law (New to the 2021 list)

Neal R. Devlin: Commercial Litigation

Michael A. Fetzner: Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Guy C. Fustine: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation - Bankruptcy

Thomas C. Hoffman, II: Trusts and Estates

Mark J. Kuhar: Employment Law – Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment

Carl N. Moore: Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Richard W. Perhacs: Employment Law – Management and Labor Law – Management

Timothy M. Sennett: Government Relations Practice (New to the 2021 list)

Thomas A. Tupitza: Health Care Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Public Finance Law and Real Estate Law

Mr. Tupitza was also selected as a "Lawyer of the Year" for Land Use and Zoning Law in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan region. Only one lawyer is selected for each practice area in each region.

Jerome C. Wegley: Trusts and Estates

Timothy M. Zieziula: Real Estate Law

According to its website, Best Lawyers in America®, first published in 1983, is the oldest and most respected peer review publication in the legal profession. Recognition in Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. Each year’s list is compiled by conducting exhaustive peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Lawyers are not permitted to pay any fee to participate in or be recognized by Best Lawyers. More on the methodology can be found here.

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