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The Best Lawyers in New Zealand™ 2024 Awards

The Best Lawyers in New Zealand 2024 awards include an elite field of top lawyers and law firms.

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April 19, 2023 09:00 AM

The Best Lawyers in New Zealand Awards

For its 15th consecutive edition, New Zealand is celebrating the launch of its esteemed Best Lawyers awards with The Best Lawyers in New Zealand™ 2024.

Each year, Best Lawyers uses our Purely Peer Review® methodology, a combined effort that includes nominations, outreach, voting and research to determine the most illustrious legal talent around the world.

The 15th edition of The Best Lawyers in New Zealand honors the legal talent of 618 lawyers across four metropolitan areas. Auckland is the metropolitan area with the most recognized lawyers in New Zealand for 2024.

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“Lawyer of the Year” Awards

Along with the individual lawyer recognitions, the 15th edition awards also include the “Lawyer of the Year” honorifics, which distinguish one lawyer per practice area in each metropolitan area. For 2024, we awarded 61 lawyers as “Lawyer of the Year” across New Zealand.

The Practice Areas Behind Each Award

An incredible 72 practice areas are included among The Best Lawyers in New Zealand awards this year, covering an impressive range of lawyers and legal talent through the country. Of these practice areas, the 10 with the highest numbers of recognized lawyers include Corporate Law, Litigation, Intellectual Property Law, Banking and Finance Law, Labor and Employment Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law, Insurance Law, Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Capital Markets Law.

Best Lawyers offers a Find a Lawyer page for users to search attorneys in practice areas needed for legal counsel. Website visitors in New Zealand searched the Best Lawyers website for these 10 practice areas the most this year: Labor and Employment Law, Health Care Law, Litigation, Intellectual Property Law, Real Estate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Arbitration and Mediation, Banking and Finance Law, Criminal Defense and Insurance Law.

Showcasing Your Award

Best Lawyers offers several options to showcase awards through impactful marketing.

Please contact sales@bestlawyers.com to learn more about how you can highlight individual lawyer and firm awards through your website, social media channels, Best Lawyers Profile Suite packages and commemorative items.

Use the Find a lawyer in New Zealand page to connect with experienced lawyers, and visit the Find a Lawyer page to explore additional legal expertise and resources worldwide.

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Lawyers in Columbus, Ohio

Philip K. Stovall
Philip K. Stovall
Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
Recognized since 2026
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Philip K. Stovall
Philip K. Stovall

Philip Stovall is a partner in Hahn Loeser’s Business Practice Area and focuses on debtor/creditor issues, commercial and bankruptcy litigation, insolvency, workouts, and tax controversies. Phil represents debtors, creditors, and other parties in interest in commercial bankruptcy cases and in complex litigation in state and federal courts. He also advises clients with respect to out-of-court insolvency matters, including out-of-court restructurings and workouts, and in matters involving...

Philip K. Stovall
Philip K. Stovall
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Christopher Trolinger
Trolinger Law Offices LLC
Recognized since 2025
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Family Law
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Christopher Trolinger

Christopher Trolinger is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. Christopher, who practices law in Columbus, Ohio, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Christopher is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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Christopher Trolinger
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J. Troy Terakedis
J. Troy Terakedis
Dickinson Wright PLLC
Recognized since 2009
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Corporate Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
Specific Focus
Partnership
J. Troy Terakedis
J. Troy Terakedis

Troy Terakedis counsels clients on federal income tax matters and in the structuring and formation of venture capital, leveraged buyout and other private equity funds, as well as other business entities. He also advises on partnership, limited liability company and general corporate law. In addition, Troy works with closely-held businesses, their owners, and other high-net worth individuals and executives, advising them on federal income tax, corporate succession, estate and gift tax and asse...

J. Troy Terakedis
J. Troy Terakedis
Katrina M. Thompson
Katrina M. Thompson
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Recognized since 2026
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Real Estate Law
Katrina M. Thompson
Katrina M. Thompson

Katrina M. Thompson is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Katrina M., who practices law in Columbus, Ohio, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Katrina M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Katrina M. Thompson
Katrina M. Thompson
Brent D. Rosenthal
Brent D. Rosenthal
Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP
Recognized since 2020
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
Real Estate Law
Specific Focus
Commercial
Brent D. Rosenthal
Brent D. Rosenthal

Brent Rosenthal joined Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP in July 2007. Brent focuses on representing closely-held businesses and their owners in a broad scope of their legal needs including – business formation and structuring, finance, transactions (including acquisitions and contract preparation and analysis), employment and general business and legal counseling. Brent’s commercial real estate practice includes representing buyers, sellers, landlords, tenants and developers in th...

Brent D. Rosenthal
Brent D. Rosenthal
Bryan J. Venesy
Bryan J. Venesy
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Recognized since 2016
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Leisure and Hospitality Law
Real Estate Law
Bryan J. Venesy
Bryan J. Venesy

Bryan Venesy guides clients through real estate deals with a focus on generating positive, tangible community development and client ROI. He negotiates and closes complex transactions, including real estate development, real estate finance, equity investments, affordable housing tax credits, community development, partnerships, joint ventures, leasing and general business matters. Bryan serves on the Real Estate department’s executive committee, and is co-chair of the firm’s Low-I...

Bryan J. Venesy
Bryan J. Venesy
Roger Soroka
Roger Soroka
Soroka & Associates LLC
Recognized since 2025
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Commercial Litigation
Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Roger Soroka
Roger Soroka

Attorney Soroka concentrates his practice on catastrophic accidents involving commercial motor vehicles. He frequently litigates tractor-trailer accidents, bus accidents, non-emergency medical transport cases, and commercial vehicle cases occurring in construction zones. He routinely takes on disputed liability matters, and has vast experience litigating cases involving tractor-trailers and commercial vehicles, representation of victims of sexual assault, negligent security claims, constructi...

Roger Soroka
Roger Soroka
Brett A. Miller
Brett A. Miller
Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP
Recognized since 2025
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Construction
Brett A. Miller
Brett A. Miller

Brett A. Miller joined Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP in 2021 as Of Counsel and is a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. He primarily represents clients in the areas of complex business litigation and family law matters, including dissolution, divorce, and post-decree issues. For over 20 years, Brett has gained extensive experience as a trial attorney throughout many of Ohio’s 88 counties and U.S. federal district courts. In addition to his primary areas, Brett has e...

Brett A. Miller
Brett A. Miller
Erik J. Rickard
Erik J. Rickard
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Recognized since 2024
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Real Estate Law
Erik J. Rickard
Erik J. Rickard

Erik J. Rickard is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Erik J., who practices law in Columbus, Ohio, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Erik J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Erik J. Rickard
Erik J. Rickard
Michael D. Bridges
Michael D. Bridges
Dickinson Wright PLLC
Recognized since 2008
Columbus, OH
Practice Areas
Real Estate Law
Specific Focus
Commercial
Michael D. Bridges
Michael D. Bridges

Michael has over twenty-five years of experience representing clients in commercial real estate and commercial financing for projects throughout the United States. Michael represents clients in the leasing, disposition and acquisition of industrial, office, multi-family, and hospitality properties throughout the United States. Such representation includes structuring joint venture agreements, public-private partnerships, build-to-suit leasing, and credit tenant leasing. Mr. Bridges also repre...

Michael D. Bridges
Michael D. Bridges

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