Maron Marvel is proud to announce that 49 of its attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch.

In addition to individual Best Lawyers’ recognitions, “Lawyer of the Year” accolades are given to individual lawyers who received the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. Only one lawyer is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for a specialty and metropolitan location per edition.

For 2025, David A. Barfield has been named the Jackson, MS “Lawyer of the Year” for Litigation – Insurance.

Maron Marvel’s recognized attorneys were drawn from the firm’s offices nationwide. Attorneys were recognized for their work in the practice areas of mass tort litigation/class actions, personal injury, product liability, environmental, and commercial litigation on behalf of defendants.

 Maron Marvel congratulates the following 26 lawyers named among the 2025 Best Lawyers in America:

Wilmington, DE

Robert B. Anderson 
Commercial Litigation

Stephanie Fox
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Commercial Litigation

Wayne A. Marvel 
Commercial Litigation

Paul A. Bradley 
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Commercial Litigation

Scott W. Henry *admitted in Illinois only
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Chicago, IL

Robert Petti
Environmental Law

New Orleans, LA

Robert E. Dille
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Rebecca Zotti
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Ridgeland, MS

Samuel D. Habeeb 
Environmental Law
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

David A. Barfield
Litigation – Insurance: 2025 “Lawyer of the Year”
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Stefan G. Bourn
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Richard M. Crump
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Christi G. Jones 
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Kimberly P. Mangum
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Donald C. Partridge 
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Colleen S. Welch 
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Jersey City, NJ

Timothy Coughlan
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Philadelphia, PA

John G. Gaul 
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Chad D. Mountain
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Pittsburgh, PA

Joseph R. Schaper 
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Terry A. Schrock
Insurance Law
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Charleston, SC

George L. Inabinet Jr.
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Yancey McLeod III
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Houston, TX

Roger H. Nebel
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Dallas, TX

John R. Robinson
Litigation – Insurance
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Todd D. Ogden 
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

In addition, 23 attorneys were named to The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch list:

Chicago, IL

Daniel Alexander 
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Kyle Clapper
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Matthew Earl
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Leslie Federer
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Alyssa Fleischman
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Alexandra Reitzner
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Sydney Wisniewski
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

New Orleans, LA

Jon F. Carmer, Jr.
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Nicholas A. Grest
Construction Law

Richard Wiese
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Audrey O. Anyaele
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Brian E. Bergin
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Gina Marie Lagomarsino
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Simon Lee
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Liana Nobile
Commercial Litigation

William Perrelli
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Kijon Roberts
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Zachary Wasserstein
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Gabrielle Morrison
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Audra J. Inglis
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Morgan Miller
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Tanica M. Mann
Commercial Litigation

John Parsons
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

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Maron Marvel is pleased to announce that director Jennifer McGarrity has been named the Office Managing Attorney for the firm’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania office.

McGarrity focuses her practice on the defense of manufacturers, suppliers, and premises owners in mass tort litigation both as national coordinating counsel and as local counsel in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She has represented and defended individuals to Fortune 100 companies in a broad range of litigation areas. She has also represented more than a dozen different leading product manufacturers, suppliers, and large industrial facility owners in the defense of toxic tort, environmental, asbestos, talc, benzene, and silica matters in numerous jurisdictions across the U.S.

Maron Marvel is pleased to announce that member Stefan Bourn has been named the Office Managing Attorney for the firm’s Mississippi office.

Bourn joined Maron Marvel in 2015 and is excited to now lead the talented team in Mississippi on their mission to deliver excellence to the firm’s clients. Internally, Bourn plans to foster a supportive and productive work environment that focuses on professional development, mentorship and belonging.

Bourn is a member of Maron Marvel’s product liability and mass tort litigation practice groups, with an emphasis on product liability, personal injury, toxic tort, and construction defect claims. He is National Coordinating Counsel for a variety of mass tort defendants and has consistently coordinated asbestos and silica defenses on a national level since 1998. As national coordinating counsel for companies sued in asbestos matters, Bourn has had a principal role in creating trial-ready defenses against claims pending in the most problematic jurisdictions in the nation. He also serves as national coordinating counsel for one of the nation’s largest corporations in the defense of a variety of personal injury claims throughout the United States. He works with local counsel throughout the U.S. on all aspects of the defenses, including discovery, expert witness support, witness preparations, trial planning, and, where needed, settlement negotiations.