Spencer Fane is pleased to announce that 17 of the firm’s attorneys have been selected to the 2026 edition of New York Metro Super Lawyers and 10 have been recognized as Rising Stars.
The selected attorneys and their practice areas are:
2026 New York Metro Super Lawyers
- Daniel Axman: Estate & Probate
- Jeffrey Berger: Tax Law
- Steven Chill: Estate & Probate
- Elizabeth Conway: Business Litigation
- Matthew Daly: Civil Litigation (Defense)
- Lawrence Drucker: Intellectual Property Litigation
- David Eiseman: Business Litigation
- Jonathan Flaxer: Bankruptcy (Business)
- Steven Hochberg: Real Estate
- Martin Hyman: Civil Litigation (Defense)
- Elizabeth Jaffe: Intellectual Property
- Michael Munoz: Business Litigation
- Andrew Peskoe: Mergers & Acquisitions
- Cori Rosen: Civil Rights
- David Rubin: Real Estate
- Robin Silverman: Intellectual Property
- Jacqueline Veit: Business Litigation
2026 New York Metro Rising Stars
- Catherine Weiss Butto: General Litigation
- Jacob Chase: Real Estate
- Daniel Jason Cohen: Mergers & Acquisitions
- Esther Feuer: Employment & Labor
- Courtney Howard: General Litigation
- Apriele Minott: Mergers & Acquisitions
- Zachary Palomino: Employment & Labor
- Sonali Setia: Employment & Labor
- Alison Wong: Business / Corporate Law
- Melisa Zukic: Banking
Each year, no more than 5% of the lawyers in each state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers for the honor of being listed as a New York Metro Super Lawyer and no more than 2.5% of lawyers in the state are selected as Rising Stars. A Thomson Reuters business, Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area.