40 Richards Layton Attorneys Chosen as Delaware Today Top Lawyers
November 4, 2025
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WILMINGTON, Delaware (November 4, 2025) – Forty Richards, Layton & Finger attorneys have been named Top Lawyers in Delaware Today magazine’s list of the best lawyers in the state. The magazine polls lawyers throughout Delaware to compile its annual Top Lawyers list. Four Richards Layton lawyers were designated “top vote getters” after receiving the most votes from their peers in their respective practice areas.
The following Richards Layton attorneys were chosen as Top Lawyers (* denotes top vote getter):
Alternative Dispute: Arbitrators
- Kent A. Jordan
- Gregory P. Williams
Alternative Dispute: Mediators
- Kevin Gross
Appellate
- Rudolf Koch
Banking Law
- Mark V. Purpura*
Bankruptcy/Business
- Mark D. Collins
- Paul N. Heath
- John Henry Knight
- Michael J. Merchant
- Brendan J. Schlauch
- Amanda R. Steele
Business Law
- Jake Crosetto
- Doneene K. Damon
- Elisa Erlenbach Maas
- Kenneth E. Jackman
- Jonathan M. Kaplowitz
- Bernard J. Kelley
- Mark A. Kurtz*
Corporate Law
- Michael D. Allen
- Catherine G. Dearlove
- Raymond J. DiCamillo
- Daniel E. Kaprow
- Matthew Murphy
- Matthew Perri
- Srinivas M. Raju
- Blake K. Rohrbacher
- Lisa A. Schmidt
- John Mark Zeberkiewicz
Environmental Law
- Philip K. Micha
- Robert W. Whetzel
Employment/Labor Law
- Jennifer C. Jauffret
Estate, Probate & Trusts
- Beth Gansen Knight
- Donald Sparks II
Insurance Law
- Edward S. Little
- William A. Yemc
Intellectual Property Law
- Frederick L. Cottrell III
- Kelly E. Farnan*
- Jason J. Rawnsley
Real Estate, Real Property & Personal
- Antonios Roustopoulos
- Sara T. Wagner*
About Richards, Layton & Finger
Defining Delaware law since 1899, Richards, Layton & Finger helps sophisticated clients navigate complex issues and the intricacies of Delaware law. We advise global companies, business partnerships, leading financial institutions, local businesses, and individuals across a wide range of practices, including corporate law, alternative entities, commercial law, bankruptcy and corporate restructuring, intellectual property, tax, trusts and estates, commercial real estate, and litigation.