Barton LLP is pleased to announce our 24 attorneys that have been selected to Super Lawyers and Super Lawyers: Rising Stars for 2025.
A Thomson Reuters publication, Super Lawyers is an annual, national listing of the top 5% of lawyers in their respective practice areas, as nominated by their peers.
Rising Stars subsequently lists the top 2.5% of lawyers either 40-years-old or younger or in practice 10 years or less in their respective practice areas, as nominated by their peers.
Below are the 2025 designees, across our New York and Nashville offices:

New York Metro
- Roger E. Barton: Business & Corporate, Business Litigation
- Richard H. Block: Employment & Labor, Employment Litigation
- Ross J. Charap: Business Litigation, Entertainment & Sports, Intellectual Property
- Alan T. Gallanty: Business & Corporate, Business Litigation, Employment & Labor: Employer, Employment Litigation: Defense, Mergers & Acquisitions
- Petek Günay Balatsas: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appellate, Business Litigation, Employment & Labor: Employer, Employment Litigation: Defense, General Litigation
- James E. Heavey: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Criminal Defense: White Collar, Employment & Labor: Employer, Securities Litigation
- Orrit Hershkovitz: Family Law
- Charles B. Hughes: Business & Corporate, Health Care, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities & Corporate Finance
- Roger Kobert: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business Litigation, International
- Abe Mastbaum: Tax
- Julia G. Maxfield: Family Law
- William A. Newman: Business & Corporate, Entertainment & Sports, Intellectual Property, Securities & Corporate Finance
- Randall L. Rasey: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business Litigation, International
- Kenneth N. Rashbaum: Cannabis Law, Civil Litigation: Defense, Health Care, Insurance Coverage, Technology Transactions
- Maurice N. Ross: Employment Litigation: Defense, Entertainment & Sports, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation
- Ian Shane: Tax
Nashville, TN

New York Metro
Nashville, TN
- Eric C. Lyons: Appellate, Business & Corporate, Business Litigation, Civil Litigation: Defense, Employment Litigation: Defense, General Litigation
- Stephen C. Stovall: Employment & Labor, Employment Litigation
- Brenton Urick: Employment & Labor