Hall & Evans, LLC is proud to announce that 21 of our attorneys are recognized in the 2026 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America.
Additionally, Thomas Beam was recognized by Best Lawyers® as the 2026 Railroad Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Denver, Colorado. “Lawyer of the Year” honors are awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with extremely high overall feedback from their peers, making it an exceptional distinction.
For the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers in America, millions of peer evaluations were analyzed, resulting in more than 81,000 leading lawyers selected nationwide in the 32nd edition. Hall & Evans congratulates the following attorneys named in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers in America:
Billings, MT
- Ryan Browne – Litigation – Real Estate
- T. Thomas Singer – Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Denver, CO
- Benton Barton – Arbitration, Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
- Thomas Beam – Railroad Law
- Joseph Cavasinni – Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
- Lance Eberhart – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Jared Ellis – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Insurance, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Robert Ferm – Government Relations Practice
- William Floyd – Railroad Law
- Kendra Garstka – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- David Gelman – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Kenneth Lyman – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Matthew Ninneman – Construction Law, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Insurance
- Nadia Patrick – Transportation Law
- Andrew Reitman – Railroad Law
- Gina Rossi – Railroad Law
- Paul Yarbrough – Insurance Law, Transportation Law
Las Vegas, NV
- Kurt Bonds – Commercial Litigation
Missoula, MT
- Jill Gerdrum – Civil Rights Law, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, Transportation Law
- Susan Ridgeway – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Corporate Law, Family Law
We are also pleased to share that Brooke Churchman in Denver, CO has been recognized in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America for Labor and Employment Law – Management and Transportation Law.
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America recognizes attorneys who are early in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice. For 2026, more than 27,000 lawyers were selected by their peers and honored in the sixth edition.