German-Speaking Attorneys

Thomas T. Glasgow

Schaumburg, IL

Thomas T. Glasgow is the founder and partner at Glasgow & Olsson, a highly respected legal authority in criminal defense, administrative law, and civil litigation. His distinguished career spans over three decades, successfully handling complex and high-profile cases in Cook, McHenry, Lake, Kane, DuPage, and surrounding counties. He has secured settlements exceeding $8 million and delivered victories in cases involving murder, self-defense, drug trafficking, aggravated felony DUI, and DUI defense. Mr. Glasgow earned his Juris Doctor from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1994 and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Mississippi in 1990. He also pursued Business and Management with certificates in Leadership and Neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School from 2022-2024. He is a published author, adjunct professor, and sought-after speaker, teaching legal seminars for the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education and the Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation. His expert legal analysis is frequently sought by major media outlets including CNN, FOX News, ABC, CBS, and NBC, and his work has been featured in numerous national and local publications. He holds an Avvo “Superb” rating and has received numerous professional accolades, including selection as a Super Lawyer and recognition among the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America. He is admitted to practice before the Illinois Supreme Court, U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Central, and Southern Districts of Illinois, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He previously served as a Cook County State’s Attorney and Chief of Medical Prosecutions for the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation.

Thomas Fighter

Orlando, FL

Thomas Fighter (formerly Fighter) has lived in Central Florida since 1989. He was named The Florida Bar’s Board Certified Lawyer of the Year in 2015 and is one of very few attorneys in the area who is both Board Certified in Criminal Trial Law by the Florida Bar and an AV Rated Preeminent Lawyer. He is experienced in being lead counsel in more than 100 jury trials to verdict, and has extensive experience as a trial lawyer in Orlando; fighting many types of cases in personal injury (car accidents, slip and fall, negligent security) and criminal defense (from simple DUIs to capital felonies, including sexual battery (physically helpless), lewd and lascivious molestation, traveling to meet a minor, and unlawful sex with a minor). Thomas Fighter is one of the top-rated Orlando Criminal Defense Attorneys. Mr. Fighter is also a Major in the US Army JAG Corps Reserve, and has a prior combat zone deployment to Kuwait, with time in Afghanistan, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Françoise M. Haasch

Palm Harbor, FL

Françoise (Fran) M. Haasch has over two decades of experience representing victims of personal injury, as well as the surviving family members and loved ones of individuals who were wrongfully killed. With 100 percent of her practice focusing on plaintiffs’ personal injury and an emphasis on car and motorcycle accidents, Ms. Haasch provides devoted legal support for individuals and families throughout the Greater Tampa Bay Region and beyond. She is a lifetime member of The Multimillion Dollar Advocates Forum and a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), the Florida Justice Association, and the Tampa Bay Trial Lawyers Association. Ms. Haasch is also an accomplished, classically trained, Suzuki Method violinist and is fluent in German. She consistently provides pro bono services for individuals in need in the local community.

A.P. Pishevar

Rockville, MD

A.P. Pishevar is an AV rated attorney and Managing Attorney at Pishevar & Associates, P.C. He is a seasoned trial attorney with over 30 years of experience, admitted to the bar in 1993. His practice areas include Criminal Defense, Civil Litigation, and Trial Practice. He has been recognized with numerous awards including an AV (Preeminent) rating from Martindale Hubbell, a 10/10 score from AVVO, and the 'Top 100 Trial Lawyers' Award. He has been a keynote speaker at Cleveland-Marshall Law School and is a Captain in the Maryland Military Defense Force JAC Corps.

Michael R. Jackson

Maitland, FL

Michael R. Jackson is an attorney and shareholder at Jackson Law International. His law practice focuses on domestic and international civil litigation, including business and contract disputes, personal injury and wrongful death, medical malpractice, and real estate litigation. He primarily represents German-speaking individuals and companies and is deeply involved in the international legal community, serving as First Vice President of the AEA International Lawyers Network. Born in Bangkok, Thailand, and raised in Kiel, Germany, he speaks German with native fluency. He earned his B.B.A. from the University of Miami (1989) and his J.D. from Tulane Law School (1995), along with a Maritime Law Certificate. He is licensed in Florida, New York, Texas, Colorado, and The District of Columbia, and is a member of the Hamm Bar in Germany. He is admitted to various federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, and frequently obtains pro hac vice admission nationwide. He is a Life Member of The Million Dollar Advocates Forum and The Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and a Lifetime Charter Member in Rue Ratings’ Best Attorneys of America®.

Evan M. Oshan

Seattle, WA

Evan Oshan is the founder of Oshan & Associates P.C., with over two decades of experience in personal injury law. He graduated Cum Laude from UCLA and earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of California Hastings College of The Law. Evan served as an international law intern at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and an intern for a United States Senator. He is licensed in New York and Washington and has a reputation for aggressive and direct representation, achieving multi-million dollar settlements and verdicts. He is recognized by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel, Top 100 Lawyers, and Lawyers of Distinction.

J. Gerard Stranch IV

Nashville, TN

Gerard Stranch is a third-generation trial lawyer and managing member of the firm, leading its class action and mass tort practice groups. He has served as lead or co-lead counsel in numerous high-profile cases, securing significant settlements. He is also an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University Law School.

James Randal Ackley

West Palm Beach, FL

James Randal Ackley, also known as Randy Ackley, is a civil trial attorney and founder of the Law Offices of James R. Ackley, P.A. With over 40 years of experience, he specializes in personal injury, foreclosure defense, and real estate litigation. He is an "AV" (Preeminent) rated litigator, admitted to practice in Florida and federal district courts, and has extensive experience in managing disaster relief programs globally.

Merit Bennett

Santa Fe, NM

Merit Bennett is the Managing Partner of The Bennett Law Group, with over 50 years of experience in personal injury, civil rights, and employment discrimination law. He is licensed in New Mexico, Hawai'i, and Colorado, and has achieved significant legal victories, including multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. He is also an author and has been recognized by Top 100 Lawyers, Super Lawyers, and Who's Who Directory of Top Attorneys of North America.

Carolina I. Nunez

Winter Park, FL

Carolina I. Nunez is the founder of The Law Offices of Carolina Nunez, P.A. She is fluent in English and Spanish and serves diverse communities across Florida. Her practice areas include cyber law, personal injury, digital asset estate planning, and real estate law. She is also a licensed Florida Realtor and incorporates technology like OSINT and machine learning into her legal work. She has been featured on Univision Orlando and other media.

Danya Bundy

Tulsa, OK

Danya Bundy is a partner at Bundy Law, representing individuals and families in complex family law challenges, including cross-border components. Born and raised in Oklahoma to a German mother and Syrian father, she possesses a unique blend of Midwestern values and global perspective. She provides sophisticated legal counsel in high-stakes family law matters, such as cross-border divorce and custody, prenuptial agreements, and child relocation disputes. She is a seasoned trial lawyer with first-chair jury trial experience in defending parental rights. Danya has completed advanced training at the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers’ Institute for Family Law Associates and the National Family Law Trial Institute. She is recognized by Lawdragon, Super Lawyers Rising Stars, and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

Farrokh Mohammadi

Rockville, MD

Farrokh Mohammadi is a partner at Mohammadi & Humayun, LLC located in Rockville, Maryland. His primary practice areas include family law, personal injury, and general civil litigation. He clerked for Judges North and Wachs in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Maryland, during law school. Prior to becoming a partner, he worked as an associate at Pishevar & Associates, P.C., handling a wide variety of cases including complex domestic/family law matters, personal injury, civil rights, police brutality, administrative law, landlord/tenant cases, and appeals. He is admitted to practice in Maryland State Courts and before the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. He is a member of the Maryland State Bar and the Montgomery County Bar Association. He was selected as a Maryland Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2015 to 2017. Mr. Mohammadi earned his J.D. in 2010 from George Washington University Law School and his B.A. in 2006 from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He is fluent in German and Farsi.

Lance Milne

Salt Lake City, UT

With extensive trial experience in Utah, New Mexico and Texas, Lance Milne is devoted to catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases in the areas of workplace injury, product liability, motor vehicle accidents, catastrophic accidents, insurance bad faith and medical malpractice cases. Mr. Milne’s expertise has been especially focused in trucking, construction and oilfield industries, working with victims and their families in personal injury and wrongful death cases, as a result of horrific collisions, workplace accidents, explosions and drilling accidents. He also has dedicated a substantial percentage of his work to aviation industry accident cases, often working in tandem with Alan Mortensen, his colleague and cofounder here at Mortensen & Milne. Many of Mr. Milne and Mr. Mortensen’s cases have been closely followed throughout the nation as well as in Utah, including their record setting $25,000,000 product liability wrongful death jury verdict in Utah, which was among the Top 50 wrongful death verdicts in the United States that year, and the Elko, Nevada tractor-trailer vs. bus tragedy cases. He has successfully resolved numerous claims and lawsuits through jury trials, voluntary settlements and alternative dispute resolution. Effective in obtaining multi-million dollar settlements in several states, including Utah and Texas, for complex injury cases, he was able to obtain a several eight-figure settlement for clients in the same year. Mr. Milne is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar and Million Dollar Advocates Forums. He credits his effectiveness to hard work, integrity, compassionately caring for clients, and vigorously representing his clients. Additionally, Mr. Milne’s prior work in the insurance defense industry allowed him to see how potential parties on either side of a case would approach the complex litigation process. Within the first decade of his professional career as an attorney, Mr. Milne has garnered several notable honors. He has been named for several consecutive years to the Mountain States Rising Stars list, an exclusive compilation recognizing just 2.5 percent of all licensed attorneys in the Mountain States region. Super Lawyers, a service of Thomson Reuters, is a professional rating service predicated on a rigorous peer-review, research-driven process honoring attorneys who have attained a high distinction of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Joseph A. Hudock, Jr.

Pittsburgh, PA

Joseph A. Hudock Jr. specializes in all aspects of tort, casualty and insurance defense litigation. He has a broad range of practice areas including claims pertaining to auto, UM/UIM, insurance coverage, bad faith, premises liability, product and much more. Mr. Hudock has tried over 170 jury trials to verdict all over the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, having argued extensively on behalf of his clients before the Pennsylvania Superior and Supreme Court. His professional experience coupled with his comprehensive education (with an impressive resume of representative cases) makes him an exemplary leader at the firm. He has been recognized as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer since 2014.

Andrea Pleimling Smith

Fort Myers, FL

Andrea Pleimling Smith joined the firm in 2014 and became a partner in 2017, now serving as Co-Managing Partner. She specializes in Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Slip/Trip & Falls, and Spinal Cord Injuries. She is Peer Reviewed by Martindale-Hubbell, a member of the Multi Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and was recognized in Business Observer's '40 Under 40' in 2019.

Michael P. Lewis

Cleveland, OH

Michael P. Lewis is a trial attorney and partner at Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP, specializing in medical malpractice, personal injury, police misconduct, and civil rights litigation. He has a history of obtaining large, seven-figure recoveries for clients.

Gregory Hach joined forces with Michael A. Rose to form Hach & Rose, LLP, a premier personal injury firm in New York that has recovered in excess of a billion dollars on behalf of their clients. Mr. Hach is esteemed for his seven-figure jury verdicts on behalf of his personal injury clients and is a life-long advocate of New York City’s labor movement. The son of a highly respected labor leader in New York, Mr. Hach grew up in a proud union household and has been a member of the International Union of Operating Engineers for over 20 years. Mr. Hach now services the very union that his family has been involved with for decades. He is well known for representing members of organized labor unions in mass tort actions including prescription drug liability, personal injury actions, and asbestos litigation. Mr. Hach has obtained tens of millions of dollars for union families nationwide and for the union health plans to which they belong. He was responsible for developing a state-of-the-art software system that identifies virtually all types of injuries and illnesses that may entitle both union health plans and their members to obtain financial recovery where they might otherwise not recognize such claims. Outside of the office, Mr. Hach is a loving father and husband, as well as a private pilot, aircraft owner, and a member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. He also continues his service to the less fortunate, volunteering for homeless and children’s organizations, including Outreach on Long Island, Give Kids the World, and Whispering Meadows Ranch. Mr. Hach started a foundation for his father, which raises money for a number of children’s charities. He served in the United States Air Force and lived and worked in Germany for two years, becoming fluent in German. He was admitted to practice law in New York, Washington, D.C., and the United States District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York in 2000. He has been recognized as "Professional of the Year" in 2010 and 2011, named to the "Who’s Who Roundtable," elected a SuperLawyer in New York State, received the James Berg Memorial Award, and was named to the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Stanley Falkenstein

Manchester, CT

Attorney Falkenstein concentrates his practice in personal injury, products liability, workers' compensation, real estate transactions, and land use law. He has over 30 years of litigation experience and has been rated by Super Lawyers twice.

DAVID KENNETH SERGI

San Marcos, TX

David Kenneth Sergi is the Managing Partner at Sergi & Associates, P.C. He specializes in civil litigation, criminal law, family law, commercial law, and personal injury. He was admitted to the Texas bar in 1985 and the California bar in 1987, along with several federal courts. He earned his J.D. from South Texas College of Law in 1985 and a B.A. from Texas A & M University in 1982. He was a Law Clerk to a Federal Judge and has practiced with large law firms, also working overseas. He is rated by Super Lawyers.

Lowell C. Barber

Kennewick, WA

Lowell C. Barber graduated from Gonzaga Law School in 1974. He represents clients in medical negligence and personal injury cases, with a major emphasis on birth trauma cases. He received an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Kyle M. Chandler

Houston, TX

Kyle Chandler graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts from Louisiana State University, where he double majored in German and English with a focus on critical theory. While at LSU, Kyle was active in multiple student organizations, including Student Government Senate, where he was the Vice-Chairman of the Housing, Infrastructure, and Technology Committee, and as a member of the College Council. Kyle also spent a year studying at a top-ten university in Germany, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. Kyle took two years off after college to work for a Houston area mediator, where he was exposed to a wide range of litigation, prior to attending the University of Houston Law Center. While in law school, he served as Executive Editor of the International Law Journal, overseeing all aspects of editing articles in preparation for publication and managing sixty law students. He also served as a student justice on the Honor Court, which adjudicates violations of the honor code. Kyle graduated law school in the top third of his class. Kyle has worked in various positions in the legal field since his first job as a file clerk in 2005. He began working full time for Ramey Chandler Schein, P.C. after graduating law school in 2016. Since becoming licensed to practice, Kyle’s work has focused on first- and third-party insurance defense, as well handling matters involving business disputes, commercial liability, and premises liability.

Ed Atkinson

Norfolk, VA

Ed Atkinson is the founding attorney of Atkinson Law. He has extensive experience in personal injury law, including car accidents, dog bites, medical malpractice, and wrongful death. He previously worked for insurance companies, providing him with unique insight into their operations. Ed is licensed in Virginia since 2008 and is a member of the Virginia State Bar and Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. He was named a Super Lawyer Rising Star in 2016.

C. James Williams III

Richmond, VA

Jim Williams is a summa cum laude graduate of George Mason University School of Law who began his legal career with a prestigious assignment as a law clerk to United States District Court Judge Glen M. Williams in Roanoke, Virginia. He practiced at Gentry, Locke, Rakes, and Moore in Roanoke and at Morris & Morris in Richmond before becoming litigation counsel for Progressive Insurance Company. With Progressive, he gained extensive experience as a trial attorney, giving him wide-ranging expertise in the complexities of Virginia insurance law, and knowledge of how the defense side approaches litigation. In 1999, Jim left defense and coverage work and began representing injured plaintiffs. A veteran litigator, he has tried more than one hundred personal injury jury cases and was appellate counsel in Virginia’s leading scientific evidence case, Tittsworth v. Robinson. Jim Williams joined Burnett & Williams in 2006 as the lead partner in the Richmond area, with offices in Midlothian and Hopewell, Virginia. He is a regular contributor of law journal articles on personal injury law and litigation issues, and provides expert legal analysis and commentary as a contributor to leading media platforms including Yahoo and Hello Magazine. Jim’s wealth of experience in insurance coverage matters provides invaluable expertise in an insurance-driven legal environment that becomes more complex each year. Born in France and raised in Germany, Jim grew up speaking German, French, and English. He still speaks French with such a pure accent that native Frenchmen can’t tell he is American. He has recently taken up Spanish, delighting in discerning the differences linguistically between Spanish, French and English. Jim has passed his love of languages on to his five children. Ranging in age from mid-teens to mid- twenties, his children are his main focus and his primary source of joy. Over the years he has been an active participant in the Midlothian PTA and a leader of the Evergreen Athletic Association. In 2006, Jim founded The Beth Williams Field of Dreams Foundation, a nonprofit organization named after his late wife, whom he lost to cancer. The foundation is dedicated to bringing people together to make sure children have the best facilities possible to play the sports they love. Partnering with the community, the foundation recently helped transform a 3-acre tract adjacent to the Watkins Annex from an hideous into a multi-use athletic facility that will serve the entire Midlothian community. Jim enjoys being outdoors, whether he is running with his dogs, playing golf, skiing, camping, or fishing. His most relaxing diversion, however, is flying airplanes: like his father and uncle before him, Jim is a licensed pilot.

Stephen C. Norris

Birmingham, AL

Stephen C. Norris is the President of Norris Injury Lawyers. He earned his undergraduate degree in German from The University of Alabama in 2005 and his J.D. from The University of Alabama School of Law in 2008. He was admitted to the Alabama State Bar in 2008. He is fluent in German and Finnish.