SPR Attorneys Recognized for Excellence by Best Lawyers® in 2025 in America

SPR is proud to have ten lawyers recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2025 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America. Four SPR lawyers were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 edition of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch^® in America, which highlights the professional excellence of attorneys who have typically been in practice for fewer than ten years:

• Maggie Macdonald: Environmental Law; Land Use and Zoning Law (New York, NY)
• Meg Holden: Environmental Law (New York, NY)
• Kayley McGrath: Environmental Law (New York, NY)
• Alexis Saba: Environmental Law (New York, NY)

Six SPR attorneys were included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®:

• Michael S. Bogin: Environmental Law (New York, NY)
• Mark A. Chertok: Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental; Land Use and Zoning Law (New York, NY)
• Jeffrey B. Gracer: Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental (New York, NY)
• Elizabeth Knauer: Environmental Law (New York, NY)
• David Paget: Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental (New York, NY)
• Daniel Riesel: Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental (New York, NY)

The Firm is also proud to share that two SPR attorneys were named “Lawyer of the Year,” an honor awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region:

• Daniel Riesel: Environmental Law (New York, NY)
• Mark A. Chertok: Land Use and Zoning Law (New York, NY)

Best Lawyers® employs “a sophisticated, conscientious, rational, and transparent survey process designed to elicit meaningful and substantive evaluations of the quality of legal services” to “capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.”