Eight Caplan & Earnest Attorneys Named 2026 ‘Best Lawyers in America’

Best Lawyers®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, announced its 2026 list of honorees, and we are proud to have eight attorneys recognized:

• Sheryl Bridges – Medical Malpractice Law—Defendants (recognized since 2018) 

• Richard Bump – Education Law, Real Estate Law (recognized since 2009) 

• Barbara Glogiewicz – Medical Malpractice Law—Defendants (recognized since 2010) 

• Brad Hendrick – Immigration Law (recognized since 2013) 

• Meghan Pound – Health Care Law (recognized since 2020) 

• Kristofer Simms – Trusts and Estates (recognized since 2020) 

• W. Stuart Stuller – Education Law 

• Jennifer Sullivan – Health Care Law (recognized since 2013) 

“We are deeply honored to see our attorneys recognized once again by Best Lawyers, reflecting the exceptional caliber of legal talent at Caplan & Earnest,” said Co-managing Partner Beth Friel. “This peer recognition validates our firm’s ongoing commitment to excellence and our attorneys’ relentless pursuit of outstanding client outcomes. When your colleagues in the legal profession acknowledge your work, it speaks volumes about the quality and integrity that defines our practice.” 

Recognition by Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by their peers. The lists of outstanding lawyers are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.