Best Lawyers in America, the oldest lawyer-rating publication in the U.S., has selected eleven Paule, Camazine & Blumenthal lawyers for inclusion in the 2025 edition.
Selection is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which leading attorneys cast confidential votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their areas of concentration.
Alan E. Freed, who has previously received six St. Louis Lawyer of the Year accolades in his practice areas, has received two more Lawyer of the Year awards: Collaborative Law: Family Law (his fourth such award), and Mediation (for the second time).
Melissa G. Nolan has received her first honor in Best Lawyers for her excellence in Trusts and Estates.
Paule, Camazine & Blumenthal lawyers listed in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers, and the practice area or areas for which each is recognized, are:
- Amy Bender-Levy – Family Law
- Thomas M. Blumenthal – Arbitration (Lawyer of the Year, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2024); Mediation (Lawyer of the Year 2016, 2018)
- Alisse C. Camazine – Family Law (Lawyer of the Year, 2010)
- Alan E. Freed – Collaborative Law: Family Law (Lawyer of the Year 2013, 2018, 2020, 2025), Family Law Arbitration, Family Law, Family Law Mediation (Lawyer of the Year 2015, 2021), and Mediation (Lawyer of the Year 2017, 2025)
- Amy Hoch Hogenson – Family Law
- Anne Lageson – Family Law
- Lisa G. Moore – Family Law (Lawyer of the Year, 2017)
- Melissa G. Nolan – Trusts and Estates
- Donald W. Paule – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law, Trusts and Estates
- Debra K. Schuster – Elder Law.
In addition, family law attorney Eleanore I. Palozola has been listed on the Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch” list for the third year in a row.
Congratulations to all of the honored lawyers.