Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth is proud to announce that six of the firm’s attorneys have been included in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in 2025.  Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch awards recognize extraordinary lawyers who have been in practice for less than ten years in the United States.  Like traditional Best Lawyers awards, a Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognition is based entirely on an exhaustive peer-review process.

The Donohue Brown attorneys who have been identified as Best Lawyers: One to Watch, and their recognized areas of practice, are:

David K. Duffey

  • Legal Malpractice Law
  • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Ashley E. Dus

  • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants

Laura C. Ieremia

  • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Scott J. Kater

  • Legal Malpractice Law
  • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants

Best Lawyers’ methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical region and legal practice area. Best Lawyers employs a sophisticated, conscientious, rational, and transparent survey process designed to elicit meaningful and substantive evaluations of the quality of legal services provided by attorneys recognized in the Best Lawyers publications.  Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”