152 Stinson Attorneys Selected to the 2023 Best Lawyers in America List
Stinson LLP is proud to announce that 152 attorneys across eight cities are being recognized in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America©.
Each year, Best Lawyers in America compiles a list of outstanding attorneys based on peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading attorneys confidentially evaluate their peers. The national list includes more than 50,000 attorneys in 134 practice areas nationwide.
The Best Lawyers in America 2023 list includes:
Those recognized for 30 years:
Clary Redd, Litigation-Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
Thomas Salerno, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation-Bankruptcy
Byron Starns, Administrative/Regulatory Law; Energy Law; Litigation-Environmental; Litigation-Regulatory Enforcement; Mining Law; Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants; Water Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation
Those recognized for 25 years:
Lowell Noteboom, Arbitration; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Litigation-Construction; Mediation
Lonnie Williams, Commercial Litigation; employment Law-Management
Those recognized for 20 years:
John Aisenbrey, Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White Collar
David Frantze, Project Finance Law; Real Estate Law
Lowell Stortz, Litigation-Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
Hal Tzinberg, Real Estate Law
Those recognized for 15 years:
Marc Albert, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation-Bankruptcy
Jim Allen, Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
Jim Bertrand, Energy Law
David Bengtson, Litigation-Regulatory Enforcement; Oil and Gas Law
Jeff Cairns, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Dominic Cecere, Employment Law-Management; Labor Law-Management; Litigation, Labor and Employment
Darrell Clark, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation-Bankruptcy
Kevin Conneely, Litigation-Intellectual Property; Litigation-Patent
David D'Alessandro, Energy Law; Oil and Gas Law
Doug Dalgleish, Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants; Railroad Law
Steve Emerson, Insurance Law; Oil and Gas Law; Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
Timothy Feathers, Information Technology Law; Litigation-Intellectual Property; Litigation-Patent; Technology Law; Trademark Law
Eric Galatz, Land Use and Zoning Law
Jeff Goulder, Commercial Litigation; Litigation-Construction; Litigation-Real Estate
Bill Greene, Commercial Litigation; Litigation-Antitrust
Mark Hargrave, Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Litigation-Banking and Finance
Chuck Hatfield, Commercial Litigation; Government Relations Practice; Nonprofit/Charities Law; Administrative/Regulatory Law
Scott Hecht, Insurance Law
Mark Hinderks, Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation-Construction; Litigation-Intellectual Property; Litigation-Municipal
Paul Hoffmann, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation-Bankruptcy
Robert Hunter, Venture Capital Law
David Jennings, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Technology Law; Information Technology Law
Dennis Lane, Energy Law
Steve Lindemann, Construction Law; Litigation-Construction
Steve Litman, Trusts and Estates
Mike Lochmann, Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Phil McKnight, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Bob Monroe, Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
John Munich, Commercial Litigation; Education Law
Tom Nelson, Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation-Banking and Finance; Litigation-Construction; Litigation-Real Estate; Product Liability Litigation
Todd Noteboom, Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation-Banking and Finance; Litigation-Securities; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants
Glen Ortman, Energy Law
Harvey Reiter, Energy Law
Patrick Respeliers, Corporate Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Joe Santucci, Employment Law-Management; Labor Law-Management
Jay Simpson, Litigation and Controversy-Tax; Tax Law
Penny Slicer, Litigation-Intellectual Property; Patent Law
Kent Stallard, Trusts and Estates
Pete Thrane, Insurance Law
John Vetter, Trusts and Estates
Those recognized for 10 years:
David Axtell, Information Technology Law
David Barnard, Copyright Law; Litigation-Intellectual Property
Sherman Botts, Construction Law; Litigation-Construction
Liz Chatham, Immigration Law
Sean Colligan, Litigation-Banking and Finance; Litigation-Regulatory Enforcement; Litigation-Securities
Steve Cosentino, Technology Law
David Crosby, Commercial Litigation; Litigation-Trusts and Estates
Aimee Davenport, Environmental Law; Water Law
Eileen Day, Trusts and Estates
Robert Devolve, Environmental Law; Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
Kirk Doan, Health Care Law
Laura Halferty, Litigation-Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
Kate Hauber, Real Estate Law
Gabe Holloway, Information Technology Law
Kurt James, Patent Law; Trademark Law
Pat Konopka, Employment Law-Individuals; Employment Law-Management; Labor Law-Management; Litigation-Labor and Employment
John Kuehn, Litigation-Real Estate; Real Estate Law
Alisa Lacey, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation-Bankruptcy
Todd LaSala, Real Estate Law
Joel Leviton, Trademark Law
Emmett Logan, Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
Keith Moheban, Litigation-Intellectual Property
Mike Parrish, Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law
Lynn Preheim, Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law
Stephanie Scheck, Employment Law-Management; Litigation-Labor and Employment
Jonathan Schneider, Energy Law
Shane Swanson, Trusts and Estates
Jim Swenson, Corporate Governance Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Tessa Trelz, Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Technology Law
Alan Van Dellen, Real Estate Law
Sara Welch, Commercial Litigation; Employment Law-Management; Litigation-Labor and Employment
Those recognized for five years:
Robert Bain, Patent Law
Deborah Bayles, Real Estate Law
Daniel Bukovac, Commercial Litigation
Tom Davis, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
Janet Hendrickson, Biotechnology and Life Science Practice, Litigation-Patent; Patent Law
Vince Keil, Patent Law
Tim Krieger, Commercial Litigation; Litigation-Intellectual Property; Litigation-Patent
Jon Santangelo, Environmental Law
Marc Simpson, Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation-Land Use and Zoning
George Verschelden, Commercial Litigation
Gerald Weidner, Real Estate Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Bill O'Neill, Copyright Law, Trademark Law
Rick Pins, Employment Law; Labor Law-Management
Todd Phelps, Real Estate Law
Those recognized 1-4 years:
Ashley Anderson, Real Estate Law
Phil Ashfield, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Brittany Barrientos, Environmental Law
Doug Boettge, Commercial Litigation
Robert Botts, Jr., Real Estate Law
Jack Bowling, Corporate Governance Law
Traci Bransford, Litigation-Intellectual Property
Lisa Byrne, Real Estate Law
Mark Carder, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Robin Carlson, Commercial Litigation
Anthony Cali, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights; Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Amy Conway, Litigation-Labor and Employment
Michelle Corrigan Erikson, Commercial Litigation
Tom Dowling, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Pat Edwards, Commercial Litigation
Alisa Ehrlich, Employment Law-Management
Scott Eidson, Litigation-Intellectual Property
Audrey Fenske, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Mary Foarde, Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice; Health Care Law
Carrie Francis, Employment Law-Management; Litigation-Labor and Employment
Roy Goldberg, Transportation Law
Barry Haith, Real Estate Law
Jim Holland, Commercial Litigation; Construction Law
Charley Jensen, Tax Law
Steven Kazmierski, Patent Law
Vince Keady, Construction Law, Litigation-Real Estate
Timothy Kelley, Banking and Finance Law; Real Estate Law
David S. Kim, Technology Law
Jarrod Kieffer, Tax Law
Bill Koenigsdorf, Real Estate Law
Don Kirkpatrick, Banking and Finance Law; Real Estate Law
Andrew Lee, Real Estate Law
Steve Mayeron, Real Estate Law
Megan McCurdy, Commercial Litigation
Brian Meloy, Utilities Law
John Moticka, Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
Adam Nathe, Banking and Finance Law
Timothy Pabst, Trusts and Estates
Kristen Berger Parker, Litigation-Labor and Employment
Karl Phares, Real Estate Law
Jill Radloff, Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
David Rifkind, Railroad Law; Transportation Law
Ruth Rivard, Litigation-Intellectual Property
Jeremy Root, Commercial Litigation; Corporate Compliance Law; Litigation-Securities; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants
Bernadette Sargeant, Employment Law-Management
Andrew Scavotto, Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants
Stephen Schemenauer, Construction Law
Peter Schwingler, Litigation-Antitrust
Jere Sellers, Litigation-Real Estate
Scott Smalley, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Tom Smallwood, Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
Brian Sobczyk, Commercial Litigation
James Sticha, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Bob Torgerson, Litigation-Construction; Litigation-Construction; Real Estate Law
James Torre, Commercial Litigation
Brian Weaver, Real Estate Law
Nick Zluticky, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation-Bankruptcy
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