August 17, 2023

Faegre Drinker Attorneys Recognized in Best Lawyers in America 2024 Edition

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Related Professionals John R. Marcil , Mark W. Weakley , Alison J. Baldwin , Jennifer R. Breuer , Edwin A. Getz , Kimberly A. Jones , Michael J. Kanute , Sarah Bassler Millar , Neil S. Olderman , David W. Porteous , Michael D. Rosenbaum , James J. Saul , Michael B. Viner , E. Paul Cauley, Jr. , Wayne B. Mason , George S. McCall , Emily A. Bayton , Jared B. Briant , Heather Carson Perkins , Michael B. Lapicola , James D. Leonard , Joel D. Sayres , Timothy B. Scull , Jeffrey A. Sherman , Jack R. Sperber , Kirstin L. Stoll-DeBell , Mary L. Will , Douglas R. Wright , Michael B. Abbott , Andrew Anderson , Nicholas A. Klinefeldt , Lance W. Lange , David J.F. Gross , Lynne Anne Anderson , Edward A. Gramigna, Jr. , Andy S. Norin , Glenn S. Pantel , Michael P. Pompeo , Michael E. Rothpletz, Jr. , Michael San Giacomo , Susan M. Sharko , Helen E. Tuttle , Frank F. Velocci , Kenneth J. Wilbur , Michael C. Woodruff , James Stephen Bennett , Jon A. Bomberger , Brian P. Clifford , Timothy J. Haffner , Pat Scheiderer , April Risk Arnett , J. Jeffrey Brown , David W. Barrett , R. Trevor Carter , A. Scott Chinn , J. Murray Clark , Patrick S. Cross , Jason Deppen , Brian S. Fennerty , Richard T. Freije , Tom Froehle , Brant O. Gardner , John A. Gardner , David A. Given , Ryan M. Hurley , Scott M. Kosnoff , Christine G. Long , Harmony A. Mappes , Andrew M. McCoy , Kip S.M. McDonald , William S. Meyers , Joseph E. Miller, Jr. , Robert D. Null , Kathy L. Osborn , Brian J. Paul , Carl R. Pebworth , Scott Evans Peck , Louis T. Perry , Andrea Roberts Pierson , Jacqueline M. Pimentel-Gannon , Daniel E. Pulliam , Patrick H. Reilly , Gayle L. Skolnik , Joseph L. Smith, Jr. , Andrew Z. Soshnick , Marilee J. Springer , David A. Suess, CRE , Pablo A. Svirsky , John Joseph Tanner , Mark A. Voigtmann , Jane Dall Wilson , Paul A. Wolfla , Mark E. Wright , Scott F. Gautier , Judith M. Praitis , Fred Reish , Mark E. Terman , Scott A. Anderegg , Peter J. Berrie , W. Morgan Burns , Martin S. Chester , Daniel R. Donovan , Richard A. Duncan , Delmar R. Ehrich , Amy R. Fiterman , Page D. Fleeger , James J. Hartnett , Douglas J. Heffernan , Andrew G. Humphrey , Bruce Jones , Randall E. Kahnke , Steven C. Kennedy , Charles F. Knapp , Carol Lansing , Nicole J. Leimer , Steve Lokensgard , D. Charles Macdonald , Maureen M. Maly , George D. Martin , Jane E. Maschka , Jennifer D. Miernicki , Ryan R. Miske , Paul S. Moe , Bernard (B.J.) E. Nodzon , Jonathan L.H. Nygren , Charles T. Parks, Jr. , James M. Pfau , Daniel G. Prokott , Lisa R. Pugh , Keith P. Radtke , Kate S. Razavi , Breia L. Schleuss , Brian B. Schnell , Thomas S. Schroeder , Amy C. Seidel , David J. Shannon , Kate Sherburne , Michael A. Stanchfield , James R. Steffen , Michael R. Stewart , Lica Tomizuka , Aaron D. Van Oort , James L. Volling , Allen Wheeler , Scott W. Wright , Jonathan R. Zimmerman , Russell N. Adler , Erika C. Collins , James H. Millar , John P. Mulhern , Lawrence G. Scarborough , Ted Wolff , Bonnie Allyn Barnett , Thomas J. Barton , Robert E. Cannuscio , David A. Ebby , Mark J. Foley , Stephen D. D. Hamilton , D. Alicia Hickok , Andrew C. Kassner , Timothy J. O'Driscoll , Alfred W. Putnam, Jr. , F. Douglas Raymond , Paul H. Saint-Antoine , Stephen A. Serfass , Larissa R. Whitman , Nicole C. Wixted , John E. Stoddard, III , Yana S. Johnson , Diane J. Mason , Sara Hansen Wilson , Thomas J. Kelly, Jr. , Charles S. Leeper , Gregory J. Ossi , Shaunda Patterson-Strachan , John R. Przypyszny , Robert L. Stoll , Jesse A. Witten , Francis DiGiovanni , Brett D. Fallon , Joseph C. Schoell , Joan A. Akalaonu , Elizabeth C. Christen , Carrie Elizabeth DeLange , Ehren M. Fournier , Ruben I. Gonzalez , Jamie E Levin , Jori M. Loren , Matthew M. Morrissey , Bryan D. Pasciak , Elizabeth D. Peterson , Erik D. Vogt , Tory L. Finley , Jude T. Hickland , Sara E. Inman , Kristen L. Perry , Matt Sapp , Desmonne Alana Bennett , Christopher J. Casolaro , Sean J. Metherell , Isaac Smith , Brandon Cole , David W. Creasey , Martin J. Demoret , Susan P. Elgin , Shannon L. Sole , Dasha Ternavska , David Yoshimura , Jennifer G. Chawla , Justin M. Ginter , Jonathan A. Keller, PharmD , John P. Michalski , Alexa E. Miller , Joseph David Mourad , Diego J. Rosado , Andrew L. Van Houter , Eldin Hasic , Nicholas B. Alford , Kinsey L. Arnett , Anna M. Behrmann , Matthew E. Burkhart , Doriann H. Cain , Reid E. Dodge , Erica K. Drew , Anne E. Fischesser , Katelyn M. Fisher , Griffin D. Foster , Eric M. Friedman , Ryan J. Funk , Stephanie L. Gutwein , Julian E. Harrell , Eli M. Isaacs , Angela N. Johnson , Susanne A. Johnson , Dennis P. Lager , Matthew C. Olsen , Abe Jentry Shanehsaz , Brittney N. Yocum , Sylvia Bokyung St. Clair , Amanda Semaan , David P. Koller , Nicole V. Ozeran , Lauren G. Barron , Rhiannon C. Beckendorf , Elie C. Biel , Terran C. Chambers , Rory F. Collins , Anthony W. Finnell , Andrew G. Jackson , Michael J. Kaupa , Ivy A. LeTourneau , Lauren W. Linderman , Stacie L. Linguist , Roger A. Maldonado , Veronica M. Mason , Erica Abshez Moran , Josh Peterson , Samantha M. Rollins Murphy , Rob J. Rooney , Anna E. Sallstrom , Edan Shertzer , Rachael E. Stack , Cyri A. Van Hecke , Bryan K. Washburn , Ryan R. Woessner , Brian P. Morgan , Victoria L. Andrews , Reuben H. Asia , John M. Bloor , Amelia R. Brett , Emmanuel L. Brown , Kaili Kao Janus , Elizabeth K. Lange , Kenneth J. Ludlum , Brendan P. McHugh , John M. Moore , Christopher F. Petillo , Andrew E. Seaberg , Antoinette Snodgrass , Vanessa S. Tabler , Mark D. Taticchi , Leila E. Vaughan , Cheri R. Williams , Nicole D. Josko , Matthew J. Adler , Kendal C. Mitchell , Benjamin Peter Abel , Rachel A. Beck , Kathryn E. Bettini , Catherine H. Betts , Tore T. DeBella , Michelle Y. Francois , Sari M. Long , Brianna Forbes Silverstein , Christine Stoddard , Jonathan H. Todt , Kelly M. Young , Ian J. Bambrick , Thatcher A. Rahmeier , Claudia Schultze, Ph.D.

Faegre Drinker is proud to announce that Best Lawyers^® has named numerous firm attorneys to the 2024 Best Lawyers in America report, “Lawyer of the Year” list and the fourth edition of the Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch.”

The 2024 Best Lawyers in America report recognizes the nation’s leading attorneys each year based on a national peer-review survey. The “Lawyer of the Year” distinction highlights a single attorney in each practice area and geographic region. The Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch” designation recognizes attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional experience in private practice in the United States.

The full list of Faegre Drinker attorneys named in the 2024 report includes the following:

*denotes “Lawyer of the Year” ranking

Best Lawyers in America

Boulder, Colo.

John R. Marcil: Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
Mark W. Weakley: Corporate Law; Venture Capital Law

Chicago

Alison J. Baldwin: Litigation - Intellectual Property; Patent Law
Jennifer R. Breuer: Health Care Law
Quin R. Frazer: Nonprofit / Charities Law; Trusts and Estates
Edwin A. Getz: Trademark Law
Kimberly A. Jones: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Michael J. Kanute: Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Sarah Bassler Millar: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Health Care Law
Neil S. Olderman: Health Care Law
David W. Porteous: Litigation - Securities
Michael D. Rosenbaum: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
James J. Saul: Trademark Law
Douglas B. Swill: Health Care Law
Michael B. Viner: Real Estate Law

Dallas

E. Paul Cauley Jr.: Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Wayne B. Mason: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
George S. McCall: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law
Vincent Slusher: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy

Denver

Emily A. Bayton: Copyright Law; Trademark Law
Jared Briant: Litigation - Intellectual Property
Heather Carson Perkins: Commercial Litigation; Franchise Law
Michael B. Lapicola: Construction Law; Litigation - Construction
James D. Leonard: Corporate Law; Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television; Entertainment Law – Music; Sports Law
Joel Sayres: Litigation - Intellectual Property
Timothy B. Scull: Copyright Law; Information Technology Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent; Patent Law; Trademark Law
Jeffrey A. Sherman: Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
*Jack R. Sperber: Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Kirstin L. Stoll-DeBell: Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent
Heather K. Strack: Family Law; Family Law Arbitration; Family Law Mediation
Mary L. Will: Litigation - Labor and Employment
Douglas R. Wright: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law

Des Moines, Iowa

*Michael B. Abbott: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
Andrew Anderson: Government Relations Practice
Michael A. Giudicessi: Labor Law – Management; Litigation - First Amendment
Nicholas Klinefeldt: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Lance W. Lange: Litigation - Antitrust

East Palo Alto, Calif.

David J.F. Gross: Litigation - Patent

Florham Park, N.J.

Lynne Anne Anderson: Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Edward A. Gramigna, Jr.: Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
Andy S. Norin: Real Estate Law
Glenn S. Pantel: Real Estate Law
Michael P. Pompeo: Litigation - Bankruptcy
Michael E. Rothpletz, Jr.: Real Estate Law
Michael San Giacomo: Real Estate Law
Susan M. Sharko: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Helen E. Tuttle: Litigation - Labor and Employment
Frank F. Velocci: Litigation - Bankruptcy
Kenneth J. Wilbur: Appellate Practice
Michael C. Woodruff: Real Estate Law

Fort Wayne, Ind.

James Stephen Bennett: Commercial Litigation
Jon A. Bomberger: Public Finance Law; Real Estate Law
Brian P. Clifford: Construction Law
Timothy J. Haffner: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Pat Scheiderer: Real Estate Law

Indianapolis

April Risk Arnett: Trusts and Estates
David W. Barrett: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
*J. Jeffrey Brown: Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Venture Capital Law
*R. Trevor Carter: Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent
A. Scott Chinn: Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Municipal; Public Finance Law
J. Murray Clark: Administrative / Regulatory Law; Government Relations Practice
Patrick S. Cross: Corporate Law; Health Care Law
Jason Deppen: Project Finance Law
Brian S. Fennerty: Corporate Law; Tax Law; Venture Capital Law
*Richard T. Freije, Jr.: Administrative / Regulatory Law; Corporate Law; Insurance Law
Thomas C. Froehle, Jr.: Corporate Law; Gaming Law; Public Finance Law
Brant O. Gardner: Trusts and Estates
John A. Gardner: Trusts and Estates
David A. Given: Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Employment Law – Management; Labor Law - Management
Stephanie Gumm: Trademark Law
Steven D. Hardin: Land Use and Zoning Law
Ryan M. Hurley: Antitrust Law
Jay Jaffe: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
Scott M. Kosnoff : Corporate Law; Insurance Law
Christine G. Long: Corporate Law
Michael J. MacLean: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Litigation - ERISA
Harmony A. Mappes
Nicholas E. Mathioudakis: Venture Capital Law
Andrew M. McCoy: Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent
Kip S.M. McDonald: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
William S. Meyers: Patent Law
*Joseph E. Miller, Jr.: Education Law; Nonprofit / Charities Law
Robert D. Null
Kathy L. Osborn: Antitrust Law
Brian J. Paul: Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation
Carl R. Pebworth: Litigation - Construction
Scott Evans Peck: Public Finance Law; Tax Law
Louis T. Perry: Litigation - Intellectual Property
Andrea Roberts Pierson: Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Jacqueline M. Pimentel-Gannon: Nonprofit / Charities Law
Daniel E. Pulliam: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Patrick H. Reilly: Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Gayle L. Skolnik: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Joseph L. Smith, Jr.: Government Relations Practice
Andrew Z. Soshnick: Family Law
Marilee J. Springer: Nonprofit / Charities Law
David A. Suess: Tax Law
Pablo A. Svirsky: Corporate Law
J. Joseph Tanner: Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Mark A. Voigtmann: Construction Law; Litigation – Construction; Litigation - Real Estate
Jane Dall Wilson: Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
Paul A. Wolfla: Commercial Litigation
Mark E. Wright: Real Estate Law

Los Angeles

Scott F. Gautier: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
Judith M. Praitis: Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental
Fred Reish: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Litigation - ERISA
Mark Terman: Employment Law - Management

Minneapolis

Scott A. Anderegg: Real Estate Law
*Peter J. Berrie: Real Estate Law
W. Morgan Burns: Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Martin Chester: Commercial Litigation
Daniel R. Donovan: Trusts and Estates
Richard A. Duncan: Antitrust Law; Litigation – Antitrust; Litigation – Environmental; Native American Law; Timber Law
Delmar R. Ehrich: Litigation - Environmental
Amy R. Fiterman: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Page D. Fleeger: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
David J.F. Gross: Litigation - Patent
James J. Hartnett: Litigation - Construction
*Douglas J. Heffernan: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Chris E. Hofstad: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Andrew G. Humphrey: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
*Bruce Jones: Appellate Practice; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Randall E. Kahnke: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Intellectual Property
*Steven C. Kennedy: Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation; Venture Capital Law
Charles F. Knapp: Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Carol E. Lansing: Land Use and Zoning Law
Nicole J. Leimer: Banking and Finance Law
Steve Lokensgard: Health Care Law
D. Charles Macdonald: Litigation - Real Estate; Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
Maureen M. Maly: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
George D. Martin: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Jane E. Maschka: Commercial Litigation
Stephen M. Mertz: Commercial Finance Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
*Jennifer Miernicki: Banking and Finance Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Ryan R. Miske: Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Paul S. Moe: Real Estate Law
Bernard Nodzon, Jr.: Construction Law
Jonathan L.H. Nygren: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Charles T. Parks, Jr.: Trusts and Estates
*James M. Pfau: Banking and Finance Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Walter A. Pickhardt: Tax Law
Daniel G. Prokott: Employment Law - Management
Lisa R. Pugh: Tax Law
Keith P. Radtke: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Kate S. Razavi: Litigation - Intellectual Property
Breia L. Schleuss: Banking and Finance Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Brian B. Schnell: Franchise Law
Thomas S. Schroeder: Health Care Law
Amy C. Seidel: Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
David J. Shannon: Trusts and Estates
Kate Sherburne: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
*Michael A. Stanchfield: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
James R. Steffen: Advertising Law; Trademark Law
Michael R. Stewart: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Lica Tomizuka: Commercial Finance Law; Real Estate Law
John W. Ursu: Commercial Litigation
Aaron D. Van Oort: Appellate Practice; Litigation - Antitrust
James L. Volling: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Antitrust; Litigation - Securities
Allen Wheeler: Real Estate Law
Scott W. Wright: Immigration Law
Jonathan R. Zimmerman: Mergers and Acquisitions Law

New York

Russell N. Adler: Elder Law
Joseph L. Brasile: Real Estate Law
Erika C. Collins: Employment Law - Management
Gerald T. Hathaway: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law - Management
James H. Millar: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
John P. Mulhern: Insurance Law
Lawrence G. Scarborough: Litigation – Antitrust; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Ted Wolff: Environmental Law

Philadelphia

*Bonnie Allyn Barnett: Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental
Thomas J. Barton: Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Robert E. Cannuscio: Patent Law
David A. Ebby: Real Estate Law
Mark J. Foley: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Stephen D. D. Hamilton: Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
D. Alicia Hickok: Appellate Practice
Andrew C. Kassner: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Kathryn Levering: Litigation - Labor and Employment
Timothy J. O'Driscoll: Insurance Law
*Alfred W. Putnam, Jr.: Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
Doug Raymond: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Paul H. Saint-Antoine: Antitrust Law
Stephen A. Serfass: Insurance Law
Larissa R. Whitman: Trusts and Estates
Nicole C. Wixted: Insurance Law

Princeton, N.J.

John E. Stoddard III: Corporate Law

San Francisco

Yana S. Johnson: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Diane J. Mason: Trademark Law
Sara Hansen Wilson: Real Estate Law

Washington, D.C.

Thomas J. Kelly, Jr.: Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental
Charles S. Leeper: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Gregory J. Ossi: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Shaunda A. Patterson-Strachan: Litigation - Insurance
Laura H. Phillips: Communications Law
John R. Przypyszny: Education Law
Robert L. Stoll: Patent Law
Jesse A. Witten: Health Care Law

Wilmington, Del.

Francis DiGiovanni: Litigation - Intellectual Property
Brett D. Fallon: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Bankruptcy
Andrew C. Kassner: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Joseph C. Schoell: Commercial Litigation

Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch”