August 15, 2016

The Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 155 Faegre Baker Daniels Attorneys

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Authors: James Stephen Bennett , David A. Suess, CRE , J. Jeffrey Brown , Jack R. Sperber , Michael A. Stanchfield , Castille M. Angella , Joseph L. Smith, Jr. , Lisa R. Pugh , Andrew G. Humphrey , R. Trevor Carter , Charles T. Parks, Jr. , Brian S. Fennerty , James M. Pfau , Amy R. Fiterman , Bruce Jones , Maureen M. Maly , Martin D. George , W. Morgan Burns , Andrea Roberts Pierson , Page D. Fleeger , David A. Given , James D. Leonard , Brian B. Schnell , J. Murray Clark , John Joseph Tanner , Amy C. Seidel , James L. Volling , Scott W. Wright , Joseph E. Miller, Jr. , Aaron D. Van Oort , Michael B. Abbott , Thomas S. Schroeder , Patrick S. Cross , Richard A. Duncan , Douglas J. Heffernan , Timothy J. Haffner , Gayle L. Skolnik , Charles F. Knapp , Randall E. Kahnke , Delmar R. Ehrich , Jon A. Bomberger , Brian J. Paul , Mark A. Voigtmann , Tom Froehle , Peter J. Berrie , Scott M. Kosnoff , A. Scott Chinn , Paul S. Moe , David J.F. Gross , Andrew Z. Soshnick , Lance W. Lange , David W. Barrett , Douglas R. Wright , John A. Gardner , David J. Shannon , Richard T. Freije , Carol Lansing , Michael J. Kanute , Kathy L. Osborn , James R. Steffen , Steven C. Kennedy , Scott A. Anderegg , Michael R. Stewart

The Best Lawyers in America 2017^© has recognized 155 Faegre Baker Daniels attorneys who were endorsed by their peers for this award. In addition, 18 FaegreBD attorneys received recognition as a Lawyer of the Year in their respective practice areas and office locations.

Faegre Baker Daniels attorneys named to the 2017 edition, with specific areas of recognition, are listed below. Lawyers of the Year are indicated with an asterisk accompanying the recognized practice area.

Boulder, Colo.

James Carroll: Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Venture Capital Law

Chicago

George Stohner: Litigation – Labor and Employment
Michael Kanute: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Denver

William Callison: Corporate Law; Non-Profit/Charities Law; Tax Law
Charles Calvin: Real Estate Law
Diane Davies: Real Estate Litigation; Real Estate Law
James Leonard: Corporate Law; Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures & Television; Entertainment Law – Music; Sports Law
Blair Lockwood: Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Michael McCarthy: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Environmental Litigation; Securities Litigation
Linda Rockwood: Environmental Law; Environmental Litigation
James Spaanstra: Environmental Law; Environmental Litigation*
Jack Sperber: Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
David Stark: Commercial Litigation; Banking & Finance Litigation; Securities Litigation
Douglas Wright: Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law

Des Moines, Iowa

Michael Abbott: Financial Services Regulation Law; Business Organizations (including LLCs and partnerships); Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law
Michael Giudicessi: First Amendment Litigation
Karin Johnson: Employment Law – Management
Lance Lange: Antitrust Litigation
Kim Walker – First Amendment Law; Land Use and Zoning Litigation

East Palo Alto, Cali.

David Gross: Patent Litigation

Fort Wayne, Ind.

Stephen Bennett: Commercial Litigation
Jon Bomberger: Public Finance Law; Real Estate Law
John Burns III: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law*; Bankruptcy Litigation
Thomas Brunner: Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment Litigation
Timothy Haffner: Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Steven Hazelrigg: Corporate Law
David Irmscher: Intellectual Property Litigation; Patent Litigation
Steven Jackson: Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law
Michael James: Construction Law; Construction Litigation
David Kuker: Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Michael Nader: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; ERISA Litigation

Indianapolis

David Barrett: Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Brian Fennerty: Corporate Law; Tax Law; Venture Capital Law
Ben Blanton: Non-Profit/Charities Law
Daniel Boeglin: Biotechnology Law; Corporate Law*
Ellen Boshkoff: ERISA Litigation; Labor & Employment Litigation
Jeffrey Brown: Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Venture Capital Law
Paul Lowell Haines: Non-Profit/Charities Law*
Patrick Callahan: Corporate Law
Trevor Carter: Intellectual Property Litigation; Patent Litigation
Angella Castille: International Trade and Finance Law
Scott Chinn: Appellate Practice; Municipal Litigation; Public Finance Law
Elizabeth Kelley Cierzniak: Education Law
Murray Clark: Administrative/Regulatory Law*; Government Relations Practice
Shaun Healy Clifford: Administrative/Regulatory Law
Patrick Cross: Corporate Law; Health Care Law
Gregory Dale: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Labor & Employment Litigation
Francina Dlouhy: Administrative/Regulatory Law; Tax Litigation & Controversy; Tax Law
Robert Elzer: Trusts and Estates
Brian Fennerty: Corporate Law; Tax Law; Venture Capital Law
David Foster: Banking and Finance Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Richard Freije Jr.: Administrative/Regulatory Law; Corporate Law; Insurance Law
Thomas Froehle Jr.: Corporate law; Gaming Law*; Public Finance Law
John Gardner: Trusts and Estates
David Given: Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management
Eric Groen: Patent Law
Terry Hall: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bankruptcy Litigation
J.P. Hanlon: White-Collar Criminal Defense
Steven Hardin: Land Use & Zoning Law
David Herzog: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Banking & Finance Litigation; Securities Litigation
Jay Jaffe: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bankruptcy Litigation
Tibor Klopfer: Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Scott Kosnoff: Corporate Law; Insurance Law
Mary Katherine Lisher: Real Estate Law
Michael MacLean: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; ERISA Litigation
Joseph Miller Jr.: Education Law; Non-Profit/Charities Law
John Neighbours: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management
Kathy Osborn: Antitrust Law
Brian Paul, Appellate Practice
Stephen Paul: Tax Litigation & Controversy; Tax Law
Hudnall Pfeiffer: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Labor & Employment Litigation
Andrea Roberts Pierson: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Wendy Ponader: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
John Purcell: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Rebecca Richardson: Banking and Finance Law; Financial Services Regulation Law
Kent Rollison: Trusts and Estates
Regina Sharrow: Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Gayle Skolnik: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Joseph Smith Jr.: Government Relations Practice
Andrew Soshnick: Family Law
Cynthia Springer: Labor Law – Management
Robert Stanley: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Antitrust Litigation*; Trusts & Estates Litigation
David Suess: Tax Law
Joseph Tanner: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Mark Voigtmann: Construction Law; Construction Litigation; Real Estate Litigation
Robert Wynne: Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Joseph Yeager Jr.: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation

Los Angeles

Bonita Moore: Appellate Practice; Litigation – Antitrust

Minneapolis

Scott Anderegg: Real Estate Law
David Gross: Litigation – Patent
Peter Berrie: Real Estate Law
John Borger: Appellate Practice; First Amendment Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Kerry Bundy – Franchise Law
Morgan Burns – Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
William Busch: Corporate Law
Jay Christiansen: Health Care Law
Angela Christy: Real Estate Law
Richard Duncan: Antitrust Law; Antitrust Litigation; Environmental Litigation*; Native American Law; Timber Law
Delmar Ehrich: Environmental Litigation
Bruce Engler: Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Amy Fiterman: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
Charles Ferrell: Real Estate Law
Page Fleeger: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Richard Forschler: Government Relations Practice
Peter Halls: Construction Law; Construction Litigation
Aaron Harkins: Native American Law
Douglas Heffernan: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Paul Heiring: ERISA Litigation
Andrew Humphrey: Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Bruce Jones: Appellate Practice; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants*; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Randall Kahnke: Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation
Steven Kennedy: Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation; Venture Capital Law
William Killion: Franchise Law
Charles Knapp: Employment Law – Management; Labor & Employment Litigation
Carol Lansing; Land Use & Zoning Law
Kenneth Levinson: Tax Litigation & Controversy; Tax Law
Ken Liebman: Intellectual Property Litigation; Patent Litigation
Calvin Litsey: Copyright Law; Intellectual Property Litigation; Patent Litigation
Maureen Maly: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
George Martin: Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
David Miller: Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
Jerome Miranowski: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bankruptcy Litigation
Paul Moe: Real Estate Law
Thomas Morgan: Corporate Law
Kathlyn Noecker: Employment Law – Management
Patrick O’Connor Jr.: Construction Litigation
Charles Parks Jr.: Trusts and Estates
James Pfau: Banking and Finance Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Walter Pickhardt: Tax Law
James Poradek: Patent Litigation
Joseph Price: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Lisa Pugh: Tax Law
Kent Richey: Gaming Law; Native American Law
Stephen Rosholt: Public Finance Law*
Dennis Ryan: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law*
Brian Schnell: Franchise Law
Robert Schnell Jr.: Commercial Litigation; Banking & Finance Litigation*; Intellectual Property Litigation; Securities Litigation
Thomas Schroeder: Health Care Law*
Amy Seidel: Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law
David Shannon: Trusts and Estates
Michael Stanchfield: Mergers & Acquisitions Law
James Steffen: Trademark Law
Michael Stewart: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Aaron Van Oort: Appellate Practice; Antitrust Litigation*
James Volling: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Antitrust Litigation; Securities Litigation*
Lyle Ward: Banking and Finance Law*
Charles Webber: Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Securities Litigation
John Wheaton: Real Estate Law
Daniel Wilczek: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Labor & Employment Litigation
Wendy Wildung: Bet-the-Company Litigation: Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Securities Litigation
Peter Withoff: Tax Law
Scott Wright: Immigration Law*

South Bend, Ind.

Richard Hill: Corporate Law; Public Finance Law*
Randolph Rompola: Public Finance Law
Edward Sullivan: Commercial Litigation; Education Law; Construction Litigation

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