Spencer Fane is pleased to announce that 12 firm attorneys have been selected to the 2025 edition of Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers and 17 attorneys have been recognized on the Rising Stars list.
The selected attorneys and their practice areas are:
2025 Super Lawyers
- Scott Blakesley: Estate & Probate
- Daniel Blegen: Business Litigation
- Gerry Greiman: Business Litigation
- Eric Johnson: Bankruptcy: Business
- Bryant Lamer: Business Litigation
- Patrick McInerney: Criminal Defense: White Collar
- Jessica Merrigan: Environmental
- Nate Orr: Business Litigation
- Scot Seabaugh: Business/Corporate
- David Schatz: Construction Litigation
- John Utz: Employee Benefits
- Melinda Ward: Estate & Probate
2025 Rising Stars
- Joshua Decker: Estate & Probate
- Zach Fairlie: Bankruptcy: Business
- Adunni Gueye: Securities Litigation
- Thomas Hiatt: Business Litigation
- Paul Jacobson: Environmental
- Sim Johal: Business/Corporate
- Kyle Klucas: Business Litigation
- Amy Lewandowski: Business Litigation
- Robert Mahon: Mergers & Acquisitions
- Hillary Martel: Health Care
- Dane Martin: Business Litigation
- Patrick McAndrews: Business Litigation
- Kristen O’Neal: PI Med Mal: Defense
- Madison Perry: Business Litigation
- Emily Reed: Business Litigation
- Tyler Scott: Insurance Coverage
- Kate Schwarze: Civil Litigation: Defense
- Blake D. Smith: Business Litigation
Each year, no more than 5% of the lawyers in each state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers for the honor of being listed as a Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyer and no more than 2.5% of lawyers in the state are selected as Rising Stars. A Thomson Reuters business, Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area.