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John Utz utilizes a deep understanding of his clients’ business models to build and implement effective and legally compliant employee benefit programs and executive compensation packages. He provides services critical to success, profitability, and employee recruitment and retention. He has vast experience with more than four decades handling matters affecting pension, profit sharing, and 401(k) plans, health and welfare programs, as well as ESOPs, Section 403(b) tax-sheltered annuities, Section 457 plans, stock options, nonqualified deferred compensation, incentive pay, and severance pay.

Amy maintains a strong commercial real estate practice representing developers, investors, lenders, and borrowers in all types of real estate transactions, including the acquisition, development, sale, exchange, financing, and leasing of office, retail, multifamily, hotel, and industrial properties. She regularly counsels clients on issues related to zoning, finance, land development, appurtenant rights, and the subdivision of property.

Shawn Tuma helps businesses protect their information and protect themselves from their information. He represents a wide range of clients, from small to midsize companies to Fortune 100 companies, across the U.S. and globally in dealing with cybersecurity, data privacy, data breach and incident response, regulatory compliance, computer fraud related legal issues, and cyber-related litigation.

James Crumlin helps clients navigate the corporate legal landscape and avoid costly mistakes, so employers can focus on running successful operations. He concentrates his practice in the areas of labor and employment law, business and corporate law, litigation and dispute resolution, and entertainment and media law.

Andrew Ostapko brings clients a solutions-oriented approach to all aspects of mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, and joint ventures, assessing risks, rewards, and legal responsibilities critical to efficient and effective transactions that align with overall business objectives.

Nathan Crane is a distinguished criminal defense attorney who represents individuals and companies accused of criminal activity across the U.S. With a proven track record, Nathan has successfully defended clients in both state and federal courts, handling a wide range of offenses.

Helen Holden is dedicated to providing practical solutions for employers, helping them navigate the complexities of federal and state employment laws. With more than 30 years of experience in management-side employment law, she offers valuable advice and training on human resource issues. Helen is a strategic partner to her clients in a variety of industries, and is known for her ability to address and resolve workplace challenges effectively. Her approach ensures that businesses of all sizes can maintain a positive and compliant company culture.

Eric Johnson, a partner at Spencer Fane, is the co-practice group leader for the Banking and Financial Services Group and practice group leader for the Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights Group.

David Waters helps a diverse network of clients in the governmental, business, and health care industries successfully handle the full range of legal needs related to successful real estate transactions, ensuring projects stay on time and on budget. His broad experience includes development, transactional, contractual, planning and zoning, legislative and administrative, and health care licensing projects.

Fred Johnson is a trial attorney and the co-chair of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice group. He has more than 30 years of experience litigating and trying cases to juries, judges, and arbitrators. He has represented clients as trial counsel in more than 30 contested jury and bench trials, numerous arbitrations, mediations, and contested hearings.

Kurt Rozelsky provides pragmatic and effective litigation solutions for clients nationwide, helping them navigate difficult circumstances involving potential financial and legal liability. He has assisted clients in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, transportation and logistics, and insurance. Kurt prides himself on building strong client relationships and long-term engagements.

Andrew Brought counsels manufacturers, industrial clients, and businesses with complex environmental (EPA) and workplace safety (OSHA) challenges. A dependable and responsive advocate, he offers pragmatic and business-focused solutions to help his clients achieve their goals.

Rob Warzel’s practice encompasses all aspects of human resources counseling, employment litigation, and traditional labor law, helping businesses identify risks and equipping them with the tools necessary to minimize the time and resources spent on legal matters. He works with clients ranging from large enterprises to sole proprietorships in complex matters involving breach of contract, wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, fraud, negligence, and more.

Jeremy Moseley defends mass actions and class action in venues throughout the country, using his breadth of experience in highly regulated industries to instill confidence for clients facing difficult and uncertain circumstances. He has also won multiple complex commercial trials, defeated class certification in multiple states, and defended multiple mass torts nationwide. His knowledge of insurance regulations, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, professional services, and consumer products have led to successes in matters involving insurance, health care, telecommunications, and oil and gas.

Jon Farnsworth assists clients with all aspects of business and technology law, motivated by the belief that the best way to drive progress is to empower business owners and executives with innovative solutions. His guiding principle is clear: “Help good people do good things.” With a steadfast conviction that an attorney should foster business, not inhibit it, Jon has built his career on being a trusted advisor, enabling entrepreneurs and companies to innovate, grow, and thrive.

Paul Satterwhite helps employers interpret and understand the constantly changing landscape of employment laws to help the employers he works with manage their employment law risks. He focuses his practice on risk management so that the employers he works with can focus their efforts more on the operation of their businesses and less on the management of employment disputes and legal claims.

Linda Knight helps insurers and their insureds successfully resolve complicated first- and third-party litigation to minimize potential exposure when stakes are high.

Randi Winter helps her clients achieve favorable litigation outcomes with respect to business, employment, and licensing disputes. She also represents clients in matters involving health law, labor law, and utility law. She is experienced in all facets of litigation and arbitration, but has particularly enjoyed helping clients, both large and small, obtain trial victories before judges and juries in federal and state court.

Kirby focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on consumer finance, real estate, and corporate disputes. He has experience representing financial institutions and corporate clients in all phases of litigation and dispute resolution, including consumer class action defense, intellectual property disputes, derivative shareholder actions, dissolutions, and contractual disputes.

Zackary G. Smith represents public and privately held companies in industries including construction, manufacturing, oil and gas, and real estate with general and complex commercial litigation matters, arbitrations, and administrative proceedings in jurisdictions throughout the country.

Mike Patterson helps businesses navigate corporate, compliance, and securities matters. He has extensive experience in domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, equity and debt offerings, foreign direct investment, distribution, agency and licensing matters, and market entry strategies. He efficiently resolves legal matters by identifying key issues, focusing resources, and executing on a plan.

Jeff Ratinoff is an intellectual property litigator in the firm’s San Jose office. With 25 years of experience advocating on behalf of clients, he represents clients in technology-driven litigation in state, federal, and appellate courts and in front of the International Trade Commission. Jeff’s patent litigation practice includes representing clients in a wide variety of sectors including computer design and manufacturing, data storage device manufacturing, software, smartphones and tablets, network security providers, semiconductor and memory chip fabricators, electro-optical device manufacturers, and the defense and firearms industries.

Peg Donahue Hall has spent her legal career working hand in glove with clients to counsel them in assessing risk and efficiently resolving thorny business and legal issues – whether by negotiation, litigation, or other dispute resolution mechanisms.  Peg’s work spans a broad base of industries.  She has represented companies offering products and services in the life sciences, telecommunications and technology, real estate, insurance, automotive, hospitality, and finance and banking sectors.

Paul Hanley is a partner in our Denver business transactions and financial services practices. Paul’s corporate and commercial law practice involves mergers and acquisitions, Regulation D and Private Placements, private equity and debt finance, corporate and partnership structuring, commercial loans, family limited partnerships, UCC foreclosures, including strict foreclosures, tax planning, international structuring and transactions, and commercial transactions.

Ayesha Mehdi, Esq., is a respected health care attorney based in Las Vegas with extensive experience in regulatory, transactional, and litigation matters. As a partner with Spencer Fane’s health care group, she advises health care professionals and closely-held businesses on corporate, regulatory, and licensure issues, including mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures.

Trace Blankenship regularly advises chief executives, senior management, boards of directors, and entrepreneurs on strategy, execution, and legal requirements of significant business transactions, complex leadership and ownership decisions, and day-to-day operations. He provides responsive day-to-day legal advice on all aspects of corporate operations critical to his clients’ success and growth.

Will Kelly is experienced at handling all aspects of IP law with a specific emphasis on preparing and prosecuting foreign and domestic patent applications for software and information technology. In addition, he has experience contributing to open-source online programming projects and helping to beta-test independently developed online software.

Kelley, a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US), advises clients on novel data privacy issues, crafting custom solutions to address emerging challenges in a rapidly evolving legal landscape. In addition to U.S. state and federal laws and regulations governing data privacy and cybersecurity, she has extensive knowledge of global data protection regulations, including the EU and U.K.’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

Andy Lester has a civil litigation and appellate practice in both state and federal court. His fields of emphasis include complex business, civil rights, commercial, constitutional, and state and local government law.

Robin L. Nolan’s practice focuses on the representation of individuals and businesses in their commercial real estate and business needs, as well as representing religious organizations to help them in carrying out their missions. She dedicates herself to understanding her clients’ needs and then planning, designing, and implementing strategies to address those needs. Her clients rely on her legal knowledge and analytic skills in all aspects of their commercial real estate and business needs so they can achieve their desired goals, as well as advising clients in the non-profit sector to carry out their religious and charitable missions.

Danielle “DJ” Healey has been recognized by Chambers Global, Chambers U.S., Best Lawyers in America, IAM, and Super Lawyers as one of the preeminent intellectual property litigators in the U.S. She has over 30 years of experience in planning and executing enforcement strategies and counter-strategies in Federal and State Courts, the ITC, the FTC, European Courts, and the European Commission.

Valentine Uduebor focuses his practice on helping clients through insurance and premises liability litigation, construction litigation, and other civil matters. He previously served as an in-house trial attorney for a Fortune 500 insurance company, where he gained extensive experience and unique insight into the full range of civil litigation processes. He has successfully litigated more than 50 jury trials and has obtained numerous defense verdicts as lead counsel.

Bill Powers advises nonprofits, PACs, and innovative companies on all aspects of political law and compliance, equipping them to leverage current legal and regulatory trends to maximize political and business outcomes. With almost 20 years in private practice and government, he adeptly guides clients on federal laws, including the Federal Election Campaign Act and Lobbying Disclosure Act; U.S. House and Senate Ethics Rules; Foreign Agents Registration Act, and similar rules at the state and local levels.

Tracey Wallace helps clients proactively address critical labor and employment legal issues through preventive advice and counseling, allowing employers to minimize the risk of costly regulatory and compliance issues or litigious claims. With a broad range of experience in private practice, she represents an array of state, national, and international clients in the full spectrum of employment- and discrimination-related matters, often providing advice and counsel regarding reclassification and misclassification concerns and initiatives.

Norma Izzo helps clients assess complex family law matters and develops successful legal strategies, using her mediation training and experience to seek beneficial resolutions while also leveraging her significant courtroom experience to advocate for her clients in trial.

William J. (Paz) Haynes III serves as the Public Trustee for Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, where he oversees, administers, and manages assets held in trusts, estates, conservatorships and guardianships over several states. He maintains a portfolio of inter vivos trusts and testamentary trusts. Paz also maintains a practice drawing on his extensive experience in labor and employment and health care law, representing clients before a variety of regulatory boards, including the Board of Medical Examiners, and other administrative agencies.

Stacey Garrett Koju provides proactive legal advice on all aspects of critical corporate matters, recognizing each transaction is important to the future of a business and its owners and allowing them to maintain successful operations. She concentrates her law practice in the areas of corporate transactions, labor and employment law, employment practices, health care, and higher education.

Hilary Allen assists clients in successfully resolving complex litigation of all types. Leaning on years of experience, she provides counsel on the full range of litigation risks that a business might encounter and provides efficient end-to-end solutions. Hilary regularly helps clients with a variety of matters and her trial experience is diverse and includes the defense and prosecution of cases including civil litigation, personal injury, insurance, products liability, contracts, construction, bad faith, employment, oil and gas, environmental, constitutional, commercial, professional malpractice, and medical malpractice matters.

Colin Goodman defends clients in the health care industry against medical malpractice lawsuits and actions involving peer review. He provides thoughtful and focused advocacy and has successfully defended clients at each stage of the litigation process. Additionally, he advises and represents health care entities and providers regarding compliance with Federal and state law, licensing issues, billing, contract negotiations, and business disputes. He also assists in navigating the unique intricacies of False Claims Act litigation.

DeAndrea Washington focuses her practice on a variety of labor employment litigation matters. She provides preventive counsel and litigates employment disputes on behalf of public and private employers in federal and state courts, arbitration, and before administrative agencies, such as the Texas Workforce Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the U.S. Department of Labor. DeAndrea handles litigation matters at the pre-trial, trial, and appellate levels.

Andy Anderson helps clients, from negotiation to closing, in corporate transactions such as debt and equity financings and M&A, allowing them to execute with purpose and speed.

David Funkhouser counsels clients in complex commercial litigation matters. He is a deeply trusted advisor to many of the nation’s largest consumer loan servicers, mortgage origination companies, and financial institutions, using a client-centric, results-oriented approach to each and every matter he is entrusted with by his clients. David also routinely handles real estate disputes and contract litigation, as well as fiduciary, trust, and probate litigation. He has also defended clients in multiple class-action lawsuits across the country.

Jason Cross is an experienced litigator who represents individuals and companies in complex business disputes all over the world and in all stages of the dispute resolution process. For more than 15 years, Jason has effectively advocated for clients in front of state and federal courts in Texas and throughout the U.S., and for clients involved in cross-border disputes, he has effectively advocated in international arbitrations under the body of rules of some of the world’s leading arbitral institutions, including the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), and Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC).

Julia Vander Weele is an employee benefits attorney who also serves as Office Managing Partner of the Spencer Fane Kansas City office.

Brad Cytron is a real estate attorney, helping both public and private entities in the acquisition, development, and disposition of office, retail, multi-family, hotel, and industrial properties. He also represents clients in condominium development, land acquisition and assemblage, subdivision development, zoning and land use planning, tax-deferred exchanges, tenancy in common transactions, commercial leasing, and other real estate and business matters.

Josh Dickinson is a partner in the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Labor and Employment Groups. He represents businesses and professionals across a wide spectrum of disputes, including intellectual property, employment, construction, and creditors’ rights.

As the leader of the firm’s Employee Benefits Practice Group, Greg Ash helps his clients maximize the value and minimize the risks inherent in their benefit plans. With more than 30 years of experience, Greg translates complicated legal issues under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code into meaningful decision points for employers. He forecasts risk and identifies opportunities to help his clients meet their business objectives.

Stephen Zralek is an accomplished litigator who helps clients resolve business, intellectual property, and technology disputes in federal and state courts, arbitration, and mediation. Clients seek Stephen’s advice as a result of his experience in the courtroom, his creative problem-solving, his tenacity, and his engaging approach. Stephen cares about the long-term success of his clients, demonstrated by the fact that some of his clients have been with him his entire career.

Evan Johnson represents water, electric, gas, and telecommunications utilities in complex regulatory proceedings before the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Railroad Commission of Texas, drawing on more than a decade of focused industry experience to consistently achieve favorable outcomes. Most recently, he has developed an expansive water practice representing regulated water utilities in acquisition and rate change proceedings at the Public Utility Commission, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the Office of the Attorney General.

Jessica Brigman advises clients on all aspects of business, from initial formation and structuring, ongoing maintenance, and business-to-business transactions to ongoing growth strategies and long-term compliance matters. She has a vast background in contract drafting and negotiation, including commercial contracts such as employment agreements, nondisclosure agreements, master services agreements, and terms and conditions. Her wholistic practice also encompasses trust and estate planning with a particular focus on asset preservation within multigenerational family businesses, with a specific focus on family farms.

Rodney Nichols is a partner in the firm’s Banking and Financial Services group and assists lenders with structuring, documenting, and enforcing complex commercial and real estate loans of all types. With more than 25 years of experience, Rodney is able to help lenders and businesses alike navigate the intricate nature of commercial and real estate financing, including debt restructuring, workouts, and reorganizations both inside and outside of bankruptcy.

Jessica Merrigan is a partner in the Kansas City and Overland Park offices of Spencer Fane. She counsels clients on environmental matters regarding regulatory requirements and represents them in litigation of environmental claims, including contribution claims under the federal Superfund law.

Aaron Dean represents general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, public and private owners, developers, and A/E in every aspect of construction dispute resolution. Notably, he is the Chapter Attorney for the Minnesota Subcontractors Association, where he drafts and testifies about legislation affecting the construction industry.

Jeremy Lowe leads the Spencer Fane Hatch-Waxman and Biologics Litigation group, which provides strategic counsel on regulatory compliance, Hatch-Waxman litigation, BPCIA litigation, and Federal Circuit appeals. Boasting more than 24 years of experience as a trial and appellate attorney, he works with both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts to consistently achieve favorable outcomes.

Evan Stephenson focuses his practice on insurance, commercial, and class action litigation with a particular emphasis on trials and appeals. In each of these areas, he has a proven track record of success for his clients.

Nicholas J. Santoro regularly represents hotel / casino and gaming technology companies, utilities, government agencies, homebuilders, real estate developers, and law firms in complex commercial litigation. A highly accomplished litigator, he has curated a track record of favorable outcomes in a wide range of disputes across Nevada.

Josh Hedrick is a business trial lawyer, who handles a broad array of commercial disputes representing both plaintiffs and defendants in complex litigation. Equally adept in the courtroom and at the negotiating table, Josh has a track record of successfully handling matters for clients in alignment with their overall goals and objectives. His clients range from large, publicly traded corporations to small businesses and individual entrepreneurs.

Alex represents clients in complex commercial litigation and white-collar criminal and regulatory matters, quickly and decisively addressing potential risks and penalties to create the most favorable solutions amid high-stakes disputes in and out of the courtroom.

Elizabeth Felker is a corporate and transactional attorney whose practice focuses on business transactions, employee benefits, and executive and deferred compensation. As a member of the firm’s Business Transactions Practice Group, Liz draws on her experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate formations and reorganizations, and public and private securities offerings to provide effective, pragmatic solutions to clients’ transactional and other business-related needs.

M. Edward (Ed) Burdzinski’s legal career spans more than three decades and includes 12 years as general counsel of a community bank, providing him with practical industry experience that informs his approach to client service.

Kayla Scroggins-Uptigrove helps clients successfully navigate complex civil litigation with an emphasis on insurance, commercial, and class action lawsuits at the trial and appellate levels. In her trial work, she has gained significant experience examining expert and fact witnesses, including cross-examination of party-opponents.

John Willard advises clients in complex financial transactions and corporate restructurings, carefully tailoring his diverse legal acumen to meet unique business objectives. His professional background in entertainment, finance, business, and international transactions has made him a versatile counselor for a wide array of clients and organizations, from the world’s largest neurosurgical society to the historical trust of a former U.S. President.

Eric Peterson works in the commercial bankruptcy and receivership fields, including litigation related to commercial financial distress.  He represents investors, financial institutions, business owners, debtor’s, creditor committees, receivers, bankruptcy trustees and other fiduciaries, and large and small companies in maximizing the value of business assets, achieving operational turnarounds, and going concern sales, among other things.  He lead the effort to create the Missouri Commercial Receivership Act and is a founder and president of the national Commercial Receivers Association.  Eric has also served as co-chair of the Missouri Bankruptcy Debtor and Creditor Rights Committee of the Missouri Bar and chair of the Subcommittee on Commercial Receivership.  He is a co-author of the Manual and Practitioners Guidebook for the Missouri Commercial Receivership Act, which is published by the Missouri Bar.

Taylor’s practice focuses on administrative law in the area of public utility regulation. She represents investor and municipally owned utility clients before the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Railroad Commission of Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

Shannon Bond is a member of the Spencer Fane Health Care group. She focuses her practice on regulatory, transactional, and business issues impacting health care clients, working primarily with health care providers to find solutions related to internal governance, regulatory compliance, contract structuring, and other issues that they might encounter. She has experience drafting a wide variety of health care and business documents, including nonprofit, governmental, and hybrid hospital bylaws; physician employment agreements; health care software licensing agreements; and EMTALA analysis.

Peter Riggs is an experienced litigator and regulatory attorney that advises clients across the financial services industry in litigation, government and internal investigations, and bankruptcy and creditors’ rights matters.

A distinguished member of Nevada’s legal community and second-generation lawyer in the state, John Mowbray concentrates his practice on commercial litigation as well as real estate and ethics and professional responsibility.

Namrita Notani is dedicated to helping individuals, families, and businesses plan for the future – protecting assets, managing wealth transfers, and guiding clients through complex real estate and business transactions. She brings a wealth of experience and a unique perspective to her practice thanks to her diverse background as both a former dentist and an immigrant from India. Her journey from healthcare to law reflects her passion for serving her community and helping individuals, families, and businesses navigate complex legal and financial challenges.

Rick Herold has more than 30 years of experience as a litigator and trial attorney, excelling in efficiently resolving complex commercial disputes across a range of industries including financial services, health care, real estate, manufacturing, mining, oil and gas, and securities. He is known for his creative, constructive, and practical approach to problem-solving for banks, shareholders, employers and property owners, often resulting in expedited proceedings to appoint a receiver, enjoin misconduct, address real property or shareholder rights, or recover confidential information or trade secrets removed from the workplace.

Paul guides businesses through their environmental and workplace safety legal challenges involving the EPA, OSHA, state environmental and workplace safety agencies, and private third parties.

Nathan Skeen is a trial attorney who represents and advises employers, transportation companies, and governmental entities with complex problems, including regulatory compliance, covenants not to compete, contract formation and enforcement, and risk management issues.

Rob Mahon primarily serves as outside general counsel and lead mergers and acquisitions counsel for clients. He regularly represents private and public companies; family offices, private equity firms, and their portfolio companies; and startups, search funds, and self-funded entrepreneurs, for which he’s handled billions of dollars of transactions.

Jason Hawkins helps clients achieve favorable outcomes by handling complex business and commercial litigation cases involving a wide variety of claims, including breach of contract, fraud, intellectual property, real property, commercial torts, and professional liability claims.

Karen McCay’s practice focuses on the legal needs of the multi-family housing industry, with a particular emphasis on operational issues, regulatory compliance, and fair housing.

During Pat’s tenure as Chair and Managing Partner, Spencer Fane has been recognized as:

• The “fastest growing firm in the AmLaw 200.” The American Lawyer, ABA Journal.
• “Redefining what it means to be a law firm in the 21^st century.” KC Business Journal.
• “A case study on how a law firm can add market share, climb the rankings and grow profits, all at the same time.” The American Lawyer.
• The highest rated U.S. law firm in the U.S. News & World Report Best Companies to Work For listing.

Among other distinctions, Pat has been recognized by clients and colleagues as:

• One of the Nation’s Law Firm Leadership Trailblazers, National Law Journal.
• One of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in the Country, American Cities Business Journals.
• One of the best in the country in delivering outstanding client service to General Counsel of the world’s largest companies, including recognition as one of the top 30 IP lawyers in the country, BTI Consulting / Law360.
• The only three-time Law Firm Leader of the Year, Missouri Lawyers Weekly.
• One of the Nation’s CyberSecurity & Data Privacy Trailblazers, National Law Journal.
• Among the best in the world in Internet & E-commerce Law, Business Research, Ltd.
• Managing Partner of the Year Finalist, The American Lawyer.
• Law Firm of the Year Finalist, The American Lawyer.
• Champions of Business Award Recipient, Kansas City Business Journal.
• The top choice for IP Litigation, Kansas City Business Magazine.
• One of the 250 Most Influential Business Leaders in the Region, Ingram’s Business Magazine.

Chris Harris helps clients minimize their income tax liability, with a specific focus on structuring and negotiating business transactions in the real estate, oil and gas, health care, and private equity industries. He advises a variety of clients on how to secure the future of their commercial enterprise, non-profit organization, or personal legacy through efficient tax structures.

Madeline Davis represents contractors and subcontractors in all phases of construction litigation, employing an aggressive yet reasonable, value-oriented approach which considers the needs of all parties to secure consistently favorable outcomes. Her experience extends to both private and public projects, where she demonstrates a proven ability to collaborate with a wide variety of stakeholders. She has completed over 10 trials, several of which she served as first chair.

Caleb Phillips draws on over ten years of litigation and counseling experience to help businesses and individuals navigate complex legal issues and disputes. His practice focuses on securities litigation and compliance, employment law, and white-collar defense. Above all, Caleb prioritizes providing communicative and comprehensive client service so his clients can focus on their goals and business objectives.

Daniel Blegen focuses his nationwide litigation practice on assisting clients with their most important legal matters, including breaches of contract, business torts, trade secrets, intellectual property disputes, antitrust, and class actions. He represents businesses of all sizes — from corporations to small companies and individuals — with a track record of success in courts throughout Missouri and across the country.

Kyle Klucas is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution group. His practice is focused on conducting and managing discovery, engaging in motion practice, and translating complex legal issues into positive outcomes for clients.

Ross Freeman is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group. Primarily a litigator, Ross focuses his practice on defending health care providers against lawsuits and claims related to medical malpractice and other personal injuries. Outside of his health care work, Ross also represents clients in cases involving premises liability, breach of contract, trust disputes, and other commercial claims. He assists his clients with other general legal needs, whether business or otherwise.

Troy Dobbs assists clients with all aspects of business and estate planning, offering structured, goal-oriented legal counsel while crafting carefully tailored solutions based on each client’s unique goals and objectives. With acute attention to detail and exceptional communication skills, he creates clear, step-by-step processes which preserve assets and protect wealth amid often highly sensitive and complex circumstances.

Allison Garrett plays a critical role in the firm’s higher education practice, resolving complex regulatory, administrative, operational, and transactional issues specific to public and private universities. Supported by a decades-long track record of success in legal, educational, and leadership roles, she has held prominent positions in government, at a multinational retail corporation, and at the highest levels of several higher education institutions.

Hunter Quinn provides valuable counsel on all legal aspects of sophisticated real estate transactions and financings, developing and implementing creative solutions that allow projects to remain on schedule and within budget to the benefit of all key stakeholders. His experience includes conducting due diligence, drafting contracts, and managing all aspects of real estate with a focus on aligning strategies with his clients’ business goals and objectives.

Doug is a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group in the firm’s Springfield office. His practice consists primarily of commercial litigation for a wide variety of clients, who range from individuals to large corporations. Doug diligently pursues favorable outcomes for his clients at all stages of litigation and, when possible, works to resolve disputes before any case is filed.

Maureen Foster is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution group, representing clients in commercial, employment, and real estate litigation matters. She strives to proactively meet her client’s needs throughout the entire litigation process, using a wide range of dispute resolution methods to achieve optimal outcomes.

Tyler Talgo represents clients in various stages of litigation, helping proactively resolve disputes with heavy consideration for sensitive interests and multifaceted objectives. He boasts diverse experience in several areas of law, including construction disputes, mergers and acquisitions disputes, securities, trusts and estates, torts, land boundary issues, and contract disputes.

Alexis Denny helps clients navigate complex litigation and mitigate regulatory and administrative risks, achieving outcomes aligned with their unique business goals and objectives. Her practice focuses on the health care sector, where she brings a fresh perspective and stability-oriented approach to current matters challenging health care entities large and small.

Richard Poll provides clients with counsel and assistance in corporate and intellectual property transactions and civil litigation in the areas of business, professional liability, intellectual property, insurance defense, and appeals in both state and federal courts. From individuals and small business to large and growing corporations, Richard maximizes value for his clients through an individualized approach to meet his clients’ goals.

Servando R. Sandoval represents both for-profit and non-profit owners, property managers and developers, employers, and other businesses and individuals involved in state and federal litigation and administrative hearings. He also provides guidance to his clients in all aspects of day-to-day employment issues, including but not limited to discrimination, sexual harassment, leaves of absence, and wage and hour claims.

Catherine Schlomann Robertson is a partner at Spencer Fane with a practice focused on financial institution litigation, collection, Uniform Commercial Code, pre-judgment collection, and creditors rights in bankruptcy. Her clients generally rely on her as both as their general counsel and outside litigator.

Danielle Kaiser focuses her practice on establishing and assisting local governmental entities authorized by state law to provide public infrastructure and services, and to utilize public financing mechanisms.

Christine Chasse maintains a dual-focused practice at the intersection of cybersecurity and health care, advising clients on emerging legal risks while providing pragmatic, business-forward guidance. She supports a range of clients – from health systems to technology providers – in navigating complex regulatory frameworks, responding to high-stakes incidents, and structuring effective litigation strategies. Christine’s clients benefit from her nuanced understanding of both the legal landscape and the day-to-day realities of working within a health care organization.

Gabriella (Gabby) Cannone Rush focuses her legal practice on helping clients successfully navigate complex and challenging litigation matters. She has experience with both civil and criminal matters, including employment law, estate litigation, breach of contract, and criminal appellate work. In addition to litigation matters, Gabby assists with various business and healthcare transactions and contracts, immigration matters, and estate planning.

Scott Woody focuses his practice on tax planning at the state and local levels, while also handling tax controversies and any associated litigation. He has valuable experience in contract preparation and analysis, Tribal taxation, and matters and regulatory challenges related to federal and state agencies. This often involves assisting clients with effectively structuring business transactions and arranging personal financial affairs to minimize, defer, or eliminate tax obligations that align with a client’s specific objectives.

Brittainy Joyner provides strong and detailed advocacy for her clients, managing complex litigation matters with a focus on commercial and business disputes, employment litigation, data privacy, and financial services. She has extensive experience representing clients in both federal and state courts, navigating all phases of litigation, including advocating and defending in depositions, mediations, arbitrations, and settlement negotiations.

Matthew Cavanaugh focuses his practice on addressing the full range of litigation risks businesses of all types might encounter in the course of normal operations or due to unforeseen and complicated circumstances. He provides thoughtful and aggressive advocacy to achieve favorable outcomes in state and federal courts, as well as pursuing alternative dispute resolution when beneficial. This includes an intentional focus on strategies to win or favorably resolve disputes while avoiding potentially lengthy and expensive litigation proceedings.

Catherine “Kate” Schwarze is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice group in the firm’s St. Louis office.

Rashmin Asher focuses her practice on administrative law in the area of public utility regulation, and she has represented utilities and municipalities in proceedings before governmental and regulatory boards throughout Texas.

Jose serves as a full-service litigator representing public, private, and corporate clients in all their litigation and land use permitting needs. Jose specializes in various forms of litigation related to real estate, focusing on land use actions, condemnation issues, and easement disputes. He also assists clients in navigating through land use and zoning permitting procedures established by different municipalities and agencies.

Kristen Petry is a member of the firm’s Health Care group. She helps clients in the health care industry navigate simple and complex litigation and compliance issues. She has defended large hospital systems and individual health care providers, including physicians, nurses, therapists, dentists, and chiropractors. Kristen also has experience advising clients on federal regulations including HIPAA and CFR Part 2.

Gulmina Shah is a member of the firm’s Litigation group. She represents both individual and corporate clients in a broad range of commercial litigation and business disputes, including oil and gas disputes, contract disputes, fraud and misrepresentation, misappropriation of trade secrets, and general business torts. Gulmina has experience in all phases of litigation and has represented clients in both state and federal courts.

John O’Brien practices in banking, agrifinance, commercial finance, commercial law, lender liability defense, agriculture law, agricultural transactions, receivership, creditors’ rights, and bankruptcy. He has a national agrifinance practice and has closed over $5 billion in financings on livestock production facilities (including cattle, dairy, hogs, buffalo, poultry, and sheep), public elevators, public warehouses, irrigated farms, dryland farms, ranches, and other commercial enterprises.

Catherine Webking provides clients with detailed and thorough advocacy on utility-related regulatory matters involving electricity, telecommunications, water, and natural gas services. She thoroughly understands her clients’ businesses to help them navigate the regulatory landscape to maximize success. Catherine enjoys and excels at providing her clients with exceptional representation and advocacy at the Texas Legislature, agencies like Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Railroad Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Her undergraduate degree from Texas A&M in Chemical Engineering is a pivotal asset for advocacy in the often-times complex utility markets.

Michelle Berger combines her legal and engineering experience to provide clients with effective solutions to help keep complex construction and development projects on schedule and on budget.

Courtney Davis Powell focuses on litigation. She helps clients resolve disputes so that they may focus their energies on other matters. She is skilled at uncovering the issues and facts in a case, developing a strategic plan, and crafting a story to achieve the desired results. Her practice is wide ranging, including business litigation, employment law, and constitutional law.

Thomas Hiatt is a trial attorney who helps businesses in all aspects of litigation including consulting pre-lawsuit, conducting and managing e-discovery, engaging in motion practice, and trying cases to verdict. He has experience in construction defect and payment disputes, antitrust litigation, collection work, and financial services litigation involving fraudulent transfer and piercing the corporate veil theories.

Aaron Minster represents clients across a diverse range of industries and matters, offering highly adaptable day-to-day counsel and, when necessary, strong litigation tactics in and out of the courtroom. His impressive technical background and dynamic resolution strategies combine to achieve a track record of favorable legal outcomes and long-term success for businesses and individuals.

Alexander (Xander) Curl counsels clients on a variety of transactional matters with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, also frequently assisting with corporate governance and commercial contract matters.

Elizabeth Isaac helps businesses, entrepreneurs, and artists assess and protect their inventions and creative products and ideas to leverage IP portfolios and enhance business options. She strategically counsels clients on due diligence, patents, trademarks, copyrights, entertainment law, and internet law, as well as licensing, transactional, adversarial, and litigation matters. Elizabeth excels in holistic IP management by collaborating with more narrowly focused colleagues to develop global IP and IP-adjacent approaches to strengthen companies’ market positions.

Paul Kruse assists individuals, small businesses and large companies with their trademarks and associated legal issues, helping to protect the value of their brands and the goodwill symbolized thereby in a proactive manner. In today’s competitive environment where the quality and price playing fields are increasingly level, trademarks are often the only way consumers differentiate one company from another. Consequently, trademarks play a critical role in driving new and repeat business. He helps clients of all kinds protect their trademarks with high-quality, creative, and comprehensive services, including trademark clearance, registration, and policing — all at a predictable cost.

Ben Shantz is a trial attorney and counselor who helps his clients by fighting for their interests both in and out of court so they can focus on growing their businesses. Ben has a reputation for providing practical legal advice that enables clients to make real-time, critical business decisions. He uses his experience in the courtroom to help clients prevent litigation in the first place and best position them when disputes do arise by drafting a wide range of contracts to better protect their interests on the front-end.

Kevin Tuttle is an intellectual property attorney counseling and assisting clients in the development, acquisition, enforcement, and defense of intellectual property rights so they can increase the value of their companies, and grow and protect their market position. Kevin is regularly involved in domestic and international transaction and litigation matters pertaining to patents, trademarks, and copyrights.

Governor Brad Henry represents clients in both the public and private sectors in government and administrative law.

John Gates represented many of Utah’s most successful and long-standing businesses and individuals as a trusted and highly sought-after Utah business and estate planning lawyer.

Casey Malloy represents clients in commercial litigation matters in state courts, federal courts, and arbitration at the trial and appellate levels. Casey’s clients appreciate his ability to solve problems, practical approach to litigation, and experience in the courtroom.

Courtney Lutz Creal successfully manages and resolves her clients’ most critical litigation matters across a wide variety of practice areas, allowing them to achieve efficient and cost-effective outcomes. She focuses her legal practice on commercial litigation and family law, including highly contested divorces and custody actions. She is licensed in Tennessee and Kentucky.

Theresa has practiced business, real estate, and construction counseling and litigation for more than 25 years. She specializes in conventional and affordable housing counseling, administrative actions, and litigation, as well as in commercial construction counseling and litigation and complex business litigation, including consumer class action defense, issues arising from claims of unfair competition, unfair business practices, interference with contract and other business torts, and breach of fiduciary duty.

Mavish Bana focuses her practice on a wide range of complex commercial litigation and labor and employment matters. She is experienced in counseling on matters involving breach of contract, fraud and other business torts, temporary and permanent injunctive relief, racketeering, antitrust, product liability, franchisor/franchisee disputes, labor and employment, deceptive trade practices, non-competition, and theft and misappropriation of trade secrets.

Hal McCard combines decades of experience as in house and outside counsel for health care enterprises with a deep understanding of health care operations, regulatory compliance, and complex litigation to provide responsive, effective counseling on a full range of legal matters with a practical, client-centered focus.

Shelby Menard is a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution and the Data Privacy and Cybersecurity groups in the firm’s Plano office. She assists her clients through the litigation process in a wide range of commercial litigation cases and also regularly coaches businesses through complex data incidents and privacy compliance issues.

Charles W. Bone guides each client through the business decisions and mergers and acquisitions that pave the way for continued growth and success, minimizing the potential of legal exposure through well-structured transactions and decisions. He serves as a classic “Trusted Adviser” to clients seeking advice on corporate and litigation issues. Charles is known for his success when it comes to “bet the company” matters. His experience covers many industries and areas of law, including business formation, mergers and acquisitions, capital creation, joint ventures, financial institutions, media law, and government relations.

Andy Federhar is a litigator, focusing his practice on complex litigation involving real estate, pharmaceuticals, government, telecommunications, procurement, and insurance bad faith. An active member of Arizona’s legal community, Andy chaired the committee that created the complex litigation rules for state court, served as the chair of the lawyer delegates to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, and served on the committee that established Arizona’s commercial court rules.

Frank Crociata helps clients navigate the intricacies of state and local tax laws associated with business operations, structuring, and personal financial transactions.

Sam J. “Mac” McAllester III represents banks, financial institutions, and other lenders in the negotiation and structure of credit facilities secured by all forms of collateral and prepares all necessary loan documentation to facilitate smooth and efficient transactions. For more than four decades, Mac has represented his clients in the enforcement and collection of loans and realization against all types of collateral, including through workouts, restructures, bankruptcies, repossessions, and foreclosures. Mac says his goal is to fully protect the interest of his clients in the event of default and to completely recover his clients’ money.

Mark Wasem assists clients in a broad range of oil and gas transactions, including the acquisition and divestiture of oil and gas properties and natural gas pipelines, development and operation of natural gas pipelines, and the contractual and regulatory issues for upstream and midstream energy companies. He has more than 25 years of experience in the industry.

Alan Schindler represents individuals and public and private entities in a broad spectrum of general commercial litigation matters, employing more than 15 years of trial experience and agile resolution strategies to achieve successful outcomes in and out of the courtroom. He specifically focuses on contracts, real estate law, professional liability, and business torts.

Jacob (J.B.) Fishman represents clients using all forms of dispute resolution to achieve desirable outcomes. Prior to entering private practice, he externed with a federal magistrate judge and interned with a state district judge, gaining valuable insights which further enhance his ability to advocate for clients.

Kristen Evans advises clients on bankruptcy and other related financial matters, analyzing complex legal issues within an evolving regulatory landscape. Her experience navigating the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure allows her to thoughtfully strategize optimal, cost-effective solutions that comply with all applicable federal and state rules and regulations.

Laura Alaniz supports businesses as an experienced adviser and proven litigator in all aspects of labor and employment law, allowing executives, managers, and HR professionals to keep the focus on efficient and accommodating operations.

Bethany Stewart leads critical efforts to help her clients identify potential legal exposure and liability, aiding them in developing legal strategies for litigation scenarios and assisting them in resolving and managing critical litigation matters. She concentrates her law practice in the civil and business litigation areas, with a focus on trade secrets and labor and employment.

Terence Ridley focuses his practice on assisting clients in civil litigation related to a variety of insurance matters, including property, casualty, construction defect, cybersecurity, environmental, fidelity, and class actions. When his insurance company clients face bad faith claims and class actions, he works closely with leadership and experts to understand complex issues in order to develop strong defense strategies.

David Brininger represents clients across a broad range of industries through consumer and commercial litigation and related appeals. His experience includes all phases of litigation in state and federal courts, as well as arbitration proceedings. He holds a certification as a Certified Information Privacy Professional for European law (CIPP/E).

Arnie Kaplan has significant experience in public and private offerings, municipal bond financings, loan transactions, tender offers, mergers and acquisitions, and other federal and state securities matters. Arnie advises business entities, political subdivisions, and 501(c)(3) organizations on corporate governance and business matters.

Gerry Greiman concentrates his practice in areas of business disputes, trust and estate disputes, and other complex civil litigation. He has handled and won a broad range of cases in various federal and state courts around the country, including the U.S. Supreme Court. Gerry is skilled and experienced at handling matters at both the trial and appellate levels, and in the alternative dispute resolution context.

Mike Delaney has represented management in traditional labor relations matters, including collective bargaining negotiations, grievances and arbitrations, and union campaigns and matters before the National Labor Relations Board for more than 39 years.

Kelsey Parker’s practice focuses on energy and environmental law, primarily in the area of public utility regulation, where she represents utilities and municipalities in proceedings before governmental and regulatory boards throughout Texas. She helps clients navigate complex transactional, operational, and regulatory issues, developing practical solutions aligned to meet evolving regulations

Anna Carruth helps insurers and reinsurers effectively navigate complex coverage disputes, including by negotiating solutions which mitigate financial exposure and, when necessary, pursuing litigation in both state and federal courts.

Jessie Padua navigates a wide range of commercial litigation and labor and employment matters, identifying clients’ legal objectives and crafting robust strategies for favorable outcomes which advance business interests and bolster overall operations.

Jeff Clarke represents clients across multiple industries and legal matters, focusing on insurance, commercial, and class action litigation.

Ebony Randolph represents clients across a broad range of complex civil litigation matters in both state and federal courts, working diligently to secure favorable outcomes from case inception through resolution. She has specific experience defending clients in insurance coverage disputes, personal injury, premises liability, and general liability, minimizing financial exposure and reputational damage through comprehensive and consistent advocacy.

Xian Wang vigorously represents clients in diverse civil and commercial litigation matters, including complex business disputes, property damage claims, and liability defense. She brings strategic focus and a commitment to outperforming opposing counsel at every stage. Collaborating closely with clients from various industries, Xian approaches each case with enthusiasm and diligence, understanding that achieving favorable outcomes demands consistent, resourceful advocacy, and adaptability.

Stephanie Hiquiana represents companies in employment law matters, carefully navigating obstacles that may lead to disputes and providing full-service coverage through diligent day-to-day counsel, long-term compliance strategies, and, when necessary, litigation.

Yara Calcaño vigorously defends health care providers facing medical malpractice claims and related complaints filed with the Texas Medical Board, employing her intricate knowledge of health care systems and regulatory complexities to protect physicians and other providers while preserving their reputations.

Jeramy Ashton focuses his diverse practice on developing and implementing effective dispute resolution strategies to help clients efficiently and beneficially resolve legal matters in a manner that mitigates and minimizes monetary and reputational damage. In particular, he utilizes a background as a health care worker, consultant, and policy staffer to defend health care professionals and systems in various healthcare and employment matters.

Stewart Mesher represents and counsels clients in litigation and transactions related to intellectual property, portfolio management, patents, copyrights, unfair competition, and Internet domain name rights, as well as for trademark prosecution and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings.

Grace provides efficient and effective legal counsel designed to help clients navigate their way through a diverse range of transactional matters including mergers and acquisitions, forming and structuring business entities, and commercial real estate.

Andrew Hua assists clients on a wide range of transactional matters with a focus on real estate, finance, banking, and business law. In his diverse practice, he develops and maintains timely, multidisciplinary solutions for optimal outcomes that align with clients’ varied interests.

David Driggs takes a methodical, highly collaborative approach to helping clients navigate a wide array of intricate business transactions, employing his background in real estate finance.

Victoria Narezo focuses her practice on a variety of commercial, employment, and general litigation matters. She provides preventive counsel and litigates disputes on behalf of public and private employers in federal and state courts. Victoria has experience at every stage of litigation, from pre-trial proceedings through trial and appeal.

LeeAnn Littlejohn collaborates with clients to deliver tailored legal solutions across estate planning, probate, labor and employment, and complex litigation. Her ability to navigate intricate legal issues with precision stems from her comprehensive academic background and diverse professional experiences.

Alex Anderson focuses on assisting clients with bankruptcy and restructuring matters within the firm’s Banking and Financial Services practice group, ensuring adherence to legal principles and precedents amid an evolving industry.

Christiana Leinbaugh represents clients in complex commercial and business litigation, combining creative and practical strategies to obtain favorable results. Her work with businesses and individuals primarily involves matters related to tort claims, partnership disputes, employment, creditor’s rights, breaches of contract, and construction.

John Allen is a vigorous litigator who focuses on clients’ intellectual property rights, creating and strengthening meticulous plans to protect patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights. With a diverse background in biology, general litigation, and concentrated IP matters, John’s practical and technological insight lends itself to markedly thorough defense strategies.

Mariana assists clients in a variety of complex litigation matters, specifically focusing on trust, estate, and fiduciary litigation with an established ability to resolve multifaceted disputes while preserving highly sensitive interests and relationships. Using the full range of dispute resolution methods, she carefully navigates private settlements and, when necessary, employs proactive litigation to obtain the most favorable outcomes for clients and associated parties.

Smith Stubbs assists businesses and individuals with a wide range of litigation matters, advancing client interests by increasing leverage and limiting liability no matter the scale or scope of the dispute. He boasts specific experience in mergers and acquisitions and corporate transactions and has helped several clients navigate the Corporate Transparency Act.

Samuel Logterman represents clients in business and commercial litigation as well as financial services litigation, providing robust defense strategies and alternative dispute resolution methods geared toward quickly and efficiently resolving issues, minimizing current and prospective legal risks, and advancing business and operational interests.

Katherine Davis provides critical guidance for labor and employment clients so they can productively operate their businesses with minimal employee and compliance issues. This includes advising and structuring effective human resources staff, developing company-wide best practices, mitigating potential challenges and disputes, and preventing serious legal matters.

Justin Garcia provides valuable counsel on all legal aspects of sophisticated real estate transactions and financings, developing and implementing creative solutions that allow projects to remain on schedule and within budget to the benefit of all key stakeholders.

Scott Young is an experienced trial lawyer who has tried cases in federal and state courts as well as arguing appeals before federal and state appellate courts. His practice focuses on commercial and civil rights disputes.

Ben Cilwick serves as a litigator in cases involving land use, governmental entity defense, water law, and general civil litigation. He works to achieve favorable outcomes for his clients.

Colby Clark advises clients on a variety of legal strategies including venture and structure financings, corporate formation, reorganization, business plan optimization, and mergers and acquisitions. Drawing on his personal experience as an executive and business owner, Colby customizes his legal counsel to challenges from emerging growth companies to large public companies with independent directors.

Andrew Roth helps clients in matters pertaining to his primary focus areas of medical malpractice defense, defense of governmental entities, commercial litigation, and appellate litigation.

Brian Miller has defended health care providers for over 25 years against the full range of medical malpractice claims, including high-damage claims involving catastrophic injuries, life care plans, and childbirth injury claims, which are considered the most difficult and potentially the most expensive claims.

Ian Rubenstrunk represents a wide array of clients including banks, credit unions, non-traditional lenders, private equity, equipment financers, receivers, landlords, and asset buyers in financial services matters. His extensive experience in financial services is focused on all sides of distressed transactions and turnaround matters, with specific experience in commercial foreclosures, receiverships, bankruptcies, out of court workouts, and litigation involving financial transactions.

Andrew McElmeel works to simplify complicated matters for individuals, businesses, and financial institutions by providing astute legal support in complex litigation processes, including commercial litigation, real estate litigation, banking and financial services litigation, and bankruptcy litigation.

Quentin Cumings regularly counsels residential and commercial developers, builders, owners, and investors to help them navigate complex transactions that result in efficient and beneficial deals for all key stakeholders. This includes an intentional focus on keeping projects on schedule and within budget. Whether engaged for ongoing strategic counsel or specific opportunities, he has the ability to handle the purchase, sale, development, construction, and exchange of land and properties.

A skilled litigator, capable of handling matters from intake to conclusion, Kristen approaches every matter with the mindset that it will ultimately go to trial.  Even though most cases resolve before trial, preparing in this manner positions her clients to more effectively reach an advantageous resolution.

Travis continuously evaluates and helps define a client’s tax objectives and estate planning and business succession goals while providing them beneficial insight into the full spectrum of options available. This allows him to help structure transactions and arrange personal finances to satisfy immediate needs while planning for long-term success. Prior to entering private practice, he spent time as an associate with one of the largest financial security companies in the nation, where he received significant experience related to his current legal work.

Leah’s private practice focuses on helping startups and large public companies develop agile solutions to challenges and opportunities related to business operations and transactional matters. She brings the ability to provide efficient and effective legal counsel designed to streamline processes or take advantage of acquisitional and sale opportunities. She currently assists on a range of transactional matters including commercial real estate and forming and structuring business entities.

Brianna’s collaborative approach to legal services drives an ability to successfully advocate for her clients’ interests regardless of the legal venue. Her private practice focuses on all aspects of the process for handling complex commercial litigation matters with cost-effective representation for clients. In 2022, she completed a summer associateship with Spencer Fane in the firm’s Nashville office, where she gained significant experience with the firm’s unique and dynamic culture and value proposition.

Ashley represents private and public companies in complex commercial litigation and general business litigation, achieving favorable outcomes with proactive strategies that mitigate risk and maximize value.

Paul R. Janda represents clients in all phases of insurance and commercial litigation matters. He has tried cases to jury verdict and secured appellate victories in state and federal courts, in addition to achieving dispositive relief through motions practice and using alternative dispute resolution methods to advance and exceed client goals.

Ernesto Prado has a broad-ranging practice with significant experience in complex real estate and general commercial matters. While always preparing for a potential trial, he regularly manages cases with an eye toward his clients’ strategic objectives, utilizing the full spectrum of dispute resolution methods to achieve favorable outcomes through proactive and collaborative client service.

Stephen Pahl’s practice concentrates in the areas of real property transactions and litigation, employment matters representing exclusively management, commercial litigation, and financial institutions law. A business owner with personal experience managing apartment buildings, banks, restaurants, and hotels, Stephen truly understands and shares the entrepreneurial spirit of his clients.

Sonia Shah’s practice focuses on business, construction defect, and real estate litigation but her diverse experience includes employment and copyright litigation.

Tamara Waters focuses her practice on civil and commercial litigation, as well as labor and employment matters. She has experience in all aspects of case management, research, and legal document production. Tamara develops meaningful client relationships and focuses on learning the client’s specific goals and needs.

Evan Singleton assists clients with negotiating and drafting documents for real estate projects from the ground up, including purchase and sale contracts, easements, title review, restrictive covenants, declarations and maintenance agreements, leases, financing documents, and construction contracts. He has represented purchasers and sellers of real estate, with specific experience in navigating complex environmental matters related to the transaction and subsequent development of property.

Andrew Wise focuses his practice on general complex commercial litigation.

Dina focuses her practice on civil and commercial litigation, as well as labor and employment matters, and is experienced in all aspects of case management, research, and legal document production. She develops meaningful client relationships through an emphasis on understanding overall business operations and her clients’ unique goals and objectives when facing complex legal challenges.

Brian Medich regularly handles complex matters involving patent, trademark, copyright, and contractual disputes, providing proactive counsel to protect and maximize value through the full life cycle of products, services, and ideas. He brings proven experience with large corporations with expansive IP portfolios in addition to individual inventors and entrepreneurs.

Seth Brimley’s practice focuses on collaborative client service to develop and implement strategies that achieve successful outcomes before mediators, arbitration panels, judges, and juries. This includes the ability to utilize all forms of traditional and alternative dispute resolution in an effort to achieve business goals and objectives at the end of the process. In addition, Seth has experience handling complex bankruptcy and restructuring matters along with associated litigation.

Nik Donta helps businesses and individuals protect and monetize their ideas, inventions, and services through the utilization of attorneys with a background relevant to a growing client base for Spencer Fane.

Aurora Kammerer provides legal services to clients ranging from large health systems and hospitals to specialty providers and solo physician practices. Her approach to collaborative client service centers on understanding the challenges providers face related to ongoing changes in health care access, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements, health information technology, and government fraud investigations. She also regularly facilitates advisement for clients on any type of legal matter a health care operation faces, including litigation and real estate, environmental, and financial matters.

Sadaf Deedar’s legal and professional experience informs her approach to handling patent prosecution and litigation, trademark prosecution and litigation, internet law, and trade secrets.

Connor Walsh handles all phases of real estate transactions for individuals, companies, developers, builders, property owners, and financial institutions in his private practice, incorporating a collaborative approach to all related legal matters that helps clients keep projects and deals of all sizes on schedule and within budget.

Sim Johal’s practice focuses on addressing the full range of litigation risks that a business might encounter, collaborating with all key stakeholders to quickly resolve matters and in a beneficial manner that aligns with a client’s unique objectives and goals.

Jackie Pringle focuses her practice on providing clients with legal counsel on complex tax matters including estate planning; probate administration; tax controversy; state and local tax issues; and international withholding taxes, U.S. compliance issues, and entity formation. Her clients include businesses of all sizes as well as high net worth individuals.

Kristen Walker is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice group. She successfully creates and implements litigation strategies across various practice areas to resolve critical litigation matters for her clients.

Marissa Milazzo is a transactional attorney, focusing primarily on real estate transactions and corporate matters. Marissa represents individuals, companies, developers, and homebuilders through all aspects of their commercial real estate transactions.

Maureen H. Cook handles aspects of trust and estate matters, including probate, trust administration, and probate litigation. Her experience encompasses creating simple and complex wills and trusts, financial power of attorney documents, and advanced medical directives.

Chase Fann is a partner in the firm’s Nashville Office, where he represents individual and business clients in civil and criminal litigation. Chase is a passionate litigator with diverse experience across a variety of practice areas in both civil and criminal law. He has represented clients in both state and federal courts at the trial and appellate level in contract disputes, partnership disputes, employment claims (including discrimination, retaliation, and FLSA), entertainment matters, state criminal defense, and white-collar criminal defense. Chase leverages this depth of knowledge and broad exposure across practice areas to serve as practical and effective counsel for a diverse variety of clients.

Nicole Zaworska represents private and public domestic and international companies, as well as individuals, in a broad range of business and transactional matters, including corporate governance and organizational issues, mergers and acquisitions, and taxation. Her experience also includes a strong background in real estate financing, deal structure, and associated litigation.

Henry Sivils focuses his practice on managing all aspects of transactions for individuals, companies, developers, builders, property owners, and financial institutions. He collaborates with an accomplished team of attorneys that help clients navigate all legal matters to keep projects and deals of all sizes on schedule and within budget. He also provides counsel on development incentives, tax credit financing, and opportunity zones.

Anne Marie Laney Hill focuses her practice in commercial and business litigation, including the representation of commercial lenders, banks, and insurance companies. She has experience representing financial institutions and other creditors in the areas of bank fraud, letters of credit, lender liability, creditor bankruptcy, collection, foreclosure, creditors’ rights, consumer credit, and loan workout.

Lauren Taylor focuses her practice on helping clients navigate complex litigation, bringing specific experience in construction, intellectual property, and corporate matters. In addition, she has experience serving as in-house counsel for a large nonprofit corporation, interning at a global consulting company, and clerking at a law firm focused on IP and patents.

Emily Reed focuses her practice on helping clients navigate complex commercial litigation, specifically in representing financial institutions, construction companies, and various other businesses small and large. Emily also gained valuable litigation experience while clerking in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.

Jason Flower is an environmental attorney with a nationwide practice focused on assisting corporate clients, especially in the chemical, manufacturing, mining, energy, and agricultural industries, with managing their environmental liabilities. Previously serving as the Environmental Practice Group Chair at an AmLaw 100 firm, Jason takes a team-oriented approach to helping clients strategically navigate an increasingly complex environmental regulatory landscape.