Spencer Fane is pleased to announce that 58 of the firm’s attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2018 edition of Best Lawyers in America. Attorneys are recognized in their respective practice areas ranging from white collar criminal defense and environmental litigation to bankruptcy and tax law.
According to its website, Best Lawyers in America is one of the nation’s leading publications for attorney rankings as well as firm rankings for which it partners with U.S. News & World Report. Now in its 33rd year, Best Lawyers is published internationally in nearly 70 countries and compiles its rankings based on annual peer-reviews from more than 6.7 million confidential surveys.
Inclusion among Best Lawyers is a significant honor and the firm is proud to have such strong representation in this year’s issue.
In addition to their inclusion in Best Lawyers, several Spencer Fane attorneys were also named as “Lawyer of the Year,” an exclusive honor given to one lawyer per practice area in a community. The following attorneys were each recognized as a “Lawyer of the Year”:
Overland Park-KS
- David L. Wing – Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Michael F. Saunders – Antitrust Law
- Robert A. Browning – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Kansas City-MO
- Michael D. Hockley – Environmental Law
St. Louis-MO
- Francis X. Neuner, Jr. – Employment Law – Management
Springfield-MO
- Gary A. Powell – Trusts and Estates
Phoenix-AZ
- John R. Jefferies – Construction Law
Best Lawyers has recognized the following Spencer Fane attorneys in its 2018 edition:
Denver, CO
Robert W. Becker (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2012)
- Patent Law
- Trademark Law
Steven C. Hoth (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2013)
- Trusts and Estates
James L. Kurtz-Phelan (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2013)
- Real Estate Law
Charles Leder (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2015)
- Real Estate Law
Rosemary Orsini (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2014)
- Employment Law – Individuals
Stuart Pack (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2012)
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Philip M. Quatrochi (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2017)
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
Stephen P. Rickles (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2001)
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
Ellen E. Stewart (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2010)
- Health Care Law
Jefferson City, MO
Joe Bednar (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2005)
- Criminal Defense: General Practice
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Kansas City, MO
Scott E. Blakesley (Listed in Best Lawyers since 1995)
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Trusts and Estates
Michael F. Delaney (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2012)
- Employment Law – Individuals
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
Kyle L. Elliott (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2014)
- Patent Law
Lisa A. Epps (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2012)
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Norman E. Fretwell (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2005)
- Banking and Finance Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
Scott J. Goldstein (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2001)
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
W. Joseph Hatley (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2013)
- Commercial Litigation
Carl H. Helmstetter (Listed in Best Lawyers since 1995)
- Environmental Law
- Litigation – Environmental
Michael D. Hockley (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2005)
- Environmental Law
- Litigation – Environmental
Eric L. Johnson (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2010)
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
Ronald L. Langstaff (Listed in Best Lawyers since 1987)
- Tax Law
Patrick A. McInerney (Listed in Best Lawyers since (2007)
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Defense: General Practice
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
James T. Price (Listed in Best Lawyers since 1989)
- Environmental Law
- Litigation – Environmental
- Water Law
Richard W. Scarritt (Listed in Best Lawyers since 1983)
- Real Estate Law
Mark A. Thornhill (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2008)
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Julia M. Vander Weele (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2016)
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Sue K. Willman (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2009)
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
David N. Zimmerman (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2009)
- Litigation and Controversy – Tax
- Tax Law
Las Vegas, NV
John M. Mowbray (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2010)
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Litigation – Construction
Overland Park, KS
Gregory L. Ash (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2008)
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Litigation – ERISA
J. Nick Badgerow (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2008)
- Arbitration
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Mediation
Laura J. Bond (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2012)
- Health Care Law
Robert A. Browning (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2010)
- Employee Benefits (ERISA)
Richard H. Hertel (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2005)
- Real Estate Law
Kenneth A. Mason (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2001)
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Michael F. Saunders (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2016)
- Antitrust Law
David L. Wing (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2007)
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
Phoenix, AZ
Andrew M. Federhar (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2007)
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
- Litigation – Municipal
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Helen Holden (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2017)
- Employment Law – Management
John R. Jefferies (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2005)
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Litigation – Construction
Springfield, MO
Gary A. Powell (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2012)
- Trusts and Estates
St. Louis, MO
Bradford J. Cytron (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2016)
- Real Estate Law
James R. Dankenbring (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2012)
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Tax Law
Jane E. Dueker (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2013)
- Government Relations Practice
Robert Epstein (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2017)
- Real Estate Law
Gerald P. Greiman (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2011)
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
K. Edward Holderle III (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2013)
- Corporate Law
- Non-Profit / Charities Law
Thomas W. Jerry (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2013)
- Real Estate Law
Robert H. Lattinville (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2007)
- Sports Law
Richard K. Mersman III (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2010)
- Real Estate Law
Francis X. Neuner, Jr. (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2013)
- Commercial Litigation
- Employment Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
Thomas Osterholt (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2016)
- Real Estate Law
Eric C. Peterson (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2015)
- Commercial Litigation
Leonard J. Pranschke (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2007)
- Non-Profit / Charities Law
Glenn K. Robbins (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2013)
- Copyright Law
- Litigation – Patent
- Patent Law
- Trademark Law
Scot J. Seabaugh (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2013)
- Banking and Finance Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
Erik O. Solverud (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2017)
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
Ravi Sundara (Listed in Best Lawyers since 2014)
- Corporate Governance Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law