Spencer Fane is pleased to announce 21 attorneys have been recognized as Lawyer of the Year by the 2027 edition of the Best Lawyers in America. In addition to the Best Lawyer honor, each individual lawyer with the highest overall peer feedback for their specific practice area and geographic region is recognized as the Lawyer of the Year.
Each year, only one attorney is chosen for each specialty and location.
2027 Lawyer of the Year Honorees:
Denver, Colorado
- Dean Neuwirth: Appellate Practice
- Troy Rackham: Health Care Law
Fayetteville, Arkansas
- John Scott: Litigation – Construction
Kansas City, Missouri
- Pete Hartweger: Litigation and Controversy – Tax
- Patrick Whalen: Litigation – Intellectual Property
Las Vegas, Nevada
- Richard Holley: Litigation – Bankruptcy
Nashville, Tennessee
- Jonathan Farmer: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Overland Park, Kansas
- David Waters: Land Use and Zoning Law; Municipal Law
- Joshua Decker: Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Phoenix, Arizona
- Raj Gangadean: Corporate Law
- Christina Noyes: Franchise Law
Salt Lake City, Utah
- Keith Call: Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Nathan Crane: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Springfield, Missouri
- Jason C. Smith: Real Estate Law
St. Louis, Missouri
- Eric Peterson: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Scot Seabaugh: Financial Services Regulation Law
Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Scott Hathaway: Litigation – Construction
- Richard Love III: Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Robert Melgaard: Securities Regulation
- Kevin Redwine: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Christopher Wilson: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)