Spencer Fane is pleased to announce that 12 of the firm’s attorneys have been selected to the 2026 edition of Mountain States Super Lawyers and four have been recognized as Rising Stars.
The selected attorneys and their practice areas are:
2026 Mountain States Super Lawyers
- Melinda Bowen: Business Litigation
- Keith Call: Business Litigation
- Dani Cepernich: Appellate
- Nathan Crane: Criminal Defense
- Brian Miller: Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice (Defense)
- John Mowbray: Business Litigation
- Oliver Pancheri: Appellate
- Scott Powers: Construction Litigation
- Nicholas Santoro: General Litigation
- Jason D. Smith: Business Litigation
- Richard Van Wagoner: Criminal Defense
- Scott Young: Civil Rights
2026 Mountain States Rising Stars
- Ellsie Lucero: Energy & Resources
- Jessica Lujan: Business Litigation
- Tiffany Solari: Civil Litigation – Defense
- Tyler Talgo: Business / Corporate Law
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 Mountain States 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.