International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that 97 lawyers in 12 of the Firm’s offices were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2016. In addition, seven lawyers from the Firm’s Anchorage, Denver, Minneapolis and Salt Lake City offices have been named Best Lawyers’ 2016 Lawyers of the Year.
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Over 79,000 leading attorneys globally are eligible to vote, and Best Lawyers reports that it has received more than 12 million votes to date on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2016 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, 6.7 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 55,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.
The lawyers listed in Best Lawyers do not decide in which areas of the law they are listed. They are included in areas as a result of the votes they receive from their peers. The areas listed are based on information from a variety of sources. For more information, visit the Best Lawyers website.
Listed below are the Dorsey lawyers named as Best Lawyers, the areas in which they are named, the first year they were listed and their office location.
Best Lawyers’ 2016 Lawyers of the Year:
- Robert C. Bundy
Anchorage Criminal Defense: White-Collar - Lee R. Osman
Denver Litigation - Intellectual Property - Jonathan B. Abram
Minneapolis Securities/Capital Markets Law - Michael J. Ahern
Minneapolis Administrative/Regulatory Law - Thomas D. Vander Molen
Minneapolis Public Finance Law - Nolan S. Taylor
Salt Lake City Securities/Capital Markets Law - Steven T. Waterman
Salt Lake City Litigation - Bankruptcy
The Best Lawyers in America 2016:
ANCHORAGE, AK
- Robert C. Bundy (2005)
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Litigation – Antitrust
Litigation – Environmental - Jahna Lindemuth (2013)
Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants - Michael R. Mills (2003)
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law - Richard M. Rosston (2006)
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Real Estate Law
COSTA MESA, CA
- Juan C. Basombrio (2007)
Litigation – Antitrust - Gabrielle M. Wirth (2007)
Employment Law – Management
Labor Law – Management - Dennis Wong (2011)
Banking and Finance Law
DENVER, CO
- Whitney A. Holmes (2006)
Corporate Law - Lee F. Johnston (2012)
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Litigation – Patent - Lee R. Osman (2007)
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Litigation – Patent
Technology Law - Lisa A. Osman (2016)
Trademark Law - Kenneth G. Sam (2013)
Securities/Capital Markets Law - Paul G. Thompson (2014)
Corporate Law - Tucker K. Trautman (1989)
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Litigation – Antitrust
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Litigation – Patent
Litigation – Securities
DES MOINES, IA
- David L. Claypool (2003)
Public Finance Law - David D. Grossklaus (2005)
Public Finance Law - Robert E. Josten (2003)
Public Finance Law - Cristina Kuhn (2013)
Public Finance Law - Edwin N. McIntosh (2007)
Health Care Law - William Miller (2016)
Commercial Litigation - Alissa Smith (2015)
Health Care Law - David A. Tank (2007)
Commercial Litigation
FARGO, ND
- Sarah Andrews Herman (1995)
Employment Law – Management
Labor Law – Management
Litigation – Labor & Employment
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
- Jonathan B. Abram (2007)
Securities/Capital Markets Law - Michael J. Ahern (2010)
Administrative / Regulatory Law
Government Relations Practice - Timothy B. Arends (2013)
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law - William J. Berens (1993)
Litigation – Trusts & Estates
Trusts and Estates - B. Andrew Brown (2007)
Litigation – Environmental - Elizabeth C. Buckingham (2010)
Copyright Law
Trademark Law - Robert E. Cattanach (2008)
Litigation – Environmental - Ken Cutler (2006)
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law - Skip Durocher (2013)
Commercial Litigation
Native American Law - George G. Eck (2011)
Commercial Litigation
Litigation – Environmental - L. Joseph Genereux (2007)
Banking and Finance Law - Mark E. Hamel (1995)
Real Estate Law - Joseph W. Hammell (2016)
Litigation – Labor & Employment - Timothy S. Hearn (2009)
Corporate Compliance Law
Corporate Governance Law
Securities/ Capital Markets Law - Stuart Hemphill (2016)
Litigation – Intellectual Property - Nathan E. Honson (2013)
Tax Law - J David Jackson (2016)
Commercial – Litigation - Gary M. Johnson (1995)
Trusts and Estates - Mark R. Kaster (2010)
Administrative / Regulatory Law - Jocelyn Knoll (2016)
Construction Law
Litigation – Construction - Bridget A. Logstrom Koci (2008)
Litigation – Trusts & Estates
Trusts and Estates - Peter M. Lancaster (2011)
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Litigation – Patent - Thaddeus R. Lightfoot (2007)
Environmental Law
Litigation – Environmental - Jay R. Lindgren (2006)
Land Use & Zoning Law
Public Finance Law - Michael A. Lindsay (2008)
Litigation – Antitrust - Stephen P. Lucke (2010)
Commercial Litigation
Litigation – ERISA - Edward B. Magarian (2011)
Litigation – Antitrust - Saiko Y. McIvor (2010)
Immigration Law - Steven C. Nelson (2013)
Mergers & Acquisitions Law - Robert J. Olson (2013)
Construction Law - Michael J. Radmer (2007)
Mutual Funds Law - Melissa Raphan (2009)
Employment Law – Management
Litigation – Labor & Employment - Julia L. Rau (2012)
Tax Law
Trusts and Estates - Robert A. Rosenbaum (2006)
Corporate Compliance Law
Corporate Governance Law
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law - Eric A. Ruzicka (2016)
Construction Law - Mary J. Streitz (2012)
Native American Law
Tax Law - Jay L. Swanson (2007)
Corporate Compliance Law
Corporate Governance Law
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law - Thomas W. Tinkham (1989)
Commercial Litigation - Gary L. Tygesson (2007)
Corporate Governance Law - Bryn R. Vaaler (2013)
Corporate Law - Thomas D. Vander Molen (2008)
Non-Profit / Charities Law
Public Finance Law - J. Thomas Vitt (2013)
Litigation – Intellectual Property - Steven J. Wells (2012)
Commercial Litigation
Franchise Law - RJ Zayed (2015)
Litigation - Intellectual Property
MISSOULA, MT
- Jack Manning (1999)
Corporate Law
Securities / Capital Markets Law
NEW YORK, NY
- Bryon J. Benevento (2006)
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation –Defendants - Mario Diaz-Cruz III (2013)
Banking and Finance Law - Sandra Edelman (2007)
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Litigation – Patent - Bruce R. Ewing (2005)
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Trademark Law - Jonathan M. Herman (2012)
Litigation – Trusts & Estates - Susan Progoff (2011)
Litigation – Intellectual Property - Richard H. Silberberg (2007)
Arbitration
Mediation - David C. Singer (2010)
Employment Law - Individuals Employment Law - Management Litigation - Labor and Employment
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Alan W. Bell (2010)
Corporate Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law - Samuel P. Gardiner (2010)
Corporate Law
Securities/Capital Markets Law - Peggy Hunt (2008)
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law - Annette W. Jarvis (2005)
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation – Bankruptcy - Milo Steven Marsden (2010)
Commercial Litigation
Litigation – Securities - David Marx (2014)
Corporate Law - William B. Prince (2006)
Natural Resources Law
Oil & Gas Law - Nolan S. Taylor (2006)
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Securities/Capital Markets Law
Venture Capital Law - Michael F. Thomson (2011)
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation – Bankruptcy - Steven T. Waterman (2006)
Litigation – Bankruptcy
SEATTLE, WA
- Christopher J. Barry (2009)
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Securities/Capital Markets Law - Terrence I. Danysh (2011)
Land Use & Zoning Law - Michael W. Droke (2007)
Employment Law – Management
Labor Law – Management - Gary R. Duvall (1995)
Franchise Law - Peter S. Ehrlichman (2007)
Commercial Litigation
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Litigation – Labor & Employment
Litigation – Real Estate
Litigation – Securities - Kimton N. Eng (2011)
Patent Law - Joseph M. Gaffney (1995)
Trusts and Estates - John D. Hollinrake Jr. (2012)
Tax Law - Marianne O'Bara (2007)
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
WASHINGTON, DC
- Thomas O. Gorman (2010)
Litigation – Securities
Securities Regulation
WILMINGTON, DE
- Eric Lopez Schnabel (2016)
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law