Chambers 2018: Individual Rankings

Chambers and Partners publishes its rankings for law firms and attorneys in May. Those listed on the following pages received the distinction for 2018.

INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS-

REAL ESTATE: CONSTRUCTION


Band 1

Holland & Hart

Sherman & Howard

Band 2

Benjamin Bain & Cohen

Polsinelli

Senior Statesperson

James Palenchar, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott

Francis Wheeler, Cooley

CORPORATE M&A

Band 1

Nathaniel Ford, Perkins Coie

George Hagerty, Hogan Lovells

Paul Hilton, Hogan Lovells

Ronald Levine II, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer

James Linfield, Cooley

Gino Maurelli, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Lucy Schlauch Stark, Holland & Hart

Band 2

Adam Agron, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Sonny Allison, Perkins Coie

Betty Arkell, Dorsey & Whitney

Robert Attai, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

James Carroll, Faegre Baker Daniels

Jason Day, Perkins Coie

Darren Hensley, Polsinelli

Garth Jensen, Sherman & Howard

Charles Maguire Jr., Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Michael Platt, Cooley

Christopher Richardson, Davis Graham & Stubbs

Beau Stark, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Thomas Stephens, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott

Bruce Stocks, Davis Graham & Stubbs

Steven Talley, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Douglas Wright, Faegre Baker Daniels

Band 3

Timothy Aragon, Hogan Lovells

Christopher Balch, Holland & Hart

Brian Boonstra, Davis Graham & Stubbs

Kevin Cudney, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Stephen Dietrich, Holland & Knight

Christina Groll, Holland & Hart

Mark Heimlich, Hogan Lovells

Whitney Holmes, Dorsey & Whitney

Rob Morrill, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott

Marc Musyl, Greenberg Traurig

Sean Odendahl, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Elizabeth Paulsen, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Keith Trammell, WilmerHale

Mark Weakley, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Other Noted Practitioners

Steven Miller, Sherman & Howard

John Ruppert, Ballard Spahr

Ken Sam, Dorsey & Whitney

Lyle Wallace, Sherman & Howard

Senior Statesperson

Steve Jewett, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Band 1

Darin Gibby, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Natalie Hanlon-Leh, WilmerHale

John Posthumus, Polsinelli

David Sipiora, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Band 2

Christopher Beall, Fox Rothschild

Scott Havlick, Holland & Hart

Peter Kinsella, Perkins Coie

David London, Hogan Lovells

Lee Osman, Dorsey & Whitney

Ian Saffer, Swanson and Bratschun

Sabrina Stavish, Sheridan Ross

Greg Tamkin, Dorsey & Whitney

Band 3

Scott Bialecki, Faegre Baker Daniels

Robert Brunelli, Sheridan Ross

Thomas Franklin, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Clay James, Hogan Lovells

Charlene Krogh, Dorsey & Whitney

James Sawtelle, Sherman & Howard

Timothy Scull, Merchant & Gould

Jon Tandler, Sherman & Howard

Amanda Tessar, Perkins Coie

Timothy Worrall, Polsinelli

Up and Coming

Orion Armon, Cooley

Other Noted Practitioners

Heath Briggs, Greenberg Traurig

Michael Drapkin, Holland & Hart

Benjamin Fernandez, WilmerHale

David Toy, Hogan Lovells

Senior Statesperson

Theodore Olsen, Sherman & Howard

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT

Band 1

Todd Fredrickson, FisherPhillips

John Husband, Holland & Hart

Raymond Martin, Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell

Band 2

Jessica Brown, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Raymond Deeny, Sherman & Howard

Steve Gutierrez, Holland & Hart

Lisa Hogan, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Brian Mumaugh, Holland & Hart

Brett Painter, Davis Graham & Stubbs

David Powell Jr., Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart

Janet Savage, Davis Graham & Stubbs

W. Bernie Siebert, Sherman & Howard

Steven Suflas, Ballard Spahr

Erin Webber, Littler Mendelson

Charles Weese, Lewis Bess Williams & Weese

Band 3

Bill Berger, L2S Legal

Josh Kirkpatrick, Littler Mendelson

Steven Moore, Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete

Charles Newcom, Sherman & Howard

Christine Samsel, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Don Samuels, Polsinelli

Daniel Satriana, Satriana & Biscan

Mary Stuart, Husch Blackwell

Mary Will, Faegre Baker Daniels

Up and Coming

Danielle Kitson, Littler Mendelson

Associates to Watch

Thomas Carroll, Littler Mendelson

Christopher Patrick, Jackson Lewis

Other Noted Practitioners

Heather Vickles, Sherman & Howard

Mark Wiletsky, Holland & Hart

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & COMPENSATION

Band 1

Cindy Birley, Davis Graham & Stubbs

Kathleen Odle, Sherman & Howard

Renée O’Rourke, Greenberg Traurig

Nancy Strelau, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Band 2

Mike Beaver, Holland & Hart

Darren Nadel, Littler Mendelson

Senior Statesperson

Fred Bartlit Jr., Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott

Jeffrey Chase, Husch Blackwell

Robert Hill, Hill & Robbins

Malcolm Wheeler, Wheeler Trigg O’Donnel

Star Individuals

Daniel Reilly, Reilly Pozner

LITIGATION: GENERAL COMMERCIAL

Band 1

Frederick Baumann, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie

John Fitzpatrick, Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell

Hugh Gottschalk, Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell

Kenzo Kawanabe, Davis Graham & Stubbs

James Lyons, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie

Michael McCarthy, Faegre Baker Daniels

Michael O’Donnell, Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell

Band 2

Edwin Aro, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer

Timothy Beyer, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Carolyn Fairless, Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell

Michael Gallagher, Davis Graham & Stubbs

Gregory Kanan, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie

Gregory Kerwin, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Christopher Koenigs, Sherman & Howard

Timothy Macdonald, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer

John McDermott, (Limbo)

Gordon “Skip” Netzorg, Sherman & Howard

David Palmer, Greenberg Traurig

Band 3

Scott Barker, Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell

Brian Duffy, Greenberg Traurig

KC Groves, Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe

James Hartley, Holland & Hart

Lino Lipinsky de Orlov, Dentons US

Eric Olson, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott

Jeffrey Pagliuca, Haddon Morgan and Foreman

Christopher Toll, Holland & Hart

Tucker Trautman, Dorsey & Whitney

Lawrence Treece, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Band 4

Richard Benenson, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Jeffrey Cohen, Cohen

Sean Connelly, Zonies Law

Hubert Farbes Jr., Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Paul Karlsgodt, BakerHostetler

Peter Koclanes, Sherman & Howard

Peter Korneffel, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Katie Reilly, Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell

Regina Rodriguez, Hogan Lovells

James Sawtelle, Sherman & Howard

Charles Steese, Armstrong Teasdale

Chad Williams, Davis Graham & Stubbs

Michael Williams, Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell

Other Noted Practitioners

Stacy Carpenter, Polsinelli

Kelley Duke, Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe

Sean Gallagher, Polsinelli

Jessica Yates, Snell & Wilmer

Senior Statesperson

Harold Haddon, Haddon Morgan and Foreman

Daniel Shea, Hogan Lovells

WHITE COLLAR CRIME & GOV’T INVESTIGATION

Band 1

Gregory Goldberg, Holland & Hart

Gary Lozow, Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher

Pamela Mackey, Haddon Morgan and Foreman

Larry Pozner, Reilly Pozner

John Richilano, Richilano Shea

Andrew Shoemaker, Shoemaker Ghiselli & Schwartz

Cliff Stricklin, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Michael Theis, Hogan Lovells

Band 2

Frederick Baumann, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie

Robert Blume, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Kevin Evans, Armstrong Teasdale

T. Markus Funk, Perkins Coie

Saskia Jordan, Haddon Morgan and Foreman

Rick Kornfeld, Recht Kornfeld

Paul Schwartz, Shoemaker Ghiselli & Schwartz

Kevin Shea, Richilano Shea

John Walsh, WilmerHale

Band 3

Patrick Burke, Patrick Burke

John Chanin, Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher

Daniel Recht, Recht Kornfeld

Up and Coming

Ryan Bergsieker, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Senior Statesperson

Charles Calvin, Faegre Baker Daniels

Lawrence Donovan Jr, Senn Visciano Canges

Paul Jacobs, Husch Blackwell

Eminent Practitioner

Liz Sharrer, Holland & Hart

REAL ESTATE

Band 1

Robert Bach, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Edward Barad, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Robert Brown, Sherman & Howard

Rebecca Dow, Holland & Hart

Thomas Ragonetti, Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti

Mark Senn, Senn Visciano Canges

Michael Westover, Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti

Band 2

Steven Cohen, Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti

Bruce James, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Kevin Kelley, Husch Blackwell

Band 3

James Benjamin, Benjamin Bain & Cohen

Catherine Hance, Davis Graham & Stubbs

Amy Hansen, Polsinelli

Chris Kinsman, Davis Graham & Stubbs

Neil Oberfeld, Greenberg Traurig

John O’Dorisio Jr, Robinson Waters & O’Dorisio

Barry Permut, Senn Visciano Canges

Diana Wendel, Sherman & Howard

Up and Coming

Joseph Lubinski, Husch Blackwell

Other Noted Practitioners

Mark Baker, Greenberg Traurig

Lea Ann Fowler, Hogan Lovells

Janet Perlstein, Fox Rothschild

REAL ESTATE: ZONING/LAND USE

Band 1

Stephen Kaplan, Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell

Thomas Ragonetti, Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti

Sarah Rockwell, Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell

Carolynne White, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

REAL ESTATE: HOTELS & LEISURE

Band 1

Rebecca Fischer, Sherman & Howard

Bruce James, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Chris Payne, Ballard Spahr

Beat Steiner, Holland & Hart

Senior Statesperson

Robert Benson, Holland & Hart

Michael Cook, Sherman & Howard

REAL ESTATE: CONSTRUCTION

Band 1

J. David Arkell, Moye White

Daniel Frost, Snell & Wilmer

Bret Gunnell, Beltzer Bangert & Gunnell

Band 2

Kevin Bridston, Holland & Hart

Alvin Cohen, Benjamin Bain & Cohen

Janet Lawler McDaniel, Law Offices of Janet Lawler McDaniel

Ben Ochoa, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie

Band 3

Roy Bash, Polsinelli

Michael Lapicola, Faegre Baker Daniels

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