175 Stinson Attorneys Selected to the 2024 Best Lawyers in America List
Stinson LLP is proud to announce that 175 attorneys across 10 cities and multiple practice areas are recognized in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America®.
Each year, Best Lawyers in America compiles a list of outstanding attorneys based on peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading attorneys confidentially evaluate their peers. The national list includes more than 50,000 attorneys in 134 practice areas nationwide.
The Best Lawyers in America 2024 list includes:
Those recognized for 30 years:
Charles Redd, Litigation-Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
Tom Salerno, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation-Bankruptcy
Byron Starns, Administrative/Regulatory Law; Energy Law; Litigation-Environmental; Litigation-Regulatory Enforcement; Mining Law; Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants; Water Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation
Lonnie Williams, Commercial Litigation; Employment Law-Management
Those recognized for 25 years:
Lowell Noteboom, Arbitration; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Litigation-Construction; Mediation
Those recognized for 20 years:
John Aisenbrey, Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White Collar
Doug Dalgleish, Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants; Railroad Law
David Frantze, Project Finance Law; Real Estate Law
Steve Litman, Trusts and Estates
Bob Monroe, Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Lowell Stortz, Litigation-Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
Those recognized for 15 years:
Marc Albert, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation-Bankruptcy
David Barnard, Copyright Law; Litigation-Intellectual Property
Jim Bertrand, Energy Law
David Bengtson, Litigation-Regulatory Enforcement; Oil and Gas Law
Jeff Cairns, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Dominic Cecere, Employment Law-Management; Labor Law-Management; Litigation, Labor and Employment
Darrell Clark, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation-Bankruptcy
Steve Cosentino, Technology Law
Kevin Conneely, Litigation-Intellectual Property; Litigation-Patent
David D'Alessandro, Energy Law; Oil and Gas Law
Robert Devolve, Environmental Law; Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
Steve Emerson, Insurance Law; Oil and Gas Law; Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
Timothy Feathers, Information Technology Law; Litigation-Intellectual Property; Litigation-Patent; Technology Law; Trademark Law
Eric Galatz, Land Use and Zoning Law
Jeff Goulder, Commercial Litigation; Litigation-Construction; Litigation-Real Estate
Bill Greene, Commercial Litigation; Litigation-Antitrust
Laura Halferty, Litigation-Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
Mark Hargrave, Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Litigation-Banking and Finance
Chuck Hatfield, Commercial Litigation; Government Relations Practice; Nonprofit/Charities Law; Administrative/Regulatory Law
Kate Hauber, Real Estate Law
Scott Hecht, Insurance Law
Mark Hinderks, Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation-Construction; Litigation-Intellectual Property; Litigation-Municipal
Paul Hoffmann, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation-Bankruptcy
Robert Hunter, Venture Capital Law
David Jennings, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Technology Law; Information Technology Law
Pat Konopka, Employment Law-Individuals; Employment Law-Management; Labor Law-Management; Litigation-Labor and Employment
John Kuehn, Litigation-Real Estate; Real Estate Law
Alisa Lacey, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation-Bankruptcy
Dennis Lane, Energy Law
Steve Lindemann, Construction Law; Litigation-Construction
Mike Lochmann, Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Phil McKnight, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Keith Moheban, Litigation-Intellectual Property
John Munich, Commercial Litigation; Education Law
Tom Nelson, Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation-Banking and Finance; Litigation-Construction; Litigation-Real Estate; Product Liability Litigation-Plaintiffs; Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
Todd Noteboom, Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation-Banking and Finance; Litigation-Securities; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants
Glen Ortman, Energy Law
Mike Parrish, Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law
Lynn Preheim, Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law
Harvey Reiter, Energy Law
Patrick Respeliers, Corporate Law
Joe Santucci, Employment Law-Management; Labor Law-Management
Jonathan Schneider, Energy Law
Jay Simpson, Litigation and Controversy-Tax; Tax Law
Penny Slicer, Litigation-Intellectual Property; Patent Law
Kent Stallard, Trusts and Estates
Jim Swenson, Corporate Governance Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Pete Thrane, Insurance Law
John Vetter, Trusts and Estates
Sara Welch, Commercial Litigation; Employment Law-Management; Litigation-Labor and Employment
Those recognized for 10 years:
Liz Chatham, Immigration Law
Sean Colligan, Litigation-Regulatory Enforcement; Litigation-Securities
David Crosby, Commercial Litigation; Litigation-Trusts and Estates
Aimee Davenport, Environmental Law; Water Law
Eileen Day, Trusts and Estates
Kirk Doan, Health Care Law
Kurt James, Patent Law; Trademark Law
Todd LaSala, Real Estate Law
Joel Leviton, Trademark Law
Emmett Logan, Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
Stephanie Scheck, Employment Law-Management; Litigation-Labor and Employment
Marc Simpson, Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation-Land Use and Zoning
Shane Swanson, Trusts and Estates
Tessa Trelz, Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Technology Law
Alan Van Dellen, Real Estate Law
Those recognized for five years:
Robert Bain, Patent Law
Deborah Bayles, Real Estate Law
Daniel Bukovac, Commercial Litigation
Robin Carlson, Commercial Litigation
Tom Davis, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
Janet Hendrickson, Biotechnology and Life Science Practice, Litigation-Patent; Patent Law
Vince Keil, Patent Law
Tim Krieger, Commercial Litigation; Litigation-Intellectual Property; Litigation-Patent
Jon Santangelo, Environmental Law
George Verschelden, Commercial Litigation
Gerald Weidner, Real Estate Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Bill O'Neill, Copyright Law, Trademark Law
Rick Pins, Employment Law; Labor Law-Management
Todd Phelps, Real Estate Law
Those recognized 1-4 years:
Joel Abrahamson, Employment Law-Management; Labor Law-Management; Litigation-Labor and Employment
Ashley Anderson, Real Estate Law
Phil Ashfield, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Brittany Barrientos, Environmental Law
Frank Basgall, Commercial Litigation
Mark Bell, Banking and Finance Law
Jeannie Boettler, Patent Law
Doug Boettge, Commercial Litigation
Robert Botts, Jr., Real Estate Law
Jack Bowling, Corporate Governance Law
Traci Bransford, Litigation-Intellectual Property
Lisa Byrne, Real Estate Law
Mark Carder, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Anthony Cali, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Amy Conway, Litigation-Labor and Employment
Jennifer Cooke-Yin, Securities/Capital Markets Law
Richard Cook, Real Estate Law
Michelle Corrigan Erikson, Commercial Litigation
Benjamin Court, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Tracey Holmes Donesky, Employment Law-Management; Litigation-Labor and Employment
Tom Dowling, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Pat Edwards, Commercial Litigation
Alisa Ehrlich, Employment Law-Management
Scott Eidson, Litigation-Intellectual Property
Scott Erickson, Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law
Bill Everding, Litigation-Intellectual Property
Nicole Faulkner, Real Estate Law
Audrey Fenske, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Carrie Francis, Employment Law-Management; Litigation-Labor and Employment
Roy Goldberg, Transportation Law
Bill Gotlieb, Business Organizations (Including LLCs and Partnerships)
Barry Haith, Real Estate Law
William Hanna, Commercial Litigation
Scot Hill, International Mergers and Acquisitions
Jim Holland, Commercial Litigation; Construction Law
Mark Iba, Commercial Litigation
Charley Jensen, Tax Law
David Jenson, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Steve Kazmierski, Patent Law
Vince Keady, Construction Law, Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation-Real Estate
Tim Kelley, Banking and Finance Law; Real Estate Law
David S. Kim, Technology Law
Jarrod Kieffer, Tax Law
Bill Koenigsdorf, Real Estate Law
Don Kirkpatrick, Banking and Finance Law; Public Finance Law; Real Estate Law
Elsa Manzanares, Corporate Law
Sharon Markowitz, Commercial Litigation
Steve Mayeron, Real Estate Law
Megan McCurdy, Commercial Litigation
Eric Mikkelson, Corporate Law
Ross Mortillaro, Commercial Litigation
John Moticka, Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
Adam Nathe, Banking and Finance Law
Laura Nelson, Health Care Law
Sharon Ng, Commercial Litigation
David Parry, Commercial Litigation
Karl Phares, Real Estate Law
Tammie Ptacek, Corporate Law
Jill Radloff, Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
Michelle Rehbein, Trusts and Estates
David Rifkind, Railroad Law; Transportation Law
Ruth Rivard, Litigation-Intellectual Property
Kevin Robinowitz, Employment Law-Management
Jeremy Root, Commercial Litigation; Corporate Compliance Law; Litigation-Securities
Sheva Sanders, Health Care Law
Brad Sandler, Employment Law-Management
Bernadette Sargeant, Employment Law-Management
Andrew Scavotto, Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants
Stephen Schemenauer, Construction Law
John Schroeder, Litigation-Intellectual Property
Jere Sellers, Litigation-Real Estate
Eric Skytte, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Scott Smalley, Banking & Finance Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Tom Smallwood, Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
Vicki Smith, Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation
Brian Sobczyk, Commercial Litigation
James Sticha, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Bob Torgerson, Litigation-Construction; Litigation-Construction; Real Estate Law
James Torre, Commercial Litigation
Jonathan Waldron, Litigation-Environmental
Brian Weaver, Real Estate Law
Heather Esau Zerger, Commercial Litigation
Chris Zarda, Real Estate Law
Nick Zluticky, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation-Bankruptcy
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