Michael Best: Attorney Ann Ustad Smith recognized with four super lawyers top awards

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Madison, WI (December 8, 2014) – Michael Best & Friedrich LLP is proud to announce partner, Ann Ustad Smith, has been recognized in four of the top 2014 Super Lawyers designations (Copyright 2014 Super Lawyers®, a Thomson Reuters business). Smith has been named in the publication’s following lists: Super Lawyer in the Creditor/Debtor Rights category, one of Wisconsin’s Top 50 Lawyers, Wisconsin’s Top 25 Women Lawyers and Madison Area’s Top 25 Lawyers.



Smith was honored by Super Lawyers for her excellence in the Creditor/Debtor practice area earlier this year. Most recently, she was recognized as a lawyer on the Wisconsin Top 50 and Madison Area Top 25 Super Lawyer lists where she was ranked at the top of the 2014 nomination, research and blue ribbon review process. The Super Lawyers Wisconsin Top 25 Women Lawyers designation includes the “best of the best” and touts the State’s top attorneys who received the highest point totals in the Wisconsin nomination, research and blue ribbon review process.



[cid:EBE74698-198C-4FC3-A8BA-5E58CEC41B57]Smith serves as chair of the firm’s Banking and Financial Services Industry Team, and practices in the areas of bankruptcy, commercial litigation (primarily related to lending, fraud and contract disputes), commercial transactions (including financings, asset sales, liquidations and related matters, especially involving distressed businesses) and constitutional litigation. She regularly handles workouts, foreclosures (including receiverships and emergency orders), replevins, bankruptcy proceedings (including motions for relief from stay, cash collateral and adequate protection matters, Chapter 11 plan confirmation matters and purchase of assets out of bankruptcy) and adversary proceedings (including actions for preferences, fraudulent conveyances and nondischargeability determinations). Smith has held a number of management and other leadership positions in the firm, including serving as a member of Michael Best’s Management Committee and chair of the firm’s Ethics Committee.


About Super Lawyers


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 selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. In the United States, Super Lawyers magazine is published in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., reaching more than 13 million readers.



About Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Over the past 166 years, Michael Best has earned its reputation as a leading law firm, providing a full range of legal services to clients on a local, regional, national and global basis. The firm has more than 220 attorneys in Milwaukee, Madison, Waukesha and Manitowoc, Wisconsin; Chicago, Illinois; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Washington D.C. Michael Best’s main areas of practice include: corporate, intellectual property, labor and employment, land and resources (environmental and real estate), litigation, tax and wealth planning.