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Milwaukee, WI (August 11, 2010) – Michael Best is proud to announce that 68 of its attorneys have been named to the 2011 edition of Best Lawyers®, the oldest and one of the most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession.
Attorney Practice Area
John L. Barlament Employee Benefits Law
Steven R. Battenberg Tax Law
Scott C. Beightol Labor and Employment Law
Paul E. Benson Product Liability Litigation; Commercial Litigation
J. Donald Best Intellectual Property Law
Linda H. Bochert Environmental Law
Jeffrey H. Brown Entertainment Law; Advertising Law
Amy O. Bruchs Labor and Employment Law
John A. Busch Commercial Litigation
David J. Cannon White-Collar Criminal Defense
Peter L. Coffey Mergers & Acquisitions Law
David A. Crass Environmental Law
David W. Croysdale Labor and Employment Law
Luke W. DeMarte Entertainment Law
John D. Finerty, Jr. Commercial Litigation
John E. Flanagan Antitrust Law
Alexander P. Fraser Corporate Law
Joshua L. Gimbel Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Law
Robert L. Gordon Tax Law
Julie Gorens-Winston Trusts and Estates
Charles P. Graupner Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Commercial Litigation
Michael S. Green Real Estate Law
F. William Haberman Trusts and Estates
Nancy Leary Haggerty Real Estate Law
David J. Hanson Energy Law; Health Care Law; Government Relations Law
Jordan J. Hemaidan Communications Law; Energy Law
Eric E. Hobbs Labor and Employment Law
Paul G. Hoffman Land Use & Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
W. Charles Jackson Banking Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Robert J. Johannes Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Amy Schmidt Jones Labor and Employment Law
Jerome H. Kringel Corporate Law; International Trade and Finance Law
Raymond R. Krueger Environmental Law
David A. Krutz Construction Law
Charles A. Laff Intellectual Property Law
Richard J. Langer Trusts and Estates
Richard A. Latta Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Corporate Law
James S. Levin Real Estate Law
Tod B. Linstroth Corporate Law; Venture Capital Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law
Paul A. Lucey Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
K. Thor Lundgren Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Gregory J. Lynch Corporate Law
Alan H. Marcuvitz Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Land Use & Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
Jonathan H. Margolies Intellectual Property Law
Thomas A. Miller Intellectual Property Law
Kevin P. Moran Intellectual Property Law
Geoffrey R. Morgan Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Corporate Law
Thomas E. Obenberger Labor and Employment Law
José A. Olivieri Immigration Law; Administrative Law
Charles B. Palmer Labor and Employment Law
J. Lewis Perlson Trusts and Estates
Mark S. Poker Trusts and Estates
David R. Price Intellectual Property Law
Mitchell W. Quick Labor and Employment Law
Bret A. Roge Tax Law
Susan M. Sager ` Land Use & Zoning Law
John R. Sapp Labor and Employment Law
Larry L. Saret Advertising Law; Intellectual Property Law
Timothy G. Schally Tax Law
Robert A. Schnur Tax Law
Thomas W. Scrivner Labor and Employment Law; International Arbitration
Ann Ustad Smith Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law; Commercial Litigation
David B. Smith Intellectual Property Law
Charles P. Stevens Employee Benefits Law
Sheila Boothby Stevens Trusts and Estates
Teresa J. Welch Intellectual Property Law
William F. White Land Use & Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
John D. Wilson Energy Law
Michael Best was identified overall as a “Top Tier” firm in several practice areas. In addition, Michael Best was ranked number one exclusively in terms of having the most attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the following state, cities and practices:
Wisconsin
Labor and Employment Law
Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Madison
Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law
Milwaukee
Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law
Land Use & Zoning Law
Waukesha
IP
Trusts & Estates
Land Use & Zoning Law
About Best Lawyers®
First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey. For the new U.S. edition, more than 50% of the lawyers listed in Best Lawyers cast more than 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in the same and related specialties. Because of the rigorous and transparent methodology used by Best Lawyers, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
About Michael Best
Michael Best has earned its reputation as a leading Midwestern law firm. The firm has more than 230 attorneys in Milwaukee, Madison, Waukesha and Manitowoc, Wisconsin; and Chicago, Illinois. The firm provides a full range of legal services to clients on a local, regional, national and global basis. The firm’s main areas of practice are intellectual property and intellectual property litigation; corporate, health care, labor & employment, land & resources (environmental and real estate), litigation, tax, and wealth planning.
Michael Best is the exclusive Wisconsin member of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms. Visit http://www.lexmundi.com for more information. The firm is also a member of the China Alliance. The China Alliance is a unique arrangement established by four leading independent law firms in response to the increasing importance of China to the global marketplace and to North American businesses. Visit http://www.china-alliance.com for more information.