Foley is pleased to announce that 21 attorneys earned Best Lawyers® 2017 “Lawyer of the Year” recognition in their respective practice areas, nearly doubling last year’s list of Foley attorneys receiving the top nod from Best Lawyers®. In addition, 182 of its attorneys from 16 offices have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2017.
The Best Lawyers in America list is based on a peer-review survey process in which thousands of leading attorneys confidentially evaluate other attorneys in their practice areas. Individuals honored as a “Lawyer of the Year” have received particularly high ratings for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.
The 21 Foley attorneys recognized as a 2017 “Lawyer of the Year” are:
- Allen Arntsen: Madison, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Christopher Cain: Madison, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- John Callan: Milwaukee, Trusts and Estates
- Michael Flanagan: Milwaukee, Natural Resources Law
- Edward Hammond: Milwaukee, Project Finance Law
- James Hellige: Chicago, Non-Profit/Charities Law
- Emory Ireland: Milwaukee, Commercial Finance Law
- Sarah Jelencic: Milwaukee, Real Estate Law
- Mark Kassel: Madison, Patent Law
- Richard Lasater: Los Angeles, Securities Regulation
- Maureen McGinnity: Milwaukee, Litigation and Controversy – Tax
- James McKeown: Milwaukee, Antitrust Law
- Jamshed Patel: Milwaukee, Tax Law
- Patrick Quick: Milwaukee, Corporate Governance Law
- Leigh Riley: Milwaukee, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Anne Ross: Madison, Corporate Law
- Jay Rothman: Milwaukee, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- David Ryan: Milwaukee, Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Naikang Tsao: Madison, Litigation – Patent
- Steven Vazquez: Tampa, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Samuel Winer: Washington, D.C., Litigation – Securities
The 182 Foley attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2017, segmented by office location and practice area, are:
Boston
- Michael Blau: Health Care Law
- Christopher Donovan: Health Care Law
- Alan Einhorn: Health Care Law
- Ana Francisco: Commercial Litigation
- Gabor Garai: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- David Kantaros: Venture Capital Law
- Roger Lane: Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law
- John Lanza: Information Technology Law
- Matthew Lowrie: Litigation — Intellectual Property, Litigation — Patent
- Susan Pravda: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Andrew Stern: Real Estate Law
- Michael Tuteur: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Lawrence Vernaglia: Health Care Law
- Mark Waxman: Health Care Law
Chicago
- Michael Bailey: Public Finance Law
- Stephen Bedell: Securities Regulation
- Laura Bilas: Public Finance Law
- John Brooks: Litigation — Trusts and Estates
- Louis Cohen: Real Estate Law
- James Dasso: Commercial Litigation, Food and Beverage Law
- Patrick Daugherty: Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
- Bennett Epstein: Litigation — Labor and Employment
- Jay Erens: Corporate Law
- Jeanne Gills: Food and Beverage Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Phillip Goldberg: Litigation — Securities
- Eric Haab: Insurance Law
- Mark Hebbeln: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- James Hellige: Non-Profit / Charities Law, Trusts and Estates
- Jerold Jacover: Litigation — Intellectual Property
- Heidi Jeffery: Public Finance Law
- Harold Kaplan: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Corporate Law
- William McKenna: Commercial Litigation, Litigation — Real Estate
- John Palmer: Tax Law
- Donna Pugh: Land Use and Zoning Law
- Michael Small: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation — Bankruptcy
- Roger Strode: Health Care Law
- Kathryn Trkla: Derivatives and Futures Law
- Michael Woolever: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Detroit
- Norman Ankers – Commercial Litigation; Bet The Company Litigation; Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Jennifer Belveal – Commercial Litigation
- John Birmingham: Employment Law — Management, Labor Law — Management, Litigation — Labor and Employment
- Jason Conti – Commercial Litigation; Litigation Real Estate; Litigation and Controversy Tax
- Daljit Doogal: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Philip Phillips: Employment Law – Management, Litigation — Labor and Employment
- John Simon: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- John Trentacosta: Commercial Litigation
- Ann Marie Uetz: Commercial Litigation
Jacksonville
- Robert Bernstein: Tax Law
- David Cook: Real Estate Law, Timber Law
- Gardner Davis: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Charles Hedrick: Banking and Finance Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Kevin Hyde: Employment Law — Management, Labor Law — Management, Litigation — Labor and Employment
- Michael Kirwan: Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Chauncey Lever: Municipal Law, Public Finance Law
- John Tucker: Commercial Litigation, Litigation — Banking and Finance, Litigation — Construction, Litigation — Real Estate
Los Angeles
- Jaime Guerrero: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Pamela Johnston: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- James Kalyvas: Privacy and Data Security Law
- Richard Lasater: Corporate Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
- Lori Richardson Pelliccioni: Health Care Law
- Richard Seiden: Health Care Law
- Raj Tanden: Tax Law
- Diane Ung: Health Care Law
Madison
- Allen Arntsen: Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Litigation — Intellectual Property, Litigation — Land Use and Zoning, Litigation — Patent
- Christopher Cain: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Timothy Crisp: Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Equipment Finance Law, Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Gordon Davenport: Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
- Roberta Howell: Franchise Law
- Daniel Kaplan: Employment Law — Management, Labor Law — Management, Litigation — Labor and Employment
- Mark Kassel: Biotechnology Law, Patent Law, Technology Law
- Matthew Lynch: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction
- David Reinecke: Trusts and Estates
- Anne Ross: Corporate Law, Insurance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Jeffrey Simmons: Litigation — Intellectual Property
- Anita Sorensen: Immigration Law
- Naikang Tsao: Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Litigation — Intellectual Property, Litigation — Patent
- Paul Wrycha: Corporate Law
Miami
- Roy Barquet: Immigration Law
- William Davis: Commercial Litigation
- Guillermo Fernandez-Quincoces: Tax Law
- Mark Neuberger: Employment Law — Management
- Mary Leslie Smith: Franchise Law
Milwaukee
- Steven Barth: Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Linda Benfield: Environmental Law, Litigation — Environmental, Natural Resources Law
- Larry Bonney: Energy Law
- Mary K Braza: Commercial Litigation, Sports Law
- John Callan: Trusts and Estates
- Richard Casper: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- James Clark: Antitrust Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation — Antitrust
- Jeffrey Costakos: Litigation — Intellectual Property, Litigation — Patent
- George Dionisopoulos: Trusts and Estates
- Gregg Dooge: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Kevin Fitzgerald: Insurance Law
- Michael Flanagan: Environmental Law, Litigation — Environmental, Natural Resources Law
- Carl Fortner: Tax Law
- Heidi Furlong: Banking and Finance Law
- Benjamin Garmer: Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Frederick Geilfuss: Health Care Law
- Jeffrey Gundersen: Patent Law
- Edward Hammond: Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Energy Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Project Finance Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Michael Hatch: Real Estate Law
- Thomas Hrdlick: Insurance Law
- Emory Ireland: Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Corporate Law, Financial Services Regulation Law
- Stanley Jaspan: Employment Law — Management, Labor Law — Management
- Sarah Jelencic: Real Estate Law
- Bruce Keyes: Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law
- Patricia Lane: Banking and Finance Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Benjamin Levin: Real Estate Law
- Brett Ludwig: Insurance Law
- Wayne Lueders: Trusts and Estates
- Kevin Makowski: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Richard McKenna: Litigation — Intellectual Property
- James McKeown: Antitrust Law, Litigation — Antitrust, Sports Law
- Jamshed Patel: Tax Law
- Thomas Pence: Employment Law — Management, Labor Law — Management
- James Peterson: Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Patrick Quick: Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law
- David Reicher: Derivatives and Futures Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Bartholomew Reuter: Energy Law
- Leigh Riley: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Jay Rothman: Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law
- David Ryan: Non-Profit / Charities Law, Public Finance Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Bryan Schultz: Corporate Law
- Kevin Schulz: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Nancy Sennett: Commercial Litigation, Litigation — ERISA, Litigation — Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation — Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Litigation — Securities
- Thomas Shriner: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation — Antitrust, Litigation — Banking and Finance, Litigation — Bankruptcy, Litigation — Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation — Real Estate, Litigation — Securities
- David Simon: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Mark Thimke: Environmental Law, Litigation — Environmental, Natural Resources Law
- Adam Wiensch: Litigation — Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
- Trevor Will: Energy Law, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions — Defendants, Product Liability Litigation — Defendants
- John Wilson: Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Andrew Wronski: Commercial Litigation, Litigation — Banking and Finance, Litigation — Bankruptcy
- Joseph Ziebert: Patent Law
- Lynette Zigman: Non-Profit / Charities Law, Tax Law
New York
- Jonathan Halpern: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Barry Mandel: Litigation — Securities
- Jonathan Moskin: Litigation — Intellectual Property
- Steven Rizzi: Litigation — Patent
- Jeffrey Thrope: Health Care Law
- Peter Wang: Commercial Litigation, Litigation — Construction
Orlando
- Daniel Bachrach: Leisure and Hospitality Law, Real Estate Law
- Edmund Baxa: Litigation — Construction
- Michael Gay: Commercial Litigation
- William Guthrie: Leisure and Hospitality Law, Real Estate Law
- Adam Losey: Electronic Discovery and Information Management Law
- Thomas Maurer: Environmental Law, Litigation — Environmental
- Michael Okaty: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law
Sacramento
- William Abalona: Health Care Law
San Diego
- Paul Hunter: Patent Law
- Richard Kaufman: Biotechnology Law
- Jose Patino: Litigation — Intellectual Property, Litigation — Patent
- Nancy Stagg: Commercial Litigation, Litigation — Intellectual Property, Litigation — Labor and Employment
- Van Tengberg: Real Estate Law
- Victor Vilaplana: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation — Bankruptcy
San Francisco
- Francis Burke: Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Thomas Carlucci: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Tallahassee
- Thomas Maida: Government Relations Practice, Insurance Law
- Austin Neal: Insurance Law
Tampa
- Michael Annis: Corporate Law, Tax Law
- Curt Creely: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Christopher Griffin: Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
- Gary Koch: Health Care Law
- Thomas Little: Leisure and Hospitality Law, Real Estate Law
- Carolyn Long: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Michael Matthews: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Fred Ridley: Leisure and Hospitality Law, Real Estate Law
- Olin Shivers: Tax Law
- Stephen Szabo: Leisure and Hospitality Law, Real Estate Law
- Martin Traber: Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Steven Vazquez: Corporate Governance Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Venture Capital Law
- Mark Wolfson: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation — Bankruptcy
Washington, D.C.
- Nathan Beaver: Food and Beverage Law
- Scott Fredericksen: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Michael Lockerby: Franchise Law
- John Lynham: Litigation — Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
- Stephen Maebius: Biotechnology Law, Litigation — Patent, Patent Law
- Nir Margalit: Leisure and Hospitality Law
- Michele Simkin: Biotechnology Law
- Richard Stoll: Environmental Law
- Samuel Winer: Litigation — Securities, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation