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54 Lathrop Gage Attorneys Named Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers

11/1/2011

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (November 11, 2011) – Fifty-four attorneys from Lathrop Gage LLP have been recognized as Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers for 2011, and an additional 14 were named “Rising Stars,” Super Lawyers magazine recently announced.

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters organization, performs the annual polling, research and selection in a process designed to identify lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only 5 percent of the lawyers in a given state or region are named Super Lawyers; 2.5 percent qualify as Rising Stars.

Super Lawyers are nominated by their peers, active lawyers in the state or region who have practiced for five years or longer. These nominations are supported by interviews, independent research, data verification and good-standing review. More information is available at www.superlawyers.com.

Lathrop Gage’s Missouri & Kansas 2011 Super Lawyers:

JEFFERSON CITY, MO.:
Kurt Schaefer, Environmental Litigation
David Shorr, Environmental

KANSAS CITY, MO.:
Mike Abrams, Business Litigation
Joan Archer, Intellectual Property Litigation
David Barnard, Intellectual Property Litigation
Bill Beck, Environmental Litigation
Allison Bergman, Real Estate
Rick Bien, Business Litigation
Mark Bluhm, Mergers & Acquisitions
Jean Paul Bradshaw, Health Care
Wallace Brockhoff, Mergers & Acquisitions
Peter Brown, Estate Planning & Probate
Don Dagenais, Real Estate
Doug Dalgleish, Business Litigation
Jay Felton, Business Litigation
Brian Fenimore, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Bill Ford, Environmental
Shelly Freeman, Employment & Labor
Brian Fries, Business Litigation
Bob Grossman, Employee Benefits/ERISA
Russ Jones, Tax
Greg Kuhn, Employee Benefits/ERISA
Bob Lesley, Intellectual Property Litigation
Tom McMahon, Tax
Rosalee McNamara, Employment & Labor
Tim McNamara, Business Litigation
Joe Medved, Mergers & Acquisitions
Jim Moeller, Business Litigation
Maurice O’Sullivan, Employee Benefits/ERISA
Dick Rhyne, Construction/Surety
Jerry Riffel, Real Estate
Nancy Roush, Closely Held Business
Jack Rowe, Employment & Labor
Bill Rudy, Intellectual Property
Tom Stahl, Business/Corporate
Carl Struby, Business/Corporate
Joel Voran, Estate Planning & Probate
Dale Werts, Business/Corporate

OVERLAND PARK, KAN.:
James Betterman, Estate Planning & Probate
Pete Heaven, Real Estate
Al Martin, Business/Corporate
Lyle Pishny, Tax
Andy Ramirez, Health Care
Curt Tideman, Business Litigation
Bill Waugh, Estate Planning & Probate

SPRINGFIELD, MO.:
Gary Cunningham, Personal Injury Defense: Products
Frank Evans, Business Litigation
Dan Nelson, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Lee Poppen, Construction Litigation
Joseph Reid, Personal Injury Defense
Randell Wallace, Real Estate

ST. LOUIS:
Dan Doyle, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Ben Keller, Estate Planning & Probate
Scott Malin, Estate Planning & Probate

Lathrop Gage’s Missouri & Kansas 2011 Rising Stars:

JEFFERSON CITY, MO.:
Jennifer Griffin, Gaming

KANSAS CITY, MO.:
Dan Cranshaw, Business Litigation
Cameron Garrison, Intellectual Property Litigation
Travis McCallon, Intellectual Property Litigation
Jessie Merrigan, Environmental
Jason Parks, Intellectual Property Litigation
Bridget Romero, Employment & Labor
Jamison Shipman, Tax

OVERLAND PARK, KAN.:
Jennifer Hannah, Business Litigation
Melissa Hoag Sherman, Business Litigation
Jason Peters, Real Estate  

SPRINGFIELD, MO.:
Matthew Growcock, Personal Injury Defense

ST. LOUIS:
Scott Dickenson, Business Litigation
Laura Toledo, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

About Lathrop Gage LLP:
A full-service law firm, Lathrop Gage LLP has more than 320 attorneys in 12 offices nationwide – from Los Angeles to New York. In 2011, Chambers USA ranked Lathrop Gage’s corporate, environmental, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, real estate and transportation teams among the best in their regions. For more information, visit www.lathropgage.com.