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80 Lathrop Gage Attorneys Named “Best Lawyers in America”

8/22/2012

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (August 22, 2012) – Best Lawyers announced the 2013 edition of “The Best Lawyers in America” today with 80 attorneys from Lathrop Gage LLP being selected, an increase from 72 attorneys in the 2012 edition.

This year’s listing marks the 19th edition of the publication, which is based on a national survey involving more than 3.9 million evaluations of lawyers by their peers.

Attorneys from Lathrop Gage who were selected are as follows:

Boston
Giulio DeConti
                Biotechnology Law 
                Copyright Law
                Patent Law
                Trademark Law

Boulder
Curtis Vock 
                Patent Law

Chicago
Russell Eggert 
                Environmental Law
                Litigation (Environmental)

Denver
Jay F. Kamlet 
                Real Estate Law
George Matava
                Litigation (Intellectual Property)
                Trademark Law

Jefferson City
Aimee Davenport 
                Environmental Law
                Water Law
Kurt Schaefer 
                Environmental Law
David Shorr 
                Environmental Law 
                Natural Resources Law
Jennifer Tucker
                Administrative/Regulatory Law
                Commercial Litigation

Kansas City
Dave Barnard 
                Litigation (Intellectual Property)
William G. Beck 
                Commercial Litigation
                Insurance Law
                Litigation (Environmental)
Richard Bien 
                Insurance Law 
                Litigation (Banking and Finance)
                Litigation (ERISA)
Mark Bluhm 
                Corporate Law
                Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Sherman Botts 
                Construction Law
                Litigation (Construction)
Jean Paul Bradshaw 
                Criminal Defense: White-Collar
                Health Care Law
John T. Coghlan 
                Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
John Craft 
                Government Relations Practice
                Real Estate Law
Don Dagenais 
                Real Estate Law
Douglas Dalgleish 
                Commercial Litigation
                Mass Tort Litigation/ Class Actions (Defendants)
                Personal Injury Litigation (Defendants)
                Railroad Law
Kendall Paul Day 
                Railroad Law
Brian Fenimore 
                Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
                Litigation (Bankruptcy)
William Ford 
                Environmental Law
                Litigation (Environmental)
Shelly Freeman 
                Employment Law (Management)
Brian Fries 
                Commercial Litigation
                Litigation (Banking and Finance)
Gretchen Gold 
                Trusts and Estates
H. Steven Graham 
                Banking and Finance Law
                Real Estate Law
Robert Grossman 
                Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Kathleen A. Hauser
                Real Estate Law
Alfred R. Hupp, Jr. 
                Immigration Law
Russell D. Jones 
                Commercial Litigation
                Non-Profit/ Charities Law
                Tax Law
Gregory B. Kuhn
                Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Thomas McMahon 
                Tax Law
Rosalee McNamara 
                Employment Law (Management)
                Labor Law (Management)
Timothy McNamara 
                Commercial Litigation
                Professional Malpractice Law (Defendants)
Joseph Medved 
                Corporate Law
                Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Stephen Mitchell 
                Real Estate Law
James Moeller 
                Litigation (Environmental)
Charles Myers 
                Health Care Law
Maurice O’Sullivan, Jr. 
                Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
                Trusts and Estates
Bernard Rhodes 
                First Amendment Law
Richard Rhyne 
                Construction Law 
                Litigation (Construction)
Nancy Schmidt Roush 
                Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law
                Trusts and Estates
Jerome Riffel 
                Gaming Law
                Land Use and Zoning Law
                Real Estate Law
Jack Rowe 
                Employment Law (Management)
                Labor Law (Management)
                Litigation (Labor and Employment)
William Rudy 
                Technology Law
Thomas Ryan 
                Litigation (Environmental)
R. Kent Sellers 
                Appellate Practice
Thomas H. Stahl 
                Banking and Finance Law 
                Financial Services Regulation Law
Carl Struby 
                Corporate Compliance Law
                Corporate Law
                Securities (Capital Markets Law)
                Securities Regulation
Michel A. Thompson 
                Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
David Vogel
                Employment Law (Management)
Joel Voran 
                Trusts and Estates

New York
Thomas Curtin
                Litigation (Intellectual Property)

Overland Park
Shannon Barks
                Litigation (Trusts and Estates)
                Trusts and Estates
R. Scott Beeler 
                Commercial Litigation
                Litigation (Construction)
                Litigation (Land Use and Zoning)
                Litigation (Real Estate)
James Betterman 
                Litigation (Trusts and Estates)
                Trusts and Estates
Brett Bogan
                Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Peter Brown 
                Trusts and Estates
Jennifer Hannah
                Commercial Litigation
                Construction Law
Lewis Heaven, Jr. 
                Land Use and Zoning Law 
                Litigation (Land Use and Zoning)
                Real Estate Law
Gerald Kraai 
                Litigation (Intellectual Property)
                Patent Law 
                Technology Law
                Trademark Law
Alson Martin 
                Corporate Law
                Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
                Tax Law
Lyle Pishny 
                Tax Law 
                Trusts and Estates
Andrew Ramirez 
                Health Care Law
Fred Starrett
                Commercial Litigation
Curtis Tideman 
                Commercial Litigation
                Education Law
David Waters
                Real Estate Law
William K. Waugh III 
                Non-Profit/Charities Law
                Tax Law 
                Trusts and Estates
Kenneth Weltz
                Railroad Law
Harry Wigner, Jr.
                Corporate Law 
                Real Estate Law

Springfield
Gary Cunningham 
                Commercial Litigation 
                Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants) 
                Mediation 
                Personal Injury (Defendants)
                Product Liability Litigation (Defendants)
Frank Evans III 
                Commercial Litigation
Neil Guion 
                Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
Dan Nelson 
                Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Lee E. Poppen 
                Family Law
Randell Wallace 
                Banking and Finance Law
                Land Use and Zoning Law
                Real Estate Law

St. Louis
Donn H. Herring 
                Health Care Law
Bennett S. Keller 
                Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law
                Corporate Law
                Tax Law
                Trusts and Estates
John P. King 
                Construction Law
                Land Use and Zoning Law
Scott H. Malin 
                Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law
                Trusts and Estates

About Lathrop Gage LLP:
A full-service law firm, Lathrop Gage LLP has more than 320 attorneys in 11 offices nationwide – from Los Angeles to New York. In 2012, 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.