The Best Lawyers in America® 2008
12/2007
The Best Lawyers in America, the oldest lawyer-rating publication in the U.S., has selected 92 Bryan Cave lawyers for inclusion in the 2008 edition. Selection is based on a peer-review survey in which leading attorneys cast almost 2 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties.
Bryan Cave lawyers listed in the 2008 edition of
Best Lawyers, and the practice area or areas for which each is recognized, are:
Atlanta
Gerald L. Blanchard – Financial Institutions
Armin G. Brecher – Employee Benefits
Frank A. Crisafi (*) – Tax
William V. Custer – Commercial Litigation
Kathryn L. Knudson (10) – Financial Institutions
Jay J. Levin – Real Estate & Banking
William J. Linkous, Jr. (20) – Private Client
John T. Marshall (20) – Commercial Litigation
Frank S. McGaughey III (10) – Private Client
Thomas R. McNeill – Transactions
Richard H. Miller – Regulatory and Public Policy Cross-Team
Walter G. Moeling IV (10) – Financial Institutions
F. Donald Nelms – Real Estate & Banking
E. Penn Nicholson (10) – Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors' Rights
John R. Parks – Real Estate & Banking
Steven G. Schaffer – Employee Benefits
William J. Thompson (20) – Real Estate
Robert M. Travis – Commercial Litigation
ChicagoJules I. Crystal - Labor and Employment Law
Dallas
Bruce F. Howell – Life Sciences & Health Care
Jefferson City
Ann K. Covington - Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation
Kansas CityRobert M. Barnes - Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
W. Perry Brandt (10) - Commercial Litigation
Laurence M. Frazen (10) - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Karen L. Garrett (*) - Banking Law
G. Melissa Ince (*) - Biotechnology Law
Gregory G. Johnson - Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Herbert M. Kohn (*) - Technology Law
Steven E. Mauer - Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Craig S. O'Dear (*) - Product Liability Litigation
James P. Pryde - Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Mark G. Stingley - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Robert M. Thompson - Commercial Litigation
Thomas W. Van Dyke (20) - Corporate Law
Los AngelesKenneth R. Costello - Franchise Law
Lawrence H. Heller - Trusts and Estates
Jonathan C. Solish - Franchise Law
New YorkAustin V. Campriello - Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense; White-Collar Criminal Defense
Robert S. Davis - Environmental Law; Land Use & Zoning Law
Matthew J. Leeds - Real Estate Law
Robert J. Rawn - Corporate Law
Barry C. Ross - Real Estate Law
PhoenixSteven A. Hirsch (*) - Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
R. Neil Irwin - Real Estate Law
Lucas J. Narducci - Environmental Law
Lawrence G. Scarborough (*) - Derivatives Law
St. LouisDan H. Ball - Personal Injury Litigation; Product Liability Litigation
Fred W. Bartelsmeyer - International Trade and Finance Law
Brian W. Berglund (10) - Employee Benefits Law
John G. Boyle - Banking Law
Lawrence Brody (20) - Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Michael P. Burke - Labor and Employment Law
J. Bennett Clark - Intellectual Property Law
John Michael Clear (20) - Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation; Securities Law
Dennis C. Donnelly (20) - Labor and Employment Law
Mark H. Goran - Health Care Law
Dale A. Guariglia (*) - Environmental Law
John W. Hoffman (*) - Real Estate Law
Jerry M. Hunter - Labor and Employment Law
E. Perry Johnson - Antitrust Law
Michael Kahn - Entertainment Law; First Amendment Law; Intellectual Property Law
Ned O. Lemkemeier (20) - Labor and Employment Law
Don G. Lents (10) - Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Corporate Law;
International Trade and Finance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law
Linda M. Martinez - Health Care Law; Public Finance Law; Real Estate Law
Denis P. McCusker (10) - Corporate Law; International Trade and Finance Law
George V. Meisel (20) - Real Estate Law
Walter L. Metcalfe, Jr. (20) - Corporate Law
George E. Murray (10) - Real Estate Law
Michael N. Newmark (20) - Tax Law
James L. Nouss, Jr. (10) - Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Corporate Law;
Securities Law
Lloyd A. Palans (20) - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Douglas D. Ritterskamp (20) - Employee Benefits Law
David A. Roodman - Intellectual Property Law
William F. Seabaugh - Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Corporate Law
Kathleen R. Sherby (20) - Trusts and Estates
Sarah Roe Sise - Employee Benefits Law
Peter D. Van Cleve - Corporate Law
Lisa A. Van Fleet - Employee Benefits Law
Thomas E. Wack (10) - Appellate Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
Franklin F. Wallis (20) - Trusts and Estates
Thomas C. Walsh (10) - Appellate Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation;
Personal Injury Litigation; Securities Law
R. Randall Wang - Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Charles A. Weiss - Commercial Litigation
Gregory D. Willard (20) - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Frank P. Wolff, Jr. (*) - Not for Profit Organizations Law
Philip B. Wright - Tax Law
Washington, D.C.John P. Barrie (10) - Tax Law
James M. Cole - White-Collar Criminal Defense
Mary Ann Mancini - Trusts and Estates
Stanley J. Marcuss (20) - Corporate Law; International Trade and Finance Law
Rodney F. Page (*) - Mass Tort Litigation
Therese D. Pritchard (*) - Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Securities Law
(*) Lawyers who are listed for the first time in
Best Lawyers
(10) Lawyers who have been listed in
Best Lawyers for at least 10 years
(20) Lawyers who have been listed in
Best Lawyers for at least 20 years