Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers 2008
10/2008
Sixty-two lawyers from Bryan Cave’s Missouri offices have been named to the 2008 edition of Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers & Rising Stars. In addition, many were listed in the Top 10, Top 100, Top 50 Female, Top 50 Kansas City and Top 50 St. Louis categories. Super Lawyers lists the top 5 percent of attorneys in a state or region who have attained a high level of recognition and professional achievement. Honorees are identified through peer surveys, a "blue-ribbon panel" review and independent research of Law & Politics magazine.
Bryan Cave’s 2008 Missouri Super Lawyers & Rising Stars, and the areas for which each is recognized, include:
Super Lawyers
Jefferson City
Ann K. Covington - Appellate
Kansas City
Robert M. Barnes - Business/Corporate
Irvin V. Belzer - Business Litigation (Top 100)
W. Perry Brandt - Business Litigation (Top 100, Top 50 Kansas City)
Laurence M. Frazen - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights (Top 10, Top 50 Kansas City)
Robert J. Hoffman - Business Litigation
Gregory G. Johnson - Business/Corporate
Elaine Drodge Koch - Employment Litigation: Defense (Top 50 Female)
Herbert M. Kohn - Business/Corporate
James M. Matthews - Tax
Steven E. Mauer - Business Litigation
Craig S. O'Dear - Business Litigation (Top 100)
James P. Pryde - Mergers & Acquisitions
B. John Readey - Estate Planning & Probate
Mark G. Stingley - Business Litigation
Robert M. Thompson - Business Litigation
Thomas W. Van Dyke - Mergers & Acquisitions
St. Louis
Dan H. Ball - Personal Injury Defense: Products (Top 100, Top 50 St. Louis)
Fred W. Bartelsmeyer - Mergers & Acquisitions
Brian W. Berglund - Employee Benefits/ERISA (Top 50)
John G. Boyle - Business/Corporate
Lawrence Brody - Estate Planning & Probate (Top 50)
J. Bennett Clark - Intellectual Property Litigation
John Michael Clear - Business Litigation
Dennis C. Donnelly - Employment & Labor
Mark H. Goran - Health Care
Dale A. Guariglia - Environmental
Peter W. Herzog, III - Class Action/Mass Torts
Zachary A. Hummel - Employment & Labor
Jerry M. Hunter - Employment & Labor
Rebecca R. Jackson - Civil Litigation Defense
E. Perry Johnson - Antitrust Litigation
Michael A. Kahn - Intellectual Property Litigation
Douglas W. King - Business Litigation
J. Mark Klamer - Securities & Corporate Finance
Mark B. Leadlove - Business Litigation
Ned O. Lemkemeier - Employment & Labor
Don G. Lents - Business/Corporate (Top 50 St. Louis)
Linda M. Martinez - Real Estate
Denis P. McCusker - Mergers & Acquisitions
Walter L. Metcalfe, Jr. - Securities & Corporate Finance
George E. Murray - Real Estate
Michael N. Newmark - Tax
James L. Nouss, Jr. - Securities & Corporate Finance
Gerald R. Ortbals - Business Litigation
Lloyd A. Palans - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights (Top 100, Top 50 St. Louis)
David A. Roodman - Intellectual Property Litigation
William F. Seabaugh - Mergers & Acquisitions
Kathleen R. Sherby - Estate Planning & Probate (Top 100, Top 50 Female, Top 50
St. Louis)
Brenda L. Talent - Tax
Peter D. Van Cleve - Mergers & Acquisitions
Lisa A. Van Fleet - Employee Benefits/ERISA
Thomas E. Wack - Civil Litigation Defense (Top 50 St. Louis)
Thomas C. Walsh - Appellate
R. Randall Wang - Securities & Corporate Finance
Charles A. Weiss - Business Litigation
Gregory D. Willard - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Philip B. Wright - Tax (Top 50 St. Louis)
Rising Stars
Kansas City
Heather S. Esau Zerger - Employment & Labor
Wesley O. Fields - Business/Corporate
Christopher J. Fisher - Banking
St. Louis
Jennifer W. Stokes - Employee Benefits/ERISA