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Press Release
______________________________________________________________________ For Immediate ReleaseAugust 15, 2013
82 Fennemore Craig Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America
2014
©PHOENIX, AZ, – Fennemore Craig, one of the largest law firms in the Southwest, is proud
to announce 82 lawyers from Fennemore Craig were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America©2014 (Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc.
of Aiken, SC). Of the 82 attorneys recognized, 6 attorneys were also named The Best
Lawyers in America©2014 - Lawyers of the Year.
“The firm’s reputation has been built on our attorneys’ continued commitment to
excellence,” said Tim Berg, managing partner of Fennemore Craig. “We are honored to be recognized by our legal community and to be included in The Best Lawyers in America©
2014.”
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers©has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers©is based on a peer-review survey in which almost 50,000 leading attorneys cast votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed in Best Lawyers©which solidifies the significance and prestige of attorney recognition in Best Lawyers year to year.
The following Fennemore Craig attorneys were named The Best Lawyers in America©
2014-Lawyers of the Year:
Timothy J. Berg – Best Lawyers’ 2014 Phoenix Litigation – Municipal “Lawyer of the Year”
Timothy J. Burke – Best Lawyers’ 2014 Phoenix Litigation – Antitrust “Lawyer of the Year”
Neal Kurn – Best Lawyers’ 2014 Phoenix Trusts and Estates “Lawyer of the Year” Kendis Key Muscheid – Best Lawyers’ 2014 Phoenix Non-Profit/Charities Law “Lawyer
of the Year”
Cynthia L. Shupe – Best Lawyers’ 2014 Phoenix Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law “Lawyer of the Year”
Ronald J. Stolkin – Best Lawyers’ 2014 Phoenix Employment Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year”
In addition, the following Fennemore Craig attorneys are listed in The Best Lawyers in
America©2014 by office and their respective practice area(s) for which they were
nominated: Denver, CO
Christine A. Craigmile – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants Greg L. Perczak – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Troy R. Rackham – Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Medical Malpractice Law –
Defendants
Nogales, AZ
Hector G. Arana – International Trade and Finance Law
Kimberly A. Howard Arana – International Trade and Finance Law Phoenix, AZ
Amy Abdo – Litigation – Labor & Employment
Robert D. Anderson – Environmental Law; Natural Resources Law; Water Law John J. Balitis – Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor & Employment Timothy J. Berg – Appellate Practice; Communications Law; Energy Law; Litigation –
Municipal; Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement
Rhett Billingsley – Environmental Law; Natural Resources Law; Water Law Patrick Black – Energy Law; Energy Regulatory Law
Kevin J. Bonner – Litigation – Construction
Timothy J. Burke – Antitrust Law; Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law; Legal
Malpractice Law – Defendants; Litigation – Antitrust
Aaron Cain – Corporate Law
Christopher L. Callahan – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Environmental; Mass Tort
Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Lauren J. Caster – Litigation – Environmental; Natural Resources Law; Water Law George T. Cole – Real Estate Law
C. Webb Crockett – Energy Law; Energy Regulatory Law John F. Daniels III – Litigation & Controversy – Tax; Tax Law Theresa Dwyer-Federhar – Appellate Practice
Rita A. Eisenfeld – Trusts and Estates
Phillip F. Fargotstein – Litigation – Environmental
Andrew M. Federhar – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Intellectual Property;
Litigation – Land Use & Zoning; Litigation – Municipal; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Scott M. Finical – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation;
Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Margaret R. Gallogly – Natural Resources Law; Water Law
Donald R. Gilbert – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management;
Litigation – Labor & Employment
Stephen A. Good – Corporate Law; Tax Law Gregg Hanks – Real Estate Law; Tax Law
Roger T. Hargrove – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Real Estate; Litigation – Trusts
& Estates
Ray K. Harris – Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent David N. Heap – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Neil H. Hiller – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Norman D. James – Energy Law; Litigation – Environmental; Natural Resources Law;
Water Law
John Randall Jefferies – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction Charles M. King – Real Estate Law
John E. Kofron – Construction Law Jay S. Kramer – Real Estate Law
Neal Kurn – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Marc H. Lamber – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants T. James Lee – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Laura A. Lo Bianco – Corporate Law; Non-Profit/Charities Law Don J. Miner – Real Estate Law
Kendis Key Muscheid – Non-Profit/Charities Law; Tax Law Mark A. Nesvig – Real Estate Law
Douglas C. Northup – Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants;
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Sharon J. Oscar – Real Estate Law
John M. Pearce – Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental Michael J. Phalen – Land Use & Zoning Law
Janice Procter-Murphy – Appellate Practice; Employment Law – Management;
Litigation – Labor & Employment
Jane A. Proctor – Trusts and Estates Cathy L. Reece – Litigation – Bankruptcy Robert P. Robinson – Real Estate Law C.W. Ross – Mergers & Acquisitions Law
J. Barry Shelley – Corporate Law; Tax Law
Gerald L. Shelley – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and
Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Kenneth J. Sherk – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Legal Malpractice Law –
Defendants; Mediation
Heidi Kimzey Short – Land Use & Zoning Law; Real Estate Law Cynthia L. Shupe – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Ronald J. Stolkin – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management Sarah A. Strunk – Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Mining Law;
Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
William L. Thorpe – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Railroad Law David E. Vieweg – Real Estate Law
Susan M. Wissink – Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law Tucson, AZ
Benjamin W. Bauer – Real Estate Law
Sherry Janssen Downer – Employment Law – Management
Barney M. Holtzman – Employment Law – Management; Litigation – ERISA; Litigation
– Labor & Employment
John E. Kofron – Construction Law
Erwin Kratz – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
George Krauja – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Real Estate
Nancy J. March – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and
Reorganization Law
Las Vegas, NV – Fennemore Craig Jones Vargas Joseph W. Brown – Government Relations Practice Michael E. Buckley – Real Estate Law
Chris H. Byrd – Litigation – Construction
Douglas M. Cohen – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Gary R. Goodheart – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation –
Banking & Finance; Litigation – Real Estate
John H. Mowbray – Commercial Litigation Wilbur M. Roadhouse – Real Estate Law
James L. Wadhams – Government Relations Practice Reno, NV – Fennemore Craig Jones Vargas
Dave C. Davis, Jr. – Real Estate Law Elizabeth M. Fielder – Real Estate Law
Ann Morgan – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation
– Labor & Employment
About Fennemore Craig
Fennemore Craig is a full service law firm for business with nearly 200 attorneys and offices in Phoenix, Tucson, Nogales, Las Vegas, Denver and Reno. For more information, visitwww.fennemorecraig.com.