Partners honored as Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers

8/15/2017

PHOENIX – Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP announces that 12 partners are named Lawyer of the Year in The Best Lawyers in America® 2018. A total of 85 the firm’s attorneys are included in the new edition of Best Lawyers. 

Best Lawyers lists are compiled annually by conducting peer-review surveys in which leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Lawyer of the Year awards are presented to a single outstanding lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area.

Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie attorneys named Lawyer of the Year in their respective cities and practice areas include:

Albuquerque

• Jeffrey H. Albright - Environmental Law

Denver

• Fred Baumann – Bet-the-Company Litigation

Las Vegas

• Anthony Cabot – Gaming Law

Phoenix

• Bruce Samuels - Copyright Law and Trademark Law
• Bryant Barber – Municipal Law
• Stephen Bressler – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action-Defendants
• Thomas Campbell – Energy Law

Reno

• Michael Alonso – Government Relations Practice

Tucson

• Rob Charles – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• John Iurino – Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Roy Kyle – Banking and Finance Law
• Matt Sweger – Corporate Law

The complete list of Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers for 2018 includes:

Albuquerque

• Jeffrey H. Albright - Administrative/Regulatory Law, Communications Law, Environmental Law, Litigation-Environmental
• Ross L. Crown - Construction Law, Government Contracts
• Dennis Jontz - Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Litigation-Real Estate, Real Estate Law

Colorado Springs

• Edward A. Gleason - Commercial Litigation
• Eric Hall - First Amendment Law
• William Mahaffey - Tax Law
• Martin Nussbaum - Non-Profit/Charities Law

Denver

• Frederick J. Baumann - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Litigation - Securities
• Thomas J. Dougherty II - Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
• Charles Goldberg - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-First Amendment
• Tennyson W. Grebenar - Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law
• William P. Johnson - Litigation-Banking and Finance
• Gregory B. Kanan - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Banking and Finance
• Kevin M. Kelly - Banking and Finance Law
• James M. Lyons - Arbitration, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Mediation
• Ben M. Ochoa - Litigation-Real Estate
• Franklin D. O'Loughlin - Insurance Law
• James R. Walker - Litigation-Trusts and Estates, Litigation and Controversy-Tax, Non-Profit/Charities Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates

Las Vegas

• Anthony Cabot - Gaming Law, Information Technology Law
• Howard Cole - Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management, Litigation-Labor and Employment
• Von S. Heinz - Commercial Litigation, Litigation-ERISA, Litigation-Labor and Employment
• Joel Henriod - Appellate Practice
• Scott MacTaggart - Corporate Law
• Donald Martin – Real Estate Law
• Michael McCue - Copyright Law, Litigation-Intellectual Property, Litigation-Patent, Trademark Law
• Dan Polsenberg - Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
• Karl Rutledge - Gaming Law
• Dan R. Waite - Litigation-Banking and Finance

Los Angeles

• John Carson - Trademark Law

Phoenix

• Amy E. Altshuler - Real Estate Law
• Ann-Martha Andrews - Insurance Law
• Bryant D. Barber - Municipal Law, Public Finance Law
• Edwin Barkel - Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Securities
• Emily A. Bayton - Copyright Law
• Stephen M. Bressler - Insurance Law, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
• Scott K. Brown - Appellate Practice, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Thomas Campbell - Administrative/Regulatory Law, Energy Law
• Carla Consoli - Environmental Law, Litigation-Environmental
• Dale Danneman - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Antitrust, Litigation-Intellectual Property, Litigation-Patent, Litigation-Securities
• Kimberly Demarchi - Appellate Practice
• Scott DeWald - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Glenn Forcucci - Tax Law
• Susan Freeman - Appellate Practice, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation-Bankruptcy
• Richard Goldsmith – Arbitration, Mediation
• Joshua Grabel - Construction Law, Litigation-Construction
• Michael Hallam - Administrative /Regulatory Law, Communications Law
• Gregory Harris - Administrative /Regulatory Law, Government Relations Practice, Healthcare Law
• Stephen Hart - Gaming Law, Native American Law
• Frances Haynes - Construction Law, Litigation-Construction
• Steven Hulsman - Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs
• Lawrence Kasten - Appellate Practice
• Peter Larson - Native American Law
• Robert McKirgan - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Bankruptcy, Litigation-Intellectual Property, Litigation-Real Estate
• Linda Mitchell - Real Estate Law
• Randy Papetti - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Antitrust, Litigation-Banking and Finance, Litigation-Real Estate, Litigation-Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
• Michael Phalen - Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
• Craig Phillips - Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
• Foster Robberson - Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
• Robert Roos - Construction Law, Litigation-Construction
• Bruce E. Samuels - Commercial Litigation, Copyright Law, Litigation-Intellectual Property, Litigation-Real Estate, Trade Secrets Law, Trademark Law
• Robert Schaffer - Antitrust Law, Appellate Practice, Litigation-Antitrust
• Heidi Short - Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
• Mary Ellen Simonson - Education Law
• Jesse B. Simpson - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Litigation-Securities
• Jennifer Van Kirk - Copyright Law, Trademark Law
• Kenneth Van Winkle Jr. - Real Estate Law
• Jon Weiss - Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Real Estate
• John West - Commercial Litigation, Healthcare Law

Reno

• Michael Alonso - Gaming Law, Government Relations Practice
• Sean McGuinness - Gaming Law
• David Mousel - Gaming Law
• E. Leif Reid - Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Real Estate
• Richard Trachok II - Gaming Law

Tucson

• Anne Aikman-Scalise – Trademark Law
• Rob Charles - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation-Bankruptcy
• John C. Hinderaker - Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Land Use and Zoning, Litigation-Real Estate
• John Iurino - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Intellectual Property, Litigation-Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation-Real Estate
• Roy Kyle - Banking and Finance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Linda McNulty – Litigation-Real Estate, Real Estate Law
• Mark Patton – Real Estate Law
• Andrew Schorr - Real Estate Law
• Lewis Schorr - Real Estate Law
• S.L. Schorr - Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation-Land Use and Zoning, Litigation-Real Estate, Real Estate Law
• Matthew Sweger - Corporate Law
• Pilar Thomas - Native American Law