Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP announced that eight Arizona attorneys are named Lawyer of the Year in The Best Lawyers in America® 2018. Lawyer of the Year awards are presented to a single outstanding lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area.
A total of 51 the firm’s Arizona attorneys are included in the new edition of Best Lawyers, which is compiled annually by conducting peer-review surveys in which leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.
Phoenix attorneys named Lawyer of the Year include:
• Bruce Samuels – Copyright Law and Trademark Law
• Bryant Barber – Municipal Law
• Stephen Bressler – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action-Defendants
• Thomas Campbell – Energy Law
Tucson attorneys named Lawyer of the Year include:
• 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 Arizona attorneys from Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie recognized by Best Lawyers for 2018 includes:
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
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
Firm-wide, a total of 85 Lewis Roca attorneys are included in the new edition of Best Lawyers.
