Fourteen Steptoe & Johnson LLP attorneys have been recognized as Southwest Super Lawyers and three attorneys have been recognized as 2015 Southwest Rising Stars.  The annual list selects only five percent of the total lawyers in the region based on peer review and the publication’s independent research.

The following Steptoe attorneys were selected as 2015 Southwest Super Lawyers:

Floyd Bienstock – Insurance

•Paul Charlton – Criminal Defense:  White Collar

•Bruce Converse – Insurance

Ben Cooper – Appellate

Pat Derdenger – Tax

• Dawn Gabel – Tax

• Kevin Hunter – Business/Corporations

• Lawrence Katz – Employment and Labor

Jon Neumann – Insurance

• Kevin Olson – Business/Corporations

•Timothy Strong – Business Litigation

•Karl Tilleman – Business Litigation

•Steven Wheeless – Employment and Labor

•Nancy White – Mergers and Acquisitions

The following Steptoe attorneys were selected as 2015 Southwest Rising Stars:

•Erin Bradham – Civil Litigation: Defense

•Aaron Lockwood – Civil Litigation:  Defense

•Jason Porter – Business Litigation