The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that 17 of its Phoenix attorneys have been named by Southwest Super Lawyers® magazine as among the top attorneys in Arizona for 2017. Additionally, 14 Phoenix attorneys were named to the 2017 Southwest Rising Stars list.

Super Lawyers®, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service that recognizes outstanding lawyers who have gained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual, statewide selections are made using a multi-phased process that includes independent peer nominations, peer evaluations, and research. No more than five percent of total lawyers in a state are selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers.

The following local attorneys were selected for inclusion:

• David E. Funkhouser – Business Litigation

• Dawn R. Gabel – Tax

• Isaac M. Gabriel – Bankruptcy: Business

• Diane M. Haller – Real Estate

• Brian Howie – Business Litigation

• W. Scott Jenkins, Jr. – Creditor Debtor Rights

• Roger N. Morris – Health Care

• John Maston O’Neal – Business Litigation

• Jon E. Pettibone – Employment & Labor

• Kevin D. Quigley – Business Litigation

• Stephanie Quincy – Employment & Labor

• James A. Ryan – Business Litigation

• Derek L. Sorenson – Real Estate

• Nicole France Stanton – Professional Liability: Defense

• Bradley Vynalek – Business Litigation

• Lori L. Winkelman – Bankruptcy: Business

• Jeffrey H. Wolf – Franchise / Dealership

Super Lawyers Rising Stars recognizes the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state who are 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less. No more than 2.5 percent of total lawyers are selected for inclusion in the Rising Stars list.

The following local attorneys were selected for inclusion:

• Sarah Anchors – Business Litigation

• Krystal A. Fleischmann – Business Litigation

• Alisaa Brice – Bankruptcy: Business

• Michael S. Catlett – Business Litigation

• Simone Colgan Dunlap – Health Care

• Isaac Crum – Intellectual Property Litigation

• Lindsay J. Fiore – Employment & Labor

• Andrea Landeen – Creditor Debtor Rights

• Michael A. McCanse – Business Litigation

• Coree E. Neumeyer – Business Litigation

• Lauren Elliott Stine – Business Litigation

• Naomi E. Thurston – Civil Litigation: Plaintiff

• Jason F. Wood – Real Estate

• Marian Zapata-Rossa – Employee Litigation: Defense