Az Business Magazine’s 2014 top lawyer list was created after the editorial department asked Arizona law firms to nominate their two best attorneys from more than 20 different categories for consideration. Those nominees were vetted and considered by a panel made of the editorial team and industry experts to determine the exclusive 2014 Az Business Magazine Top Lawyers List.
 Floyd Bienstock Partner Steptoe & Johnson LLP Company Website Bienstock is a partner at Steptoe who leads the Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith practice. He focuses on litigating insurance coverage and commercial litigation matters in state and federal courts. He was named Best Lawyers’ 2014 Phoenix Insurance Law “Lawyer of the Year.” |
 Steven Plit Partner Kunz Plitt Hyland & Demlong, P.C. Company Website Super Lawyers designated Plitt one of the Top 50 Lawyers in Arizona. He was named Insurance Lawyer of the Year in 2012 by Best Lawyers. Plitt was also designated as one of the Best Lawyers in America. |
 Michael E. Hensley Partner Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C. Company Website Hensley has been practicing employee benefits and insurance law since 1985 and has been selected to Arizona’s Finest Lawyers. Hensley shares his expertise in this field by actively presenting at seminars and conferences. |
 Gena L. Sluga Partner Christian, Dichter & Sluga Company Website Sluga is an AV-rated attorney who has been recognized by Super Lawyers as one of the 25 Top Women Lawyers in Arizona. Her practice emphasizes insurance coverage, and she is licensed in Arizona, Nevada and Texas. |
 Helen R. Holden Shareholder Sacks Tierney P.A. Company Website Holden is a frequent writer on practical legal topics for employers. She is a member of the State Bar’s Labor and Employment Law Section and the Defense Research Institute’s Employment and Labor Law Committee. |
 Cindy L. Shupe Director Fennemore Craig Company Website Shupe practices in the areas of pension and profit sharing, executive compensation, employee health benefits, taxation and tax planning for retirement accumulations. She chairs the firm’s ERISA and Employee Benefits practice and speaks nationally. |
 Kathryn A. Honecker Shareholder Bonnett, Fairbourn, Friedman & Balint Company Website Honecker’s practice focuses on class actions in federal and state courts throughout the United States, representing plaintiff lasses in major consumer fraud, civil rights, employment and insurance sales practices cases and other complex commercial litigation. |
 Patrick T. Stanley Member Comitz | Beethe Company Website Stanley is particularly experienced in litigating insurance cases, including bad faith, individual disability, employer-sponsored disability and professional liability coverage matters. |
 Anne L. Leary Shareholder Gallagher & Kennedy Company Website Leary advises employers with respect to their 401(k), ESOP and other retirement plans, insured and self-insured health plans, and executive compensation programs. She counsels clients on ERISA fiduciary responsibility, ACA, HIPAA and COBRA issues. |
 Kurt M. Zitzer Partner Meagher & Geer, P.L.L.P. Company Website Zitzer is a litigation attorney whose practice focuses on insurance coverage, including writing coverage opinions and defending commercial insurance cases. He is also an experienced arbitrator and expert witness in matters regarding insurance coverage disputes, and bad faith claims. |
