Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers Recognizes 37 Shook Attorneys

Thomson Reuters has recognized 31 Shook, Hardy & Bacon attorneys in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2012 following a “rigorous, multiphase rating process” that identifies the top 5 percent of lawyers in the region. Five of them were also singled out with distinction in the Top 50 Women Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, Top 50 Kansas City Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers and Top 100 Missouri & Kansas City Super Lawyers 2012 listings. Six Shook attorneys were named “Rising Stars.”

Shook Kansas City partners named to Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2012 include Rob Adams (General Litigation); Mark Anstoetter (Environmental Litigation); Gene Balloun (Business Litigation); Ed Bullard (Real Estate); Mike Cargnel (Business Litigation); Stan Davis (Personal Injury Plaintiff – Products); Jim Eiszner (Antitrust Litigation); Willie Epps (Criminal Defense – White Collar); Dave Erickson (Environmental Litigation); Roger Geary (Personal Injury Defense – Products); Harvey Kaplan (Civil Litigation Defense); Matt Keenan (Personal Injury Defense – Products); Gary Long (Class Actions/Mass Torts); Bill Martucci (Employment Litigation – Defense); Kirk Marty (Environmental Litigation); Scott McCandless (Real Estate); Madeleine McDonough (Civil Litigation Defense); Mark Moedritzer (Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights); Jim Muehlberger (Class Action/Mass Torts); Carol Poindexter (Health Care); Joe Rebein (Antitrust Litigation); Todd Ruskamp (Business Litigation); Bill Sampson (Business Litigation); Terry Satterlee (Environmental); Scott Sayler (Civil Litigation Defense); Andy See (Personal Injury Defense – Products); Stan Sexton (Personal Injury Defense – General); Jay Simpson (Tax); Gene Voigts (Civil Litigation Defense); Trent Webb (Intellectual Property Litigation); and Marie Woodbury (Civil Litigation Defense).

Those singled out for special distinction include Rob Adams (Top 50 Kansas City Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2012 and Top 100 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2012); Gene Balloun (Top 50 Kansas City Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2012 and Top 100 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2012); Harvey Kaplan (Top 50 Kansas City Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2012 and Top 100 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2012); Terry Satterlee (Top 50 Women Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2012); and Marie Woodbury (Top 50 Women Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2012).

Shook Kansas City “Rising Stars” include Partner Chris Aikin (Business Litigation); Associate Chad Beashore (Personal Injury Defense – Products); Associate Zach Chaffee-McClure (Business Litigation); Senior Staff Attorney Kelli Curry (Civil Litigation Defense); Partner Kristen Page (Employment Litigation – Defense); and Partner Harley Ratliff (Civil Litigation Defense).

Candidates for Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers are identified through peer recognition ballots, as well as by an independent research staff. Nominees are graded on a point scale that considers 12 indicators of professional achievement, including experience, representative clients, verdicts and settlements, honors and awards, and pro bono and community service.