Best Lawyers® Recognizes 50 Shook Attorneys, Honors Six as Lawyers of the Year
Nationwide, 50 Shook, Hardy & Bacon attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
Six Shook, Hardy & Bacon partners have been named Best Lawyers® 2016 “Lawyers of the Year.” Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area receives Lawyer of the Year recognition. Lawyer of the Year honorees include:
- John Barkett (Litigation – Environmental)
- Dave Erickson (Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants)
- Thomas Grever (Litigation - Environmental)
- Harvey Kaplan (Biotechnology Law)
- Patrick Lujin (Litigation - Intellectual Property)
- Jay Simpson (Tax Law)
Best Lawyers® recognized the following Shook attorneys for their expertise across 28 different practice areas:
Chicago:
- Mike Conway (Commercial Litigation)
- Gary Elden (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation – Securities)
- Todd Jacobs (Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law)
- John McCambridge (Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust)
- Gary Miller (Commercial Litigation)
- Lynn Murray (Insurance Law)
- Dave Schoenfeld (Insurance Law)
Denver:
- Kirk Ingebretsen (Commercial Litigation, Securities / Capital Markets Law)
- Chip Sander (Commercial Litigation)
- Dan Wake (Commercial Litigation)
Houston:
- Ethel Johnson (Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management)
- Gene Williams (Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation –Defendants)
Kansas City:
- Rob Adams (Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
- Mark Anstoetter (Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants)
- Gene Balloun (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation)
- Walt Cofer (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
- Chris Cotton (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
- Jim Eiszner (Antitrust Law, Litigation – Antitrust)
- Dave Erickson (Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants)
- Tom Grever (Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental)
- Sandy Hawley (Real Estate Law)
- Justin Johl (Litigation - Labor and Employment)
- Harvey Kaplan (Biotechnology Law, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
- Matt Keenan (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
- Patrick Lujin (Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent)
- Bill Martucci (Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Individuals, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment)
- Scott McCandless (Real Estate Law)
- Jim Muehlberger (Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants)
- John Murphy (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
- Joe Rebein (Commercial Litigation)
- Bill Sampson (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
- Terry Satterlee (Litigation – Environmental)
- Scott Sayler (Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants)
- Stan Sexton (Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Environmental, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
- Jay Simpson (Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law)
- James Thompson (Litigation – Environmental)
- Gene Voigts (Commercial Litigation)
- Trent Webb (Litigation – Intellectual Property)
- Marie Woodbury (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
Miami:
- John Barkett (Arbitration, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Mediation)
- Bill Geraghty (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
- Ken Reilly (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
- Dan Rogers (Appellate Practice)
Orange County:
- Michelle Fujimoto (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
Philadelphia:
- Debra Dunne (FDA Law)
- Sean Wajert (Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
San Francisco:
- Randy Haimovici (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
- Tammy Webb (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
Tampa:
- Dan Molony (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
Washington D.C.:
- Madeleine McDonough (FDA Law)
