Forty-five Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP attorneys were named Best Lawyers® by publisher Woodward/White, Inc. in their annual guide recognizing legal excellence. The Best Lawyers in America is based on a peer-review survey in which industry-leading attorneys comment on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. The 2020 edition recognizes less than five percent of U.S. practicing attorneys and is derived from 8.2 million evaluations.
DGS partner Jonathan A. Marks was named among the publication’s 2020 “Lawyers of the Year” for Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law. Only one lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored with this distinction.
The DGS attorneys selected for inclusion in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America are:
- Thomas C. Bell – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy; Litigation – Real Estate
- Joel O. Benson – Oil and Gas Law
- Jonathon D. Bergman – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction
- Cindy S. Birley – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Brian Boonstra – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Stephen M. Brainerd – Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
- Miko Ando Brown – Litigation – Insurance; Medical Malpractice – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Mark C. Bussey – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Gregory R. Danielson – Energy Law; Natural Resources Law; Oil and Gas Law
- William J. Duffy – Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental; Natural Resources Law
- John A. Elofson – Corporate Law
- John A. Francis – Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law
- Michael J. Gallagher – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Environmental
- Laura B. Gill – Corporate Governance Law
- Albert J. Givray – Aviation Law
- Catherine A. Hance – Real Estate Law
- Scott W. Hardt – Environmental Law
- Randall E. Hubbard – Energy Law; Mining Law; Natural Resources Law
- John R. Jacus – Environmental Law
- Rachel R. James – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Kenzo S. Kawanabe – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- J. Christopher Kinsman – Real Estate Law
- William N. Krems – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
- Kristin L. Lentz – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Jonathan A. Marks – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Judith M. Matlock – Energy Law; Natural Resources Law; Oil and Gas Law
- Joel A. Mayo – Real Estate Law
- Barbara J. Mueller – Construction Law; Real Estate Law
- Laurence E. Nemirow* – Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
- David Neslin – Energy Law; Natural Resources Law
- Brett C. Painter – Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment; and Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Matthew Perkins – Corporate Law
- Jonathan W. Rauchway – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Christopher L. Richardson – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Laura J. Riese – Environmental Law
- Peter H. Schwartz – Mutual Funds Law
- Michael Snider – Tax Law
- Shannon Wells Stevenson – Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; and Commercial Litigation
- Bruce D. Stocks – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Andrew I. Sultan – Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Venture Capital Law
- Elizabeth H. Temkin – Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
- S. Lee Terry, Jr. – Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
- Chad D. Williams – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- James S. Witwer – Water Law
- Gail L. Wurtzler – Environmental Law
*Larry Nemirow is a principal of Nemirow Law LLP and serves as special tax counsel to DGS.