Fifty-one Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP attorneys were named Best Lawyers® by publisher Woodward/White, Inc. in its annual guide recognizing legal excellence. The 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America is based on a peer-review survey in which more than 43,000 attorneys comment on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. The publication only recognizes the top four percent of attorneys in the country.
Three DGS attorneys were named 2019 “Lawyers of the Year” in four categories. Only one lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored with this distinction. The DGS attorneys selected as 2019 Lawyers of the Year are:
- Gregory R. Danielson – Natural Resources Law and Oil and Gas Law
- Zach C. Miller – Environmental Law
- Constance L. Rogers – Native American Law
The DGS attorneys selected for inclusion in the 2019 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; and Litigation – Real Estate
- Joel O. Benson – Oil and Gas Law
- Jonathon D. Bergman – Commercial Litigation
- William A. Bianco – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance; and Litigation – Construction
- Cindy S. Birley – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Brian Boonstra – Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Stephen M. Brainerd – Litigation – Trusts and Estates and Trusts and Estates
- Mark C. Bussey – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Charles L. Casteel – Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Gregory R. Danielson – Energy Law; Natural Resources Law; and Oil and Gas Law
- William J. Duffy – Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental; and Natural Resources Law
- John A. Elofson – Corporate Law
- John A. Francis – Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation; and Health Care Law
- Michael J. Gallagher – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; and Litigation – Environmental
- Laura B. Gill – Corporate Governance Law
- Albert Givray – Aviation Law
- Catherine A. Hance – Real Estate Law
- Scott W. Hardt – Environmental Law
- Randall E. Hubbard – Energy Law; Mining Law; and Natural Resources Law
- John R. Jacus – Environmental Law
- Rachel R. James – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Thomas P. Johnson – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation – Banking and Finance; and Litigation – Securities
- Kenzo Kawanabe – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- J. Christopher Kinsman – Real Estate Law
- Sybil R. Kisken – Arbitration
- William N. Krems – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Tax Law; and Trusts and Estates
- Andrew M. Low – Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation – First Amendment
- Jonathan A. Marks – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Judith M. Matlock – Energy Law; Natural Resources Law; and Oil and Gas Law
- Joel Mayo – Real Estate Law
- Zach C. Miller – Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental; and Water Law
- Barbara J. Mueller – Construction Law and Real Estate Law
- Laurence E. Nemirow – Litigation and Controversy – Tax and Tax Law
- David Neslin – Energy Law and Natural Resources Law
- Brett C. Painter – Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Matthew Perkins – Corporate Law
- Patricia Peterson – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; and Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Jonathan W. Rauchway – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Christopher Richardson – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Laura J. Riese – Environmental Law
- Constance L. Rogers – Native American 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 and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Andrew I. Sultan – Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; and Venture Capital Law
- Elizabeth H. Temkin – Environmental Law and Litigation – Environmental
- S. Lee Terry, Jr. – Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; and Securities Regulation
- Chad D. Williams – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- James Witwer – Water Law
- Gail L. Wurtzler – Environmental Law