The Best Lawyers in America 2009 12/2008 The Best Lawyers in America, the oldest lawyer-rating publication in the U.S., has selected 105 Bryan Cave lawyers for inclusion in the 2009 edition. Selection is based on a peer-review survey in which leading attorneys cast almost 2 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties. Bryan Cave lawyers listed in the 2009 edition of Best Lawyers, and the practice area or areas for which each is recognized, are: Atlanta Gerald L. Blanchard - Banking Law Armin G. Brecher - Employee Benefits Law Frank A. Crisafi - Tax Law William V. Custer - Commercial Litigation Kathryn L. Knudson (10) - Banking Law Jay J. Levin - Real Estate Law William Joseph Linkous, Jr. (25) - Trusts and Estates John T. Marshall (25) - Alternative Dispute Resolution; Appellate Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Legal Malpractice; Law Personal Injury Litigation; Product Liability Litigation; Professional Malpractice Law Frank S. McGaughey III (10) - Trusts and Estates Thomas R. McNeill - Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law Securities Law Rick Miller - Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law Page 1 of 7
Walter G. Moeling IV (10) - Banking Law; Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law F. Donald Nelms, Jr. - Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law E. Penn Nicholson (10) - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law John R. Parks - Real Estate Law Thomas Richey (*) - Commercial Litigation Steven G. Schaffer - Employee Benefits Law William B. Shearer, Jr. (*) - Mergers & Acquisitions Law William J. Thompson (25) - Real Estate Law Robert M. Travis - Commercial Litigation G. Patrick Watson (*) - Antitrust Law Chicago Jules I. Crystal - Labor and Employment Law Dallas Keith Miles Aurzada (*) - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law Bruce F. Howell - Health Care Law Jefferson City Ann K. Covington - Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation Kansas City Robert M. Barnes - Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law Irvin V. Belzer (*) - Commercial Litigation W. Perry Brandt (10) - Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation Laurence M. Frazen (10) - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law Karen L. Garrett - Banking Law G. Melissa Ince - Biotechnology Law Gregory G. Johnson - Mergers & Acquisitions Law Page 2 of 7
Herbert M. Kohn - Technology Law Steven E. Mauer - Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law Craig S. O'Dear - Product Liability Litigation James P. Pryde - Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law Mark G. Stingley - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law Robert M. Thompson - Commercial Litigation Thomas W. Van Dyke (20) - Corporate Law New York Austin V. Campriello - Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense; White-Collar Criminal Defense Robert S. Davis - Environmental Law; Land Use & Zoning Law Robert J. Rawn - Corporate Law Barry C. Ross - Real Estate Law Phoenix Steven A. Hirsch - Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law R. Neil Irwin - Real Estate Law Lucas J. Narducci - Environmental Law Lawrence G. Scarborough - Antitrust Law Santa Monica Kenneth R. Costello - Franchise Law Lawrence H. Heller - Trusts and Estates Jonathan C. Solish - Franchise Law St. Louis Dan H. Ball - Personal Injury Litigation; Product Liability Litigation Fred W. Bartelsmeyer - International Trade and Finance Law Brian W. Berglund (10) - Employee Benefits Law Page 3 of 7
Lawrence Brody (25) - Tax Law; Trusts and Estates Michael P. Burke - Labor and Employment Law Harold R. Burroughs (*) - Real Estate Law J. Bennett Clark - Intellectual Property Law John Michael Clear (25) - Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation; Securities Law Dennis C. Donnelly (20) - Labor and Employment Law Victoria I. Goldson (*) - Real Estate Law Mark H. Goran - Health Care Law Dale A. Guariglia - Environmental Law John W. Hoffman - Real Estate Law Jerry M. Hunter - Labor and Employment Law E. Perry Johnson - Antitrust Law Michael Kahn - Entertainment Law; First Amendment Law; Intellectual Property Law; Media Law J. Mark Klamer (*) - Securities Law Ned O. Lemkemeier (20) - Labor and Employment Law Don G. Lents (10) - Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Corporate Law; International Trade and Finance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities Law Linda M. Martinez - Banking Law; Health Care Law; Public Finance Law; Real Estate Law Denis P. McCusker (10) - Corporate Law; International Trade and Finance Law Walter L. Metcalfe, Jr. (20) - Corporate Law George E. Murray (10) - Real Estate Law Michael N. Newmark (25) - Tax Law James L. Nouss, Jr. (10) - Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Corporate Law; Securities Law Gerald R. Ortbals - First Amendment Law Lloyd A. Palans (20) - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law Steven J. Poplawski (*) - Environmental Law Page 4 of 7
Douglas D. Ritterskamp (20) - Employee Benefits Law David A. Roodman - Intellectual Property Law William F. Seabaugh - Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Corporate Law; Securities Law Kathleen R. Sherby (20) - Trusts and Estates Sarah Roe Sise - Employee Benefits Law Peter D. Van Cleve - Corporate Law Lisa A. Van Fleet (10) - Employee Benefits Law Thomas E. Wack (10) - Appellate Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation Franklin F. Wallis (20) - Trusts and Estates Thomas C. Walsh (10) - Appellate Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation; Securities Law R. Randall Wang - Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law Charles A. Weiss (10) - Commercial Litigation Gregory D. Willard (20) - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law Frank P. Wolff - Not for Profit Organization Law Philip B. Wright - Tax Law Washington John P. Barrie (10) - Tax Law Ralph J. Caccia (*) - White-Collar Criminal Defense James M. Cole - White-Collar Criminal Defense Mary Ann Mancini - Trusts and Estates Stanley J. Marcuss (25) - Corporate Law; International Trade and Finance Law Rodney F. Page - Mass Tort Litigation Therese D. Pritchard - Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Securities Law Daniel C. Schwartz (*) - Antitrust Law Page 5 of 7
(*) Lawyers who are listed for the first time in Best Lawyers. (10) Lawyers who have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 10 years. (20) Lawyers who have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 20 years. (25) Lawyers who have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 25 years. In addition Bryan Cave has more listed lawyers in Best Lawyers in the fields and geographic regions listed below than any other firm: California Franchise Law Missouri Antitrust Law; Appellate Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Employee Benefits Law; First Amendment Law; International Trade and Finance Law; Media Law; Securities Law; Technology Law Jefferson Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation City Kansas City Bet-the-Company Litigation; Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Technology Law Page 6 of 7
Santa Franchise Law; Trusts and Estates Monica St. Louis Antitrust Law; Appellate Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Corporate Law; Employee Benefits Law; Environmental Law; First Amendment Law; Health Care Law; International Trade and Finance Law; Media Law; Real Estate Law; Securities Law; Tax Law; Technology Law Page 7 of 7