Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC proudly announces that 53 members of the firm have been selected for recognition in Best Lawyers in America® 2012 in 47 various areas of practice. The attorneys and their respective areas of practice are as follows:
James D. Allen – Employment Law–Management
Douglas C. Ballantine – Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation
John T. Ballantine – Mediation, Medical Malpractice Law -Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants, Professional Malpractice Law-Defendants
Gary W. Barr – Real Estate Law
P. Douglas Barr – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Intellectual Property Litigation
C. Joseph Beavin – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Perry M. Bentley – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
John W. Bilby – Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Securities Litigation
Douglas F. Brent – Communications Law
Scott W. Brinkman – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
James Brown – Trusts and Estates
J. Peter Cassidy, Jr. – Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants
William W. Davis – Public Finance Law
Craig C. Dilger – Labor and Employment Litigation
Timothy J. Eifler – Tax Law
Lea Pauley Goff – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights Law/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
James S. Goldberg -Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights Law/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Bankruptcy Litigation
Richard G. Griffith – Employment Law-Management, Labor and Employment Litigation, Labor Law-Management
Stephen C. Hall – Biotechnology Law
Spencer E. Harper, Jr. – Public Finance Law
C. Kent Hatfield – Administrative/Regulatory Law, Communications Law, Energy Law
Samuel D. Hinkle IV – Antitrust Litigation, Bankruptcy Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Environmental Litigation, Land Use and Zoning Litigation
William Jay Hunter, Jr. – Antitrust Law, Antitrust Litigation
Lindsey W. Ingram, Jr. – Energy Law
W. Gregory King – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law-Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants, Professional Malpractice Law-Defendants
William M. Lear, Jr. – Land Use and Zoning Law, Land Use and Zoning Litigation, Real Estate Litigation
R. David Lester – Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Steven B. Loy – Banking and Finance Litigation, Commercial Litigation
James B. Martin, Jr. – Tax Law, Tax Litigation and Controversy
Sharon A. Mattingly – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Burl McCoy – Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar
Richard A. Nunnelley – Real Estate Law
Eileen O’Brien – Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants
Kendrick R. Riggs – Administrative/Regulatory Law, Communications Law, Energy Law
Douglas P. Romaine – Tax Law
Dan M. Rose – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law, Real Estate Litigation
David T. Royse – Banking and Finance Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Trusts and Estates Litigation
Thomas E. Rutledge – Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Walter L. Sales – Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management
John O. Sheller – Employment Law-Management, Labor and Employment Litigation, Labor Law-Management
J. David Smith, Jr. – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law
Richard C. Stephenson – Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management
Larry A. Sykes – Employment Law-Individual, Employment Law-Management, Labor and Employment Litigation, Labor Law-Management, Labor Law-Union
David H. Thomason – Natural Resources Law
John G. Treitz, Jr. – Banking and Finance Law
Palmer G. Vance II – Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation
Lynn H. Wangerin – Information Technology Law
Robert M. Watt III – Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law
Jackson W. White – Tax Litigation and Controversy
Frank L. Wilford – Real Estate Law
Ernest W. Williams – Corporate Law
Thomas M. Williams – Employment Law-Management
Rena G. Wiseman – Land Use and Zoning Law, Land Use and Zoning Litigation, Real Estate Litigation
Attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers are selected annually based on detailed peer rated surveys and interviews with several thousand attorneys in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. More than 1,000 top national and international corporations refer to this publication when selecting outside counsel for potential representation in diverse legal matters. Stoll Keenon Ogden is proud to have added four additional attorneys from the firm to Best Lawyers following the 2011 selections.