International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that 100 lawyers in 12 of the Firm’s offices were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2017. In addition, seven lawyers from the Firm’s Anchorage, Minneapolis and Salt Lake City offices have been named Best Lawyers®’ 2017 Lawyers of the Year.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Over 79,000 leading attorneys globally are eligible to vote, and Best Lawyers received more than 12 million votes to date on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2017 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, 6.7 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 55,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

The lawyers listed in Best Lawyers do not decide in which legal specialties they are listed. They are included in specialties as a result of the votes they receive from their peers. The specialties listed are based on information from a variety of sources. For more information, visit the Best Lawyers website.

Listed below are the Dorsey lawyers named as Best Lawyers, the specialties in which they are named, the first year they were listed and their office location.

Best Lawyers’ 2017 Lawyers of the Year:

  • Robert C. Bundy
    Anchorage – Criminal Defense: General Practice
  • Richard M. Rosston
    Anchorage – Real Estate Law
  • Michael J. Ahern
    Minneapolis – Government Relations Practice
  • Timothy S. Hearn
    Minneapolis – Securities/Capital Markets Law
  • Jocelyn Knoll
    Minneapolis – Construction Law
  • Stephen P. Lucke
    Minneapolis – Litigation – ERISA
  • Peggy Hunt
    Salt Lake City – Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law  

The Best Lawyers in America 2017:

ANCHORAGE, AK

  • Robert C. Bundy (2005)
    Bet-the-Company Litigation
    Commercial Litigation
    Criminal Defense: General Practice
    Criminal Defense: White-Collar
    Litigation – Antitrust
    Litigation – Environmental
  • Michael R. Mills (2003)
    Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Richard M. Rosston (2006)
    Corporate Law
    Mergers & Acquisitions Law
    Real Estate Law

COSTA MESA, CA

  • Juan C. Basombrio (2007)
    Litigation – Antitrust    
  • Gabrielle M. Wirth (2007)
    Employment Law – Management
    Labor Law – Management   
  • Dennis Wong (2011)
    Banking and Finance Law    

DENVER, CO    

  • Whitney A. Holmes (2006)
    Corporate Law   
  • Lee F. Johnston (2012)
    Litigation – Intellectual Property
    Litigation – Patent    
  • Lee R. Osman (2007)
    Litigation – Intellectual Property
    Litigation – Patent
    Technology Law    
  • Lisa A. Osman (2016)
    Trademark Law    
  • Kenneth G. Sam (2013)
    Securities/Capital Markets Law    
  • Greg Tamkin (2017)
    Litigation – Patent   
  • Paul G. Thompson (2014)
    Corporate Law   
  • Tucker K. Trautman (1989)
    Bet-the-Company Litigation
    Commercial Litigation
    Litigation – Antitrust
    Litigation – Intellectual Property
    Litigation – Patent
    Litigation – Securities    

DES MOINES, IA

  • David L. Claypool (2003)
    Public Finance Law
  • David D. Grossklaus (2005)
    Public Finance Law
  • Robert E. Josten (2003)
    Public Finance Law
  • Cristina Kuhn (2013)
    Public Finance Law
  • Edwin N. McIntosh (2007)
    Health Care Law
  • William Miller (2016)
    Commercial Litigation
  • Alissa Smith (2015)
    Health Care Law
  • David A. Tank (2007)
    Commercial Litigation

FARGO, ND

  • Sarah Andrews Herman (1995)
    Employment Law – Management
    Labor Law – Management
    Litigation – Labor & Employment

MINNEAPOLIS, MN

  • Jonathan B. Abram (2007)
    Securities/Capital Markets Law    
  • Michael J. Ahern (2010)
    Administrative / Regulatory Law
    Government Relations Practice   
  • Timothy B. Arends (2013)
    Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law    
  • William J. Berens (1993)
    Litigation – Trusts & Estates
    Trusts and Estates    
  • B. Andrew Brown (2007)
    Litigation – Environmental    
  • Elizabeth C. Buckingham (2010)
    Copyright Law
    Trademark Law    
  • Robert E. Cattanach (2008)
    Litigation – Environmental    
  • Ken Cutler (2006)
    Corporate Law
    Mergers & Acquisitions Law   
  • Ross D’Emanuele (2017)
    Health Care Law    
  • Skip Durocher (2013)
    Commercial Litigation
    Native American Law   
  • George G. Eck (2011)
    Commercial Litigation
    Litigation – Environmental   
  • L. Joseph Genereux (2007)
    Banking and Finance Law   
  • Mark E. Hamel (1995)
    Real Estate Law    
  • Joseph W. Hammell (2016)
    Litigation – Labor & Employment    
  • Timothy S. Hearn (2009)
    Corporate Compliance Law
    Corporate Governance Law
    Securities/ Capital Markets Law    
  • Stuart Hemphill (2016)
    Litigation – Intellectual Property    
  • Nathan E. Honson (2013)
    Tax Law    
  • J David Jackson (2016)
    Commercial – Litigation    
  • Gary M. Johnson (1995)
    Trusts and Estates    
  • Mark R. Kaster (2010)
    Administrative / Regulatory Law    
  • Jocelyn Knoll (2016)
    Construction Law
    Litigation – Construction    
  • Bridget A. Logstrom Koci (2008)
    Litigation – Trusts & Estates
    Trusts and Estates    
  • Peter M. Lancaster (2011)
    Litigation – Intellectual Property
    Litigation – Patent    
  • Thaddeus R. Lightfoot (2007)
    Environmental Law
    Litigation – Environmental    
  • Jay R. Lindgren (2006)
    Land Use & Zoning Law
    Public Finance Law    
  • Michael A. Lindsay (2008)
    Litigation – Antitrust    
  • Stephen P. Lucke (2010)
    Commercial Litigation
    Litigation – ERISA    
  • Edward B. Magarian (2011)
    Litigation – Antitrust    
  • Saiko Y. McIvor (2010)
    Immigration Law  
  • Peter Nelson (2017)
    Banking and Finance Law
  • Steven C. Nelson (2013)
    Mergers & Acquisitions Law   
  • Robert J. Olson (2013)
    Construction Law    
  • Neal Peterson (2017)
    Health Care Law    
  • Michael J. Radmer (2007)
    Mutual Funds Law   
  • Melissa Raphan (2009)
    Employment Law – Management
    Litigation – Labor & Employment    
  • Julia L. Rau (2012)
    Tax Law
    Trusts and Estates   
  • Robert A. Rosenbaum (2006)
    Corporate Compliance Law
    Corporate Governance Law
    Corporate Law
    Mergers & Acquisitions Law   
  • Eric A. Ruzicka (2016)
    Construction Law    
  • Mary J. Streitz (2012)
    Native American Law
    Tax Law    
  • Jay L. Swanson (2007)
    Corporate Compliance Law
    Corporate Governance Law
    Corporate Law
    Mergers & Acquisitions Law    
  • Thomas W. Tinkham (1989)
    Commercial Litigation   
  • Gary L. Tygesson (2007)
    Corporate Governance Law    
  • Bryn R. Vaaler (2013)
    Corporate Law   
  • Thomas D. Vander Molen (2008)
    Non-Profit / Charities Law
    Public Finance Law    
  • J. Thomas Vitt (2013)
    Litigation – Intellectual Property    
  • Steven J. Wells (2012)
    Commercial Litigation
    Franchise Law   
  • RJ Zayed (2015)
    Criminal Defense: White-Collar
    Litigation - Intellectual Property   

MISSOULA, MT    

  • Jack Manning (1999)
    Corporate Law
    Securities / Capital Markets Law    

NEW YORK, NY

  • Sandra Edelman (2007)
    Litigation – Intellectual Property
    Litigation – Patent
  • Bruce R. Ewing (2005)
    Litigation – Intellectual Property
    Trademark Law
  • Jonathan M. Herman (2012)
    Litigation – Trusts & Estates
  • Susan Progoff (2011)
    Litigation – Intellectual Property
  • Richard H. Silberberg (2007)
    Arbitration
    Mediation
  • David C. Singer (2010)
    Employment Law - Individuals Employment Law - Management Litigation - Labor and Employment

SALT LAKE CITY, UT

  • Alan W. Bell (2010)
    Corporate Law
    Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Bryon J. Benevento (2006)
    Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
    Product Liability Litigation –Defendants
  • Peggy Hunt (2008)
    Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Annette W. Jarvis (2005)
    Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
    Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Milo Steven Marsden (2010)
    Bet-the-Company Litigation
    Commercial Litigation
    Litigation – Securities
  • David Marx (2014)
    Corporate Law
  • William B. Prince (2006)
    Natural Resources Law
    Oil & Gas Law
  • Nolan S. Taylor (2006)
    Corporate Law
    Mergers & Acquisitions Law
    Securities/Capital Markets Law
    Venture Capital Law
  • Michael F. Thomson (2011)
    Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
    Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Steven T. Waterman (2006)
    Litigation – Bankruptcy    

SEATTLE, WA    

  • Christopher J. Barry (2009)
    Corporate Law
    Mergers & Acquisitions Law
    Securities/Capital Markets Law    
  • Terrence I. Danysh (2011)
    Land Use & Zoning Law    
  • Elizabeth J. Deckman (2013)
    Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law   
  • Michael W. Droke (2007)
    Employment Law – Management
    Labor Law – Management   
  • Gary R. Duvall (1995)
    Franchise Law   
  • Peter S. Ehrlichman (2007)
    Commercial Litigation
    Litigation – Intellectual Property
    Litigation – Labor & Employment
    Litigation – Real Estate
    Litigation – Securities   
  • Kimton N. Eng (2011)
    Patent Law   
  • Joseph M. Gaffney (1995)
    Trusts and Estates    
  • John D. Hollinrake Jr. (2012)
    Tax Law    
  • J. Michael Keyes (2013)
    Commercial Litigation
    Copyright Law
    Litigation – Intellectual Property
    Litigation – Patent
    Patent Law
    Trademark Law    
  • Marianne O'Bara (2007)
    Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law    

WASHINGTON, DC    

  • Thomas O. Gorman (2010)
    Litigation – Securities
    Securities Regulation    

WILMINGTON, DE   

  • Eric Lopez Schnabel (2016)
    Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law