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Tim Ahrenhoersterbaeumer
Of Counsel

St. Louis

Spencer Fane attorney Joe Bednar

Spencer Fane attorney Joe Bednar

Joe Bednar
Partner

Jefferson City

Spencer Fane attorney Michael Bondi

Spencer Fane attorney Michael Bondi

Michael A. Bondi
Partner

Minneapolis

Tim Ahrenhoersterbaeumer represents clients in all types of litigation with an emphasis on commercial matters, insurance coverage, and construction law. His experience includes prosecuting and defending contractual and tort claims on behalf of businesses, counseling both insurance carriers and policyholders on coverage disputes and representing both general contractors and subcontractors in litigation involving complex construction projects.

Joe Bednar, a registered lobbyist, applies the experience he gained as a member of management in the public and private sectors to assist clients in governmental relations matters. His communication skills and experience in developing government strategies were developed by providing advice to corporate executives and key government officials early in his career. This background provides a unique perspective when analyzing the impact of federal, state and local laws, and regulations on businesses.

Michael Bondi takes a pragmatic approach to protecting a client’s intellectual property, looking at whether potential benefits outweigh costs with his deep analysis enhancing trust in the business relationship.

Spencer Fane attorney Bill Clarke

Spencer Fane attorney Bill Clarke

William A. (Bill) Clarke
Partner

Phoenix

James A. Crumlin Jr.
Partner

Nashville

Spencer Fane attorney Tom Edwards

Spencer Fane attorney Tom Edwards

F. Thomas (Tom) Edwards
Partner

Las Vegas

William (Bill) Clarke provides informed and experienced counsel to businesses, families, and individuals on structuring business transactions and personal finances, aligning strategies to achieve tax objectives, and developing estate planning goals.

James Crumlin helps clients navigate the corporate legal landscape and avoid costly mistakes, so employers can focus on running successful operations. He concentrates his practice in the areas of labor and employment law, business and corporate law, litigation and dispute resolution, and entertainment and media law.

Tom Edwards has extensive experience advising a wide array of businesses – including banks, real estate developers, property managers, medical providers, entertainment venues, and sports marketing companies – on complex business disputes and resolutions. Much of his practice focuses on contract-based issues related to real estate, partner disputes, and business dissolution matters. Tom strives to understand his clients’ business objectives so he can craft efficient and creative legal solutions.

Chase Fann
Partner

Nashville

Spencer Fane attorney Peter Goplerud

Spencer Fane attorney Peter Goplerud

C. Peter Goplerud III
Of Counsel

Denver

Spencer Fane attorney Adunni Gueye

Spencer Fane attorney Adunni Gueye

Adunni Gueye
Associate

Kansas City

Chase Fann is a partner in the firm’s Nashville Office, where he represents individual and business clients in civil and criminal litigation. Chase is a passionate litigator with diverse experience across a variety of practice areas in both civil and criminal law. He has represented clients in both state and federal courts at the trial and appellate level in contract disputes, partnership disputes, employment claims (including discrimination, retaliation, and FLSA), entertainment matters, state criminal defense, and white-collar criminal defense. Chase leverages this depth of knowledge and broad exposure across practice areas to serve as practical and effective counsel for a diverse variety of clients.

An Of Counsel attorney in the firm’s Higher Education practice, Peter Goplerud specializes in higher education and sports law. He is a frequent lecturer and is widely published in the sports law area, including serving as co-author on one of the leading textbooks on the subject. He has extensive accreditation experience, particularly within legal education, having served as chair of numerous ABA Site Evaluation teams.

Adunni Gueye represents individuals and businesses in complex commercial litigation, ERISA disputes, data privacy matters, 42 USC § 1983 civil rights claims, and media law issues, advancing clients’ interests with insightful strategies designed to achieve optimal outcomes at any stage in the dispute resolution process.

Spencer Fane attorney Johanna Hyman

Spencer Fane attorney Johanna Hyman

Johanna Hyman
Senior Associate

Minneapolis

R. Colten Jones
Senior Associate

Hendersonville

Brittainy A. Joyner
Associate

Tampa, Houston

Johanna Hyman advises, counsels and advocates for clients across various industries in support of their unique business objectives. Her work spans a range of industries, including financial institutions, manufacturing, real estate, technology, art, media, and entertainment.

Colten Jones works to gain a thorough understanding of his clients’ goals and objectives to assist them in creating and implementing strategies that help avoid litigation whenever possible and quickly and successfully resolve matters when lawsuits are unavoidable. He focuses his practice in the areas of civil litigation, business law, and estate planning.

Brittainy Joyner provides strong and detailed advocacy for her clients, managing complex litigation matters with a focus on commercial and business disputes, employment litigation, data privacy, and financial services. She has extensive experience representing clients in both federal and state courts, navigating all phases of litigation, including advocating and defending in depositions, mediations, arbitrations, and settlement negotiations.

Stacey Garrett Koju
Partner

Nashville

Spencer Fane attorney Andy Lester

Spencer Fane attorney Andy Lester

Andy Lester
Partner

Oklahoma City

J. Kirby McDonough
Partner

Tampa

Stacey Garrett Koju provides proactive legal advice on all aspects of critical corporate matters, recognizing each transaction is important to the future of a business and its owners and allowing them to maintain successful operations. She concentrates her law practice in the areas of corporate transactions, labor and employment law, employment practices, health care, and higher education.

Andy Lester has a civil litigation and appellate practice in both state and federal court. His fields of emphasis include complex business, civil rights, commercial, constitutional, and state and local government law.

Kirby focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on consumer finance, real estate, and corporate disputes. He has experience representing financial institutions and corporate clients in all phases of litigation and dispute resolution, including consumer class action defense, intellectual property disputes, derivative shareholder actions, dissolutions, and contractual disputes.

Loren E. Mulraine
Of Counsel

Nashville

Spencer Fane attorney Sarah Porter

Spencer Fane attorney Sarah Porter

Sarah Porter
Of Counsel

Minneapolis

Paul D. Satterwhite
Partner

Springfield

Loren E. Mulraine merges an understanding of the creative elements of the entertainment and media industries with legal and business skills to protect his clients’ intellectual property, build their business enterprises, and advocate for social justice.

With a legal career spanning over a decade, Sarah has established herself as a highly skilled and dedicated technology and licensing attorney that empowers technology-driven businesses to thrive in the digital landscape, ranging from closely held emerging businesses to publicly trade corporations. She has a deep understanding of the intricacies of technology-based agreements and has successfully represented SaaS companies, resellers, and e-commerce providers, guiding them through the complexities of licensing agreements, intellectual property protection, and compliance matters.

Paul Satterwhite helps employers interpret and understand the constantly changing landscape of employment laws to help the employers he works with manage their employment law risks. He focuses his practice on risk management so that the employers he works with can focus their efforts more on the operation of their businesses and less on the management of employment disputes and legal claims.

Erik O. Solverud
Partner

St. Louis

Bethany M. Stewart
Associate

Nashville

Tracey R. Wallace
Partner

Dallas

Erik Solverud is an experienced trial lawyer and business litigator, having been involved in a wide variety of complex commercial and business litigation in Missouri and southern Illinois. He has counseled and represented primary and excess insurers and policyholders in insurance coverage disputes and bad faith litigation.

Bethany Stewart leads critical efforts to help her clients identify potential legal exposure and liability, aiding them in developing legal strategies for litigation scenarios and assisting them in resolving and managing critical litigation matters. She concentrates her law practice in the civil and business litigation areas, with a focus on trade secrets and labor and employment.

Tracey Wallace helps clients proactively address critical labor and employment legal issues through preventive advice and counseling, allowing employers to minimize the risk of costly regulatory and compliance issues or litigious claims. With a broad range of experience in private practice, she represents an array of state, national, and international clients in the full spectrum of employment- and discrimination-related matters, often providing advice and counsel regarding reclassification and misclassification concerns and initiatives.

Jonathon (Jon) Watson
Partner

Denver

Spencer Fane attorney Stephen Zralek

Spencer Fane attorney Stephen Zralek

Stephen J. Zralek
Partner

Nashville

Jonathon (Jon) Watson represents clients with a singular focus: to serve as a solutions-oriented business partner for employers facing labor and employment issues. What sets Jon apart is his drive to learn clients’ businesses and to give advice based on their unique circumstances and strategic priorities. Jon does more than simply tell clients what “can” and “cannot” be done; he helps clients assess and balance risk to meet each challenge. With a local and national practice, Jon assists businesses ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies to mitigate risk and deliver results that align with their specific business operations.

Stephen Zralek is an accomplished litigator who helps clients resolve intellectual property, business, entertainment and technology disputes in federal and state courts, arbitration and mediation. Clients seek Stephen’s advice as a result of his experience in the courtroom, his creative problem-solving, his tenacity, and his engaging approach.