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Mary E. Bacon
Of Counsel

Las Vegas

J. Nick (Nick) Badgerow
Partner

Overland Park

Russell W. Baker
Partner

Kansas City

Mary Bacon is a full-service business litigation attorney. She prosecutes and defends claims on behalf of business entities, including insurers, in a host of industries in courts and arbitrations in cases involving difficult and complicated business matters. Mary’s litigation practice is focused on complex civil litigation in both state and federal courts involving insurance coverage, construction disputes, breach of contract actions, and defending financial institutions.

Nick Badgerow is a trial lawyer with more than 48 years of experience trying complex and difficult cases throughout the Midwest, and has tried more than 50 jury trials in the Kansas City area alone. He also frequently serves as a construction arbitrator and mediator, and a consultant and expert witness on legal ethics.

Russell Baker’s practice focuses on tort, construction, and business litigation. He has represented numerous owners, contractors, and subcontractors in construction lawsuits and arbitrations.

Mavish Bana
Senior Associate

Plano, Dallas

Nathaniel S. (Nate) Barker
Of Counsel

Denver

Spencer Fane attorney Holly Barnes

Spencer Fane attorney Holly Barnes

Holly H. Barnes
Of Counsel

Houston

Mavish Bana focuses her practice on a wide range of complex commercial litigation and labor and employment matters. She is experienced in counseling on matters involving breach of contract, fraud and other business torts, temporary and permanent injunctive relief, racketeering, antitrust, product liability, franchisor/franchisee disputes, labor and employment, deceptive trade practices, non-competition, and theft and misappropriation of trade secrets.

Nate Barker focuses his practice on defending insurance companies and their insureds in both first-party and third-party claims, including cases involving allegations of bad faith and unreasonable claim handling.

Holly Barnes represents clients in intellectual property litigation and complex commercial disputes, adeptly navigating highly sophisticated subject matter to help protect the interests of businesses, patent holders, or other creative owners in and out of the courtroom, including against some of the world’s largest companies.

Amanda M. Barron
Of Counsel

Omaha

Spencer Fane attorney Randy Bartell

Spencer Fane attorney Randy Bartell

Randy S. Bartell
Partner

Santa Fe

Spencer Fane attorney Brian Bear

Spencer Fane attorney Brian Bear

Brian Bear
Partner

Kansas City

Amanda Barron provides clients with informed legal counsel on the best ways to structure business transactions and arrange personal finances, allowing them to meet desired tax objectives and long-term estate planning goals. She utilizes the full spectrum of options to create unique solutions that satisfy immediate needs while reducing taxes and protecting wealth for future generations.

Randy represents clients in matters relating to transportation law, public entity tort claims, land use and zoning, construction law, commercial litigation, and employment law, offering thoughtful legal advice with proactive strategies geared toward quick, effective resolutions. He is also experienced in handling insurance coverage matters, employment issues, and civil rights claims.

Brian Bear focuses his practice as a litigator and trial attorney on representing both private and public entities in complex litigation, public finance, and intellectual property. Leaning on years of robust experience, Brian aggressively advocates for his clients to help them achieve their legal and business goals.

Spencer Fane attorney Theresa Becerra

Spencer Fane attorney Theresa Becerra

Theresa C. Becerra
Partner

Santa Monica (Los Angeles)

Spencer Fane attorney Scott Beckmen

Spencer Fane attorney Scott Beckmen

Scott R. Beckmen
Of Counsel

Plano

Spencer Fane attorney Joe Bednar

Spencer Fane attorney Joe Bednar

Joe Bednar
Partner

Jefferson City

Theresa has practiced business, real estate, and construction counseling and litigation for more than 25 years. She specializes in conventional and affordable housing counseling, administrative actions, and litigation, as well as in commercial construction counseling and litigation and complex business litigation, including consumer class action defense, issues arising from claims of unfair competition, unfair business practices, interference with contract and other business torts, and breach of fiduciary duty.

Scott R. Beckmen delivers reliable, practical, and efficient business-oriented transactional legal advice to clients throughout several industries, including finance, gaming, technology, and energy, leading to creative and agile solutions critical to both day-to-day and long-term operational success.

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.

Johnny G. Beech
Of Counsel

Oklahoma City

Spencer Fane attorney Maria Bellafronto

Spencer Fane attorney Maria Bellafronto

Maria S. Bellafronto
Partner

San Jose (Silicon Valley)

Michael Belo
Of Counsel

Denver

Johnny Beech has more than 30 years of experience as a litigator focusing on contracts, financial services matters, and trust issues.

Maria Bellafronto helps clients navigate real estate and commercial disputes, developing proactive, value-maximizing strategies for a wide range of complex matters. Well established in her litigation methods, Maria boasts nearly 30 years of experience in jury and bench trials across federal and state courts, continually sharpening her courtroom litigation skills while solidifying her track record of favorable outcomes.

Michael J. Belo helps employers navigate the complexities of labor and employment law through thoughtful legal guidance, development, and refinement of employee handbooks and policies, and skilled representation in litigation when it becomes necessary.

Michelle Berger
Partner

Denver

Spencer Fane attorney Eli Bergida

Spencer Fane attorney Eli Bergida

Eli Y. Bergida
Associate

Las Vegas

Janet G. Betts
Of Counsel

Phoenix

Michelle Berger combines her legal and engineering experience to provide clients with effective solutions to help keep complex construction and development projects on schedule and on budget.

Eli Bergida advises clients on a variety of transactional legal matters, including real estate acquisition, disposition, development, secured transactions, and formation and structuring of entities. Throughout all his work, Eli consistently maps out and understands the big picture, formulates a strategic plan, and works quickly and adeptly to accomplish the necessary tasks for successful outcomes.

Janet Betts guides clients through a wide variety of business and real estate transactions within her expansive, multidisciplinary practice, diligently analyzing complex subject matter to form comprehensive legal strategies that adhere to time constraints, comply with state and federal regulations, and meet specific financial and operational objectives.

Scott E. Blakesley
Partner

Kansas City

Trace Blankenship
Partner

Nashville

Daniel E. Blegen
Partner

Kansas City

Scott Blakesley is a partner and leader of the firm’s Kansas City estate planning group.

Trace Blankenship regularly advises chief executives, senior management, boards of directors, and entrepreneurs on strategy, execution, and legal requirements of significant business transactions, complex leadership and ownership decisions, and day-to-day operations. He provides responsive day-to-day legal advice on all aspects of corporate operations critical to his clients’ success and growth.

Daniel Blegen focuses his nationwide litigation practice on assisting clients with their most important legal matters, including breaches of contract, business torts, trade secrets, intellectual property disputes, antitrust, and class actions. He represents businesses of all sizes — from corporations to small companies and individuals — with a track record of success in courts throughout Missouri and across the country.

Jennifer M. Blomstrom
Of Counsel

Denver

John Bloomer
Partner

Plano

Mark A. Bogdanowicz
Partner

Nashville, Kansas City

Jennifer Blomstrom provides clients adept counsel on a wide variety of insurance matters, preparing coverage opinions and representing both policyholders and insurance carriers in coverage disputes and litigation with an acute attention to detail and precise execution which has come to define her practice.

John Bloomer handles complex real estate, lending and commercial transactions for clients of all sizes. He has extensive experience in negotiating, structuring, financing, and closing real estate deals. In addition, John has a strong background defending clients real estate-related litigation matters.

With nearly 20 years of experience in representing creditors from coast to coast, Mark Bogdanowicz helps his clients navigate the costs and uncertainty of doing business with companies and individuals faced with financial distress.

Shannon M. Bond
Associate

Overland Park

Spencer Fane attorney Michael Bondi

Spencer Fane attorney Michael Bondi

Michael A. Bondi
Partner

Minneapolis

Charles W. Bone
Of Counsel

Nashville

Shannon Bond is a member of the Spencer Fane Health Care group. She focuses her practice on regulatory, transactional, and business issues impacting health care clients, working primarily with health care providers to find solutions related to internal governance, regulatory compliance, contract structuring, and other issues that they might encounter. She has experience drafting a wide variety of health care and business documents, including nonprofit, governmental, and hybrid hospital bylaws; physician employment agreements; health care software licensing agreements; and EMTALA analysis.

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.

Charles W. Bone guides each client through the business decisions and mergers and acquisitions that pave the way for continued growth and success, minimizing the potential of legal exposure through well-structured transactions and decisions. He serves as a classic “Trusted Adviser” to clients seeking advice on corporate and litigation issues. Charles is known for his success when it comes to “bet the company” matters. His experience covers many industries and areas of law, including business formation, mergers and acquisitions, capital creation, joint ventures, financial institutions, media law, and government relations.

Spencer Fane attorney Melinda Bowen

Spencer Fane attorney Melinda Bowen

Melinda Bowen
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Carmellia C. Boyer
Of Counsel

Houston

Davis Bradford
Partner

Houston

Melinda Bowen loves collaborating with clients to address complex issues at the most difficult times of life. Her experience ranges from guiding families through difficult personal matters, to defending those facing criminal charges and related civil liability, to leading organizational clients through high-stakes disputes.

Carmellia Boyer focuses her practice on trial and appellate litigation as well as labor and employment law.

Davis Bradford is a problem solver. An experienced trial attorney, he helps clients resolve difficult business disputes. Whether using litigation, arbitration, negotiation, or more informal means, he resolves complex matters through gaining an early understanding of his clients’ businesses, formulating an aggressive strategy to meet each clients’ needs, and using the calculated application of leverage.

Mariah Brandyburg
Associate

Houston

John P. Branham
Of Counsel

Nashville

Spencer Fane attorney Kaela Brennan

Spencer Fane attorney Kaela Brennan

Kathleen (Kaela) Brennan
Of Counsel

Minneapolis

Mariah helps clients – predominately those in the banking industry – with credit facility enforcement, by helping to facilitate and draft documentation on the complex loan formation process and collections. Additionally, she helps banks, other financial institutions, factoring companies, and real estate entities in an array of transactional matters. Mariah’s duties consist of contract drafting and contract negotiations.

John P. Branham handles all aspects of civil trials for clients, providing a steady presence and achieving successful resolutions in complex matters involving a wide range of claims. A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, John has tried hundreds of jury and bench trials in the state and federal courts of Tennessee.

Kaela Brennan’s governmental and general counsel practice addresses the full range of identifying and responding to potential risks, from proactive, preventive counsel to handling all aspects of dispute resolution, with an intentional focus on providing clients with legal outcomes that align with client objectives. Kaela’s diverse work specifically includes handling complex agreements and litigation, along with appellate procedures and experience serving as outside general counsel for government entities.

Spencer Fane attorney Jeremy Brenner

Spencer Fane attorney Jeremy Brenner

Jeremy M. Brenner
Partner

St. Louis

Jessica M. S. Brigman
Of Counsel

St. Cloud

Seth A. Brimley
Associate

Phoenix

Jeremy Brenner advises employers and managers on all aspects of employment law focused on preventing and avoiding employee disputes. He has served as a strategic business partner to employers for more than 16 years, both as an HR consultant and as an employment attorney. He focuses extensively on cases under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and similar state wage laws and has successfully defended wage and hour matters in state and federal courts across the U.S.

Jessica Brigman advises clients on all aspects of business, from initial formation and structuring, ongoing maintenance, and business-to-business transactions to ongoing growth strategies and long-term compliance matters. She has a vast background in contract drafting and negotiation, including commercial contracts such as employment agreements, nondisclosure agreements, master services agreements, and terms and conditions. Her wholistic practice also encompasses trust and estate planning with a particular focus on asset preservation within multigenerational family businesses, with a specific focus on family farms.

Seth Brimley’s practice focuses on collaborative client service to develop and implement strategies that achieve successful outcomes before mediators, arbitration panels, judges, and juries. This includes the ability to utilize all forms of traditional and alternative dispute resolution in an effort to achieve business goals and objectives at the end of the process. In addition, Seth has experience handling complex bankruptcy and restructuring matters along with associated litigation.

David Brininger
Senior Associate

Houston

Michael (Mike) Broms
Of Counsel

Denver

Spencer Fane attorney Kaleb Brooks

Spencer Fane attorney Kaleb Brooks

Kaleb W. Brooks
Partner

Santa Fe

David Brininger represents clients across a broad range of industries through consumer and commercial litigation and related appeals. His experience includes all phases of litigation in state and federal courts, as well as arbitration proceedings. He holds a certification as a Certified Information Privacy Professional for European law (CIPP/E).

As a patent attorney and professional engineer, Michael E. Broms offers clients unique experience in all facets of intellectual property law. Protecting his clients’ intellectual assets is his top priority as he procures and enforces patents, trademarks, and copyrights domestically and abroad.

As a member of the firm’s litigation and dispute resolution practice group, Kaleb helps businesses and government clients litigate environmental and commercial disputes.

William Brophy
Senior Associate

Denver

Andrew C. (Drew) Brought
Partner

Kansas City

Spencer Fane attorney David Brown

Spencer Fane attorney David Brown

David W. Brown
Partner

San Jose (Silicon Valley)

William Brophy represents sophisticated clients in complex civil disputes at the trial and appellate levels, achieving successful outcomes that limit financial exposure in high-stakes situations. He has significant experience representing clients in insurance coverage and extra-contractual litigation, as well as toxic tort, construction defect, and other commercial matters.

Andrew Brought counsels manufacturers, industrial clients, and businesses with complex environmental (EPA) and workplace safety (OSHA) challenges. A dependable and responsive advocate, he offers pragmatic and business-focused solutions to help his clients achieve their goals.

David Brown is a highly skilled commercial real estate transactional attorney, specializing in complex transactions such as commercial leasing, purchase and sale agreements, construction contracts, communication site agreements, and loan agreements. He adeptly identifies potential risks and negotiates intricate document processes to achieve the most favorable outcomes for his clients. David represents a diverse portfolio of clients, including industry leaders in software, technology, biotech, medical, professional services, and retail sectors.

M. Edward (Ed) Burdzinski
Partner

Houston

Jonathan R. Burns
Partner

Nashville

Timothy P. Burr
Of Counsel

Phoenix

M. Edward (Ed) Burdzinski’s legal career spans more than three decades and includes 12 years as general counsel of a community bank, providing him with practical industry experience that informs his approach to client service.

Jonathan R. Burns helps both individuals and businesses with structuring transactions and arranging their personal financial affairs to minimize, defer, or eliminate taxes. He concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning, probate, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, and taxation.

Timothy P. Burr represents buyers, sellers, developers, investors, lenders, and business owners in a wide variety of real estate, financing, and commercial transactions, developing strategic plans based on a meticulous evaluation of risks and advantages. Well versed in alternative dispute resolution, he also represents clients as a mediator, arbitrator, and mediation advocate.

Spencer Fane attorney Dale Burrus

Spencer Fane attorney Dale Burrus

E. Dale Burrus
Partner

Houston

Kim Bushek
Of Counsel

Overland Park

Spencer Fane attorney Jason Byrd

Spencer Fane attorney Jason Byrd

E. Jason Byrd
Of Counsel

Nashville

E. Dale Burrus has represented health care providers – facilities, physicians, and allied health providers – in all areas of law. She provides clients with counsel in litigation, risk management, peer review, contract review, and payer issues.

Kim helps her clients by identifying practical and workable solutions for a wide variety of tax issues affecting individual and business clients. Her educational background includes an undergraduate degree in accountancy and Juris Doctor and an advanced Master of Law Degree in Taxation that gives her an excellent depth of knowledge regarding complex tax matters.

Jason Byrd efficiently and effectively provides clients with informed legal counsel related to transactional matters, franchising and distribution, real estate acquisition and disposition, and commercial leasing, allowing them to take advantage of strategic growth opportunities while maintaining profitability.