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Yara L. Calcaño
Associate

Houston

Spencer Fane attorney Keith Call

Spencer Fane attorney Keith Call

Keith Call
Partner

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Kelly Campbell

Spencer Fane attorney Kelly Campbell

Kelly A. Campbell
Partner

Kansas City

Yara Calcaño vigorously defends health care providers facing medical malpractice claims and related complaints filed with the Texas Medical Board, employing her intricate knowledge of health care systems and regulatory complexities to protect physicians and other providers while preserving their reputations.

Keith Call is a full-service litigator who helps corporate and individual clients with all of their litigation needs so they can stay focused on their core business and personal interests. His expertise lies in handling complex commercial litigation and the defense of professional liability matters.

Kelly Campbell is an accomplished trial attorney and veteran who counsels her clients to make the best decisions to reach their business goals. She tries cases when her clients want to be vindicated in a court of law, and she resolves cases when her clients decide it’s the right business decision.

Spencer Fane attorney Mike Carlston

Spencer Fane attorney Mike Carlston

Michael R. Carlston
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Tom Cason

Spencer Fane attorney Tom Cason

Tom Cason
Partner

Plano, Dallas

Jose Antonio Castro
Senior Associate

Denver

Michael Carlston likes helping clients solve or avoid problems and does so in a number of different settings by utilizing his significant litigation experience and is presently somewhat focused on assisting developers, lenders, investors, businesses, and governmental entities in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including negotiating and implementing terms of commercial real estate and other complex transactions, preparing loan documents, and with commercial litigation where necessary.

Tom Cason helps clients navigate complex corporate transactions. He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, private securities offerings, joint ventures, reorganizations and recapitalizations. In this context, Tom works with clients to gain insight into the unique characteristics and risks of each client’s business to ensure their needs are addressed and the transaction is advanced in an efficient and cost-effective way while not compromising on results.

Jose serves as a full-service litigator representing public, private, and corporate clients in all their litigation and land use permitting needs. Jose specializes in various forms of litigation related to real estate, focusing on land use actions, condemnation issues, and easement disputes. He also assists clients in navigating through land use and zoning permitting procedures established by different municipalities and agencies.

Spencer Fane attorney Oscar Castro

Spencer Fane attorney Oscar Castro

Oscar Castro
Associate

St. George

Matthew Cavanaugh
Associate

Minneapolis

Spencer Fane attorney Dani Cepernich

Spencer Fane attorney Dani Cepernich

Dani Cepernich
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Oscar assists clients ranging from large, publicly traded corporations to local and regional entities with disputes arising from all aspects of their operations, including construction (lien and bond claims, defects, contract disputes), land use development, and complex commercial litigation.

Matthew Cavanaugh focuses his practice on addressing the full range of litigation risks businesses of all types might encounter in the course of normal operations or due to unforeseen and complicated circumstances. He provides thoughtful and aggressive advocacy to achieve favorable outcomes in state and federal courts, as well as pursuing alternative dispute resolution when beneficial. This includes an intentional focus on strategies to win or favorably resolve disputes while avoiding potentially lengthy and expensive litigation proceedings.

Dani assists clients throughout Utah in navigating various water and land use matters, as well as handling state and federal appeals.

Maris Chambers
Senior Associate

Austin

Spencer Fane attorney Christa Chance

Spencer Fane attorney Christa Chance

Christa Chance
Of Counsel

Plano

Andrea Chase
Partner

Kansas City

Maris Chambers focuses her practice on water and wastewater utility service interests, including certificates of convenience and necessity, water rights, water supply, and water quality.

As a seasoned litigator, Christa Chance advises clients in complex, multiparty toxic tort and product liability litigation. Working closely with clients and their in-house counsel, she develops effective defense strategies for resolving cases and manages all aspects of trial preparation form case inception to completion. Christa defends cases pending in both state and federal courts, including multidistrict litigation and class actions.

Andrea Chase represents secured and unsecured creditors and bankruptcy trustees in bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy insolvency proceedings such as receiverships and foreclosure proceedings, out of court workouts and restructurings, and other related insolvency matters.

Taylor Chase
Associate

Denver

Christine Chasse
Associate

Plano, Dallas

Merritt B. Chastain III
Partner

Houston

Taylor Chase is a member of the firm’s Banking and Financial Services and Business Transactions groups. Her practice focuses on a wide variety of transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial lending, corporate governance and compliance, bankruptcy, and corporate trust.

Christine collaborates with small and large institutions in industries such as health care, finance, and education. She utilizes her extensive frontline healthcare experience to assess and successfully resolve professional liability claims for hospital systems and providers. Christine, a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US), guides her clients with regulatory and compliance enforcement actions and advises on technological issues including cybersecurity, data privacy, artificial intelligence, and cyber incident response matters such as actual or potential HIPAA breaches and data security incidents. She also creates compliance programs, policies, and performs internal investigations on behalf of clients of all sizes.

Merritt Chastain provides proactive traditional labor and employment counseling and handles related administrative proceedings and litigation, helping his clients first avoid workplace disputes and potentially costly mistakes, then successfully resolve matters in and out of court when necessary to minimize liability and financial exposure.

Spencer Fane attorney Gene Cherng

Spencer Fane attorney Gene Cherng

Gene H. Cherng
Partner

San Jose (Silicon Valley)

Jessica E. Chong
Of Counsel

Denver, Las Vegas

Spencer Fane attorney Rachael Chubey

Spencer Fane attorney Rachael Chubey

Rachael Gray Chubey
Associate

Santa Monica (Los Angeles)

Gene Cherng is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property practice. Admitted to the patent bar, he has successfully represented patent owners and accused infringers alike in the district courts and the U.S. Patent Office in cases involving technologies in the software, electrical, and mechanical arts.

Jessica Chong is a full-service litigator who represents public and private companies, partnerships, and individuals across the country in both federal and state courts. Jessica litigates in a wide-breadth of areas, including matters involving fraud, contractual and investor disputes, catastrophic injury, insurance bad-faith, real estate, and complex business disputes. Jessica has experience in all phases of civil litigation. She manages multiple aspects of discovery, including taking and defending depositions, uncovering key documents and witnesses, and handling the review and synthesis of hundreds of thousands of documents in highly contested matters. Jessica is no stranger to the courtroom and has secured numerous favorable outcomes for her clients.

Rachael Gray Chubey provides clients with proactive and reactive legal strategies to address the full range of risks businesses encounter, first working to avoid exposure to litigation, then seeking out beneficial resolutions that align with goals and objectives when necessary. Her wide-ranging practice includes multidistrict, class action, and mass tort matters in federal and state courts.

Spencer Fane attorney Daniel Chung

Spencer Fane attorney Daniel Chung

Daniel Chung
Senior Associate

San Jose (Silicon Valley)

Spencer Fane attorney Benjamin Cilwick

Spencer Fane attorney Benjamin Cilwick

Benjamin J. (Ben) Cilwick
Associate

Salt Lake City

Glen A. Civitts
Of Counsel

Nashville

Daniel Chung is an experienced trial attorney who helps clients through all stages of litigation and dispute resolution. A former criminal prosecutor in New York City and Silicon Valley, Daniel adeptly navigates high-stakes investigations, hearings, arbitrations, and trials.

Ben Cilwick serves as a litigator in cases involving land use, governmental entity defense, water law, and general civil litigation. He works to achieve favorable outcomes for his clients.

Glen Civitts effectively provides a full and complete understanding of all aspects of transactions to help clients achieve their business goals and objectives through sophisticated asset acquisitions, purchasing, financing, or disposition of virtually any type of commercial real estate. He is a corporate attorney specializing in real estate and commercial finance and has an emphasis on health care properties and facilities.

Spencer Fane attorney Colby Clark

Spencer Fane attorney Colby Clark

Colby Clark
Partner

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Bill Clarke

Spencer Fane attorney Bill Clarke

William A. (Bill) Clarke
Partner

Phoenix

Shelli J. Clarkston
Of Counsel

Kansas City

Colby Clark advises clients on a variety of legal strategies including venture and structure financings, corporate formation, reorganization, business plan optimization, and mergers and acquisitions. Drawing on his personal experience as an executive and business owner, Colby customizes his legal counsel to challenges from emerging growth companies to large public companies with independent directors.

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.

Shelli Clarkston provides financial institutions of all sizes with proactive legal counsel on regulatory and compliance matters, allowing them to conduct business and complete transactions with more precision, speed, and cost-efficiency.

Mark A. Cole
Partner

Overland Park

Spencer Fane attorney Jennifer Coleman

Spencer Fane attorney Jennifer Coleman

Jennifer (Jen) Coleman
Partner

San Jose (Silicon Valley)

Chad Cook
Of Counsel

Overland Park

Mark is a first-chair trial lawyer handling complex matters for clients in highly regulated industries, including healthcare and financial services. He has extensive experience with individual, class, and consolidated actions in state and federal courts. Mark also represents clients in arbitration before various administrators, including the AAA, JAMS, and AHLA.

Jen Coleman is a trial attorney who regularly advises and represents employers of all sizes on a variety of day-to-day legal issues. Within her active labor and employment law practice, she adeptly navigates employment counseling, guidance, and risk assessment throughout the employee life cycle, specifically focusing on matters relating to company policies and procedures, hiring, management, discipline, termination, and defense of claims and / or charges brought by employees post-departure.

Focusing his practice in health care, real estate, and corporate law, Chad Cook is a transactional attorney providing knowledgeable and straightforward counsel to clients based on their individual needs and business goals.

Marshall T. (Marty) Cook
Partner

Hendersonville

Maureen H. Cook
Associate

Denver

Spencer Fane attorney Kevin Corcoran

Spencer Fane attorney Kevin Corcoran

Kevin Corcoran
Partner

Houston

Marshall T. “Marty” Cook handles a wide range of commercial and civil litigation, arbitration, and mediation, identifying options and seeking out successful resolutions to his clients’ most important legal matters that present financial and reputational threats. He concentrates his practice in the area of business law, commercial litigation, real estate law, real estate development, employment litigation, and premises liability litigation. He represents clients in all aspects of litigation, arbitration, and mediation.

Maureen H. Cook handles aspects of trust and estate matters, including probate, trust administration, and probate litigation. Her experience encompasses creating simple and complex wills and trusts, financial power of attorney documents, and advanced medical directives.

Kevin G. Corcoran is a distinguished trial lawyer. His involvement in Energy, Contractual, Petrochemical, Mass Tort, and Pipeline related matters spans over 30 years. He has handled and tried a variety of complex and difficult commercial and personal injury lawsuits with success, including a large contractual dispute in the oilfield services industry spread over 4 states, large explosion cases on pipelines and in industrial facilities, multiple death and serious injury cases, and environmental leaks and spills incidents.

Charles B. Cowherd
Partner

Springfield

Spencer Fane attorney Matthew Cox

Spencer Fane attorney Matthew Cox

Matthew Cox
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Nathan Crane

Spencer Fane attorney Nathan Crane

Nathan Crane
Partner

Salt Lake City

Charles Cowherd is a member of the Banking and Financial Services and Litigation and Dispute Resolution groups. He has devoted his practice to assisting clients resolve a wide range of complex commercial and financial disputes.

Matthew Cox represents financial institutions and other lenders in efforts to protect their collateral and loan rights in federal and state courts, including bankruptcy courts. Matt focuses on defending these lenders and other clients against avoidance, preference, and fraudulent transfer claims made by trustees and receivers. He also assists creditors in obtaining relief from the bankruptcy automatic stay and in prosecuting objections to confirmation.

Nathan Crane is a criminal defense attorney who represents individuals and companies accused of criminal activity anywhere in the country. He has successfully defended individuals charged in both state and federal court for many offenses, including serious and complex white-collar felonies.

Ryan K. Crayne
Partner

Dakota Dunes, Minneapolis

612.268.7031 / 605.906.6355

Courtney Lutz Creal
Partner

Nashville

Spencer Fane attorney Leah Creathorn

Spencer Fane attorney Leah Creathorn

Leah Creathorn
Associate

Nashville

Ryan Crayne helps clients craft effective estate plans, allowing families to transition, and protect wealth for future generations. He develops a deep understanding of each individual situation to provide creative solutions that account for all eventualities while dealing with often difficult or uncomfortable topics.

Courtney Lutz Creal successfully manages and resolves her clients’ most critical litigation matters across a wide variety of practice areas, allowing them to achieve efficient and cost-effective outcomes. She focuses her legal practice on commercial litigation and family law, including highly contested divorces and custody actions. She is licensed in Tennessee and Kentucky.

Leah’s private practice focuses on helping startups and large public companies develop agile solutions to challenges and opportunities related to business operations and transactional matters. She brings the ability to provide efficient and effective legal counsel designed to streamline processes or take advantage of acquisitional and sale opportunities. She currently assists on a range of transactional matters including commercial real estate and forming and structuring business entities.

Spencer Fane attorney Frank Crociata

Spencer Fane attorney Frank Crociata

Frank Crociata
Of Counsel

Phoenix

Jason Cross
Partner

Dallas

James A. Crumlin Jr.
Partner

Nashville

Frank Crociata helps clients navigate the intricacies of state and local tax laws associated with business operations, structuring, and personal financial transactions.

Jason Cross is an experienced litigator who represents individuals and companies in complex business disputes all over the world and in all stages of the dispute resolution process. For more than 15 years, Jason has effectively advocated for clients in front of state and federal courts in Texas and throughout the U.S., and for clients involved in cross-border disputes, he has effectively advocated in international arbitrations under the body of rules of some of the world’s leading arbitral institutions, including the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), and Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC).

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.

Spencer Fane attorney Quentin Cumings

Spencer Fane attorney Quentin Cumings

Quentin D. Cumings
Associate

Tampa

Spencer Fane attorney Robert Cummings

Spencer Fane attorney Robert Cummings

Robert Cummings
Partner

Salt Lake City, Santa Monica (Los Angeles), San Jose (Silicon Valley)

Spencer Fane attorney Xander Curl

Spencer Fane attorney Xander Curl

Alexander G. (Xander) Curl
Associate

St. Louis

Quentin Cumings regularly counsels residential and commercial developers, builders, owners, and investors to help them navigate complex transactions that result in efficient and beneficial deals for all key stakeholders. This includes an intentional focus on keeping projects on schedule and within budget. Whether engaged for ongoing strategic counsel or specific opportunities, he has the ability to handle the purchase, sale, development, construction, and exchange of land and properties.

Robert Cummings develops innovative, conscientious, and sound solutions for his clients with a primary focus on advising small and medium sized businesses primarily in litigation and dispute resolution. Backed by over a decade of expansive legal experience, he has a distinctly varied litigation practice through a variety of courts, including federal and state courts across as well as arbitrations throughout the nation. Robert prefers that his clients avoid litigation if possible, so he also assists clients with risk analysis, internal investigations, and other proactive measures as well.

Alexander (Xander) Curl counsels clients on a variety of transactional matters with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, also frequently assisting with corporate governance and commercial contract matters.

Bradford J. (Brad) Cytron
Partner

St. Louis

Brad Cytron is a real estate attorney, helping both public and private entities in the acquisition, development, and disposition of office, retail, multi-family, hotel, and industrial properties. He also represents clients in condominium development, land acquisition and assemblage, subdivision development, zoning and land use planning, tax-deferred exchanges, tenancy in common transactions, commercial leasing, and other real estate and business matters.