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Eleanor D'Ambrosio
Partner

Austin

Spencer Fane attorney Shelly Dalrymple

Spencer Fane attorney Shelly Dalrymple

Shelly L. Dalrymple
Partner

Santa Fe

James R. (Jim) Dankenbring
Partner

St. Louis

Eleanor D’Ambrosio combines her policy and regulatory experience to provide clients with proactive and responsive counsel and advocacy in utility-related regulatory and business matters, helping them provide efficient and high quality service to the public.

Shelly has more than 30 years of experience helping clients in complex litigation situations, with a strong background in multi-district litigation and class action defense. She has developed a focus on process and efficiency in dealing with large scale litigation. With a current emphasis on environmental litigation, Shelly handles CERCLA litigation, environmental nuisance, oil and gas industry environmental impacts, and federal and state compliance issues relating to air quality, water quality, noise pollution, and hazardous waste. She works closely with technical experts in investigations, analysis, compliance, and the crafting of experts’ reports in the environmental and natural resources arenas.

Jim Dankenbring represents businesses in mergers and acquisitions, securities matters, complex contract negotiations, and executive compensation.

Spencer Fane attorney Matthew David

Spencer Fane attorney Matthew David

Matt David
Senior Associate

Washington, D.C.

Shannon Forth Davies
Partner

Oklahoma City

Gardiner B. Davis
Partner

Kansas City

Matt David helps large technology companies navigate the intricacies of intellectual property litigation, skillfully applying his background in engineering and as a U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) examiner to address patent applications with hands-on intel and exceptional creativity. Matt litigates, prepares, and prosecutes patents primarily in the computer, electrical, and mechanical arts. He also has experience with post-grant proceedings at the USPTO.

With over 20 years of experience as a litigator, Shannon Davies focuses on complex litigation. She helps clients successfully resolve disputes that others may deem difficult to quantify, challenging to explain, or too complicated to tackle. She is adept at uncovering every facet of a case, developing a detailed tactical plan, and crafting a story that will achieve results.

Gardiner Davis has over 35 years of experience representing businesses of all sizes in commercial disputes. He helps businesses enforce their rights against defaulting vendors, buyers, and competitors.

Katherine (Kate) Davis
Associate

Kansas City

Madeline E. Davis
Associate

Minneapolis

Spencer Fane attorney Scott Davis

Spencer Fane attorney Scott Davis

Scott L. Davis
Partner

Dallas

Katherine Davis provides critical guidance for labor and employment clients so they can productively operate their businesses with minimal employee and compliance issues. This includes advising and structuring effective human resources staff, developing company-wide best practices, mitigating potential challenges and disputes, and preventing serious legal matters.

Madeline Davis represents contractors and subcontractors in all phases of construction litigation, employing an aggressive yet reasonable, value-oriented approach which considers the needs of all parties to secure consistently favorable outcomes. Her experience extends to both residential, commercial, and public projects, where she demonstrates a proven ability to collaborate with a wide variety of stakeholders. She has completed over 10 trials, several of which she served as first chair.

Scott Davis helps clients resolve complex business disputes through strategic counseling and litigation, advancing their interests while reducing financial exposure as he creates optimal paths for success in and out of the courtroom. His areas of focus include insurance coverage and bad faith claims, environmental disputes, financial disputes, business litigation, and personal injury litigation.

Aaron A. Dean
Partner

Minneapolis

Spencer Fane attorney Audra Dean

Spencer Fane attorney Audra Dean

Audra M. Dean
Of Counsel

Plano

Joshua A. Decker
Of Counsel

Overland Park, Kansas City

Aaron Dean represents general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, public and private owners, developers, and A/E in every aspect of construction dispute resolution. Notably, he is the Chapter Attorney for the Minnesota Subcontractors Association, where he drafts and testifies about legislation affecting the construction industry.

Audra M. Dean defends businesses in complex commercial, product liability, mass tort, and toxic tort disputes. With a domestic and international reach, she has defended manufacturers and retailers in product liability matters involving consumer products, medical devices, power tools, and vaping products.

Joshua Decker is Of Counsel with the firm and focuses his practice on estate planning, tax planning, and trust and estate administration. He helps families navigate all areas of estate planning with special knowledge in special needs planning and charitable giving.

Sadaf Deedar
Associate

Houston

Kristen M. (Kris) Dekker
Partner

Kansas City, Overland Park, Phoenix

Michael F. (Mike) Delaney
Partner

Kansas City

Sadaf Deedar’s legal and professional experience informs her approach to handling patent prosecution and litigation, trademark prosecution and litigation, internet law, and trade secrets.

Kris Dekker assists banks, financial institutions, and other lenders of varying sizes close their transactions efficiently. He understands that timely execution is critical to a lender’s ability to compete in its marketplace.

Mike Delaney has represented management in traditional labor relations matters, including collective bargaining negotiations, grievances and arbitrations, and union campaigns and matters before the National Labor Relations Board for more than 39 years.

Spencer Fane attorney Mykaela Schluter

Spencer Fane attorney Mykaela Schluter

Mykaela Delgado Schluter
Associate

Denver

Spencer Fane attorney Bryan DeMatteo

Spencer Fane attorney Bryan DeMatteo

Bryan N. DeMatteo
Partner

Washington, D.C.

Taylor Denison
Associate

Austin

Mykaela Delgado Schluter represents public, private, and corporate clients with a diverse range of litigation needs, with a focus on real estate and construction litigation.

Bryan DeMatteo specializes in helping companies nationwide develop, protect, and enforce their patents, trademarks and copyrights. He has extensive experience litigating and prosecuting patents and has actively participated at trial in numerous patent cases. Bryan also represents clients in connection with post-grant proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and routinely conducts patent IP due diligence on behalf of his clients (including freedom to operate, infringement and validity opinions), as well as for venture capitalists and other entities, including funds wishing to invest in IP litigation.

Taylor’s practice focuses on administrative law in the area of public utility regulation. She represents investor and municipally owned utility clients before the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Railroad Commission of Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

Spencer Fane attorney Alexis Denny

Spencer Fane attorney Alexis Denny

Alexis Denny
Associate

Overland Park

Spencer Fane attorney Patrick Derksen

Spencer Fane attorney Patrick Derksen

Patrick T. Derksen
Of Counsel

Phoenix

Carl Desenberg
Of Counsel

St. Louis

Alexis Denny helps clients navigate complex litigation and mitigate regulatory and administrative risks, achieving outcomes aligned with their unique business goals and objectives. Her practice focuses on the health care sector, where she brings a fresh perspective and stability-oriented approach to current matters challenging health care entities large and small.

Patrick Derksen works with a broad range of clients in construction, transactional and bankruptcy matters, facilitating sophisticated transactions, financings, and agreements beneficial to all stakeholders.

Carl Desenberg is a tax attorney who has spent over 25 years advising clients on transactional tax matters.

Brenden Desmond
Senior Associate

Denver

Spencer Fane attorney Brian Devling

Spencer Fane attorney Brian Devling

Brian M. Devling
Of Counsel

Kansas City

Spencer Fane attorney Brian Devoss

Spencer Fane attorney Brian Devoss

Brian P. DeVoss
Partner

Dallas

Brenden Desmond works with special districts all over Colorado so they can more efficiently and effectively serve their property owners and residents.

Brian Devling represents lenders in the origination and workout of middle-market commercial finance transactions. Applying a resourceful and pragmatic approach to collaborative planning, he constructs strong foundations for consistently risk-averse and cost-efficient outcomes. Brian’s primary focus is representing asset-based lenders in structuring, negotiating, documenting, and maintaining credit facilities.

Brian P. DeVoss represents private developers, institutional investors, including real estate investment trusts (REITs), entrepreneurs, and family offices in the acquisition and disposition of multiple classes of commercial real estate and private operating companies with successful, risk-mitigating strategies cultivated over nearly two decades of experience.

Scott Dickenson
Partner

St. Louis

Joshua C. (Josh) Dickinson
Partner

Omaha

Spencer Fane attorney Jamie Nauman Dickinson

Spencer Fane attorney Jamie Nauman Dickinson

Jamie N. Dickinson (formerly Cotter)
Partner

Denver, Omaha

Josh Dickinson is a partner in the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Labor and Employment Groups. He represents businesses and professionals across a wide spectrum of disputes, including intellectual property, employment, construction, and creditors’ rights.

Jamie Dickinson is a full-service litigator who represents public, private, and corporate clients with all of their litigation needs.

Spencer Fane attorney Samuel DiPietro

Spencer Fane attorney Samuel DiPietro

Samuel M. DiPietro
Senior Associate

Phoenix

Lindsay Doman
Associate

Minneapolis

Nikolas (Nik) Donta
Associate

Phoenix

Samuel DiPietro collaborates with families and their advisors to develop customized estate plans that promote financial literacy, preserve family history, and convey the deeper meaning behind family wealth.

Lindsay Doman is a member of the firm’s Banking and Financial Services group. Her practice focuses on bankruptcy. She represents creditors, receivers, trustees, and others in bankruptcy, restructuring, and non-bankruptcy insolvency matters.

Nik Donta helps businesses and individuals protect and monetize their ideas, inventions, and services through the utilization of attorneys with a background relevant to a growing client base for Spencer Fane.

Spencer Fane attorney Jed Dooley

Spencer Fane attorney Jed Dooley

Jedidiah (Jed) Dooley
Of Counsel

San Jose (Silicon Valley)

John E. Dorman
Of Counsel

Oklahoma City

Patrice Douglas
Of Counsel

Oklahoma City

Jedidiah Dooley brings nearly 20 years of litigation experience to partner with clients to achieve their goals when disputes arise – whether that be through a negotiated settlement or taking matters all the way through trial.

John Dorman leans on more than three decades of extensive municipal law experience to provide clients with creative solutions to resolve complex issues in a favorable manner.

Patrice Douglas counsels banks, energy companies and utilities on legal, regulatory, and compliance matters. She helps clients navigate the complex regulatory issues they face in today’s economy so they can close transactions efficiently and move forward to realize their goals.

James T. (Jim) Drakeley
Partner

Plano, Dallas

Spencer Fane attorney Shawn Draney

Spencer Fane attorney Shawn Draney

Shawn Draney
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Sherry Dreisewerd
Partner

St. Louis

Jim Drakeley has four decades of experience prosecuting and defending a broad range of business-related litigation, ranging from simple to complex matters. He has achieved meaningful outcomes for clients in disputes over complex contracts, employment matters, covenants not-to-compete, theft of trade secrets, commercial leases, commercial insurance policies, shareholder and partnership relations, and fiduciary duty obligations.

Shawn Draney assists cities, special districts, irrigation companies, and landowners with advice, planning, transactions, negotiations, and litigation involving water resources.

Sherry Dreisewerd helps lenders close complex financial transactions. Sherry works with national, regional, and community banks to originate real estate, commercial, industrial, and asset-based loans.

David Driggs
Associate

Las Vegas

Spencer Fane attorney Doug Driggs

Spencer Fane attorney Doug Driggs

J. Douglas (Doug) Driggs Jr.
Partner

Las Vegas

Spencer Fane attorney Tom Driggs

Spencer Fane attorney Tom Driggs

Thomas D. (Tom) Driggs
Of Counsel

Las Vegas

David Driggs takes a methodical, highly collaborative approach to helping clients navigate a wide array of intricate business transactions, employing his background in real estate finance.

Doug Driggs, a leader in real estate and corporate law, assists local, regional, and national clients with transactional and business needs. His practice includes real estate acquisition, disposition, financing, development, and leasing of master planned communities and office, industrial, multifamily, and retail properties as well as entity formation and structuring.

Tom Driggs advises clients in the areas of water transactions and regulation, real estate and corporate transactions, and related government relations issues in Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. His clients include farmers, ranchers, dairies, hotel casinos, power companies, mining and industrial companies, golf course owners, real estate developers, individual homeowners, and a multinational resource-efficient agricultural producer working to grow blueberries in the Nevada desert.

Spencer Fane attorney Chris Droubay

Spencer Fane attorney Chris Droubay

Chris Droubay
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Larry Drucker

Spencer Fane attorney Larry Drucker

Lawrence C. Drucker
Partner

Washington, D.C.

Joseph M. (Joe) Dworak
Of Counsel

Santa Fe

Christopher Droubay’s practice assists clients with a variety of civil litigation matters including cybersecurity issues, insurance defense, medical malpractice defense, employment issues, and regulatory compliance, with a primary focus on health law. He represents and counsels clients on a number of complex statutory and regulatory issues, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Medicaid and Medicare issues, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Anti-Kickback and Stark Laws, and credentialing issues.

Lawrence Drucker skillfully navigates complex patent, copyright, trademark, unfair competition, and other commercial litigation matters, vigorously protecting his clients’ interests amid high-stakes disputes. As a seasoned trial attorney representing clients in high-stakes patent litigation in courts throughout the nation, he is frequently called on to serve as lead counsel in cases between competitors as well as in patent enforcement actions backed by litigation funders.

Joseph “Joe” Dworak advises individuals, organizations, and governments on a wide range of regulatory matters, developing practical solutions that comply with rapidly evolving legal requirements and advance clients’ short- and long-term priorities in the areas of litigation, environmental and energy law, and governmental affairs.

Angus Dwyer
Of Counsel

Kansas City

Angus Dwyer helps corporate and individual clients resolve legal disputes in the most advantageous manner possible under the circumstances, so they can keep their focus on their business.