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Peg Donahue Hall
Of Counsel

Plano, Dallas

Trevor A. Hall
Partner

Houston

Paul J. Hanley
Partner

Denver

Peg Donahue Hall has spent her legal career working hand in glove with clients to counsel them in assessing risk and efficiently resolving thorny business and legal issues – whether by negotiation, litigation, or other dispute resolution mechanisms. Peg’s work spans a broad base of industries. She has represented companies offering products and services in the life sciences, telecommunications and technology, real estate, insurance, automotive, hospitality, and finance and banking sectors.

Trevor Hall helps banks, factoring companies, and other financial institutions, find dynamic paths to maximize their rights to recovery, as well as protect their interests against other parties. In doing so, Trevor uses his experience handling multiple trials and numerous cases, to efficiently and effectively achieve his client’s goals, often navigating many competing interests. He understands the nuances of lending and factoring relationships, providing early and frank case evaluation, and exploring potential contingencies, empowering his clients to make a cost-benefit analysis before moving forward.

Paul Hanley is a partner in our Denver business transactions and financial services practices. Paul’s corporate and commercial law practice involves mergers and acquisitions, Regulation D and Private Placements, private equity and debt finance, corporate and partnership structuring, commercial loans, family limited partnerships, UCC foreclosures, including strict foreclosures, tax planning, international structuring and transactions, and commercial transactions.

Stacy Harper
Partner

Overland Park

Wendy J. Harring
Partner

Denver

Spencer Fane attorney Angela Harris

Spencer Fane attorney Angela Harris

Angela E. Harris
Associate

Santa Fe

Stacy Harper counsels organizations in the health care space on regulatory compliance, health care reimbursement, and data privacy and cybersecurity issues. Stacy’s unique background as a certified professional coder and compliance officer provides her with first-hand knowledge of the legal and practical requirements faced by health care organizations.

Wendy Harring’s practice emphasizes real estate and real estate finance. She represents lenders, developers and investors in the purchase, sale, and financing of properties ranging from vacant land to commercial, industrial, and residential projects and regularly assists clients with all other aspects of their real estate work. She has extensive experience with workouts involving non-performing loans and assets, foreclosures, receiverships, mechanics’ lien claims, commercial leasing, construction, and asset management contracts and related matters.

Angela currently serves a wide variety of clients in civil litigation and environmental matters. She practices utilities law, administrative law (primarily in water and oil and gas), and Native American law. She is dedicated to achieving the best possible outcomes for her clients, whether that be through non-legal solutions, mediation, or winning in court.

Spencer Fane attorney Chris Harris

Spencer Fane attorney Chris Harris

Chris L. Harris
Of Counsel

Dallas

David M. Harris
Partner

St. Louis

Spencer Fane attorney Don Hart

Spencer Fane attorney Don Hart

Dontan K. (Don) Hart
Senior Associate

Phoenix

Chris Harris helps clients minimize their income tax liability, with a specific focus on structuring and negotiating business transactions in the real estate, oil and gas, health care, and private equity industries. He advises a variety of clients on how to secure the future of their commercial enterprise, non-profit organization, or personal legacy through efficient tax structures.

David Harris assists clients in the energy, securities, and health care industries with their most important litigation needs. He has experience representing large integrated energy companies, broker-dealers in securities matters and a broad spectrum of other entities. David brings a valuable combination of trial experience and efficient, practical counsel to his nationwide client base, having defended more than 50 class action lawsuits, including trying class actions to verdict.

Don Hart defends some of the world’s largest manufacturers of automotive vehicles, recreational vehicles, heavy equipment, and consumer and industrial products in multiple jurisdictions in state and federal court. An experienced litigator, he has defended multinational clients in technical and complex matters involving catastrophic injury and wrongful death.

Peter (Pete) Hartweger
Partner

Kansas City

Wendy K. L. Harvel
Of Counsel

Austin

Spencer Fane attorney Joe Hatley

Spencer Fane attorney Joe Hatley

W. Joseph (Joe) Hatley
Partner

Kansas City

Pete Hartweger is a partner in the firm’s Business Transactions group. Pete’s emphasis is in mergers and acquisitions, tax, general business, pass-through entities, non-profit and tax-exempt entities, and IRS tax controversies. A large portion of Pete’s practice involves representing small to medium sized closely-held businesses, counseling on contract, employment, tax, licensing, and ownership matters, and the day-to-day issues encountered by these businesses. His clients also include several large organizations, including a few publicly traded companies.

Wendy Harvel represents water, gas, electric, and telecommunications utilities in complex regulatory proceedings before the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Railroad Commission of Texas. She has represented utilities in the private sector for several years, prior to which she was a Master Administrative Law Judge and head of the Public Utilities Team for the Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings for nearly two decades.

Joe Hatley is a civil and commercial litigator who helps educational institutions navigate a myriad of federal and state laws so they can meet the increasing demands of lawmakers, parents, and students. In addition to supporting educational institutions, Joe defends employers in disputes with both employees and regulators, while also maintaining an active practice across a variety of business disputes.

Spencer Fane attorney Jason Hawkins

Spencer Fane attorney Jason Hawkins

Jason Hawkins
Partner

Salt Lake City

Thomas W. Hayde CIPP/US
Partner

St. Louis

William J. (Paz) Haynes III
Partner

Nashville

Jason Hawkins helps clients achieve favorable outcomes by handling complex business and commercial litigation cases involving a wide variety of claims, including breach of contract, fraud, intellectual property, real property, commercial torts, and professional liability claims.

As a privacy professional, Tom Hayde aids clients in developing comprehensive strategies to address information practices and data breach risks, avoid potential claims and liabilities, and ensure compliance with all relevant legal requirements.

William J. (Paz) Haynes III serves as the Public Trustee for Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, where he oversees, administers, and manages assets held in trusts, estates, conservatorships and guardianships over several states. He maintains a portfolio of inter vivos trusts and testamentary trusts. Paz also maintains a practice drawing on his extensive experience in labor and employment and health care law, representing clients before a variety of regulatory boards, including the Board of Medical Examiners, and other administrative agencies.

William Hayward
Of Counsel

Plano

Danielle (DJ) Healey
Partner

Houston

Lewis A. (Pete) Heaven Jr.
Partner

Overland Park

Bill Hayward is a corporate attorney who, for more than four decades, has counseled an array of clients with their business and legal transactions, including real estate, corporate finance, lending, and mergers and acquisitions. He represents clients in a wide variety of industries ranging from startup businesses to well-established corporations.

Danielle “DJ” Healey has been recognized by Chambers Global, Chambers U.S., Best Lawyers in America, IAM, and Super Lawyers as one of the preeminent intellectual property litigators in the U.S. She has over 30 years of experience in planning and executing enforcement strategies and counter-strategies in Federal and State Courts, the ITC, the FTC, European Courts, and the European Commission.

Pete Heaven is a partner in the firm’s Real Estate group who helps residential and commercial real estate developers understand the legalese of government in land use by drawing upon his experience as City Attorney of the City of Merriam, Kansas for 18 years.

Spencer Fane attorney Josh Hedrick

Spencer Fane attorney Josh Hedrick

Joshua L. Hedrick
Partner

Dallas

Donald G. Heeman
Partner

Minneapolis

Laura S. Heinrich
Senior Associate

Denver

Josh Hedrick is a business trial lawyer, who handles a broad array of commercial disputes representing both plaintiffs and defendants in complex litigation. Equally adept in the courtroom and at the negotiating table, Josh has a track record of successfully handling matters for clients in alignment with their overall goals and objectives. His clients range from large, publicly traded corporations to small businesses and individual entrepreneurs.

Donald G. Heeman represents clients in business litigation and professional licensing matters, obtaining verdicts and judgments through both trial and motion practice in state, federal, and appellate courts. Don routinely represents defendants in nationwide class actions involving various state and federal claims, including antitrust claims and claims brought under ERISA.

Laura Heinrich represents special districts and other local governments across Colorado.

Sarah E. Heise
Of Counsel

Cape Girardeau

Governor Brad Henry
Of Counsel

Oklahoma City

Edward (Ed) Herman
Of Counsel

Dallas, Plano

As an experienced litigator, Sarah E. Heise advises and helps clients regarding professional negligence, products liability, toxic torts, general commercial litigation, and workers’ compensation. She has experience with medical fee disputes and provides a practical and strategic approach to health care providers when complex billing issues arise. This includes assisting with claims brought under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).

Governor Brad Henry represents clients in both the public and private sectors in government and administrative law.

Ed Herman helps clients purchase and sell improved and unimproved real property, as well as existing businesses. In addition, Ed assists his clients in addressing the day-to-day transactional issues that arise during the operation of their businesses. Ed currently represents numerous child care franchisees who have purchased and constructed new facilities in Texas.

Spencer Fane attorney Rick Herold

Spencer Fane attorney Rick Herold

Richard H. (Rick) Herold
Partner

Phoenix

Donn Herring
Partner

St. Louis

Richard H. (Dick) Hertel
Partner

Overland Park

Rick Herold has more than 30 years of experience as a litigator and trial attorney, excelling in efficiently resolving complex commercial disputes across a range of industries including financial services, health care, real estate, manufacturing, mining, oil and gas, and securities. He is known for his creative, constructive, and practical approach to problem-solving for banks, shareholders, employers and property owners, often resulting in expedited proceedings to appoint a receiver, enjoin misconduct, address real property or shareholder rights, or recover confidential information or trade secrets removed from the workplace.

Donn Herring helps hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers with a full range of business and regulatory issues. He focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions in the health care industry, which include physician-hospital joint ventures, physician integration, provider network development, HIPAA compliance program development, and voluntary compliance program development.

Dick Hertel’s helps clients identify and manage the risks and opportunities presented in their real estate transactions. He focuses on commercial real estate transactions and development incentives on behalf of sellers, buyers, landlords, tenants, borrowers, lenders, developers, and governmental bodies.

Spencer Fane attorney Chelsea Hesla

Spencer Fane attorney Chelsea Hesla

Chelsea A. Hesla
Partner

Phoenix

Thomas Hiatt
Partner

Kansas City

Anne Marie Laney Hill
Staff Attorney

Houston

Chelsea Hesla assists clients and companies through all aspects of trust and probate litigation, estate administration, elder law, and real estate, employing an empathetic yet assertive approach to problem-solving as she navigates complex and emotionally charged matters.

Thomas Hiatt is a trial attorney who helps businesses in all aspects of litigation including consulting pre-lawsuit, conducting and managing e-discovery, engaging in motion practice, and trying cases to verdict. He has experience in construction defect and payment disputes, antitrust litigation, collection work, and financial services litigation involving fraudulent transfer and piercing the corporate veil theories.

Anne Marie Laney Hill focuses her practice in commercial and business litigation, including the representation of commercial lenders, banks, and insurance companies. She has experience representing financial institutions and other creditors in the areas of bank fraud, letters of credit, lender liability, creditor bankruptcy, collection, foreclosure, creditors’ rights, consumer credit, and loan workout.

Spencer Fane attorney Daniel Hill

Spencer Fane attorney Daniel Hill

Daniel D. Hill
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Albert H. Hiller
Of Counsel

Houston

Stephanie M. Hiquiana
Associate

Denver

Daniel Hill helps businesses with investment and securities disputes as well as finance, business, and corporate law matters. As a successful litigator and mergers and acquisitions attorney, he brings a wealth of real-world business experience to his practice.

Al Hiller has practiced commercial real estate law in Texas for over 40 years. Al represents residential lot developers, office / service center and mini-storage operators, multi-family developers, and operators and developers of housing for homeless veterans.

Stephanie Hiquiana represents companies in employment law matters, carefully navigating obstacles that may lead to disputes and providing full-service coverage through diligent day-to-day counsel, long-term compliance strategies, and, when necessary, litigation.

Spencer Fane attorney Kerry Hodges

Spencer Fane attorney Kerry Hodges

Kerry Hodges
Partner

Phoenix

Spencer Fane attorney Helen Holden

Spencer Fane attorney Helen Holden

Helen Holden
Partner

Phoenix

K. Edward (Ed) Holderle III
Partner

St. Louis

Kerry Hodges focuses his practice on employee benefits, corporate, tax, and labor law. Primarily serving clients in the construction industry, Kerry devotes a substantial part of his practice to representing trustees of Taft-Hartley multiemployer plans, including pension, defined contribution, health and welfare, vacation, and apprenticeship trust funds. He advises trustees in virtually all facets of plan operations, helping them fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities in a complex, ever-shifting legal environment. He also utilizes the firm’s cross-discipline experience to provide clients access to qualified attorneys in other practice groups relevant to their needs—matching legal strategy to each client’s unique objectives.

Helen Holden is dedicated to providing practical solutions for employers, helping them navigate the complexities of federal and state employment laws. With more than 30 years of experience in management-side employment law, she offers valuable advice and training on human resource issues. Helen is a strategic partner to her clients in a variety of industries, and is known for her ability to address and resolve workplace challenges effectively. Her approach ensures that businesses of all sizes can maintain a positive and compliant company culture.

Ed Holderle assists nonprofit organizations, ranging from health and social services organizations to colleges, universities, churches, and other faith-based entities, in the areas of corporate law, transactional law, public finance, and real estate.

Jacob Hollars
Partner

Denver

Spencer Fane attorney John Holley

Spencer Fane attorney John Holley

John S. Holley
Partner

Washington, D.C.

Spencer Fane attorney McKay Holley

Spencer Fane attorney McKay Holley

McKay Holley
Associate

Las Vegas

Jacob Hollars is an appellate and trial lawyer specializing in real estate, land use, special district, and commercial matters in Colorado and across the nation.

John is a trial lawyer who focuses on high-stakes patent infringement litigation in the federal district courts and the International Trade Commission. Leveraging his background in electrical engineering, John distills the complicated technical issues in his cases into layman’s concepts that resonate with the fact finders. Clients and opposing counsel have called his cross-examinations “masterful” and “very impressive.” Law360 recognized him as a “Legal Lion” for his work related to smartphone patents.

McKay Holley is a dedicated business attorney representing creditors, receivers, trustees, and other clients in bankruptcy, restructuring, and non-bankruptcy insolvency matters. He has a strong background in commercial litigation, adeptly handling legal matters related to business transactions, contracts, and commercial disputes.

Spencer Fane attorney Richard Holley

Spencer Fane attorney Richard Holley

Richard F. Holley
Of Counsel

Las Vegas

Tara Holterhaus
Partner

Omaha

Spencer Fane attorney Kersten Holzhueter

Spencer Fane attorney Kersten Holzhueter

Kersten Holzhueter
Partner

Kansas City

Richard Holley helps clients throughout Nevada and elsewhere in the U.S. with difficult bankruptcy and related commercial litigation matters. His primary focus is bringing value to the clients he serves through open communication, collaboration, and transparency while reducing frustrations. These attributes, along with a keen ability to identify colleagues with precisely the right skill sets for each unique dispute, are the foundation of the enduring and successful relationships Richard has with his clients.

Tara is a full-service litigation attorney who focuses primarily on banking and financial services litigation, commercial litigation, real estate litigation, and bankruptcy litigation. She represents a variety of clients, including state and nationally chartered banks, non-bank lenders, loan servicers, and debt collectors.

Kersten Holzhueter is a full-service litigator for financial services companies. She defends a wide range of claims asserted against financial institutions, including claims for breach of contract, wrongful foreclosure, invasion of privacy, and interference with business relationships. Her defense work also involves lawsuits, including class actions alleging violations of the Uniform Commercial Code, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Truth in Lending Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and state consumer protection statutes.

Seong Hong
Senior Associate

Houston

Carlota (Coty) Hopinks-Baul
Of Counsel

Austin

William E. (Bill) Hopkins
Partner

Austin, Houston

Seong Hong assists clients in navigating all phases of complex commercial litigation involving insurance bad faith failure to settle, product liability, class actions, breach of contract, medical marijuana licensing, transportation, and landlord-tenant disputes by utilizing traditional and alternative dispute resolution strategies to achieve optimal legal outcomes, reduce exposure to liability, and ensure that the client’s business needs and goals are met.

Carlota (Coty) Hopinks-Baul advises clients on a wide range of environmental, safety, and health issues including federal and state regulation of discharges to groundwater and surface waters, as well as drinking water, air, hazardous and non-hazardous waste, chemical releases, and workplace exposure matters.

Bill Hopkins helps to protect health care providers and health care companies against the many potential pitfalls in the industry, serving as both an advocate and educator for his clients in administrative law, regulatory defense, compliance, and litigation. He ensures that the legal aspects of health care are covered, so his clients can maintain their focus where it matters most – providing health care.

Spencer Fane attorney Kami Hoskins

Spencer Fane attorney Kami Hoskins

Kami M. Hoskins
Of Counsel

Phoenix

Steven Hoth
Partner

Denver

Spencer Fane attorney Crystal Howard

Spencer Fane attorney Crystal Howard

Crystal L. Howard
Partner

Overland Park

Kami Hoskins creates and implements effective solutions for employers navigating complex labor and employment law issues, providing meticulous defense in state and federal courts as well as before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, National Labor Relations Board, and the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.

Crystal Howard regularly counsels clients on a wide range of business and tax matters related to complex business transactions and tax structuring.

Spencer Fane attorney Andrew Hua

Spencer Fane attorney Andrew Hua

Andrew Hua
Associate

Denver

Heather Hughes
Associate

Las Vegas

Tara M. Hughes
Legal Paraprofessional

Phoenix

Andrew Hua assists clients on a wide range of transactional matters with a focus on real estate, finance, banking, and business law. In his diverse practice, he develops and maintains timely, multidisciplinary solutions for optimal outcomes that align with clients’ varied interests.

Heather Hughes is a member of the firm’s Corporate and Business Transactions group. Her practice is focused on corporate law, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities, and tax law.

Tara has been working in the area of family law for over 25 years, is a certified paralegal, and was one of the first Family Law Legal Paraprofessionals licensed by the State Bar of Arizona.

Joseph H. (Joe) Hunt
Of Counsel

Denver

C. Birk Hutchens
Of Counsel

Houston

Spencer Fane attorney Johanna Hyman

Spencer Fane attorney Johanna Hyman

Johanna Hyman
Senior Associate

Minneapolis

Joseph (Joe) Hunt is an experienced business partner and go-to attorney for labor and employment matters. He has a track record of success representing employers across the country in complex labor and employment disputes.

Birk Hutchens leads clients through all phases of commercial litigation including construction, employment, insurance matters, medical malpractice, personal injury, securities law, and consumer law. His experience includes the representation of both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal court and representing clients in arbitration matters before the American Arbitration Association and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

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.