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Spencer Fane attorney Stephen Pahl

Spencer Fane attorney Stephen Pahl

Stephen Pahl
Partner

San Jose (Silicon Valley)

Spencer Fane attorney Oliver Pancheri

Spencer Fane attorney Oliver Pancheri

Oliver J. Pancheri
Partner

Las Vegas

Spencer Fane attorney Rodney Parker

Spencer Fane attorney Rodney Parker

Rodney Parker
Partner

Salt Lake City

Stephen Pahl’s practice concentrates in the areas of real property transactions and litigation, employment matters representing exclusively management, commercial litigation, and financial institutions law. A business owner with personal experience managing apartment buildings, banks, restaurants, and hotels, Stephen truly understands and shares the entrepreneurial spirit of his clients.

Oliver Pancheri guides clients through complex business and commercial matters via highly skilled and effective advocacy, earning successful outcomes in state and federal courts across Nevada. A trial and appellate attorney with significant experience in both arenas, he has also successfully handled appeals before the Nevada Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Rodney Parker focuses his practice on civil and criminal appeals, family law, and general litigation. He has handled more than 100 appeals in federal and state courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Utah Supreme Court, the Utah Court of Appeals, and the Arizona Court of Appeals. Rodney has also served on the Utah Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Appellate Procedure.

James S. (Jim) Patterson
Of Counsel

Plano

Michael (Mike) Patterson
Partner

Phoenix

Laurie N. Patton
Partner

Plano, Dallas

Jim Patterson combines his diverse legal background and experience as a CPA to help clients across a broad spectrum of corporate and business legal issues. Many of his clients are small business owners and he takes pride in helping them grow from startup to stability. He has worked with clients on a wide range of matters including real estate, employment law, trademarks, copyrights, licensing, and mergers and acquisitions.

Mike Patterson helps businesses navigate corporate, compliance, and securities matters. He has extensive experience in domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, equity and debt offerings, foreign direct investment, distribution, agency and licensing matters, and market entry strategies. He efficiently resolves legal matters by identifying key issues, focusing resources, and executing on a plan.

Laurie Patton represents companies and individuals in a wide range of business and employment disputes and litigation matters, working closely with her clients to identify their objectives and develop a strategy to achieve those goals. She helps clients identify potential vulnerabilities and liabilities related to their business and advises clients on how to implement policies and procedures to minimize those risks. Laurie aggressively advocates for her clients at all stages of the matter and efficiently manages the case while allowing the client to remain focused on running their business.

Philip A. Pearlman
Of Counsel

Denver

John E. Peckler
Partner

Denver

Raciel Perez
Partner

Tampa

Phil Pearlman helps creditors, committees, bankruptcy trustees, and others protect their interests and achieve their key objectives and goals in bankruptcy cases.

John Peckler helps clients navigate complex development projects and real estate transactions. He works with individuals, businesses, and developers on all aspects of land use and real estate law.

Raciel Perez assists regional and national real estate developers, homebuilders, owners, and investors through the intricate aspects of commercial real estate transactions to complete efficient and cost-effective deals that help clients avoid unnecessary delays. This includes a proactive approach to navigating an increasingly complex regulatory environment and the potential transactional issues that come with developing major commercial projects, including master planned communities, multifamily, commercial, office, and retail projects.

Spencer Fane attorney Ed Perkins

Spencer Fane attorney Ed Perkins

Robert E. (Ed) Perkins
Partner

Houston

Andrea P. Perry
Partner

Nashville

Madison Perry
Of Counsel

Kansas City

Ed Perkins is a skillful litigator with extensive experience defending clients in complex commercial disputes, employment discrimination cases, professional malpractice claims, and personal injury claims, limiting reputational and financial liability with innovative strategies backed by decades of litigatory insight. He has tried cases in federal district courts, federal bankruptcy courts, and Texas state courts, where he consistently obtains favorable outcomes for his clients.

Andrea P. Perry combines industry insights with responsive, considerate client service to help lending and financial institutions of all types navigate the complex regulatory landscape to achieve efficient, cost-effective transactions. She concentrates her practice in the areas of real estate, commercial lending, general corporate, and tax-exempt organizations. Andrea currently serves as co-practice group leader for the Banking and Financial Services Group.

Madison Perry is a member of the Spencer Fane Litigation and Dispute Resolution, K-12 Education Law, and Labor and Employment practice groups.

Brian Peterson
Of Counsel

Kansas City

Eric Peterson
Of Counsel

St. Louis

Kristen Petry
Senior Associate

Houston

Brian Peterson helps businesses, both large and small, avoid employment-related lawsuits by drafting and reviewing employee handbooks and policies, and conducting employee training programs.

Eric Peterson works in the commercial bankruptcy and receivership fields, including litigation related to commercial financial distress. He represents investors, financial institutions, business owners, debtor’s, creditor committees, receivers, bankruptcy trustees and other fiduciaries, and large and small companies in maximizing the value of business assets, achieving operational turnarounds, and going concern sales, among other things. He lead the effort to create the Missouri Commercial Receivership Act and is a founder and president of the national Commercial Receivers Association. Eric has also served as co-chair of the Missouri Bankruptcy Debtor and Creditor Rights Committee of the Missouri Bar and chair of the Subcommittee on Commercial Receivership. He is a co-author of the Manual and Practitioners Guidebook for the Missouri Commercial Receivership Act, which is published by the Missouri Bar.

Kristen Petry is a member of the firm’s Health Care group. She helps clients in the health care industry navigate simple and complex litigation and compliance issues. She has defended large hospital systems and individual health care providers, including physicians, nurses, therapists, dentists, and chiropractors. Kristen also has experience advising clients on federal regulations including HIPAA and CFR Part 2.

Nicole R. Peykov
Partner

Denver

Caleb Phillips – Spencer Fane attorney

Caleb Phillips – Spencer Fane attorney

Caleb Phillips
Of Counsel

Overland Park

Jeffrey J. (Jeff) Phillips
Partner

Houston

Nicole Peykov counsels developers in the creation of taxing districts for their proposed developments, which involves the use of tax revenue and municipal debt as financing vehicles. Nicole also represents special districts such as metropolitan districts, water and sanitation districts, business improvement districts, and governmental authorities throughout Colorado in the formation, operation, and maintenance phases.

Caleb Phillips draws on over ten years of litigation and counseling experience to help businesses and individuals navigate complex legal issues and disputes. His practice focuses on securities litigation and compliance, employment law, and white-collar defense. Above all, Caleb prioritizes providing communicative and comprehensive client service so his clients can focus on their goals and business objectives.

Jeff Phillips provides clients with a full scope of legal services related to intellectual property, first seeking to develop a detailed understanding of a client’s business and IP assets, and then providing strategic counsel focused on maximizing long-term value.

Barry L. Pickens
Partner

Overland Park

Spencer Fane attorney John Picone

Spencer Fane attorney John Picone

John Picone
Partner

San Jose (Silicon Valley)

Spencer Fane attorney David Pinkston

Spencer Fane attorney David Pinkston

David Pinkston
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Barry Pickens is a civil litigator with a focus on appellate litigation, insurance coverage, and other commercial litigation matters. In his appellate work, Barry helps defend results obtained at the trial court level that were favorable for his clients on appeal. Where clients received unfavorable results at the trial level, he helps them develop strategies to obtain appellate relief from those results.

John Picone specializes in complex cases that deviate from standard practices and require meticulous research, comprehensive knowledge, and high-level creativity to protect clients’ interests.

David uses creativity and decades of experience with the tools under state and bankruptcy law to bring resolution to legal problems and burdens, realize on assets, and help clients get back to growing their business and experiencing greater peace in their lives. Contract disputes and defaults are an unfortunate reality of doing business. For every client, such defaults by the other party are an obstacle to growth, at a minimum. With others, particularly small businesses, such defaults can be disastrous, creating constant stress and anxiety for the business owners.

Spencer Fane attorney Mariana Pitts

Spencer Fane attorney Mariana Pitts

Mariana Pitts
Associate

Oklahoma City

William J. (Josh) Podolsky III
Partner

Tampa

Brian C. Poldrack
Of Counsel

Houston

Mariana assists clients in a variety of complex litigation matters, specifically focusing on trust, estate, and fiduciary litigation with an established ability to resolve multifaceted disputes while preserving highly sensitive interests and relationships. Using the full range of dispute resolution methods, she carefully navigates private settlements and, when necessary, employs proactive litigation to obtain the most favorable outcomes for clients and associated parties.

Josh Podolsky regularly represents buyers, sellers, investors, developers, property managers, general contractors, and financial institutions in real estate matters and has a strong capability to handle title insurance-related matters throughout Florida. He also advises both lenders and borrowers on various types of financing mechanisms available to efficiently and effectively construct and finalize complex transactions. He regularly acts as local counsel to lenders and borrowers throughout Florida and issues legal opinions pertaining to loan transactions.

Brian Poldrack guides clients through all aspects of civil litigation, appeals, and alternative dispute resolution. With experience in complex civil trials, arbitration, mediation, and appeals, he concentrates on the most effective and beneficial method of resolving his clients’ civil disputes.

Spencer Fane attorney Richard Poll

Spencer Fane attorney Richard Poll

Richard W. Poll
Associate

Salt Lake City

Spencer Fane attorney Sarah Porter

Spencer Fane attorney Sarah Porter

Sarah Porter
Of Counsel

Minneapolis

Spencer Fane attorney Courtney Powell

Spencer Fane attorney Courtney Powell

Courtney Davis Powell
Of Counsel

Oklahoma City

Richard Poll provides clients with counsel and assistance in corporate and intellectual property transactions and civil litigation in the areas of business, professional liability, intellectual property, insurance defense, and appeals in both state and federal courts. From individuals and small business to large and growing corporations, Richard maximizes value for his clients through an individualized approach to meet his clients’ goals.

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.

Courtney Davis Powell focuses on litigation. She helps clients resolve disputes so that they may focus their energies on other matters. She is skilled at uncovering the issues and facts in a case, developing a strategic plan, and crafting a story to achieve the desired results. Her practice is wide ranging, including business litigation, employment law, and constitutional law.

Gary A. Powell
In Memoriam (1953 – 2024)

Springfield

Spencer Fane attorney Kevin Powers

Spencer Fane attorney Kevin Powers

Kevin Powers
Partner

Houston

Spencer Fane attorney Scott Powers

Spencer Fane attorney Scott Powers

Scott Powers
Partner

Salt Lake City

Gary Powell was a founding partner of the firm’s Springfield office, and a member of the Tax, Trusts, & Estates Group. Gary had more than 40 years of experience in estate planning, trust and estate administration, and tax and business transactions. His leadership abilities and expertise with sophisticated estate planning, business succession planning, business formation and acquisitions, and shareholder and buy-sell agreements were evident as he earnestly served clients and supported colleagues.

Kevin Powers represents individuals and businesses across construction, real estate, oil and gas, financial services, manufacturing, and other diverse industries in complex commercial litigation, working quickly and efficiently to attain beneficial outcomes using the full range of dispute resolution methods. With more than two decades of experience as a trial attorney, he takes a comprehensive approach to litigation, vigorously advocating for clients’ key business interests and objectives while maintaining a big-picture perspective.

Scott Powers represents clients in a wide variety of legal matters including contract negotiations, contract disputes, defect claims, surety bond claims, mechanics lien claims, insurance coverage litigation, general liability claims, catastrophic injury claims, workers’ compensation claims, and class action lawsuits. His practice involves a broad range of commercial litigation matters with an emphasis on construction, surety, and insurance-related issues.

Spencer Fane attorney Bill Powers

Spencer Fane attorney Bill Powers

William A. (Bill) Powers
Partner

Washington, D.C.

Spencer Fane attorney Ernesto Prado

Spencer Fane attorney Ernesto Prado

Ernesto Prado
Associate

Santa Monica (Los Angeles)

Leonard J. (Len) Pranschke
Of Counsel

St. Louis

Bill Powers advises nonprofits, PACs, and innovative companies on all aspects of political law and compliance, equipping them to leverage current legal and regulatory trends to maximize political and business outcomes. With almost 20 years in private practice and government, he adeptly guides clients on federal laws, including the Federal Election Campaign Act and Lobbying Disclosure Act; U.S. House and Senate Ethics Rules; Foreign Agents Registration Act, and similar rules at the state and local levels.

Ernesto Prado has a broad-ranging practice with significant experience in complex real estate and general commercial matters. While always preparing for a potential trial, he regularly manages cases with an eye toward his clients’ strategic objectives, utilizing the full spectrum of dispute resolution methods to achieve favorable outcomes through proactive and collaborative client service.

Len Pranschke assists nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations effectively and in full legal compliance, to carry out their charitable, educational, or religious missions. Len provides advice and assistance in corporate, tax, contract, real estate, governmental regulation, charitable giving and board policies, and governance practices.

Robert B. (Robb) Preston
Partner

St. Louis

James T. (Jim) Price
Partner

Kansas City

Jacklyn (Jackie) Pringle
Of Counsel

Overland Park

Robb Preston is a seasoned real estate attorney that enjoys helping clients by providing creative, economical and practical solutions to complex real estate problems, with an emphasis on transactions that leverage economic development incentives. His collegiality, experience, and versatility allow him to assist clients in closing thorny transactions and developing valuable relationships with both public and private stakeholders. By developing lasting relationships with clients, Robb is able to deliver specialized value through personalized strategies and candid counsel.

Jim Price is a partner with Spencer Fane, where he is co-chair of its Environment and Energy Law practice group and was a member of the firm’s Executive Committee from 1997 to 2009. His practice concentrates on environmental regulation and compliance, environmental litigation, toxic torts, and business transactions involving environmental issues. Jim has served as lead counsel for numerous environmental matters, including lawsuits, Superfund proceedings, RCRA corrective action, environmental transactions, and environmental permitting and compliance for solid waste, hazardous waste, water, air, and other matters.

Jackie Pringle focuses her practice on providing clients with legal counsel on complex tax matters including estate planning; probate administration; tax controversy; state and local tax issues; and international withholding taxes, U.S. compliance issues, and entity formation. Her clients include businesses of all sizes as well as high net worth individuals.

Gerrit Pronske
Partner

Plano, Dallas

Spencer Fane attorney Heidi Purtzer

Spencer Fane attorney Heidi Purtzer

Heidi F. Purtzer
Associate

Phoenix

Gerrit Pronske assists in cutting costs while utilizing the rules of the bankruptcy code to achieve efficient and successful outcomes related to the reorganization process, always with his clients’ goals top-of-mind. He has built strong experience in all areas of bankruptcy, business law, commercial litigation, and real estate, additionally serving as a trained mediator specializing in cases involving bankruptcy, insolvency, and commercial disputes.

Heidi Purtzer helps businesses navigate franchise, corporate, and intellectual property law, providing comprehensive legal services which effectively position her clients to expand business operations and preserve creative works while adhering to federal and state laws.