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Spencer Fane attorney Greg Walch

Spencer Fane attorney Greg Walch

Gregory J. (Greg) Walch
Of Counsel

Las Vegas

Kristen J. Walker
Senior Associate

Nashville

Tracey R. Wallace
Partner

Dallas

Greg Walch advises on environmental, water, land use, mining, eminent domain, and administrative law matters throughout Southern Nevada. With more than 30 years of experience navigating all phases of natural resource and environmental issues – from sales transactions to permitting to compliance to litigation – he has established himself as an industry leader and boasts a track record of successful outcomes.

Kristen Walker is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice group. She successfully creates and implements litigation strategies across various practice areas to resolve critical litigation matters for her clients.

Tracey Wallace helps clients proactively address critical labor and employment legal issues through preventive advice and counseling, allowing employers to minimize the risk of costly regulatory and compliance issues or litigious claims. With a broad range of experience in private practice, she represents an array of state, national, and international clients in the full spectrum of employment- and discrimination-related matters, often providing advice and counsel regarding reclassification and misclassification concerns and initiatives.

Connor Walsh
Associate

St. Louis

Richard E. Walters
Partner

Springfield

Melinda M. (Mindy) Ward
Partner

Overland Park

Connor Walsh handles all phases of real estate transactions for individuals, companies, developers, builders, property owners, and financial institutions in his private practice, incorporating a collaborative approach to all related legal matters that helps clients keep projects and deals of all sizes on schedule and within budget.

Richard Walters is a partner in the Spencer Fane Real Estate group.

Melinda (Mindy) Ward provides clients with a high level of efficient service and expertise in complex estate, business, and gift and tax planning issues. She is well-versed in handling wills and trusts, family limited partnerships, limited liability companies, S-corporations, irrevocable trusts, charitable trusts, and other sophisticated estate and business planning devices. In addition, Mindy advises clients in all types of fiduciary controversies, administers estates and trusts, and prepares federal and state individual, estate, gift, corporate, and generation-skipping tax returns, as well as fiduciary income tax returns for estates and trusts.

Spencer Fane attorney Jim Ware

Spencer Fane attorney Jim Ware

James L. (Jim) Ware
Of Counsel

Galveston, Houston

Robert M. (Rob) Warzel
Senior Associate

Phoenix

Mark R. Wasem
Partner

Dallas, Houston

214.459.5878 / 713.212.2604

Jim represents clients in a variety of personal injury claims, mass tort actions, environmental matters, product liability suits, Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) claims, maritime disputes, and other commercial litigation, navigating particularly complex trial work with an acute attention to detail and a comprehensive awareness of all potential risks.

Rob Warzel’s practice encompasses all aspects of human resources counseling, employment litigation, and traditional labor law, helping businesses identify risks and equipping them with the tools necessary to minimize the time and resources spent on legal matters. He works with clients ranging from large enterprises to sole proprietorships in complex matters involving breach of contract, wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, fraud, negligence, and more.

Mark Wasem assists clients in a broad range of oil and gas transactions, including the acquisition and divestiture of oil and gas properties and natural gas pipelines, development and operation of natural gas pipelines, and the contractual and regulatory issues for upstream and midstream energy companies. He has more than 25 years of experience in the industry.

DeAndrea C. Washington
Partner

Houston

Natalie Soas Washington
Senior Associate

Dallas

David E. Waters
Partner

Overland Park

DeAndrea Washington focuses her practice on a variety of labor employment litigation matters. She provides preventive counsel and litigates employment disputes on behalf of public and private employers in federal and state courts, arbitration, and before administrative agencies, such as the Texas Workforce Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the U.S. Department of Labor. DeAndrea handles litigation matters at the pre-trial, trial, and appellate levels.

Natalie S. Washington is a trial lawyer who works tirelessly for her clients so they can get back to business. She is known for her relentless pursuit of success which she achieves through creative thinking at the inception of a case and tailored strategy. Natalie is as enthusiastic about courtroom resolution as she is about achieving favorable results one-on-one with the opposition.

David Waters helps a diverse network of clients in the governmental, business, health care, and hospitality industries successfully handle the full range of legal needs related to successful real estate transactions, ensuring projects stay on time and on budget. His broad experience includes development, transactional, contractual, planning and zoning, legislative and administrative, health care, and licensing projects.

Spencer Fane attorney Tamara Hyndman

Spencer Fane attorney Tamara Hyndman

Tamara H. Waters
Associate

Dallas

John L. Watson
Of Counsel

Denver

Jonathon (Jon) Watson
Partner

Denver

Tamara Waters focuses her practice on civil and commercial litigation, as well as labor and employment matters. She has experience in all aspects of case management, research, and legal document production. Tamara develops meaningful client relationships and focuses on learning the client’s specific goals and needs.

John Leonard Watson leverages his in-depth commercial trial and litigation knowledge to understand clients’ needs and goals and serves as a formidable advocate on their behalf. With his exceptional trial skills, John has successfully represented clients in state and federal courts, helping them plead their cases before juries and judges in dozens of trials to verdict. During his 46 years practicing law, he has also fought for his clients’ interests before numerous federal, state, and local administrative and regulatory agencies and shepherded them through alternative dispute resolution forums including arbitration and mediation.

Jonathon (Jon) Watson represents clients with a singular focus: to serve as a solutions-oriented business partner for employers facing labor and employment issues. What sets Jon apart is his drive to learn clients’ businesses and to give advice based on their unique circumstances and strategic priorities. Jon does more than simply tell clients what “can” and “cannot” be done; he helps clients assess and balance risk to meet each challenge. With a local and national practice, Jon assists businesses ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies to mitigate risk and deliver results that align with their specific business operations.

Catherine J. Webking
Partner

Austin

Spencer Fane attorney Jeff Wechsler

Spencer Fane attorney Jeff Wechsler

Jeffrey J. (Jeff) Wechsler
Partner

Santa Fe

Doug Weems
Partner

Kansas City

Catherine Webking provides clients with detailed and thorough advocacy on utility-related regulatory matters involving electricity, telecommunications, water, and natural gas services. She thoroughly understands her clients’ businesses to help them navigate the regulatory landscape to maximize success. Catherine enjoys and excels at providing her clients with exceptional representation and advocacy at the Texas Legislature, agencies like Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Railroad Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Her undergraduate degree from Texas A&M in Chemical Engineering is a pivotal asset for advocacy in the often-times complex utility markets.

Jeff has served as lead counsel on a wide spectrum of high stakes matters in the areas of water, environmental, natural resources, and public utility regulation. He has over 150 days of trial experience and has argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as courts across New Mexico and throughout the west. According to Chambers, Jeff is a “leader in the field” of environmental and natural resources who has “excellent trial skills.”

Doug Weems has been involved in a wide variety of business litigation matters. Doug has represented a national health insurance company in a wide variety of employee benefits, contract, antitrust, and general litigation. Doug also has extensive experience in intellectual property litigation, especially covenants not-to-compete and trade secrets litigation. He has been involved in over thirty preliminary injunction hearings.

Stephen Weinstein
Of Counsel

Denver

Christopher F. (Chris) Weiss
Of Counsel

Springfield

Patrick J. (Pat) Whalen
Partner

Kansas City

Stephen A. Weinstein knows how important employee benefits are when it comes to attracting and retaining good employees. He leverages his experience in this area to make sure that these benefit programs actually do what they are designed to do – contribute to the long-term success of the client and its employees.

Chris Weiss serves as a trusted advisor and accomplished trial attorney with more than 22 years of experience helping clients across a wide spectrum of industries resolve their most complex problems and critical cases.

Pat serves as Chair and Managing Partner of Spencer Fane.

Jalaine Wheeler
Of Counsel

St. Louis

Kathleen M. (Kate) Whitby
Of Counsel

St. Louis

Spencer Fane attorney Ruthie White

Spencer Fane attorney Ruthie White

Ruthie White
In Memoriam (1957 – 2023)

Houston

Jalaine Wheeler is of counsel in the firm’s Real Estate group. She focuses her real estate practice in the areas of commercial and tax credit financed real estate development, including Historic Tax Credits, New Markets Tax Credits, and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, as well as other development finance incentives such as tax-exempt bonds, tax increment financing, and HUD insured loans. Jalaine has represented developers, investors, borrowers, and lenders in structuring and closing complex real estate transactions.

Kate Whitby focuses her practice on environmental law, the environmental aspects of real estate transactions, and complex environmental litigation and dispute resolution.

Ruthie White helped employers resolve labor and employment disputes in and out of court. She created an established track record of favorable outcomes in discrimination, harassment, and retaliation cases while defending educational entities, local governments, and clients in the energy, banking, technology, retail, health care, and construction industries in legal venues throughout the state.

Jeffrey A. (Jeff) Wieland
Partner

Minneapolis

John G. Willard
Partner

St. Louis

Spencer Fane attorney Linda Williams

Spencer Fane attorney Linda Williams

Linda K. Williams
Of Counsel

Las Vegas

Jeff Wieland represents clients in construction, commercial, and public procurement litigation as well as the full range of alternative dispute methods, serving as a dedicated advocate to achieve amicable resolutions which preserve business relationships. He also proactively advises clients on how to limit potential liabilities and avoid litigation altogether.

John Willard advises clients in complex financial transactions and corporate restructurings, carefully tailoring his diverse legal acumen to meet unique business objectives. His professional background in entertainment, finance, business, and international transactions has made him a versatile counselor for a wide array of clients and organizations, from the world’s largest neurosurgical society to the historical trust of a former U.S. President.

Sue K. Willman
Partner

Kansas City

Matthew (Matt) Wine
Of Counsel

Overland Park

David L. (Dave) Wing
Partner

Overland Park, Kansas City

Sue Willman is an employment attorney who represents management exclusively on workplace legal issues. She is primarily a preventative employment attorney whose primary focus is to help employers prevent employment-related claims from arising by adopting legally sound, effective, and innovative HR policies, practices, and programs; and make lawful, strategic and practical HR decisions on employee-specific matters that will result in a sound defense position should a claim be asserted.

Matthew Wine is an Of Counsel in the firm’s Real Estate group. Matthew focuses his practice on commercial and residential real estate development as well as tax credit incentive financing related to commercial and affordable housing developments, state and federal regulatory counseling, financial services, and general construction and development matters.

A Fellow with the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Dave Wing solves difficult employment problems for employers in the areas of traditional labor, human resource counseling and training, and employment litigation.

Spencer Fane attorney Justin Winquist

Spencer Fane attorney Justin Winquist

Justin T. Winquist
Of Counsel

Denver

Spencer Fane attorney Randi Winter

Spencer Fane attorney Randi Winter

Randi Winter
Partner

Minneapolis

Sandra J. (Sandy) Wirtel
Of Counsel

Kansas City

Justin helps insurance carriers navigate insurance coverage and bad faith disputes from pre-suit demands through trials and appeals. While his practice covers all facets of defending clients in state and federal courts and arbitrations, he has also curated a notable track record of ingenuity and success in major motions, class actions, and appeals.

Randi Winter helps her clients achieve favorable litigation outcomes with respect to business, employment, and licensing disputes. She also represents clients in matters involving health law, labor law, and utility law. She is experienced in all facets of litigation and arbitration, but has particularly enjoyed helping clients, both large and small, obtain trial victories before judges and juries in federal and state court.

Focusing on juvenile and family law matters, Sandy Wirtel helps clients in Jackson County Family Court, so that they can receive sound advice from legal counsel experienced in child abuse and neglect and juvenile delinquency cases.

Spencer Fane attorney Andrew Wise

Spencer Fane attorney Andrew Wise

Andrew Wise
Associate

Denver

Leslie Witterschein
Of Counsel

Minneapolis

Karen N. Wohlgemuth
Senior Associate

Phoenix

Andrew Wise focuses his practice on general complex commercial litigation.

Leslie Witterschein serves as eDiscovery counsel and co-leads the e-discovery and Information Governance team. She works closely with clients to help them through complex litigation or investigative matters. With over 25 years of experience handling all facets of litigation, Leslie focuses on finding resolutions to disputes while advancing the business and financial objectives of her clients. Leslie embraces the collaborative team approach at Spencer Fane and advises co-counsel and clients on eDiscovery strategy, using effective tactics to minimize risk and maximize the desired outcome.

Karen Wohlgemuth approaches each case in a compassionate and strategic manner to find amicable and cost-effective resolutions to fit the unique circumstances of each case. She is a successful litigator using her advocacy skills to reach outcomes through settlement negotiation, mediations, settlement conferences, hearings, motion practice, and trial.

Luke J. Wolf
Senior Associate

Minneapolis

Spencer Fane attorney Shelby Wood

Spencer Fane attorney Shelby Wood

Shelby Wood
Partner

Kansas City, Springfield

Scott Woody
Senior Associate

Santa Fe

Luke Wolf guides clients through all aspects of litigation with a dynamic skill set that allows him to quickly and efficiently navigate shifting objectives. He has specific experience in class actions, wage and hour litigation, noncompetition agreements, antitrust matters, residential mortgage-backed securities, and shareholder disputes.

As a member of both the Environmental and Energy Law and the Real Estate groups at Spencer Fane, Shelby assists clients seeking to buy, sell, manage, finance, and redevelop environmentally impaired properties. Shelby regularly helps clients manage, investigate, and remediate CERCLA (Superfund) sites and contaminated properties in state run voluntary cleanup programs. He has also negotiated environmental use controls, restrictive covenants, and other agreements associated with managing long-term environmental liability at contaminated sites.

Scott Woody focuses his practice on tax planning at the state and local levels, while also handling tax controversies and any associated litigation. He has valuable experience in contract preparation and analysis, Tribal taxation, and matters and regulatory challenges related to federal and state agencies. This often involves assisting clients with effectively structuring business transactions and arranging personal financial affairs to minimize, defer, or eliminate tax obligations that align with a client’s specific objectives.

James L. (Jim) Wooll
Partner

Denver

When a dispute arises that affects your business or its future, having a trial lawyer like James L. Wooll on your team is crucial. Jim has extensive experience – in trials with juries and with appellate courts, as well as mediation and arbitration – helping clients head off potential lawsuits when possible and aggressively litigating them when they cannot.