Professionals

Justin Adams assists companies and individuals in corporate, health care, and employment transactions and disputes, often serving an integral role as outside general counsel to help his clients avoid potential legal exposure and successfully resolve litigation efficiently and effectively when necessary. Justin also represents individuals in criminal and civil investigations.

Tim Ahrenhoersterbaeumer represents clients in all types of litigation with an emphasis on commercial matters, insurance coverage, and construction law.  His experience includes prosecuting and defending contractual and tort claims on behalf of businesses, counseling both insurance carriers and policyholders on coverage disputes and representing both general contractors and subcontractors in litigation involving complex construction projects.

Vincent Aiello helps business owners solve legal problems to secure revenue flow and reduce business risks. As a lawyer and business owner he has firsthand experience handling complex commercial litigation and transactional matters for his clients. His client base spans a broad spectrum of businesses including household-name consumer brands, banks, construction companies, and family ventures. As legal counsel he advises personal family foundations on managing and protecting their wealth. While each of his clients may take on a unique shape or size, they all face complex legal and business challenges, which is precisely where Vincent has focused his commercial legal practice.

Wale Akinmoladun represents school districts, health and commercial insurance companies, employers, and other businesses and individuals involved in state and federal litigation, and administrative fair hearing appeals. He also works to settle differences by using dispute resolution to anticipate, avoid, and resolve litigation.

Hilary Allen assists clients in successfully resolving complex litigation of all types. Leaning on years of experience, she provides counsel on the full range of litigation risks that a business might encounter and provides efficient end-to-end solutions. Hilary regularly helps clients with a variety of matters and her trial experience is diverse and includes the defense and prosecution of cases including civil litigation, personal injury, insurance, products liability, contracts, construction, bad faith, employment, oil and gas, environmental, constitutional, commercial, professional malpractice, and medical malpractice matters.

John Allen is a vigorous litigator who focuses on clients’ intellectual property rights, creating and strengthening meticulous plans to protect patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights. With a diverse background in biology, general litigation, and concentrated IP matters, John’s practical and technological insight lends itself to markedly thorough defense strategies.

Dina focuses her practice on civil and commercial litigation, as well as labor and employment matters, and is experienced in all aspects of case management, research, and legal document production. She develops meaningful client relationships through an emphasis on understanding overall business operations and her clients’ unique goals and objectives when facing complex legal challenges.

Travis Cade Armstrong provides thorough and innovative representation through the full cycle of commercial litigation, always with the aim of obtaining results that align with clients’ unique business goals. Travis focuses his practice on appellate law, navigating the procedural pitfalls of litigation to ensure that clients are in the best possible position to protect their trial victories and undo their trial defeats. Consistent with his practice, Travis has a passion for legal research and writing, serving clients with lucid, erudite, and above all persuasive written advocacy. However, Travis is no stranger to the courtroom, and he brings a curated track record of trial success in commercial, insurance, employment, and personal injury matters.

Jeramy Ashton focuses his diverse practice on developing and implementing effective dispute resolution strategies to help clients efficiently and beneficially resolve legal matters in a manner that mitigates and minimizes monetary and reputational damage. In particular, he utilizes a background as a health care worker, consultant, and policy staffer to defend health care professionals and systems in various healthcare and employment matters.

Mary Bacon is a full-service business litigation attorney. She prosecutes and defends claims on behalf of business entities, including insurers, in a host of industries in courts and arbitrations in cases involving difficult and complicated business matters. Mary’s litigation practice is focused on complex civil litigation in both state and federal courts involving insurance coverage, construction disputes, breach of contract actions, and defending financial institutions.

Nick Badgerow is a trial lawyer with more than 48 years of experience trying complex and difficult cases throughout the Midwest, and has tried more than 50 jury trials in the Kansas City area alone. He also frequently serves as a construction arbitrator and mediator, and a consultant and expert witness on legal ethics.

Russell Baker’s practice focuses on tort, construction, and business litigation. He has represented numerous owners, contractors, and subcontractors in construction lawsuits and arbitrations.

Mavish Bana focuses her practice on a wide range of complex commercial litigation and labor and employment matters. She is experienced in counseling on matters involving breach of contract, fraud and other business torts, temporary and permanent injunctive relief, racketeering, antitrust, product liability, franchisor/franchisee disputes, labor and employment, deceptive trade practices, non-competition, and theft and misappropriation of trade secrets.

Nate Barker focuses his practice on defending insurance companies and their insureds in both first-party and third-party claims, including cases involving allegations of bad faith and unreasonable claim handling.

Randy represents clients in matters relating to transportation law, public entity tort claims, land use and zoning, construction law, commercial litigation, and employment law, offering thoughtful legal advice with proactive strategies geared toward quick, effective resolutions. He is also experienced in handling insurance coverage matters, employment issues, and civil rights claims.

Theresa has practiced business, real estate, and construction counseling and litigation for more than 25 years. She specializes in conventional and affordable housing counseling, administrative actions, and litigation, as well as in commercial construction counseling and litigation and complex business litigation, including consumer class action defense, issues arising from claims of unfair competition, unfair business practices, interference with contract and other business torts, and breach of fiduciary duty.

Joe Bednar, a registered lobbyist, applies the experience he gained as a member of management in the public and private sectors to assist clients in governmental relations matters. His communication skills and experience in developing government strategies were developed by providing advice to corporate executives and key government officials early in his career. This background provides a unique perspective when analyzing the impact of federal, state and local laws, and regulations on businesses.

Maria Bellafronto helps clients navigate real estate and commercial disputes, developing proactive, value-maximizing strategies for a wide range of complex matters. Well established in her litigation methods, Maria boasts nearly 30 years of experience in jury and bench trials across federal and state courts, continually sharpening her courtroom litigation skills while solidifying her track record of favorable outcomes.

Daniel Blegen focuses his nationwide litigation practice on assisting clients with their most important legal matters, including breaches of contract, business torts, trade secrets, intellectual property disputes, antitrust, and class actions. He represents businesses of all sizes — from corporations to small companies and individuals — with a track record of success in courts throughout Missouri and across the country.

Jennifer Blomstrom provides clients adept counsel on a wide variety of insurance matters, preparing coverage opinions and representing both policyholders and insurance carriers in coverage disputes and litigation with an acute attention to detail and precise execution which has come to define her practice.

Melinda Bowen loves collaborating with clients to address complex issues at the most difficult times of life. Her experience ranges from guiding families through difficult personal matters, to defending those facing criminal charges and related civil liability, to leading organizational clients through high-stakes disputes.

Carmellia Boyer focuses her practice on trial and appellate litigation as well as labor and employment law.

Davis Bradford is a problem solver. An experienced trial attorney, he helps clients resolve difficult business disputes. Whether using litigation, arbitration, negotiation, or more informal means, he resolves complex matters through gaining an early understanding of his clients’ businesses, formulating an aggressive strategy to meet each clients’ needs, and using the calculated application of leverage.

John P. Branham handles all aspects of civil trials for clients, providing a steady presence and achieving successful resolutions in complex matters involving a wide range of claims. A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, John has tried hundreds of jury and bench trials in the state and federal courts of Tennessee.

Kaela Brennan’s governmental and general counsel practice addresses the full range of identifying and responding to potential risks, from proactive, preventive counsel to handling all aspects of dispute resolution, with an intentional focus on providing clients with legal outcomes that align with client objectives.  Kaela’s diverse work specifically includes handling complex agreements and litigation, along with appellate procedures and experience serving as outside general counsel for government entities.

Seth Brimley’s practice focuses on collaborative client service to develop and implement strategies that achieve successful outcomes before mediators, arbitration panels, judges, and juries. This includes the ability to utilize all forms of traditional and alternative dispute resolution in an effort to achieve business goals and objectives at the end of the process. In addition, Seth has experience handling complex bankruptcy and restructuring matters along with associated litigation.

David Brininger represents clients across a broad range of industries through consumer and commercial litigation and related appeals. His experience includes all phases of litigation in state and federal courts, as well as arbitration proceedings. He holds a certification as a Certified Information Privacy Professional for European law (CIPP/E).

As a member of the firm’s litigation and dispute resolution practice group, Kaleb helps businesses and government clients litigate environmental and commercial disputes.

William Brophy represents sophisticated clients in complex civil disputes at the trial and appellate levels, achieving successful outcomes that limit financial exposure in high-stakes situations. He has significant experience representing clients in insurance coverage and extra-contractual litigation, as well as toxic tort, construction defect, and other commercial matters.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Megan Early-Soppa employs a combination of power, intuition, and effectiveness to represent clients within a diverse practice encompassing tort and commercial litigation. Her experience on both sides of litigation across various legal venues has equipped her with valuable insights and the ability to craft adaptable, quick-witted solutions.

Abena Echternach helps clients successfully resolve transactions matters when reputation and operational continuity are threatened, achieving successful resolutions that minimize legal and financial exposure.

Gene Eckel advocated for clients across the country before mediators, arbitration panels, judges, and juries to find successful resolutions to complex litigation matters, helping them to navigate potentially damaging exposure to both operations and reputation.

Tom Edwards has extensive experience advising a wide array of businesses – including banks, real estate developers, property managers, medical providers, entertainment venues, and sports marketing companies – on complex business disputes and resolutions. Much of his practice focuses on contract-based issues related to real estate, partner disputes, and business dissolution matters. Tom strives to understand his clients’ business objectives so he can craft efficient and creative legal solutions.

Haley provides legal counsel to clients across a broad array of industries to help them through the intricacies of legal disputes. With a keen understanding of her clients’ objectives, Haley is committed to delivering tailored and strategic legal solutions that fit her clients’ unique goals. Her goal-oriented approach ensures that businesses are not only well-represented in litigation but also equipped with the tools to avoid unnecessary legal battles. Known for her dedication to understanding her clients’ needs, Haley works tirelessly to achieve favorable outcomes and protect their interests.

Preston Enoch represents clients in complex commercial and business litigation, defending and prosecuting lawsuits involving claims for defamation, tortious interference, breach of contract, fraud, deceptive trade practices, negligent misrepresentation, unfair competition, and misappropriation of confidential information and trade secrets in state and federal courts across the country.

Jacob Esparza assists clients through all phases of complex litigation involving the insurance, construction, energy, and transportation industries, utilizing traditional, and alternative dispute resolution methods to achieve legal outcomes that reduce liability while also aligning with business objectives and goals.

Zach represents clients in complex corporate reorganizations and distressed asset sales in court-supervised processes and out-of-court restructurings – principally those involving balance sheet, environmental, labor, and mass tort litigation issues throughout a wide variety of industries, including agriculture, alternative investments, construction, energy, health care, hospitality, manufacturing, telecommunications, and transportation.

Chase Fann is a partner in the firm’s Nashville Office, where he represents individual and business clients in civil and criminal litigation. Chase is a passionate litigator with diverse experience across a variety of practice areas in both civil and criminal law. He has represented clients in both state and federal courts at the trial and appellate level in contract disputes, partnership disputes, employment claims (including discrimination, retaliation, and FLSA), entertainment matters, state criminal defense, and white-collar criminal defense. Chase leverages this depth of knowledge and broad exposure across practice areas to serve as practical and effective counsel for a diverse variety of clients.

Jonathan Farmer obtains the best possible results for clients through zealous advocacy and creative, thoughtful solutions, allowing them to navigate potentially damaging situations through risk mitigation, litigation, and alternative dispute resolution. He concentrates his practice in the areas of criminal defense and government investigations, personal injury, wrongful death, and civil litigation.

Jane Fedder is a proven and trusted advocate, advisor, strategist, trial, and appellate attorney specializing in resolving complex environmental enforcement, litigation, and insurance recovery disputes.

Andy Federhar is a litigator, focusing his practice on complex litigation involving real estate, pharmaceuticals, government, telecommunications, procurement, and insurance bad faith. An active member of Arizona’s legal community, Andy chaired the committee that created the complex litigation rules for state court, served as the chair of the lawyer delegates to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, and served on the committee that established Arizona’s commercial court rules.

Anthony J. (A.J.) Ferate has built a multi-faceted background in the areas of the law, policy, energy, campaigns and elections, and defense for more than 20 years.

Jacob (J.B.) Fishman represents clients using all forms of dispute resolution to achieve desirable outcomes. Prior to entering private practice, he externed with a federal magistrate judge and interned with a state district judge, gaining valuable insights which further enhance his ability to advocate for clients.

Jason Flower is an environmental attorney with a nationwide practice focused on assisting corporate clients, especially in the chemical, manufacturing, mining, energy, and agricultural industries, with managing their environmental liabilities. Previously serving as the Environmental Practice Group Chair at an AmLaw 100 firm, Jason takes a team-oriented approach to helping clients strategically navigate an increasingly complex environmental regulatory landscape.

Maureen Foster is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution group, representing clients in commercial, employment, and real estate litigation matters. She strives to proactively meet her client’s needs throughout the entire litigation process, using a wide range of dispute resolution methods to achieve optimal outcomes.

George Freedman is a civil litigator with extensive experience helping businesses of all sizes resolve complex litigation matters involving diverse legal issues. George is adept at quickly understanding the complex legal needs of his clients, developing approaches that best meet the client’s business goals, and tenaciously executing the strategy.

Ross Freeman is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group. Primarily a litigator, Ross focuses his practice on defending health care providers against lawsuits and claims related to medical malpractice and other personal injuries. Outside of his health care work, Ross also represents clients in cases involving premises liability, breach of contract, trust disputes, and other commercial claims. He assists his clients with other general legal needs, whether business or otherwise.

David Funkhouser counsels clients in complex commercial litigation matters. He is a deeply trusted advisor to many of the nation’s largest consumer loan servicers, mortgage origination companies, and financial institutions, using a client-centric, results-oriented approach to each and every matter he is entrusted with by his clients. David also routinely handles real estate disputes and contract litigation, as well as fiduciary, trust, and probate litigation. He has also defended clients in multiple class-action lawsuits across the country.

Jessica Gale is a litigation attorney who works with business owners and in-house counsel to find cost-effective strategies to further their business goals and protect their interests. When that means high-stakes litigation, Jessica proactively litigates the case, pays attention to the details, and maintains high-level communication with her clients. She adeptly handles legal issues and decision-making to secure the best result for her clients.

Joe represents clients in litigatory matters across diverse industries, applying wide-ranging experience and several types of dispute resolution to favorably resolve matters in manners beneficial to business interests and goals. He initially develops solutions based on alternative resolution methods, including mediation and arbitration, and, when necessary, utilizes exceptional pre-trial, trial, and appellate advocacy, backed by a powerful reputation for success in the courtroom.

Eric Gere provides thoughtful and aggressive advocacy for his clients’ most complex and critical litigation matters, working to reach efficient and beneficial legal outcomes utilizing the full range of dispute resolution methods regardless of venue.

Darlene Ghavimi represents clients in complex intellectual property litigation, including patent, copyright, and trademark matters. Backed by extensive first chair trial experience, she consistently achieves favorable outcomes in contentious intellectual property cases in federal courts across the U.S. and before the International Trade Commission.

Rebecca Gibson addresses the full range of risks clients might encounter with proactive legal strategies, allowing clients to reduce the potential for litigation but beneficially resolving matters utilizing a full range of dispute-resolution methods when necessary.

Scott Goldstein’s practice concentrates in the areas of bankruptcy and reorganization for businesses, representation of secured creditors and creditors’ committees in workouts and bankruptcies, and bond default situations both in federal and state court.

Colin Goodman defends clients in the health care industry against medical malpractice lawsuits and actions involving peer review. He provides thoughtful and focused advocacy and has successfully defended clients at each stage of the litigation process. Additionally, he advises and represents health care entities and providers regarding compliance with Federal and state law, licensing issues, billing, contract negotiations, and business disputes. He also assists in navigating the unique intricacies of False Claims Act litigation.

Leslie Greathouse helps businesses accused of violating laws maneuver the labyrinth of complex litigation by representing them in state and federal courts and in arbitration and mediation proceedings. Whether she is advising clients on risk avoidance, counseling them on an insurance matter, addressing their business needs within current legal and regulatory constructs, or using her skills as a trained mediator, Leslie is at her best when she is helping a client resolve a problem or challenge facing their business.

Arthur Gregg helps clients navigate the complexity and uncertainty of litigation. Whether counseling an established corporation or an individual stepping into a courtroom for the very first time, Arthur works with his clients to make sure they are fully informed and best-positioned to obtain a victory at trial.

Gerry Greiman concentrates his practice in areas of business disputes, trust and estate disputes, and other complex civil litigation. He has handled and won a broad range of cases in various federal and state courts around the country, including the U.S. Supreme Court. Gerry is skilled and experienced at handling matters at both the trial and appellate levels, and in the alternative dispute resolution context.

Brianna’s collaborative approach to legal services drives an ability to successfully advocate for her clients’ interests regardless of the legal venue. Her private practice focuses on all aspects of the process for handling complex commercial litigation matters with cost-effective representation for clients. In 2022, she completed a summer associateship with Spencer Fane in the firm’s Nashville office, where she gained significant experience with the firm’s unique and dynamic culture and value proposition.

Adunni Gueye represents individuals and businesses in complex commercial litigation, ERISA disputes, data privacy matters, 42 USC § 1983 civil rights claims, and media law issues, advancing clients’ interests with insightful strategies designed to achieve optimal outcomes at any stage in the dispute resolution process.

Jamie Guidry represents clients in several types of litigation, including products liability, premises liability, personal injury defense, and labor and employment matters, carefully assessing risks to achieve optimal outcomes aligned with business goals and objectives.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

Norma Izzo helps clients assess complex family law matters and develops successful legal strategies, using her mediation training and experience to seek beneficial resolutions while also leveraging her significant courtroom experience to advocate for her clients in trial.

Paul R. Janda represents clients in all phases of insurance and commercial litigation matters. He has tried cases to jury verdict and secured appellate victories in state and federal courts, in addition to achieving dispositive relief through motions practice and using alternative dispute resolution methods to advance and exceed client goals.

Sim Johal’s practice focuses on addressing the full range of litigation risks that a business might encounter, collaborating with all key stakeholders to quickly resolve matters and in a beneficial manner that aligns with a client’s unique objectives and goals.

Andrew Johnson calls on his proven experience as a lead trial attorney to provide clients with proactive legal advice to avoid litigation. He also utilizes the full range of dispute resolution options that lead to beneficial outcomes, minimizing reputational and monetary damages incurred in the process.

Fred Johnson is a trial attorney and the co-chair of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice group. He has more than 30 years of experience litigating and trying cases to juries, judges, and arbitrators. He has represented clients as trial counsel in more than 30 contested jury and bench trials, numerous arbitrations, mediations, and contested hearings.

Colten Jones works to gain a thorough understanding of his clients’ goals and objectives to assist them in creating and implementing strategies that help avoid litigation whenever possible and quickly and successfully resolve matters when lawsuits are unavoidable. He focuses his practice in the areas of civil litigation, business law, and estate planning.

Brittainy Joyner provides strong and detailed advocacy for her clients, managing complex litigation matters with a focus on commercial and business disputes, employment litigation, data privacy, and financial services. She has extensive experience representing clients in both federal and state courts, navigating all phases of litigation, including advocating and defending in depositions, mediations, arbitrations, and settlement negotiations.

Sarah Kanoy Hobbs practices complex commercial and white-collar criminal litigation. She leverages her federal and state trial-court clerkships, along with her practical approach and analytical skills, to provide solutions for clients throughout all litigation stages.

Kim Kerns guides clients through all phases of litigation using her extensive courtroom experience to not only achieve favorable verdicts when trial becomes necessary but also coordinate favorable outcomes through dispositive motions and settlement to provide resolutions that match a client’s unique business objectives.

Kyle Klucas is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution group. His practice is focused on conducting and managing discovery, engaging in motion practice, and translating complex legal issues into positive outcomes for clients.

Linda Knight helps insurers and their insureds successfully resolve complicated first- and third-party litigation to minimize potential exposure when stakes are high.

David Koob defends his clients in commercial, general liability, premises liability, complex product liability, drug and medical device, automotive, and toxic tort matters, with an impressive track record across all areas of his practice.

Kevin Kuhlman utilizes his extensive litigation and dispute resolution experience to represent clients across a wide range of industries in complex and consequential legal matters, efficiently and effectively finding beneficial resolutions that avoid unnecessary costs – monetary and reputational.

Rick Lageson has wide-ranging experience as inside and outside counsel to business entities involved in manufacturing, wholesale distribution, health care, financial services, internet services, mining, and the trading and transportation of oil and other commodities.

Bryant Lamer is a trial attorney for financial services and banking class actions, consumer class actions, business disputes, consumer fraud litigation, consumer fraud receiverships, and government and corporate investigations, including embezzlement and company asset recovery. Bryant also counsels clients regarding local, state, and federal regulatory compliance in a variety of industries including, but not limited to, shipping and logistics, manufacturing, mining, automobile leasing and sales, and cannabis.

Alexandra LeClair utilizes her significant trial experience to lead clients through family law litigation related to prenuptial agreements, divorce, legal separation, child custody, child support, spousal maintenance, and post-divorce modifications, providing them with an informed and effective advocate during often sensitive and contentious situations. Additionally, she has experience in commercial litigation and bankruptcy.

Arnold Lee helps individuals and entities navigate complex matters through litigation and alternative dispute resolution, providing sound representation in state and federal courts and thoughtful guidance in mediation and arbitration. He skillfully employs comprehensive, client-centered strategies backed by decades of diverse experience and a full-service approach to casework, from intake to resolution.

Hannah Lee defends clients on product liability, warranty, premises liability, toxic tort, and construction defect matters. From high-profile catastrophic injury cases to large-scale warranty matters, she brings focused experience within the automotive, consumer, and chemical product industries to achieve favorable outcomes for her clients.

Christiana Leinbaugh represents clients in complex commercial and business litigation, combining creative and practical strategies to obtain favorable results. Her work with businesses and individuals primarily involves matters related to tort claims, partnership disputes, employment, creditor’s rights, breaches of contract, and construction.

Andy Lester has a civil litigation and appellate practice in both state and federal court. His fields of emphasis include complex business, civil rights, commercial, constitutional, and state and local government law.

Tori Levine defends clients in complex disputes including product liability, premises liability, toxic tort, construction litigation, business and commercial disputes, insurance litigation, and noncompete and trade secrets litigation with an acute attention to detail across numerous industries.

Amy Lewandowski helps individuals and businesses navigate complex litigation issues and explore dispute resolution tactics to ensure that clients can focus on their business needs.

Serving clients across a broad spectrum of industries, Ariel Lierz focuses her national practice on high-stakes business and employment-related litigation. She has extensive experience in complex multiparty, multi-claim disputes in the areas of antifraud, antitrust, breach of contract, indemnification, insurance coverage, insurance defense, and commercial disputes. Ariel also has a background in Federal Indian Law as a certified student attorney in Menominee Tribal Court.

LeeAnn Littlejohn collaborates with clients to deliver tailored legal solutions across estate planning, probate, labor and employment, and complex litigation. Her ability to navigate intricate legal issues with precision stems from her comprehensive academic background and diverse professional experiences.

Samuel Logterman represents clients in business and commercial litigation as well as financial services litigation, providing robust defense strategies and alternative dispute resolution methods geared toward quickly and efficiently resolving issues, minimizing current and prospective legal risks, and advancing business and operational interests.

Stephanie Lovett-Bowman is a litigator and counselor. She specializes in helping schools and other employers resolve disputes and implement best practices to avoid risk and conflict. Her goal is to help schools maximize their time and resources so they can focus on what they do best, educating students.

Jessica Lujan represents clients in corporate governance disputes, commercial landlord-tenant disputes, employment discrimination defense, breach of contract actions, breach of fiduciary duty matters, and other business torts. With a passion for resolving complex legal issues and a devotion to personalized service, she works to find the most efficient and cost-effective route to victory in any legal dispute with open and responsive communication at every turn.

Michael MacPhail represents securities industry clients in a variety of high-stakes disputes in which he defends their business and reputational interests and mitigates their potential legal exposure. His clients include publicly traded corporations and their boards of directors, investment advisors, broker-dealers, transfer agents, accounting firms, law firms, licensed individuals, and shareholders. Mike handles disputes involving civil and criminal investigations, enforcement actions, and private litigation. He also represents clients in parallel criminal investigations by federal grand juries, U.S. Attorney’s Offices, and the U.S. Department of Justice.

Stephen Makino practices in the areas of civil and commercial litigation. A graduate of the University of Southern California Law School, Stephen worked at the USC Law Library while in law school.

Dane Martin assists clients ranging from individuals to large companies, serving as trusted counsel to navigate their most important legal matters and provide them with beneficial outcomes that align with business objectives.

Mitchell (“Mitch”) Martin represents businesses of all shapes and sizes. With more than a decade of litigation experience, Mitch relies on lessons from the courtroom to keep his clients out of court. Much of his compliance practice focuses on counseling clients from various industries – including housing, tech, construction, and healthcare – on federal and state privacy laws; proper practices for gathering, using, and protecting personal information; and the legal risks associated with emerging technologies, biometric data, and artificial intelligence (AI).

Alec is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group. His practice consists primarily of commercial litigation for a wide variety of clients, which range from individuals to large corporations. Alec uses his litigation background to diligently pursue favorable outcomes for his clients at all stages of litigation and, when possible, to resolve disputes before any case is filed.

Larry R. Martinez is a litigator, defending and counseling businesses in a wide range of matters including employment, real estate, property tax, insurance, construction defects, environmental and toxic torts, and general business issues related to the operation of complex facilities and organizations.

Lisa Mayers is a local government attorney who handles municipal, special district, and real estate related matters. She provides general counsel to public entities, including advising on municipal bond financings.

Patrick McAndrews helps small and medium size businesses resolve complex legal disputes quickly and efficiently so that the client can get back to focusing on running a successful business. Whether it’s a contractual dispute with vendor, an issue with a competitor, or a statutory compliance concern, Patrick uses his experience to negotiate advantageous outcomes for his clients.

Hannah McCalla represents sophisticated clients in commercial litigation at the trial and appellate levels nationwide, with a focus on defense of insurance bad faith claims and class actions. She has experience and a history of success handling every stage of litigation.

Michael McClintock represents clients in particularly challenging disputes, bringing focused strategies, diligence, and unwavering commitment to high-stakes litigation and intricate business matters. An accomplished trial attorney with more than 20 years of experience, Michael is dedicated to achieving exceptional results for his clients.

Kirby focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on consumer finance, real estate, and corporate disputes. He has experience representing financial institutions and corporate clients in all phases of litigation and dispute resolution, including consumer class action defense, intellectual property disputes, derivative shareholder actions, dissolutions, and contractual disputes.

Andrew McElmeel works to simplify complicated matters for individuals, businesses, and financial institutions by providing astute legal support in complex litigation processes, including commercial litigation, real estate litigation, banking and financial services litigation, and bankruptcy litigation.

Pat McInerney is a partner in the Spencer Fane White Collar and Government Investigations practice. He brings over two decades of experience as a trial lawyer, having first-chaired many high profile and complex cases in federal and state courts.

Pat McLaughlin has successfully litigated a broad array of disputes at both the trial and appellate court levels in federal and state courts in Missouri, Illinois, and elsewhere. Pat’s practice is focused on resolving, through litigation or otherwise, commercial and business disputes, including contract actions, shareholder disputes, construction and real estate issues, supply chain disputes, and product liability cases, as well as employment, non-compete, unfair competition, trade secret, and intellectual property matters. Pat also has significant experience representing creditors in troubled asset, workout, and collection matters.

Victoria McLaughlin represents clients across an expansive list of industries within a diverse litigation practice, including general liability, trust and estates, guardianship, commercial, professional liability, fiduciary litigation and more, also employing her dynamic skill set to provide effective appellate counsel.

As a trial attorney and civil litigator, Megan Meadows is committed to successfully resolving her clients’ employment, business, and insurance litigation needs.

Shelby Menard is a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution and the Data Privacy and Cybersecurity groups in the firm’s Plano office. She assists her clients through the litigation process in a wide range of commercial litigation cases and also regularly coaches businesses through complex data incidents and privacy compliance issues.

Brian Miller has defended health care providers for over 25 years against the full range of medical malpractice claims, including high-damage claims involving catastrophic injuries, life care plans, and childbirth injury claims, which are considered the most difficult and potentially the most expensive claims.

David M. Miller works closely with individuals and companies, providing guidance and counsel in all aspects of bankruptcy law and commercial litigation. All clients, both debtors and creditors, benefit from David’s extensive knowledge and experience in bankruptcy and related matters.

Amy Mitchell represents clients through a wide range of personal injury, construction defect, and commercial litigation matters, effectively managing all aspects of casework from inception to conclusion. During nearly four decades as an attorney, she has handled more than 3,000 litigation cases and successfully tried over 80 trials by utilizing her multifaceted skills as a powerful trial advocate and certified arbitrator to achieve favorable outcomes both in and out of the courtroom.

William Morfey counsels business leaders through a broad range of commercial litigation, trial, and arbitration matters. These matters include contract disputes, business torts, construction litigation, and securities arbitration.  He constantly strives to obtain practical solutions to his clients’ legal issues while remaining a tenacious advocate, and he has handled a number of complex business litigation cases involving issues ranging from partnership disputes and recovery of fraudulently transferred assets, to piercing the corporate veil and real estate fraud.

Jeremy Moseley defends mass actions and class action in venues throughout the country, using his breadth of experience in highly regulated industries to instill confidence for clients facing difficult and uncertain circumstances. He has also won multiple complex commercial trials, defeated class certification in multiple states, and defended multiple mass torts nationwide. His knowledge of insurance regulations, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, professional services, and consumer products have led to successes in matters involving insurance, health care, telecommunications, and oil and gas.

A distinguished member of Nevada’s legal community and second-generation lawyer in the state, John Mowbray concentrates his practice on commercial litigation as well as real estate and ethics and professional responsibility.

Shilee Mullin is a civil and commercial litigator, representing businesses and individuals across a wide spectrum of disputes, including creditors’ rights and banking law. She represents clients in areas including the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and a wide variety of state statutes.

Casey Murray helps employers manage difficult situations with their current and former employees. In this capacity, he defends employers in discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims, and provides guidance and counsel to clients dealing with challenging employment issues, such as terminations or discipline. Casey also regularly provides guidance for employers on FMLA, ADA, and other leave / accommodation laws.

Dan Nelson leans on his vast experience in business law, prosecution, and case management to provide clients with creative and efficient counsel focusing on complex, high-stakes litigation matters. Dan helps provide his clients with pathways to successful resolutions through preventive measures and the full spectrum of dispute resolution methods.

Ray is a practiced courtroom advocate who defends clients across a broad spectrum of litigatory matters, implementing strategies that effectively resolve disputes while preserving clients’ financial and reputational interests. Additionally, his dynamic legal acuity is regularly sought after to represent large, nationally recognized companies as both national and regional counsel.

Dean Neuwirth is a long-time civil and criminal case litigator with a broad range of experience in numerous industries and fields of law.

Rodney Nichols is a partner in the firm’s Banking and Financial Services group and assists lenders with structuring, documenting, and enforcing complex commercial and real estate loans of all types. With more than 25 years of experience, Rodney is able to help lenders and businesses alike navigate the intricate nature of commercial and real estate financing, including debt restructuring, workouts, and reorganizations both inside and outside of bankruptcy.

Drew O’Malley is a full-service litigator who helps clients with all of their litigation needs.

A skilled litigator, capable of handling matters from intake to conclusion, Kristen approaches every matter with the mindset that it will ultimately go to trial.  Even though most cases resolve before trial, preparing in this manner positions her clients to more effectively reach an advantageous resolution.

Serena O’Neil has a person-centered estate planning practice in which she partners with her clients to create estate plans that put their wishes at the forefront. Just as every person is unique, she strongly believes that every client deserves a uniquely designed estate plan to fit their family, wealth, charitable, and business goals.

Karen D. Olson is an experienced regulatory, compliance, and litigation attorney that uses her significant government and private practice experience to represent her clients. Most recently, Karen served as Deputy Attorney General for the State of Minnesota for more than a decade. As Deputy Attorney General, Karen represented the Attorney General, Governor, Legislature, and state agencies and boards on complex and high-profile legal matters.

Businesses face issues that do not exist within the rigid legal silos present in most law firms. Rather, those issues are almost certain to require a collaborative approach across two or more legal disciplines. But the current law firm model and rate structure restrict and make financially infeasible the ability to deliver that approach effectively to business clients. Recognizing this systemic inefficiency, Nate Orr created a model where he serves as fractional general counsel for his clients, managing their legal matters across all the firm’s practice areas.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.