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.

Laura Alaniz supports businesses as an experienced adviser and proven litigator in all aspects of labor and employment law, allowing executives, managers, and HR professionals to keep the focus on efficient and accommodating operations.

Carlos Alferez collaborates with REITs, lenders, and investment firms on a variety of commercial real estate, commercial lending, and other corporate and business matters, creating tailored strategies that evolve with clients’ objectives.

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.

Nick Alman stewards clients through a broad range of legal needs, including corporate, tax, and dispute resolution matters while providing unparalleled counsel in tax planning and controversy. He is driven to resolve legal problems as thoroughly, effectively, and efficiently as possible.

Jack Amaral focuses his practice on data privacy and trusts and estates with a steadfast commitment to protecting clients’ rights and assets. With extensive experience navigating complex privacy regulations such as the CCPA and a multitude of other state consumer privacy laws, Jack provides strategic counsel to national businesses and startups alike, ensuring compliance and mitigating risks amid a rapidly evolving digital age.

Alex Anderson focuses on assisting clients with bankruptcy and restructuring matters within the firm’s Banking and Financial Services practice group, ensuring adherence to legal principles and precedents amid an evolving industry.

Andy Anderson helps clients, from negotiation to closing, in corporate transactions such as debt and equity financings and M&A, allowing them to execute with purpose and speed.

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.

Anne Sumpter Arney has more than 30 years of experience working with many health care companies and medical professionals. She advises her health care clients on matters related to business law and transactional issues, as well as assisting them in navigating ever changing health care laws and regulations.

As the leader of the firm’s Employee Benefits Practice Group, Greg Ash helps his clients maximize the value and minimize the risks inherent in their benefit plans. With more than 30 years of experience, Greg translates complicated legal issues under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code into meaningful decision points for employers. He forecasts risk and identifies opportunities to help his clients meet their business objectives.

Rashmin Asher focuses her practice on administrative law in the area of public utility regulation, and she has represented utilities and municipalities in proceedings before governmental and regulatory boards throughout Texas.

Phil Ashfield represents equipment financing and leasing companies, unsecured creditor committees, corporate debtors, trustees, banks, and other entities in bankruptcies, workouts, receiverships, and other commercial disputes, maximizing recoveries and minimizing risks both in and out of the courtroom so clients can maintain a focus on improving and growing operations.

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.

Scott Awerkamp is based in our St. George, Utah office. He has extensive experience in estate planning including wills, trusts, tax savings, probate, trust administration, asset protection, charitable giving, guardianships, conservatorships, and elder law. Scott’s work and service provide his clients with peace of mind, knowing they have a well-designed plan that will benefit their families in many ways.

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.

Holly Barnes represents clients in intellectual property litigation and complex commercial disputes, adeptly navigating highly sophisticated subject matter to help protect the interests of businesses, patent holders, or other creative owners in and out of the courtroom, including against some of the world’s largest companies.

Amanda Barron provides clients with informed legal counsel on the best ways to structure business transactions and arrange personal finances, allowing them to meet desired tax objectives and long-term estate planning goals. She utilizes the full spectrum of options to create unique solutions that satisfy immediate needs while reducing taxes and protecting wealth for future generations.

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.

Brian Bear focuses his practice as a litigator and trial attorney on representing both private and public entities in complex litigation, public finance, and intellectual property.  Leaning on years of robust experience, Brian aggressively advocates for his clients to help them achieve their legal and business goals.

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.

Scott R. Beckmen delivers reliable, practical, and efficient business-oriented transactional legal advice to clients throughout several industries, including finance, gaming, technology, and energy, leading to creative and agile solutions critical to both day-to-day and long-term operational success.

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.

Johnny Beech has more than 30 years of experience as a litigator focusing on contracts, financial services matters, and trust issues.

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.

Michael J. Belo helps employers navigate the complexities of labor and employment law through thoughtful legal guidance, development, and refinement of employee handbooks and policies, and skilled representation in litigation when it becomes necessary.

Michelle Berger combines her legal and engineering experience to provide clients with effective solutions to help keep complex construction and development projects on schedule and on budget.

Eli Bergida advises clients on a variety of transactional legal matters, including real estate acquisition, disposition, development, secured transactions, and formation and structuring of entities. Throughout all his work, Eli consistently maps out and understands the big picture, formulates a strategic plan, and works quickly and adeptly to accomplish the necessary tasks for successful outcomes.

Janet Betts guides clients through a wide variety of business and real estate transactions within her expansive, multidisciplinary practice, diligently analyzing complex subject matter to form comprehensive legal strategies that adhere to time constraints, comply with state and federal regulations, and meet specific financial and operational objectives.

Scott Blakesley is a partner and leader of the firm’s Kansas City estate planning group.

Trace Blankenship regularly advises chief executives, senior management, boards of directors, and entrepreneurs on strategy, execution, and legal requirements of significant business transactions, complex leadership and ownership decisions, and day-to-day operations. He provides responsive day-to-day legal advice on all aspects of corporate operations critical to his clients’ success and growth.

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.

John Bloomer handles complex real estate, lending and commercial transactions for clients of all sizes. He has extensive experience in negotiating, structuring, financing, and closing real estate deals. In addition, John has a strong background defending clients real estate-related litigation matters.

With nearly 20 years of experience in representing creditors from coast to coast, Mark Bogdanowicz helps his clients navigate the costs and uncertainty of doing business with companies and individuals faced with financial distress.

Shannon Bond is a member of the Spencer Fane Health Care group. She focuses her practice on regulatory, transactional, and business issues impacting health care clients, working primarily with health care providers to find solutions related to internal governance, regulatory compliance, contract structuring, and other issues that they might encounter. She has experience drafting a wide variety of health care and business documents, including nonprofit, governmental, and hybrid hospital bylaws; physician employment agreements; health care software licensing agreements; and EMTALA analysis.

Michael Bondi takes a pragmatic approach to protecting a client’s intellectual property, looking at whether potential benefits outweigh costs with his deep analysis enhancing trust in the business relationship.

Charles W. Bone guides each client through the business decisions and mergers and acquisitions that pave the way for continued growth and success, minimizing the potential of legal exposure through well-structured transactions and decisions. He serves as a classic “Trusted Adviser” to clients seeking advice on corporate and litigation issues. Charles is known for his success when it comes to “bet the company” matters. His experience covers many industries and areas of law, including business formation, mergers and acquisitions, capital creation, joint ventures, financial institutions, media law, and government relations.

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.

Mariah helps clients – predominately those in the banking industry – with credit facility enforcement, by helping to facilitate and draft documentation on the complex loan formation process and collections. Additionally, she helps banks, other financial institutions, factoring companies, and real estate entities in an array of transactional matters. Mariah’s duties consist of contract drafting and contract negotiations.

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.

Jeremy Brenner advises employers and managers on all aspects of employment law focused on preventing and avoiding employee disputes. He has served as a strategic business partner to employers for more than 16 years, both as an HR consultant and as an employment attorney. He focuses extensively on cases under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and similar state wage laws and has successfully defended wage and hour matters in state and federal courts across the U.S.

Jessica Brigman advises clients on all aspects of business, from initial formation and structuring, ongoing maintenance, and business-to-business transactions to ongoing growth strategies and long-term compliance matters. She has a vast background in contract drafting and negotiation, including commercial contracts such as employment agreements, nondisclosure agreements, master services agreements, and terms and conditions. Her wholistic practice also encompasses trust and estate planning with a particular focus on asset preservation within multigenerational family businesses, with a specific focus on family farms.

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 patent attorney and professional engineer, Michael E. Broms offers clients unique experience in all facets of intellectual property law. Protecting his clients’ intellectual assets is his top priority as he procures and enforces patents, trademarks, and copyrights domestically and abroad.

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.

Andrew Brought counsels manufacturers, industrial clients, and businesses with complex environmental (EPA) and workplace safety (OSHA) challenges. A dependable and responsive advocate, he offers pragmatic and business-focused solutions to help his clients achieve their goals.

David Brown is a highly skilled commercial real estate transactional attorney, specializing in complex transactions such as commercial leasing, purchase and sale agreements, construction contracts, communication site agreements, and loan agreements. He adeptly identifies potential risks and negotiates intricate document processes to achieve the most favorable outcomes for his clients. David represents a diverse portfolio of clients, including industry leaders in software, technology, biotech, medical, professional services, and retail sectors.

M. Edward (Ed) Burdzinski’s legal career spans more than three decades and includes 12 years as general counsel of a community bank, providing him with practical industry experience that informs his approach to client service.

Jonathan R. Burns helps both individuals and businesses with structuring transactions and arranging their personal financial affairs to minimize, defer, or eliminate taxes. He concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning, probate, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, and taxation.

Timothy P. Burr represents buyers, sellers, developers, investors, lenders, and business owners in a wide variety of real estate, financing, and commercial transactions, developing strategic plans based on a meticulous evaluation of risks and advantages. Well versed in alternative dispute resolution, he also represents clients as a mediator, arbitrator, and mediation advocate.

E. Dale Burrus has represented health care providers – facilities, physicians, and allied health providers – in all areas of law. She provides clients with counsel in litigation, risk management, peer review, contract review, and payer issues.

Kim helps her clients by identifying practical and workable solutions for a wide variety of tax issues affecting individual and business clients. Her educational background includes an undergraduate degree in accountancy and Juris Doctor and an advanced Master of Law Degree in Taxation that gives her an excellent depth of knowledge regarding complex tax matters.

Jason Byrd efficiently and effectively provides clients with informed legal counsel related to transactional matters, franchising and distribution, real estate acquisition and disposition, and commercial leasing, allowing them to take advantage of strategic growth opportunities while maintaining profitability.

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.

Tom Cason helps clients navigate complex corporate transactions. He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, private securities offerings, joint ventures, reorganizations and recapitalizations. In this context, Tom works with clients to gain insight into the unique characteristics and risks of each client’s business to ensure their needs are addressed and the transaction is advanced in an efficient and cost-effective way while not compromising on results.

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.

Dani assists clients throughout Utah in navigating various water and land use matters, as well as handling state and federal appeals.

Maris Chambers focuses her practice on water and wastewater utility service interests, including certificates of convenience and necessity, water rights, water supply, and water quality.

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.

Andrea Chase represents secured and unsecured creditors and bankruptcy trustees in bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy insolvency proceedings such as receiverships and foreclosure proceedings, out of court workouts and restructurings, and other related insolvency matters.

Taylor Chase is a member of the firm’s Banking and Financial Services and Business Transactions groups. Her practice focuses on a wide variety of transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial lending, corporate governance and compliance, bankruptcy, and corporate trust.

Christine collaborates with small and large institutions in industries such as health care, finance, and education. She utilizes her extensive frontline healthcare experience to assess and successfully resolve professional liability claims for hospital systems and providers. Christine, a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US), guides her clients with regulatory and compliance enforcement actions and advises on technological issues including cybersecurity, data privacy, artificial intelligence, and cyber incident response matters such as actual or potential HIPAA breaches and data security incidents. She also creates compliance programs, policies, and performs internal investigations on behalf of clients of all sizes.

Merritt Chastain provides proactive traditional labor and employment counseling and handles related administrative proceedings and litigation, helping his clients first avoid workplace disputes and potentially costly mistakes, then successfully resolve matters in and out of court when necessary to minimize liability and financial exposure.

Gene Cherng is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property practice. Admitted to the patent bar, he has successfully represented patent owners and accused infringers alike in the district courts and the U.S. Patent Office in cases involving technologies in the software, electrical, and mechanical arts.

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.

Glen Civitts effectively provides a full and complete understanding of all aspects of transactions to help clients achieve their business goals and objectives through sophisticated asset acquisitions, purchasing, financing, or disposition of virtually any type of commercial real estate. He is a corporate attorney specializing in real estate and commercial finance and has an emphasis on health care properties and facilities.

Colby Clark advises clients on a variety of legal strategies including venture and structure financings, corporate formation, reorganization, business plan optimization, and mergers and acquisitions. Drawing on his personal experience as an executive and business owner, Colby customizes his legal counsel to challenges from emerging growth companies to large public companies with independent directors.

William (Bill) Clarke provides informed and experienced counsel to businesses, families, and individuals on structuring business transactions and personal finances, aligning strategies to achieve tax objectives, and developing estate planning goals.

Shelli Clarkston provides financial institutions of all sizes with proactive legal counsel on regulatory and compliance matters, allowing them to conduct business and complete transactions with more precision, speed, and cost-efficiency.

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.

Focusing his practice in health care, real estate, and corporate law, Chad Cook is a transactional attorney providing knowledgeable and straightforward counsel to clients based on their individual needs and business goals.

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.

Maureen H. Cook handles aspects of trust and estate matters, including probate, trust administration, and probate litigation. Her experience encompasses creating simple and complex wills and trusts, financial power of attorney documents, and advanced medical directives.

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.

Ryan Crayne helps clients craft effective estate plans, allowing families to transition, and protect wealth for future generations. He develops a deep understanding of each individual situation to provide creative solutions that account for all eventualities while dealing with often difficult or uncomfortable topics.

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.

Leah’s private practice focuses on helping startups and large public companies develop agile solutions to challenges and opportunities related to business operations and transactional matters. She brings the ability to provide efficient and effective legal counsel designed to streamline processes or take advantage of acquisitional and sale opportunities. She currently assists on a range of transactional matters including commercial real estate and forming and structuring business entities.

Frank Crociata helps clients navigate the intricacies of state and local tax laws associated with business operations, structuring, and personal financial transactions.

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).

James Crumlin helps clients navigate the corporate legal landscape and avoid costly mistakes, so employers can focus on running successful operations. He concentrates his practice in the areas of labor and employment law, business and corporate law, litigation and dispute resolution, and entertainment and media law.

Quentin Cumings regularly counsels residential and commercial developers, builders, owners, and investors to help them navigate complex transactions that result in efficient and beneficial deals for all key stakeholders. This includes an intentional focus on keeping projects on schedule and within budget. Whether engaged for ongoing strategic counsel or specific opportunities, he has the ability to handle the purchase, sale, development, construction, and exchange of land and properties.

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.

Alexander (Xander) Curl counsels clients on a variety of transactional matters with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, also frequently assisting with corporate governance and commercial contract matters.

Brad Cytron is a real estate attorney, helping both public and private entities in the acquisition, development, and disposition of office, retail, multi-family, hotel, and industrial properties. He also represents clients in condominium development, land acquisition and assemblage, subdivision development, zoning and land use planning, tax-deferred exchanges, tenancy in common transactions, commercial leasing, and other real estate and business matters.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Jerry Ehrlich counsels individual and business clients in the areas of corporate and business transactions, federal income taxation, trusts and estates as well as real estate acquisition, sale, and finance. With a diverse background in many transactional law matters, he prides himself in taking a holistic approach to clients’ problems and identifying key business and legal issues.

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.

Kyle Elliott helps his clients obtain patent, trademark, and copyright protection for their innovative products and services, so they can secure exclusive rights gaining a competitive advantage. Concentrating on electrical, computer, mechanical and chemical technologies, Kyle has extensive experience working with a broad range of products including aerospace fasteners, oil well drilling bits, transformers, vision systems, encryption software, UAV control systems, advanced polymer coatings, and bio-fuels.

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.

Rob Epstein concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate, financial services, corporate, and environmental law. He helps clients resolve their business issues, achieve their goals and plan for the future.

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.

Kristen Evans advises clients on bankruptcy and other related financial matters, analyzing complex legal issues within an evolving regulatory landscape. Her experience navigating the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure allows her to thoughtfully strategize optimal, cost-effective solutions that comply with all applicable federal and state rules and regulations.

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.

Sarah B. Fandrey represents and advises private equity (PE) firms; real estate investment trusts (REITS); multi-family housing operators; and shopping center, office, warehouse, hotel, multi-family, and single-family housing developers; in addition, she represents and advises railway companies, lenders, trusts, families, restaurants, tenants, joint ventures, non-profits, and investors across the country. Her representation spans corporate transactions, acquisitions, dispositions, development, construction, leasing, and financing, where she proactively mitigates risk and efficiently solves issues that arise in the context of business transactions.

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.

Ron Fano helps public entities such as metropolitan districts, intergovernmental authorities, fire protection districts, water and sanitation districts, and business improvement districts to ensure that they are run properly and are able to address the short and long term operation and maintenance of their public facilities, services, and programs for the benefit of their property owners and residents.

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.

Jon Farnsworth assists clients with all aspects of business and technology law, motivated by the belief that the best way to drive progress is to empower business owners and executives with innovative solutions. His guiding principle is clear: “Help good people do good things.” With a steadfast conviction that an attorney should foster business, not inhibit it, Jon has built his career on being a trusted advisor, enabling entrepreneurs and companies to innovate, grow, and thrive.

Elizabeth Fast is a partner at Spencer Fane in the Banking and Financial Services group. For more than 20 years, she has been counseling banks, holding companies and other financial institutions on legal, regulatory, and compliance matters.

Cody Faulk represents investor and municipally owned utility clients in both routine and complicated administrative, transactional, operational, and regulatory issues, helping them capitalize on financial benefits in operations while avoiding potential crises. He specifically focuses on regulatory and enforcement proceedings for municipalities, utilities, and landowners before the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Railroad Commission of Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), and the State Office of Administrative Hearings, including providing consulting services to outside firms needing aid in navigating these regulatory agencies.

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.

Elizabeth Felker is a corporate and transactional attorney whose practice focuses on business transactions, employee benefits, and executive and deferred compensation. As a member of the firm’s Business Transactions Practice Group, Liz draws on her experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate formations and reorganizations, and public and private securities offerings to provide effective, pragmatic solutions to clients’ transactional and other business-related needs.

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.

Jeff Figge practices in the estate planning and business transactions groups. In his business practice, Jeff represents privately held and startup entities on formation, sales and acquisitions, complex contract negotiations and implementation, and various organizational, tax, and corporate succession issues.

Marilyn Fine quickly and skillfully advises clients on a full range of real estate transactions and litigation as well as corporate law matters, commercial litigation, and banking law. Her real estate clientele includes buyers and sellers, lenders, title insurers, escrow agencies, developers, landlords, and tenants.

Laura Fischer dedicates herself to delivering a high level of service to her clients as an experienced employee benefits attorney. She provides guidance to various employee benefit plan sponsors regarding an array of benefit plan matters. Laura is equipped to advise plan sponsors on a variety of compliance issues, including ERISA, HIPAA, COBRA, and various health care reform mandates. With her counsel, clients can more adeptly navigate the complex and ever-changing regulations regarding the administration and distribution of employee benefits.

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.

Loren Foy employs a range of professional experience in the legal industry to help executives and HR professionals proactively identify risks and equip clients with tools intentionally designed to prevent employment disputes and avoid legal claims, allowing the focus to remain on running a successful business.

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.

Raj Gangadean helps clients align legal strategies related to transactional matters with overall business goals and objectives, providing important guidance that allows businesses of all sizes to maintain successful operations and realize growth and financially beneficial opportunities.

Justin Garcia provides valuable counsel on all legal aspects of sophisticated real estate transactions and financings, developing and implementing creative solutions that allow projects to remain on schedule and within budget to the benefit of all key stakeholders.

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.

Johnny C. Garrett IV uses consistent and diligent counsel to guide his clients through challenging and difficult circumstances, helping them to meet their goals while maintaining successful operations even when negotiation or litigation becomes necessary. He focuses his practice in the areas of business transactions and formations, civil and commercial litigation, estate planning, and probate.

John Gates represents many of Utah’s most successful and long-standing businesses and individuals as a trusted and highly sought-after Utah business and estate planning lawyer.

Tom George counsels municipal and local governmental entities throughout the state of Colorado in all aspects of formation, operation, and dissolution.

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.

An Of Counsel attorney in the firm’s Higher Education practice, Peter Goplerud specializes in higher education and sports law. He is a frequent lecturer and is widely published in the sports law area, including serving as co-author on one of the leading textbooks on the subject. He has extensive accreditation experience, particularly within legal education, having served as chair of numerous ABA Site Evaluation teams.