Eighty-six attorneys from Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America, the legal profession’s oldest and most respected peer-review publication. Attorneys from eight of Brownstein’s offices were recognized in 42 different law categories ranging from bankruptcy, litigation and gaming to corporate, real estate and government relations.
Three attorneys received “Lawyer of the Year” recognition, including Albert Z. Kovacs from Brownstein’s Las Vegas office for business organizations (including LLCs and partnerships). Michael J. Pankow from the firm’s Denver office was recognized for banking and finance law as well as bankruptcy and creditor debt rights/insolvency and reorganization law. Carolynne C. White from the firm’s Denver office was recognized in the land use and zoning law and municipal law categories.
Attorneys from eight of the firm’s offices included:
- Steven E. Abelman, litigation - bankruptcy
- Adam J. Agron, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions law, securities/capital markets law
- Peter H. Ajemian, trademark law
- Nicole R. Ament, real estate law
- David R. Arrajj, gaming law
- Robert P. Attai, corporate law, international mergers and acquisitions, mergers and acquisitions law
- Sarah Auchterlonie, banking and finance, corporate compliance law
- Richard B. Benenson, commercial litigation, corporate compliance law, mass tort litigation/class actions - defendants
- Gregory W. Berger, tax law
- Andrew S. Brignone, litigation - ERISA
- Norman Brownstein, government relations practice
- Adam K. Bult, litigation - construction
- Eric R. Burris, product liability litigation - defendants
- Justin L. Cohen, commercial litigation
- Beth Collins, land use and zoning law
- David A. Curfman, real estate law
- Diane C. De Felice, land use and zoning law
- Steven C. Demby, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions law
- Marc Diamant, real estate law
- Tal Diamant, real estate law
- Amy J. Diaz, real estate law
- William J. Downey III, gaming law
- Jason R. Dunn, commercial litigation
- Erin M. Eiselein, health care law, litigation - health care
- Jennifer Eiteljorg, real estate law
- Hubert A. Farbes, Jr., commercial litigation, litigation - construction
- Michael F. Feeley, government relations practice
- Frank M. Flansburg III, commercial litigation
- Wayne F. Forman, land use and zoning law, water law
- Emily R. Garnett, corporate compliance law, government relations practice
- Stanley L. Garnett, criminal defense: white-collar
- Erin E. Grolle, trademark law
- Dulcinea Z. Hanuschak, water law
- Stephanie Osler Hastings, water law
- S. Craig Hemenway, patent law
- Bradley J. Herrema, water law
- Lisa Hogan, litigation - labor and employment
- Aaron M. Hyatt, real estate law
- Christopher A. Jacobs, real estate law
- Bruce A. James, real estate law
- Gregory M. Janssen, corporate compliance law
- Carrie E. Johnson, commercial litigation
- Robert Kaufmann, real estate law
- Michael W. King, corporate law, health care law
- Jeffrey M. Knetsch, securities/capital markets law
- Albert Z. Kovacs, business organizations (including LLCs and partnerships), corporate law, mergers and acquisitions law
- Mitchell J. Langberg, First Amendment law, media law
- Kirk B. Lenhard, bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation
- Mark F. Leonard, family law
- Blair E. Lichtenfels, real estate law
- Bryce Loveland, employee benefits (ERISA) law
- Janae Magee, real estate law
- Mark J. Mathews, environmental law
- Gino A. Maurelli, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions law
- Andrew Meyers, real estate law
- Rebecca L. Miltenberger, real estate law
- Alfred E. Mottur, communications law
- Christopher O. Murray, commercial litigation
- Angela Turriciano Otto, real estate law
- Michael J. Pankow, banking and finance law, bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law
- Elizabeth D. Paulsen, corporate law
- Jonathan G. Pray, litigation - construction
- Mark L. Pryor, government relations practice
- Caitlin Quander, construction law, real estate law
- Patrick J. Reilly, commercial litigation
- Airina L. Rodrigues, copyright law
- Ronda L. Sandquist, environmental law
- Robert J. Saperstein, water law
- Scott Scherer, gaming law
- Frank A. Schreck, gaming law
- Ellen L. Schulhofer, corporate governance law, corporate law
- Adam P. Segal, litigation - ERISA
- Steven O. Sims, water law
- Scott S. Slater, water law
- Ryan A. Smith, Native American law
- David M. Spaulding, employee benefits (ERISA) law
- Andrew L. Spielman, energy law, environmental law, natural resources law
- Amy M. Steinfeld, water law
- Nancy A. Strelau, employee benefits (ERISA) law
- Russell W. Sullivan, tax law
- Jamie L. Thalgott, real estate law
- Gregory A. Vallin, real estate law
- Sonia Church Vermeys, administrative/regulatory law, corporate law, gaming law, land use and zoning law
- Eric Waeckerlin, environmental law, litigation - environmental, natural resources law
- Carolynne C. White, land use and zoning law, municipal law, real estate law
- Ashley B. Wingfield, real estate law
In addition, 30 attorneys from three of the firm’s offices were listed in the third edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America in 17 different law categories. They included:
- Matthew C. Arentsen, commercial litigation
- Courtney E. Bartkus, commercial litigation
- James A. Carter, land use and zoning law, real estate law
- Travis F. Chance, commercial litigation, litigation - labor and employment
- Troy P. Domina, commercial litigation
- Kayla D. Dreyer, labor and employment law - management
- Emily L. Dyer, commercial litigation
- Erin Elliott, land use and zoning law
- Emily A. Ellis, commercial litigation
- Julian R. Ellis, Jr., government relations practice
- Maximilien D. Fetaz, commercial litigation, litigation - securities
- Andrew J. Freyer, intellectual property law
- Shane C. Griffin, real estate law
- Justin M. Hahn, mergers and acquisitions law
- Alexis L. Hailpern, construction law, nonprofit/charities law
- Christopher J. Hand, banking and finance law, leveraged buyouts and private equity law, mergers and acquisitions law
- Amanda K. Houseal, commercial litigation
- Maliq I. Kendricks, commercial litigation, corporate law
- Nicholas J. Larson, real estate law
- David B. Meschke, commercial litigation, litigation - securities
- Chloe Mickel, litigation - construction
- Peter J. Nagle, intellectual property law
- Debashree (Reema) Nandy, commercial litigation
- Hirsch L. Neustein, real estate law
- Charlotte S. Phelps, mergers and acquisitions law
- Julia E. Rhine, energy law
- Nicholas R. Santucci, litigation - labor and employment
- Courtney Shephard, energy law, environmental law
- Eric D. Walther, appellate practice, commercial litigation
- Lindsey A. Williams, intellectual property law
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