Best Lawyers in America 2018 Includes 95 Reinhart Attorney; Two Are "Lawyers of the Year"
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MILWAUKEE – Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. (Reinhart) announces that 95 firm attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2018.
Within Reinhart’s group of 95 selected attorneys, two were named “Lawyer of the Year.” Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored by Best Lawyers® as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this recognition of the following attorneys particularly significant.
Lawyers of the Year
- Scott W. Hansen – Franchise Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Milwaukee
- James G. Morrow – Copyright Law; Litigation – Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year” in Milwaukee
Below are the Reinhart attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America 2018 and the offices in which they practice. Numbers after an attorney’s name indicate that he or she has been named to Best Lawyers for at least five or more years.
Milwaukee
- Christopher P. Banaszak (5) – Employment Law – Individuals
- Lucien A. Beaudry – Tax Law
- James M. Bedore (10) – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law
- Kristin M. Bergstrom (20) – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Peter C. Blain (30) – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bruce T. Block (25) – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
- Steven P. Bogart (5) – Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
- Laura A. Brenner – Commercial Litigation; Franchise Law
- Larri J. Broomfield (10) – Corporate Law; Health Care Law
- Lawrence J. Burnett (5) – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Mark A. Cameli (5) – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Securities
- Bennett E. Choice (10) – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Donald J. Christl (20) – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Daniel P. Cooper (10) – Tax Law
- William R. Cummings (5) – Real Estate Law
- Jennifer R. D’Amato (10) – Business Reorganizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law; Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
- Francis W. Deisinger (5) – Commercial Litigation; Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
- Rodney D. DeKruif (5) – Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Margaret M. Derus (10) – Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
- John A. Erich (15) – Real Estate Law
- Heather L. Fields (5) – Health Care Law
- William F. Flynn (10) – Banking and Finance Law
- Jeffrey R. Fuller (10) – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Thomas E. Funk (10) – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Denise P. Goergen (5) – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Michael G. Goller (10) – Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
- Anthony J. Handzlik (5) – Corporate Law
- Scott W. Hansen (10) – Commercial Litigation; Franchise Law; Litigation – Antitrust; Litigation – Patent
- Robert J. Heath (15) – Health Care Law
- Robert J. Heinrich – Banking and Finance Law
- John A. Herbers (15) – Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
- Patrick J. Hodan (5) – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Gary A. Hollman (20) – Tax Law
- Kevin J. Howley (10) – Corporate Law; International Trade and Finance Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Steven D. Huff (10) – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Stephen T. Jacobs (5) – Commercial Litigation
- Michael D. Jankowski (10) – Banking and Finance Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Jerome M. Janzer (10) – Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
- Timothy J. Kamke – Health Care Law
- Jessica King – Trusts and Estates
- Tracey L. Klein (5) – Health Care Law
- Benjamin T. Kurten (10) – Immigration Law
- Benjamin G. Lombard – Corporate Law
- Delos N. Lutton (5) – Corporate Law
- Katie Mason – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Martin J. McLaughlin (5) – Corporate Law
- Robert E. Meldman (35) – Tax Law
- Robert J. Misey, Jr. (10) – Tax Law
- James G. Morrow (10) – Copyright Law; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent; Patent Law
- John E. Mossberg (5) – Litigation – ERISA
- John M. Murphy (5) – Real Estate Law
- Timothy Muth (5) – Insurance Law
- Gail M. Olsen (5) – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Albert S. Orr (5) – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Michael T. Pepke (10) – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Douglas A. Pessefall (5) – Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
- Timothy P. Reardon (5) – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law
- Christopher E. Rechlicz – Corporate Law
- John T. Reichert (5) – Banking and Finance Law; Financial Services Regulation Law
- David M. Sanders (5) – Real Estate Law
- John L. Schliesmann (5) – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law
- Allen C. Schlinsog, Jr. – Commercial Litigation
- David B. Schulz (5) – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law
- Meghan K. Shannon – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- James A. Sheriff (10) – Banking and Finance Law; Financial Services Regulation Law
Robert K. Sholl (10) – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment - William Invie Shroyer (5) – Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
- Michael H. Simpson (15) – Environmental Law
- Kristina E. Somers (5) – Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
- Paul J. Stockhausen (5) – Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Gregory A. Storm – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- William H. Tobin – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Deborah C. Tomczyk (10) – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
- John M. Van Lieshout (20) – Environmental Law
- John H. Wink (5)– Banking and Finance Law
Madison
- Christine Rew Barden – Trusts and Estates
- Peter L. Gardon (10) – Communications Law; Energy Law
- Jesse S. Ishikawa (25) – Real Estate Law
- Keith L. Johnson – Corporate Governance Law
- Carl R. Kugler – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Melanie S. Lee (5) – Construction Law; Real Estate Law
- Robert J. Lightfoot II (5) – Elder Law; Health Care Law
- Don M. Millis (5) – Tax Law
- Gregory F. Monday (15) – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
- Meg S.L. Pekarske (5) – Health Care Law
- Lynn M. Stathas (10) – Commercial Litigation; Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management
- Harvey L. Temkin (20) – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
- Nathan J. Wautier – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
Waukesha
- Robert E. Bellin (15) – Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law
- Vincent J. Beres (5) – Corporate Law; Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
- Scott M. Fabry (5) – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law; Tax Law
- Eric P. Hagemeier – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Steven W. Martin (5) – Construction Law
- Bushnell Nielsen (10) – Litigation – Real Estate
- David G. Peterson (5) – Commercial Litigation
- Wendy S. Rusch – Trusts and Estates
ABOUT BEST LAWYERS
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Over 83,000 leading attorneys globally are eligible to vote, and Best Lawyers have received more than 13 million votes to date on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2017 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, 7.3 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in almost 55,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
ABOUT REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN S.C.
Reinhart is a full-service, business-oriented law firm with offices in Milwaukee, Waukesha and Madison, Wisconsin; Rockford and Chicago, Illinois; Phoenix, Arizona; and Denver, Colorado. With more than 200 lawyers, the firm serves clients throughout the United States and internationally with a combination of legal advice, industry understanding and superior client service.
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