97 Reinhart Attorneys Named 2019 Best Lawyers in America; 13 are “Lawyers of the Year”

MILWAUKEE – Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c announces that 97 firm attorneys were selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^© 2019. Within Reinhart’s group of 97 recognized attorneys, 13 were named “Lawyer of the Year.” A single lawyer in each practice area and region is honored by Best Lawyers^® as a “Lawyer of the Year,” making this recognition particularly significant.

Lawyers of the Year

Milwaukee

• Bruce T. Block – Land Use and Zoning; Real Estate Law “Lawyer of the Year”
• Jennifer D’Amato – Business Organizations (Including LLCs and Partnerships) “Lawyer of the Year”
• Mark Cameli – Litigation - Securities “Lawyer of the Year”
• Margaret M. Derus – Litigation and Controversy - Tax “Lawyer of the Year”
• Scott W. Hansen – Litigation - Antitrust “Lawyer of the Year”
• James G. Morrow – Patent Law “Lawyer of the Year”
• John T. Reichert – Financial Services Regulation Law “Lawyer of the Year”
• David B. Schulz – Banking and Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year”

Madison

• Gregory F. Monday – Business Organizations (Including LLCs and Partnerships “Lawyer of the Year”
• Melanie S. Lee – Construction Law “Lawyer of the Year”
• Robert J. Lightfoot II – Health Care Law “Lawyer of the Year”
• Lynn M. Stathas – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law “Lawyer of the Year”
• Nathan J. Wautier – Land Use and Zoning Law “Lawyer of the Year”

Below is the full list of Reinhart attorneys included named 2019 Best Lawyers and the offices in which they practice. Figures following 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 (25) – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Meghan Shannon Berndt – Mergers and Acquisitions 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 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
• Dave Hanson Litigation – Intellectual Property
• 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
• Nathan K. Johnson – Trusts and Estates
• 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
• 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; Litigation – Environmental
• 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
• Justin Oeth – Real Estate Law
• 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
• Bushnell Nielsen (10) – Litigation – Real Estate
• David G. Peterson (5) – Commercial Litigation
• Wendy S. Rusch – Trusts and Estates

About Best Lawyers®

For more than 30 years, 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, and lawyers are neither required nor allowed to pay a fee to be listed.  The Best Lawyers magazine is distributed in more than 30 leading publications around the country.  For the 2019 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, 7.8 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in over 60,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition.

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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