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 EmploymentWilliam 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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