Barnes & Thornburg LLP issued the following announcement on Aug. 15.
The Best Lawyers in America® has named 197 Barnes & Thornburg LLP lawyers to its 2019 edition. Attorneys were recognized in more than 350 listings in a number of legal practice areas.
In addition, 20 Barnes & Thornburg attorneys were named to the “Lawyer of the Year” list in their respective cities (practice areas are delineated below). They are: J. Scott Troeger of Elkhart; Kathleen M. Anderson and William T. Hopkins, Jr. of Fort Wayne; Jeffrey A. Michael of Grand Rapids; Bradford G. Addison, Andrew J. Detherage, Robert T. Grand, Dennis A. Johnson, Randal J. Kaltenmark, Larry A. Mackey, John R. Maley, William M. Pope, Peter J. Rusthoven, James R. Sweeney II and Lynn C. Tyler, all of Indianapolis; and Philip J. Faccenda, Jr., and Gerald F. Lutkus of South Bend.
The recipients of the Best Lawyers honor are:
Atlanta
Thomas J. Gallo – Litigation - Labor and Employment
James J. Leonard – Insurance Law
Jeffrey C. Morgan – Litigation – Intellectual Property
James R. Robinson – Trusts and Estates
Chicago
Daniel P. Albers – Litigation - Patent; Patent Law
Mina Amir-Mokri – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Fredric P. Andes – Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental; Water Law
M. Mercedes Badia-Tavas – Immigration Law
Michael A. Carrillo – Trademark Law
Stephanie H. Denby – Trusts and Estates
Thomas J. Donovan – Patent Law
Michael H. Elam – Environmental Law
Bradley B. Falkof – Commercial Litigation
Stephen M. Fatum – Health Care Law
Jonathan P. Froemel – Trademark Law
Paula Cozzi Goedert – Non-Profit / Charities Law
Jeffrey R. Gray – Patent Law
Mark A. Hagedorn – Patent Law
Adam K. Hollander – Insurance Law
Paula K. Jacobi – Real Estate Law
Joan L. Long – Litigation – Patent; Patent Law; Trademark Law
Joseph F. Madonia – Environmental Law
Alice O. Martin – Biotechnology Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property
William M. McErlean – Franchise Law
Grant H. Peters – Patent Law
Erika K. Powers – Environmental Law
Claire M. Reed – Health Care Law
David B. Ritter – Employment Law - Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Mark E. Rust – Health Care Law
Nancy L. Schimmel – Banking and Finance Law
Clifford J. Shapiro – Construction Law; Litigation - Construction
Bruce White – Environmental Law
Norma W. Zeitler – Litigation - Labor and Employment
Columbus
Robert C. Folland – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
Holly H. Heer – Real Estate Law
Kevin R. McDermott – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Construction; Litigation - Securities
William A. Nolan – Education Law; Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
David Paragas – Administrative/Regulatory Law; Government Relations Practice
Gregory W. Stype – Corporate Law; Public Finance Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law
Bryan J. Venesy – Leisure and Hospitality Law; Real Estate Law
Dallas
Mark W. Bayer – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Antitrust
Douglas D. Haloftis – Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Bill Jones – Government Relations Practice
Mark C. Nelson – Litigation – Intellectual Property
Victor D. Vital – Commercial Litigation
Elkhart
Glenn E. Killoren – Corporate Governance Law
J. Scott Troeger – Corporate Law (Lawyer of the Year); Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Timothy A. Weaver – Elder Law
Fort Wayne
Kathleen M. Anderson – Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment (Lawyer of the Year)
Adam L. Bartrom – Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
D. Randall Brown – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Copyright Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent; Patent Law; Trademark Law
Jason T. Clagg – Education Law
Stephen L. Fink – Banking and Finance Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy; Real Estate Law
William T. Hopkins, Jr. – Education Law; Employment Law – Management (Lawyer of the Year); Labor Law - Management
Mark S. Kittaka – Employment Law - Management
Grand Rapids
Keith Brodie – Labor Law - Management
Michael G. Campbell – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law
Charles M. Denton – Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental
Tammy L. Helminski – Environmental Law
Donald P. Lawless – Employment Law - Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Clifford G. Maine – Equipment Finance Law
David A. Malson, Jr. – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
Jeffrey A. Michael – Patent Law (Lawyer of the Year)
Scott R. Murphy – Commercial Litigation
Robert W. Sikkel – Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management
Robert R. Stead – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law
Jennifer J. Stocker – Employment Law - Individuals; Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Indianapolis
Bradford G. Addison – Patent Law (Lawyer of the Year)
Steven M. Badger – Commercial Litigation; First Amendment Law; Media Law
Nathan A. Baker – Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Dean T. Barnhard – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Jeff M. Barron – Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent
Kimberly W. Blanchet – Municipal Law
John W. Boyd – Corporate Law; Tax Law
Brian L. Burdick – Government Relations Practice; Municipal Law
Joseph D. Calderon – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
Jan M. Carroll – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - First Amendment; Litigation - Real Estate; Media Law
Joseph C. Chapelle – Commercial Litigation
Michael R. Conner – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Mark J. Crandley – Commercial Litigation
Terry W. Dawson – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Anne N. DePrez – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions; Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy); Litigation - Securities; Securities Regulation
Andrew J. Detherage – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law (Lawyer of the Year); Litigation - Construction; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Bruce D. Donaldson – Public Finance Law
Bradley J. Dougherty – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Trusts and Estates
David P. Durm – Real Estate Law
Stephen J. Dutton – Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Information Technology Law
Joseph G. Eaton – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Charles P. Edwards – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law
John P. Fischer – Insurance Law
Julia Spoor Gard – Trademark Law
David R. Gillay – Environmental Law
Kirk E. Grable – Public Finance Law
Robert T. Grand – Government Relations Practice; Municipal Law (Lawyer of the Year)
E. Sean Griggs – Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental
Richard J. Hall – Public Finance Law
Curt W. Hidde – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law
Joshua P. Hollingsworth – Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Jeffrey A. Hopper – Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
Paul B. Hunt – Commercial Litigation
Kenneth H. Inskeep – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Environmental
Karoline E. Jackson – Commercial Litigation
Dennis A. Johnson – Real Estate Law (Lawyer of the Year)
Randal J. Kaltenmark – Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law; Litigation and Controversy - Tax; Tax Law
Kara Kapke – Commercial Litigation
Bart A. Karwath – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Construction; Litigation – ERISA (Lawyer of the Year)
Michael J. Kaye – Banking and Finance Law
Nicholas K. Kile – Energy Law; Water Law
John M. Kyle III – Environmental Law (Lawyer of the Year)
Joshua Larsen – Litigation - Intellectual Property
Lawrence E. Lawhead – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
Joseph E. Loftus – Gaming Law; Government Relations Practice
Dwight D. Lueck – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Trademark Law
Robert D. MacGill – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
Larry A. Mackey – Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation – Antitrust (Lawyer of the Year)
John R. Maley – Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law - Management; Litigation – Antitrust; Litigation - Labor and Employment (Lawyer of the Year); Trade Secrets Law
Thomas M. Maxwell – Banking and Finance Law
Michael K. McCrory – Banking and Finance Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
Lynne M. McMahan – Banking and Finance Law
Michael D. Moon, Jr. – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
D. William Moreau, Jr. – Education Law; Government Relations Practice
Peter A. Morse, Jr. – Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Qui Tam Law
Eric R. Moy – Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Teresa Morton Nyhart – Communications Law; Energy Law; Energy Regulatory Law
Patricia L. Ogden – Employment Law - Individuals; Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
William E. Padgett – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Michael G. Paton – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Benjamin A. Pecar – Real Estate Law
Thomas A. Pitman – Municipal Law; Public Finance Law
Deborah Pollack-Milgate – Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent
William M. Pope – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law (Lawyer of the Year); Trusts and Estates
R. Anthony Prather – Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
L. Parvin Price – Water Law
David J. Pryzbylski – Employment Law - Management
Jeffery J. Qualkinbush – Public Finance Law
Kyra Rimsans – Real Estate Law
Mariana Richmond – Immigration Law
Timothy J. Riffle – Litigation and Controversy - Tax; Tax Law
Peter J. Rusthoven – Appellate Practice; Gaming Law (Lawyer of the Year)
Michael T. Scanlon – Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental
Richard C. Starkey – Public Finance Law
Neal W. Steinbart – Public Finance Law
Anthony C. Sullivan – Environmental Law
James R. Sweeney II – Litigation - Intellectual Property (Lawyer of the Year); Litigation - Patent; Patent Law
Steven W. Thornton – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law
Lynn C. Tyler – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent (Lawyer of the Year)
Todd G. Vare – Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent
T. Joseph Wendt – Commercial Litigation
Angela K. Wessler – Banking and Finance Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Keith E. White – Employment Law - Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Heather H. Willey – Government Relations Practice
Donald E. Williams – Real Estate Law
David A.W. Wong – Trademark Law
Kenneth J. Yerkes – Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Los Angeles
Howard D. Fabrick – Employment Law - Management; Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television; Labor Law - Management
Mary J. Garnett – Corporate Law
Steve L. Hernández – Litigation - Labor and Employment
R. DeWitt “Kyle” Kirwan – Insurance Law
L. Rachel Lerman – Appellate Practice
Stephen R. Mick – Litigation - Intellectual Property; Media Law
David P. Schack – Insurance Law
Scott J. Witlin – Employment Law - Management
David E. Wood – Insurance Law
Minneapolis
Michael P. Boulette – Family Law
Felicia J. Boyd – Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent; Trademark Law
Sonja Trom Eayrs – Family Law
Thomas Hoffman - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Steven R. Katz – Real Estate Law
Connie A. Lahn – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Bruce H. Little – Copyright Law; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent; Trademark Law
Brian Melendez – Commercial Litigation
Thomas C. Mielenhausen – Insurance Law
Karen L. Schreiber – Family Law
David Yung – Real Estate Law
South Bend
Mark J. Adey – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Janilyn Daub – Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Richard J. Deahl – Corporate Law
Robert G. Devetski – Insurance Law
Timothy A. Emerick – Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law
Philip J. Faccenda, Jr. – Banking and Finance Law (Lawyer of the Year); Government Relations Practice; Public Finance Law
Joseph R. Fullenkamp – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Jeanine M. Gozdecki – Employment Law - Individuals; Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Michael D. Hardy – Banking and Finance Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Financial Services Regulation Law
George E. Horn, Jr. – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Tracy D. Knox – Commercial Litigation
Gerald F. Lutkus – Commercial Litigation; Employment Law - Management; Labor Law – Management (Lawyer of the Year); Litigation - First Amendment; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Randolph R. Rompola – Public Finance Law
Laura D. Seng – Health Care Law
John C. Smarrella – Corporate Law; Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
James W. Tuesley – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law
Robert A. Wade – Health Care Law
Washington, D.C.
Scott N. Godes – Insurance Law
Michael A. Hordell – Construction Law
William R. Martin – Criminal Defense: General Practice; Criminal Defense – White Collar
Wilmington, DE
Thomas H. Hanson, Jr. – Commercial Litigation
David M. Powlen – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Chad S.C. Stover – Litigation - Intellectual Property
Original source can be found here.