MILWAUKEE (August 15, 2019) − Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. is proud to announce that Best Lawyers®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named seven of the firm's attorneys "Lawyer of the Year" for 2020. In total, 64 attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2020.
Best Lawyers® began designating "Lawyers of the Year" in the U.S. in high-profile legal practice areas in 2009. Since then, they have extended this honor to many other countries where the Best Lawyers® peer-review process is conducted as well.
Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the "Lawyer of the Year," making this accolade particularly significant. Godfrey & Kahn attorneys who received this accolade are:
Madison, WI Lawyers of the Year
- David J. Gilles – Energy Law
- James A. Friedman – Appellate Practice
Milwaukee, WI Lawyers of the Year
- Christopher B. Noyes – Securities/ Capital Markets Law
- Jennifer P. Wolff – Commercial Finance Law
- Mark C. Witt – Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Thomas R. Homberg – Financial Services Regulation Law
Lawyers being honored as "Lawyer of the Year" are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the exhaustive peer-review assessments Best Lawyers® conducts with thousands of leading lawyers each year. Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism, and their integrity.
All Godfrey & Kahn attorneys who were selected to be included in The Best Lawyers in America® 2020 are:
Appleton, WI
- Daniel T. Flaherty
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
- Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Green Bay, WI
- Carla O. Andres
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- John A. Haase
- Employment Law - Management
- Timothy F. Nixon
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- William J. Plummer
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Madison, WI
- Bryan J. Cahill
- Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
- Litigation – Real Estate
- John L. Clancy
- Environmental Law
- Litigation - Environmental
- James A. Friedman
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - First Amendment
- David J. Gilles
- CleanTech Law
- Energy Law
- Energy Regulatory Law
- Jennifer L. Gregor
- Jennifer A. Hannon
- Kendall W. Harrison
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Trusts and Estates
- Josh Johanningmeier
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Kevin J. O'Connor
- Antitrust Law
- Litigation - Antitrust
- Todd G. Smith
- Katherine Stadler
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Brady C. Williamson
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- First Amendment Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation - First Amendment
- Media Law
- Mike B. Wittenwyler
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Corporate Compliance Law
Milwaukee, WI
- Michael B. Apfeld
- Appellate Practice
- Real Estate Law
- Anthony S. Baish
- Jeffrey S. Billings
- Sean O'D. Bosack
- Stephen L. Chernof
- Todd M. Cleary
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Dennis F. Connolly
- Corporate Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- John A. Dickens
- Corporate Law
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- John E. Donahue
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Michael J. Dwyer
- Patricia L. Falb
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Carol A. Gehl
- Corporate Law
- Mutual Funds Law
- Brian G. Gilpin
- J. Gardner Govan
- Paul W. Griepentrog
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Arthur J. Harrington
- Energy Law
- Environmental Law
- Litigation - Environmental
- Paul F. Heaton
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Law
- Thomas R. Homberg
- Banking and Finance Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Nicholas A. Kees
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Patent
- Patent Law
- Trademark Law
- John L. Kirtley
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
- Litigation - Securities
- Joan D. Klimpel
- Brett D. Koeller
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Maria L. Kreiter
- Kristi E. Leswing
- Diane M. Marchik
- Christine Liu McLaughlin
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law - Management
- Patrick S. Murphy
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- David R. Navarre
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Christopher B. Noyes
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Andrew S. Oettinger
- Mark E. O'Neill
- Douglas J. Patch
- David H. Patzer
- James N. Phillips
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Tax Law
- Brian L. Pierson
- Kristin A. Roeper
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Peter M. Sommerhauser
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Corporate Law
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Charles G. Vogel
- Corporate Law
- Health Care Law
- Nicholas P. Wahl
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- C.J. Wauters
- Mark C. Witt
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Corporate Law
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Edward (Ned) B. Witte
- Jennifer P. Wolff
- Commercial Finance Law
- Corporate Law
With more than 160 lawyers, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. is one of Wisconsin's leading business law firms. Founded in 1957, Godfrey & Kahn maintains offices in Milwaukee, Madison, Appleton, Green Bay and Waukesha, Wis.; and Washington, DC. For more information, please visit the firm's website at www.gklaw.com.
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