MILWAUKEE (Aug. 20, 2020) − 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 12 of the firm's attorneys "Lawyer of the Year" for 2021. In total, 70 attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2021.
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
Peter Albrecht – Litigation – Labor & Employment
James A. Friedman – Appellate Practice
David J. Gilles – Energy Law
Jennifer Gregor – Trademark Law
Jennifer A. Hannon – Trusts & Estates
Milwaukee, WI Lawyers of the Year
Michael B. Apfeld – Appellate Practice
Dennis F. Connolly – Securities/ Capital Markets Law
John A. Dickens – Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Carol A. Gehl – Corporate Law
J. Gardner Govan – Trusts & Estates
John L. Kirtley – Litigation – Banking & Finance
Mark C. Witt – Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
All Godfrey & Kahn attorneys who were selected to be included in The Best Lawyers in America 2021 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
- Peter Albrecht
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- 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
- Marvin Bynum
- Andrea Cataldo
- Stephen L. Chernof
- Todd M. Cleary
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Dennis F. Connolly
- Corporate Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Shane Delsman
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- John A. Dickens
- Corporate Law
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- John E. Donahue
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Ellen Drought
- Michael J. Dwyer
- Krisstina Ebner
- 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
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- 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
- Pamela Krill
- Margaret Kurlinski
- Employment Law - Management
- Kristi E. Leswing
- Diane M. Marchik
- John McDonald
- 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
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. was founded in 1957 and has more than 170 attorneys located in six offices throughout Wisconsin and in Washington, D.C. As a leading Wisconsin business law firm, Godfrey & Kahn provides a wide range of legal services to businesses and their owners, including guidance on corporate, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, data privacy, digital business, tax and estate planning matters. Visit gklaw.com or connect with us on LinkedIn.