Foley Wisconsin Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers

Foley announced today that 39 attorneys from the firm’s Madison and Milwaukee offices have been named 2012 Wisconsin Super Lawyers by Wisconsin Super Lawyers magazine. In addition, nine attorneys from the Madison and Milwaukee offices have been named 2012 Wisconsin Rising Stars by the publication.

Attorneys named Super Lawyers represent the top legal practitioners in the state who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Rising Stars include the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state who are 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less.

The Madison office attorneys named 2012 Wisconsin Super Lawyers and their primary practices, as classified by Thomson Reuters, are:

• Allen A. Arntsen, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Gordon Davenport, III, Business Litigation
• Bradley D. Jackson, Utilities
• Daniel A. Kaplan, Employment & Labor
• David W. Reinecke, Estate Planning & Probate
• Blaine R. Renfert, Business/Corporate
• Anne E. Ross, Business/Corporate
• Jeffrey A. Simmons, Business Litigation
• Naikang Tsao, Rechtsstreitigkeiten im Bereich geistiges Eigentum
• Michael B. Van Sicklen, Business Litigation
• Paul T. Wrycha, Securities & Corporate Finance

The Milwaukee office attorneys named 2012 Wisconsin Super Lawyers and their primary practices, as classified by Thomson Reuters, are:

• William J. Abraham Jr., Business/Corporate
• Michael J. Aprahamian, Business Litigation
• Steven R. Barth, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Linda E. Benfield, Environmental
• Bernard J. Bobber, Employment & Labor
• Ralf-Reinhard Boer, Employment & Labor
• Michael A. Bowen, Business Litigation
• Mary K. Braza, Entertainment & Sports
• John F. Callan, Estate Planning & Probate
• Keith A. Christiansen, Estate Planning & Probate
• James R. Clark, Business Litigation
• George A. Dionisopoulos, Estate Planning & Probate
• Richard S. Florsheim, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Benjamin F. Garmer, III, Mergers & Acquisitions 
•  Michael G. Halfenger, Appellate
• Michael W. Hatch, Immobilien
• Stanley S. Jaspan, Employment & Labor
• Sarah O. Jelencic, Immobilien
• Maureen A. McGinnity, Tax
• James T. McKeown, Antitrust Litigation
• Jamshed J. Patel, Tax
• Patrick G. Quick, Securities & Corporate Finance
• Jay O. Rothman, Securities & Corporate Finance
• Nancy J. Sennett, Securities Litigation
• Thomas L. Shriner, Jr., General Litigation
• Mark A. Thimke, Environmental
• Adam J. Wiensch, Estate Planning & Probate
• Trevor J. Will, Class Action/Mass Torts

The Madison office attorneys named 2012 Wisconsin Rising Stars and their primary practices, as classified by Thomson Reuters, are:

• Matthew R. Lynch, Business Litigation
• Katherine R. Rist, Real Estate

The Milwaukee office attorneys named 2012 Wisconsin Rising Stars and their primary practices, as classified by Thomson Reuters, are:

• Carmen N. Couden, Employment & Labor
• Jennifer A. Devitt, Real Estate
• Frank W. DiCastri, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
• Elizabeth A. N. Haas, Business Litigation
• Kadie M. Jelenchick, Intellectual Property
• Kevin R. Schulz, Mergers & Acquisitions
• John E. Turlais, Corporate Governance & Compliance

Um seine jährliche Liste zusammenzustellen, führt das Forschungsteam von Super Lawyers, das Teil der Rechtsabteilung von Thomson Reuters ist, ein strenges mehrstufiges Auswahlverfahren durch, das eine landesweite Umfrage unter Anwälten, eine unabhängige Bewertung der Kandidaten durch das von Anwälten geleitete Forschungsteam und eine Begutachtung der Kandidaten durch Fachkollegen aus dem jeweiligen Tätigkeitsbereich umfasst.