Foley is pleased to announce that 14 of its attorneys have been named Best Lawyers’ 2012 Lawyers of the Year in their respective communities and areas of practice. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is honored as the Lawyer of the Year.
The Foley attorneys named Best Lawyers’ 2012 Lawyers of the Year in their respective practices and communities are:
Jacksonville
- Charles V. Hedrick – Banking and Finance Law Lawyer of the Year
- Kevin E. Hyde – Employment Law – Management Lawyer of the Year
Madison
- Allen A. Arntsen – Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law Lawyer of the Year
- Mark A. Kassel – Patent Law Lawyer of the Year
- Blaine R. Renfert – Mergers & Acquisitions Law Lawyer of the Year
- Michael B. Van Sicklen – Litigation – Real Estate Lawyer of the Year
- David G. Walsh – Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year
Milwaukee
- Linda E. Benfield – Natural Resources Law Lawyer of the Year
- Ralf-Reinhard Boer – International Trade and Finance Law Lawyer of the Year
- Jon P. Christiansen – Franchise Law Lawyer of the Year
- Richard S. Gallagher – Non-Profit/Charities Law Lawyer of the Year
- Emory Ireland – Financial Services Regulation Law Lawyer of the Year
- Thomas L. Shriner, Jr. – Litigation – Banking & Finance Lawyer of the Year
San Diego
- Mikel R. Bistrow – Litigation – Bankruptcy Lawyer of the Year
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