Foley announced today that 39 attorneys from the firm’s Madison and Milwaukee offices have been named 2012 Wisconsin Super Lawyers by WisconsinSuper 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, Intellectual Property Litigation
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, Real Estate
Stanley S. Jaspan, Employment & Labor
Sarah O. Jelencic, Real Estate
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
To compile its annual list, the research team at Super Lawyers, which is part of the Thomson Reuters Legal division, undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by the attorney-led research staff and a peer review of candidates by practice area.
