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
The list of Best Lawyers’ 2012 Lawyers of the Year is based on an exhaustive survey process through which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Those individuals honored as Lawyers of the Year have received particularly high ratings in these surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.
