Foley is pleased to announce that 19 of its attorneys have been named Best Lawyers 2013 Lawyers of the Year in their respective communities and areas of practice.
The Foley attorneys named Best Lawyers 2013 Lawyers of the Year, segmented by office location, are:
Detroit
- Patrick D. Daugherty: Corporate Governance Law Lawyer of the Year
Jacksonville
- Gardner F. Davis: Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year
- Kevin E. Hyde: Labor Law – Management Lawyer of the Year
Madison
- Allen A. Arntsen: Litigation – Patent Lawyer of the Year
- Timothy S. Crisp: Banking and Finance Law Lawyer of the Year
- Anne E. Ross: Mergers & Acquisitions Law Lawyer of the Year
- Michael B. Van Sicklen: Appellate Practice Lawyer of the Year
Milwaukee
- William J. Abraham, Jr.: Securities / Capital Markets Law Lawyer of the Year
- Linda E. Benfield: Environmental Law Lawyer of the Year
- Kevin G. Fitzgerald: Insurance Law Lawyer of the Year
- Richard S. Florsheim: Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent Lawyer of the Year
- James T. McKeown: Antitrust Law Lawyer of the Year
- Leigh C. Riley: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law Lawyer of the Year
- Jay O. Rothman: Mergers & Acquisitions Law Lawyer of the Year
- Nancy J. Sennett: Litigation – Securities Lawyer of the Year
- Thomas L. Shriner, Jr.: Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year
Orlando
- J. Gordon Arkin: Administrative / Regulatory Law Lawyer of the Year
- R. Duke Woodson: Government Relations Practice Lawyer of the Year
Tallahassee
- Thomas J. Maida: Insurance Law Lawyer of the Year
The list of Best Lawyers 2013 Lawyers of the Year is based on an exhaustive survey process in 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 for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.
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