Best Lawyers® Recognizes 172 Stinson Attorneys in 2026 Edition of the Best Lawyers in America® List

Press Release

08.21.2025

Stinson LLP is pleased to announce that 172 of the firm’s attorneys are recognized in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers in America^®. The attorneys represent 13 of the firm’s office locations and are recognized across a diverse range of practice areas, highlighting the firm’s depth of legal talent and commitment to client service.

Stinson attorneys selected for inclusion include:

Bismarck, North Dakota:

Robin Wade Forward, Commercial Litigation; Oil and Gas Law

Dallas, Texas:

Paul Lackey, Commercial Litigation
Elsa Manzanares, Corporate Law
Ross Mortillaro, Commercial Litigation
Kevin Robinowitz, Employment Law – Management

Denver, Colorado:

Deborah L. Bayles, Real Estate Law
Mark F. Bell, Banking and Finance Law
Robert E. Botts, Jr., Real Estate Law
Zane A. Gilmer, Corporate Compliance Law

Jefferson City, Missouri:

Alexander C. Barrett, Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Government Relations Practice
Aimee Guzman Davenport, Environmental Law; Water Law
Charles W. Hatfield, Administrative/Regulatory Law; Commercial Litigation; Government Relations Practice; Nonprofit/Charities Law
Jeremy A. Root, Commercial Litigation; Corporate Compliance Law; Litigation – Securities

Kansas City, Missouri:

John C. Aisenbrey, Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Bradley S. Anderson, Litigation – Real Estate
David R. Barnard, Copyright Law; Litigation – Intellectual Property
Brittany Barrientos, Environmental Law
Jack Bowling, Corporate Governance Law; International Mergers and Acquisitions
Ryan C. Brunton, Real Estate Law
Daniel Bukovac, Commercial Litigation
Mark S. Carder, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Sean W. Colligan, Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy); Litigation – Securities
Stephen Cosentino, Technology Law
Douglas R. Dalgleish, Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Railroad Law
Thomas H. Davis, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Kirk H. Doan, Health Care Law
Michael G. Donohue, Litigation – Real Estate
Thomas R. Dowling, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Timothy J. Feathers, Information Technology Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Technology Law, Trademark Law
Christopher B. Frantze, Real Estate Law
David W. Frantze, Project Finance Law; Real Estate Law
Mark Hargrave, Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Litigation – Banking and Finance
Catherine M. Hauber, Real Estate Law
Scot Hill, International Mergers and Acquisitions
Mark D. Hinderks, Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Municipal
Robert C. Hunter, Venture Capital Law
Mark M. Iba, Commercial Litigation
Charles F. Jensen, Tax Law
Molly Walsh Keppler, Employment Law – Management
Donald J. Kirkpatrick, Banking and Finance Law; Public Finance Law; Real Estate Law
William F. Koenigsdorf, Real Estate Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Patricia A. Konopka, Employment Law – Individuals; Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Todd A. LaSala, Real Estate Law
Mike W. Lochmann, Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Service Regulation Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Emmett Logan, Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
Megan McCurdy, Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Philip C. McKnight, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Eric T. Mikkelson, Corporate Law
Karl R. Phares, Real Estate Law
Rachel M. Price, Real Estate Law
Colin M. Quinn, Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
Patrick J. Respeliers, Corporate Law
Jere D. Sellers, Litigation – Real Estate
John (Jay) Simpson, Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
Penny R. Slicer, Litigation - Intellectual Property; Patent Law
Scott P. Smalley, Banking and Finance Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Victoria L. Smith, Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation
Brian E. Sobczyk, Commercial Litigation
Kent V. Stallard, Trusts and Estates
George F. Verschelden, Commercial Litigation
Gerald D. Weidner, Real Estate Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Sara E. Welch, Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Bradley Yeretsky, Commercial Litigation
Christopher J. Zarda, Insurance Law; Real Estate Law
Nicholas Zluticky, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy

Minneapolis, Minnesota:

Joel E. Abrahamson, Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
James J. Bertrand, Energy Law
Douglas R. Boettge, Commercial Litigation
Edwin H. Caldie, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Dominic J. Cecere, Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Amy B. Conway, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Benjamin J. Court, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
David R. Crosby, Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Andrew W. Davis, Environmental Law
Eileen M. Day, Trusts and Estates
Robert F. Devolve, Environmental Law; Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
Tracey Holmes Donesky, Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Railroad Law
Melinda Dugas, Real Estate Law
Benjamin D. Eastburn, Construction Law
Scott Erickson, Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law
Audrey A. Fenske, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Eric H. Galatz, Land Use and Zoning Law
William H. Gotlieb, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
William L. Greene, Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Antitrust
Laura E. Halferty, Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
David C. Jenson, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Iain M. Johnson, Real Estate Law
Timothy Kelley, Banking and Finance Law; Litigation – Banking and Finance; Real Estate Law
John C. Kuehn, Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law
Joel D. Leviton, Trademark Law
Steven R. Lindemann, Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
Stephen R. Litman, Trusts and Estates
Sharon R. Markowitz, Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
Steven B. Mayeron, Energy Law; Project Finance Law; Real Estate Law
Keith S. Moheban, Litigation - Intellectual Property
Adam M. Nathe, Banking and Finance Law
Laura J. Nelson, Health Care Law
Lowell J. Noteboom, Arbitration; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Litigation – Construction; Mediation
Todd A. Noteboom, Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation – Banking and Finance; Litigation – Securities; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
David G. Parry, Commercial Litigation; Construction Law
Todd M. Phelps, Real Estate Law
Richard W. Pins, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
Tammie S. Ptacek, Corporate Law
Jill R. Radloff, Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
Michelle L. Rehbein, Trusts and Estates
Micah Revell, Energy Law
Greta Bauer Reyes, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Ruth Rivard, Litigation – Intellectual Property
Lauren Winter Routhier, Trusts and Estates
Steven M. Rubin, Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions
Stephen Schemenauer, Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
Aalok K. Sharma, Commercial Litigation
Byron E. Starns, Administrative/Regulatory Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Energy Law; Litigation – Environmental; Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy); Mining Law; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Water Law
Renee Mueller Steinle, Employment Law – Management; Immigration Law
James J. Sticha, Mergers and Acquisitions
Shane Swanson, Trusts and Estates
Robert H. Torgerson, Construction Law; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law
Alan Van Dellen, Real Estate Law

Omaha, Nebraska:

Jennifer L. Cooke-Yin, Securities/Capital Markets Law

Phoenix, Arizona:

Anthony P. Cali, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Elizabeth S. Chatham, Immigration Law
Jeffrey J. Goulder, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Real Estate
Alisa C. Lacey, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Michael L. Parrish, Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law
Thomas J. Salerno, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy

San Francisco, California:

Jan T. Chilton, Appellate Practice

St. Louis, Missouri:

Robert M. Bain, Patent Law
Lisa Pool Byrne, Real Estate Law
Jason Conway, Patent Law
Michelle L. Corrigan Erikson, Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Scott Eidson, Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent, Trademark Law
William R. Everding, Litigation - Intellectual Property; Patent Law
Barry L. Haith, Real Estate Law
Janet S. Hendrickson Ph.D., Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice; Patent Law
Kurt F. James, Patent Law; Trademark Law
David B. Jennings, Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice; Information and Technology Law
Michael A. Kaplan, Trusts and Estates
Vincent Keady, Trusts and Estates
Vincent M. Keil, Patent Law
Timothy D. Krieger, Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
Lindsey W. Lang, Trusts and Estates
Jared M. Minkoff, Real Estate Law; Tax Law
John W. Moticka, Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
William D. O’Neill, Copyright Law; Trademark Law
Jonathan G. Pollmann, Patent Law
Charles A. Redd, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
Brad A. Sandler, Employment Law – Management
Jon A. Santangelo, Environmental Law
Andrew J. Scavotto, Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action – Defendants
Julie C. Scheipeter, Patent Law
John R. Schroeder, Litigation - Intellectual Property
Thomas B. Smallwood, Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
Jonathan R. Waldron, Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
Brian J. Weaver, Real Estate Law

Tampa, Florida:

Murray B. Silverstein, Financial Services Regulation Law; Litigation – Banking and Finance

Washington, D.C.:

Marc E. Albert, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Darrell W. Clark, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
David D’Alessandro, Energy Law; Oil and Gas Law
Brad D. Jones, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Harvey L. Reiter, Energy Law
David F. Rifkind, Railroad Law; Transportation Law
Joseph E. Santucci, Jr., Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
Bernadette C. Sargeant, Employment Law – Management
Jonathan D. Schneider, Energy Law

Wichita, Kansas:

David E. Bengtson, Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Oil and Gas Law
Patrick Edwards, Commercial Litigation
Alisa Nickel Ehrlich, Employment Law – Management
Nanette Turner Kalcik, Commercial Litigation
Jarrod C. Kieffer, Tax Law
Lynn D. Preheim, Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law
Stephanie N. Scheck, Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
John A. Vetter, Trusts and Estates