DEHS earns top ranking in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
The 2007 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business names Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith as a top-ranked firm in the fields of corporate/commercial law, labor and employment law, litigation and real estate law. In addition, 16 DEHS lawyers were selected individually by the publication, nearly twice the number of any other law firm in the state.
Earning designation as “leading practitioners” were:
Scott B. Anderson (Corporate/Commercial Law)
P. Daniel Donohue (Real Estate Law)
Edwin E. Evans (General Commercial Litigation and Healthcare Litigation)
Keith A. Gauer (Corporate/Commercial Bankruptcy Law)
Charles D. Gullickson (Corporate/Commercial Law)
Mark W. Haigh (Healthcare Litigation)
Douglas J. Hajek (Corporate/Commercial Law)
Robert E. Hayes (Corporate/Commercial Law, Corporate/Commercial Bankruptcy Law and Real Estate Law)
Kristi Holm (Employment Law)
David L. Knudson (Corporate/Commercial Law)
Michael L. Luce (General Commercial Litigation)
Rick W. Orr (Employment Law)
Susan Brunick Simons (Employment Law)
Monte R. Walz (Corporate/Commercial Law)
Melissa C. Hinton and Eric C. Schulte were named as “up-and-coming” in Healthcare Litigation and
General Commercial Litigation, respectively.
Each year, Chambers USA conducts confidential interviews with lawyers and their clients to rank lawyers in each state in a variety of fields of practice, with more weight given client opinions. According to Chambers, “The qualities on which rankings are assessed include technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities most valued by the client.”