Seventeen members of Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith were selected by their peers to appear in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
The seventeen lawyers were recognized in nineteen different areas of law, many in multiple practice areas. The lawyers included in the 2010 edition of the publication, considered one of the more objective guides to lawyers, are:
Scott Anderson -- Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Jean Bender -- Employee Benefits Law
Jon Brown -- Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Real Estate Law
P. Dan Donohue -- Real Estate Law; Trusts and Estates
Ed Evans -- Medical Malpractice Law; Personal Injury Litigation; Professional Malpractice Law
Keith Gauer -- Corporate Law
Tim Gebhart -- First Amendment Law
Charles Gullickson -- Banking Law
Mark Haigh -- Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Medical Malpractice Law; Personal Injury Litigation; Professional Malpractice Law.
Doug Hajek -- Banking Law; Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Robert Hayes -- Bankruptcy; Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
David Knudson -- Banking Law; Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Sarah Richardson Larson -- Employee Benefits Law; Trusts and Estates
Rick Orr -- Workers' Compensation Law
Sue Brunick Simons -- Labor and Employment Law; Workers' Compensation Law
Cathy Tanck -- Tax Law
Monte Walz -- Health Care Law
According to Best Lawyers, the current edition of the publication is based on "a peer-review survey comprising more than 2.8 million confidential evaluations by the top attorneys in the country." a nationwide survey involving more than two million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers." Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be included in the publication.