Davenport Evans is pleased to announce that 17 of the firm’s attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2012 edition of Best Lawyers of America®. More than half of the Davenport Evans lawyers who were recognized were named in multiple practice areas, and the firm’s attorneys were recognized in a total of 25 different areas of law:
- Scott B. Anderson -- Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Jean H. Bender -- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Jonathan P. Brown -- Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Real Estate Law
- P. Daniel Donohue -- Real Estate Law; Trusts and Estates
- Edwin E. Evans -- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law; Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Keith A. Gauer -- Corporate Law
- Timothy M. Gebhart -- First Amendment Law
- Charles D. Gullickson -- Banking and Finance Law; Financial Services Regulation Law
- Mark W. Haigh -- Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation; Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Douglas J. Hajek -- Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Financial Services Regulation Law
- Robert E. Hayes – Bankruptcy; Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency; Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Melissa C. Hinton – Insurance Law; Medical Malpractice Law; Personal Injury Litigation; Professional Malpractice Law
- Kristi Geisler Holm – Workers’ Compensation Law
- Sarah Richardson Larson -- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Trusts and Estates
- Rick W. Orr -- Workers' Compensation Law
- Catherine A. Tanck – Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
- Monte R. Walz -- Health Care Law
Several attorneys have achieved milestone status for the number of years in which they have achieved inclusion in Best Lawyers. They are: Robert Hayes – 25 years or more; Ed Evans and Daniel Donohue – 20 years or more; and Tim Gebhart, Chuck Gullickson and Sarah Larson – 10 years or more.
Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. According to Best Lawyers, lawyers selected for the publication have no say in the practice areas in which they are included. It is based solely on the votes they receive from their peers. The current edition of the publication is based on more than 3.1 million confidential evaluations by top attorneys in the country. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be included in the publication.