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32 Jennings Strouss Attorneys Recognized in 2018 Edition of Best Lawyers in America®
August 15, 2017
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PHOENIX, Ariz. (August 15, 2017) – Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C., a leading Phoenix-based law firm, is pleased to announce that 32 lawyers have been named to the 2018 Edition of Best Lawyers.
Best Lawyers has published their list for over three decades. Lawyers on the Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise, and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.
Congratulations to the following Jennings Strouss attorneys named to the 2018 Best Lawyers in America list:
- Gerald W. Alston – Arbitration; Commercial Litigation; International Arbitration – Commercial; International Trade and Finance Law; Litigation – Construction; Mediation
- Thomas C. Arendt –Real Estate Law
- Timothy W. Barton – Litigation – Real Estate
- David Brnilovich – Real Estate Law
- John R. Christian – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
- Joseph E. Cotterman – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Richard K. Delo – Health Care Law; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- John J. Egbert – Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management
- Lee E. Esch – Real Estate Law
- Jay A. Fradkin – Health Care Law; Litigation – Health Care; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Jeffrey D. Gardner – Commercial Litigation
- Joel L. Greene – Energy Law
- Norma Izzo – Family Law
- Paul G. Johnson – Commercial Litigation
- Michael K. Kelly – Patent Law
- Gary G. Keltner – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy; Real Estate Law
- Richard Lieberman – Banking and Finance Law; Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Jay M. Mann – Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
- Bruce B. May – Real Estate Law
- Gary J. Newell – Energy Law
- John C. Norling – Real Estate Law
- Robert J. Novak – Banking and Finance Law; Real Estate Law
- Michael R. Palumbo – Arbitration; Commercial Litigation; Mediation
- J. Scott Rhodes – Administrative / Regulatory Law; Arbitration; Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Litigation – Municipal; Mediation; Municipal Law
- Alan I. Robbins – Energy law
- Jack N. Rudel – Corporate Law
- John G. Sestak, Jr. – Administrative / Regulatory Law; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Litigation – Banking and Finance; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Litigation – Real Estate
- Richard Silverman – Energy Law
- Wayne A. Smith – Real Estate Law
- George C. Spilsbury – Corporate Law; Public Finance Law
- Bradley J. Stevens – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Kenneth C. Sundlof, Jr. – Energy Law
About Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C.
Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C., has been providing legal counsel for 75 years through its offices in Phoenix and Peoria, Arizona; and Washington, D.C. The firm’s primary areas of practice include advertising and media law; agribusiness; automobile dealership law; bankruptcy, reorganization and creditors’ rights; construction; corporate and securities; employee benefits and pensions; energy; family law and domestic relations; health care; intellectual property; labor and employment; legal ethics; litigation; professional liability defense; real estate; surety and fidelity; tax; and trust and estates. For additional information please visit and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
Please note that this client alert has been prepared by Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C. for informational purposes only. These materials do not constitute, and should not be considered, legal advice, and you are urged to consult with an attorney on your own specific legal matters. Transmission of the information contained in this client alert is not intended to create, and receipt by the reader does not constitute, an attorney-client relationship with Jennings, Strouss & Salmon or any of its individual attorneys.
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