Leonard, Street and Deinard is pleased to announce that 49 of the firm’s attorneys, representing 32 areas of practice, were nominated by their peers and have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for 2011.

Leonard, Street and Deinard attorneys who are singled out for their legal excellence are:

• David D. Axtell (information technology law)
• James J. Bertrand (energy law)
• Angela M. Bohmann (employee benefits law)
• John A. Breviu (health care law)
• James G. Bullard (commercial litigation)
• Jeffrey P. Cairns (employee benefits law)
• Dominic J. Cecere (labor and employment law)
• Kevin D. Conneely (intellectual property law)
• Robert L. DeMay (antitrust law, commercial litigation)
• Steven D. DeRuyter (bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law)
• Robert F. Devolve (environmental law, land use and zoning law)
• Lawrence J. Field (commercial litigation)
• Joseph M. Finley (land use and zoning law, real estate law)
• William S. Forsberg (nonprofit/charities law, trusts and estates)
• Eric H. Galatz (land use and zoning law)
• Jane Godfrey (trusts and estates)
• William L. Greene (antitrust law, commercial litigation)
• Robyn Hansen (real estate law)
• David N. Haynes (tax law)
• Gabriel K. Holloway (information technology law)
• Robert J. Huber (construction law)
• David Kantor (banking law)
• Sidney Kaplan (nonprofit/charities law, trusts and estates)
• David W. Kelley (real estate law)
• Laura Krishnan (trusts and estates)
• John C. Kuehn (real estate law)
• Steven R. Lindemann (construction law)
• Stephen R. Litman (trusts and estates)
• Daniel J. McInerney, Jr. (health care law)
• Keith S. Moheban (intellectual property law)
• Frederick W. Morris (commercial litigation, personal injury litigation)
• Thomas F. Nelson (commercial litigation, insurance law)
• Lowell J. Noteboom (alternative dispute resolution, commercial litigation, construction law)
• Todd A. Noteboom (commercial litigation)
• Richard G. Pepin (corporate law, sports law)
• Douglas R. Peterson (criminal defense - white collar)
• Allen I. Saeks (commercial litigation, ethics and professional responsibility law, legal malpractice law, professional malpractice law)
• Ellen G. Sampson (labor and employment law)
• Thomas P. Sanders (corporate law)
• John M. Sheran (personal injury litigation)
• Morris M. Sherman (corporate law)
• Byron E. Starns (administrative law, bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation, energy law, environmental law, mining law, water law)
• Lowell V. Stortz (trusts and estates)
• Michael G. Taylor (construction law)
• Peter H. Thrane (insurance law)
• Timothy Welch (real estate law)
• Mark S. Weitz (securities law)
• Albert A. Woodward (corporate law)
• Steven P. Zabel (insurance law)

Now in its 17th edition, The Best Lawyers in America annually invites lawyers and law firms across the country to nominate peers who exemplify professional excellence. Its standings are part of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Law Firms in the United States” annual ranking.