September 20, 2011
In its annual ranking of the top attorneys nationwide, The Best Lawyers in America has selected 54 Leonard, Street and Deinard attorneys for inclusion in this year’s directory.
Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 41,000 leading attorneys nationwide cast almost 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of other attorneys in their practice areas.
This year’s honorees, and the practice areas in which they were ranked, are:
| ATTORNEY | PRACTICE AREA |
| David D. Axtell | Information Technology Law |
| James J. Bertrand | Energy Law |
| Angela M. Bohmann | Employee Benefits/ERISA Law |
| John A. Breviu | Health Care Law |
| James G. Bullard | Commercial Litigation Litigation – Intellectual Property |
| Jeffrey P. Cairns | Employee Benefits/ERISA Law |
| Dominic J. Cecere | Employment Law – Management Labor Law – Management Litigation – Labor and Employment |
| Kevin D. Conneely | Litigation – Intellectual Property Litigation – Patent |
| Theresa E. Corona | Employee Benefits/ERISA Law |
| David R. Crosby | Litigation – Trusts and Estates |
| Robert L. DeMay | Commercial Litigation Litigation – Antitrust |
| Steven D. DeRuyter | Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law |
| Robert F. Devolve | Environmental Law Land Use and Zoning Law |
| James R. Dorsey | Land Use and Zoning Law |
| Robert C. Fallon | Energy Law |
| Lawrence J. Field | Commercial Litigation Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement Litigation – Securities |
| Joseph M. Finley | Land Use and Zoning Law Litigation – Land Use and Zoning Litigation – Real Estate Real Estate Law |
| William S. Forsberg | Nonprofit/Charities Law Trusts and Estates |
| Eric H. Galatz | Land Use and Zoning Law |
| Jane F. Godfrey | Litigation – Trusts and Estates Trusts and Estates |
| William L. Greene | Commercial Litigation Litigation – Antitrust |
| Robyn Hansen | Real Estate Law |
| David N. Haynes | Tax Law |
| Gabriel K. Holloway | Information Technology Law |
| Robert J. Huber | Litigation – Construction |
| David Kantor | Banking and Finance Law Financial Services Regulation |
| Sidney Kaplan | Nonprofit/Charities Law Trusts and Estates |
| David W. Kelley | Real Estate Law |
| Laura E. Krishnan | Litigation – Trusts and Estates Trusts and Estates |
| John C. Kuehn | Litigation – Real Estate Real Estate Law |
| Steven R. Lindemann | Construction Law Litigation – Construction |
| Stephen R. Litman | Trusts and Estates |
| Shaun C. McElhatton | Real Estate Law |
| Daniel J. McInerney, Jr. | Health Care Law |
| Keith S. Moheban | Litigation – Intellectual Property |
| Frederick W. Morris | Commercial Litigation Litigation – ERISA Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants Product Liability Litigation Product Liability Litigation – Defendants |
| Thomas F. Nelson | Commercial Litigation Insurance Law Litigation – Banking and Finance Litigation – Construction Litigation – Real Estate |
| Lowell J. Noteboom | Arbitration Commercial Litigation Construction Law Litigation – Construction Mediation |
| Todd A. Noteboom | Commercial Litigation Litigation – Banking and Finance Litigation – Securities |
| Richard G. Pepin, Jr. | Corporate Law Sports Law |
| Douglas R. Peterson | Criminal Defense – White Collar |
| Allen I. Saeks | Commercial Litigation Ethics and Professional Responsibility Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants Litigation – Bankruptcy Litigation – Trusts and Estates Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants |
| Ellen G. Sampson | Employment Law – Management Litigation – Labor and Employment |
| Thomas P. Sanders | Corporate Law Mergers and Acquisitions |
| John M. Sheran | Personal Injury Litigation Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants Product Liability Litigation – Defendants Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs |
| Morris M. Sherman | Corporate Law |
| Byron E. Starns | Administrative/Regulatory Law Bet-the-Company Litigation Energy Law Litigation – Environmental Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement Mining Law Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants Water Law |
| Lowell V. Stortz | Litigation – Trusts and Estates Trusts and Estates |
| Michael G. Taylor | Construction Law Litigation – Construction |
| Peter H. Thrane | Insurance Law |
| Mark S. Weitz | Corporate Law Securities/Capital Markets Law Securities Regulation |
| Timothy Welch | Litigation – Real Estate Real Estate Law |
| Albert A. Woodward | Corporate Law |
| Steven P. Zabel | Insurance Law |
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