Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers 2011
10/2011
Sixty-six lawyers from Bryan Cave's St. Louis and Kansas City offices have been selected for inclusion in
Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2011. Many were listed in the Top 10, Top 100, Top 50 Women, Top 50 Kansas City and Top 50 St. Louis categories.
The publication lists the top 5 percent of attorneys in a state or region who have attained a high level of recognition and professional achievement. Honorees are identified through peer surveys and independent research.
In addition, eight lawyers have been named to the Missouri and Kansas “Rising Stars” list for 2011. “Rising Stars” are chosen by their peers as being among the top up-and-coming lawyers (40 years old or younger, or in practice 10 years or less). Only 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state were selected.
Bryan Cave's 2011 "Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers and Rising Stars," and the area for which each is recognized, include:
Kansas City Office
Robert M. Barnes - Business/Corporate
Irvin V. Belzer - Business Litigation (Top 100, Top 50 Kansas City)
W. Perry Brandt - Business Litigation (Top 100, Top 50 Kansas City)
Karen K. Cain – Employment & Labor
Laurence M. Frazen - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights (Top 10, Top 100, Top 50
Kansas City)
Robert J. Hoffman - Business Litigation (Top 100, Top 50 Kansas City)
Gregory G. Johnson - Mergers & Acquisitions
Elaine Drodge Koch - Employment Litigation: Defense (Top 50 Women)
Herbert M. Kohn - Business/Corporate
Craig S. O’Dear - Business Litigation (Top 100, Top 50 Kansas City)
James P. Pryde - Mergers & Acquisitions
B. John Readey III- Estate Planning & Probate
Stephen S. Sparks - Bonds/Government Finance
Mark G. Stingley - Business Litigation (Top 100, Top 50 Kansas City)
Robert M. Thompson - Business Litigation
Thomas W. Van Dyke - Mergers & Acquisitions
St Louis Office
Dan H. Ball - Personal Injury Defense: Products (Top 100, Top 50 St. Louis)
Fred W. Bartelsmeyer - Mergers & Acquisitions
Brian W. Berglund - Employee Benefits/ERISA (Top 100, Top 50 St. Louis)
Louis F. Bonacorsi – Class Action/Mass Torts
Lawrence Brody - Estate Planning & Probate
Harold R. Burroughs - Banking
Elizabeth Carver - Appellate (Top 50 Women)
J. Bennett Clark - Intellectual Property Litigation
John Michael Clear - Class Action/Mass Torts
Dennis C. Donnelly - Employment & Labor
Victoria I. Goldson - Real Estate
Mark H. Goran - Health Care
Dale A. Guariglia - Environmental
Edward J. Hejlek – Intellectual Property
Peter W. Herzog III - Class Action/Mass Torts
Jerry M. Hunter - Employment & Labor
Rebecca R. Jackson - Civil Litigation Defense
Charles B. Jellinek – Employment and Labor
E. Perry Johnson - Antitrust Litigation
Jeffrey J. Kalinowski - Securities Litigation
Douglas W. King - Business Litigation
J. Mark Klamer -Securities & Corporate Finance
Mark B. Leadlove - Business Litigation
Ned O. Lemkemeier - Employment & Labor
Don G. Lents - Business/Corporate
Eric Martin - Business Litigation
Denis P. McCusker - Mergers & Acquisitions
Walter L. Metcalfe, Jr. - Securities & Corporate Finance
George E. Murray - Real Estate
Rebecca A.D. Nelson - Antitrust Litigation
Daniel C. Nester – Banking
Michael N. Newmark - Tax
Robert L. Newmark – Mergers & Acquisitions
James L. Nouss, Jr. - Securities & Corporate Finance
Daniel M. O’Keefe - Business Litigation
David A. Roodman - Intellectual Property Litigation
William F. Seabaugh - Mergers & Acquisitions
Kathleen R. Sherby - Estate Planning & Probate (Top 50 Women)
Bettina J. Strauss - Personal Injury Defense: Products
Stephen G. Strauss - Personal Injury Defense: Products
Peter D. Van Cleve - Mergers & Acquisitions
Lisa A. Van Fleet - Employee Benefits/ERISA
Thomas E. Wack - Civil Litigation Defense
Brian C. Walsh - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights (Top 50 St. Louis)
Thomas C. Walsh – Appellate (Top 50 St. Louis)
R. Randall Wang - Securities & Corporate Finance
Charles A. Weiss - Business Litigation
Gregory D. Willard - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Philip B. Wright – Tax (Top 100, Top 50 St. Louis)
Kansas City Rising Stars
Christopher C. Javillonar - Business Litigation
Catesby A. Major – Employment Litigation: Defense
St. Louis Rising Stars
Arindam Kar - Antitrust Litigation
Cullen K. Kuhn - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Brandon W. Neuschafer – Environmental
Christopher J. Schmidt – Business Litigation
Jennifer W. Stokes – Employee Benefits/ERISA
James R. Wyrsch, Jr. - Business Litigation