Modrall Sperling Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers® 2019
Nine shareholders have been selected by Best Lawyers in America® as a 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated market is honored with this recognition. Lawyers listed by Best Lawyers are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise. Additional recognitions are awarded to individual attorneys with the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice and geographic region.
Shareholders named Best Lawyers 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” include:
| Stuart R. Butzier | Environmental Law | Santa Fe |
| John R. Cooney | Bet-the-Company Litigation
Railroad Law |
Albuquerque
Albuquerque |
| Arthur D. Melendres
|
Education Law
Municipal Law |
Albuquerque
Albuquerque |
| Maria O’Brien | Water Law | Albuquerque |
| James M. Parker | Corporate Law
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law Oil and Gas Law |
Albuquerque
Albuquerque Albuquerque |
| Walter E. Stern | Environmental Law | Albuquerque |
Additionally, 30 of the firm’s lawyers have been named to the 2019 edition of Best Lawyers:
- Daniel M. Alsup (Public Finance Law)
- Jennifer G. Anderson (Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Healthcare)
- Martha G. Brown (Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants)
- Stuart R. Butzier (Environmental Law, Litigation-Environmental, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law)
- John R. Cooney (Antitrust Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law)
- Earl E. DeBrine, Jr. (Oil and Gas Law, Railroad Law)
- Donald A. DeCandia (Commercial Litigation)
- Joan E. Drake (Energy Regulatory Law)
- Timothy L. Fields (Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants, Railroad Law)
- Paul M. Fish (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Litigation-Bankruptcy, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law)
- Peter Franklin (Public Finance Law)
- Stan N. Harris (Litigation-Land Use and Zoning)
- Timothy C. Holm (Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants, Railroad Law)
- James P. Houghton (Construction Law, Litigation-Construction, Real Estate Law)
- Karen L. Kahn (Employee Benefits ERISA Law)
- Margaret Lewis Meister (Commercial Transactions/UCC Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law)
- Arthur D. Melendres (Administrative/Regulatory Law, Education Law, Municipal Law)
- Christopher P. Muirhead (Municipal Law, Public Finance Law)
- Megan T. Muirhead (Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants)
- Brian K. Nichols (Native American Law)
- Jennifer A. Noya (Employment Law-Individuals, Insurance Law, Litigation-Labor and Employment)
- Maria O’Brien (Water Law)
- James M. Parker (Business Organizations Including LLCs and Partnerships, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Law, Employee Benefits ERISA Law, Health Care Law, Litigation and Controversy-Tax, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates)
- Roberta Cooper Ramo (Arbitration, Mediation)
- Marjorie Rogers (Business Organizations Including LLCs and Partnerships, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Employee Benefits ERISA Law, Non-Profit/Charities Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates)
- Lynn Slade (Energy Law, Environmental Law, Native American Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law)
- Walter E Stern (Energy Law, Environmental Law, Mining Law, Native American Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law)
- R. E. Thompson (Commercial Litigation, Government Relations Practice, Litigation-Construction)
- Douglas R. Vadnais (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Litigation-Bankruptcy, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law)
- Alex C. Walker (Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants)
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