Eighty-six attorneys from Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, the legal profession’s oldest and most respected peer-review publication. Attorneys from eight of Brownstein’s offices were recognized in 42 different law categories ranging from bankruptcy, litigation and gaming to corporate, real estate and government relations.
Three attorneys received “Lawyer of the Year” recognition, including Albert Z. Kovacs from Brownstein’s Las Vegas office for Business Oganizations (including LLCs and Partnerships). Michael J. Pankow from the firm’s Denver office was recognized for Banking and Finance Law as well as Bankruptcy and Creditor Debt Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law. Carolynne C. White from the firm’s Denver office was recognized in the Land Use and Zoning Law and Municipal Law categories.
Attorneys from eight of the firm’s offices included:
- Steven E. Abelman, litigation – bankruptcy
- Adam J. Agron, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions law, securities/capital markets law
- Peter H. Ajemian, trademark law
- Nicole R. Ament, real estate law
- David R. Arrajj, gaming law
- Robert P. Attai, corporate law, international mergers and acquisitions, mergers and acquisitions law
- Sarah Auchterlonie, banking and finance, corporate compliance law
- Richard B. Benenson, commercial litigation, corporate compliance law, mass tort litigation/class actions – defendants
- Gregory W. Berger, tax law
- Andrew S. Brignone, litigation – ERISA
- Norman Brownstein, government relations practice
- Adam K. Bult, litigation – construction
- Eric R. Burris, product liability litigation – defendants
- Justin L. Cohen, commercial litigation
- Beth Collins, land use and zoning law
- David A. Curfman, real estate law
- Diane C. De Felice, land use and zoning law
- Steven C. Demby, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions law
- Marc Diamant, real estate law
- Tal Diamant, real estate law
- Amy J. Diaz, real estate law
- William J. Downey III, gaming law
- Jason R. Dunn, commercial litigation
- Erin M. Eiselein, health care law, litigation – health care
- Jennifer Eiteljorg, real estate law
- Hubert A. Farbes, Jr., commercial litigation, litigation – construction
- Michael F. Feeley, government relations practice
- Frank M. Flansburg III, commercial litigation
- Wayne F. Forman, land use and zoning law, water law
- Emily R. Garnett, corporate compliance law, government relations practice
- Stanley L. Garnett, criminal defense: white-collar
- Erin E. Grolle, trademark law
- Dulcinea Z. Hanuschak, water law
- Stephanie Osler Hastings, water law
- S. Craig Hemenway, patent law
- Bradley J. Herrema, water law
- Lisa Hogan, litigation – labor and employment
- Aaron M. Hyatt, real estate law
- Christopher A. Jacobs, real estate law
- Bruce A. James, real estate law
- Gregory M. Janssen, corporate compliance law
- Carrie E. Johnson, commercial litigation
- Robert Kaufmann, real estate law
- Michael W. King, corporate law, health care law
- Jeffrey M. Knetsch, securities/capital markets law
- Albert Z. Kovacs, business organizations (including LLCs and partnerships), corporate law, mergers and acquisitions law
- Mitchell J. Langberg, First Amendment law, media law
- Kirk B. Lenhard, bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation
- Mark F. Leonard, family law
- Blair E. Lichtenfels, real estate law
- Bryce Loveland, employee benefits (ERISA) law
- Janae Magee, real estate law
- Mark J. Mathews, environmental law
- Gino A. Maurelli, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions law
- Andrew Meyers, real estate law
- Rebecca L. Miltenberger, real estate law
- Alfred E. Mottur, communications law
- Christopher O. Murray, commercial litigation
- Angela Turriciano Otto, real estate law
- Michael J. Pankow, banking and finance law, bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law
- Elizabeth D. Paulsen, corporate law
- Jonathan G. Pray, litigation – construction
- Mark L. Pryor, government relations practice
- Caitlin Quander, construction law, real estate law
- Patrick J. Reilly, commercial litigation
- Airina L. Rodrigues, copyright law
- Ronda L. Sandquist, environmental law
- Robert J. Saperstein, water law
- Scott Scherer, gaming law
- Frank A. Schreck, gaming law
- Ellen L. Schulhofer, corporate governance law, corporate law
- Adam P. Segal, litigation – ERISA
- Steven O. Sims, water law
- Scott S. Slater, water law
- Ryan A. Smith, Native American law
- David M. Spaulding, employee benefits (ERISA) law
- Andrew L. Spielman, energy law, environmental law, natural resources law
- Amy M. Steinfeld, water law
- Nancy A. Strelau, employee benefits (ERISA) law
- Russell W. Sullivan, tax law
- Jamie L. Thalgott, real estate law
- Gregory A. Vallin, real estate law
- Sonia Church Vermeys, administrative/regulatory law, corporate law, gaming law, land use and zoning law
- Eric Waeckerlin, environmental law, litigation – environmental, natural resources law
- Carolynne C. White, land use and zoning law, municipal law, real estate law
- Ashley B. Wingfield, real estate law
In addition, 30 attorneys from three of the firm’s offices were listed in the third edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America in 17 different law categories. They included:
- Matthew C. Arentsen, commercial litigation
- Courtney E. Bartkus, commercial litigation
- James A. Carter, land use and zoning law, real estate law
- Travis F. Chance, commercial litigation, litigation – labor and employment
- Troy P. Domina, commercial litigation
- Kayla D. Dreyer, labor and employment law – management
- Emily L. Dyer, commercial litigation
- Erin Elliott, land use and zoning law
- Emily A. Ellis, commercial litigation
- Julian R. Ellis, Jr., government relations practice
- Maximilien D. Fetaz, commercial litigation, litigation – securities
- Andrew J. Freyer, intellectual property law
- Shane C. Griffin, real estate law
- Justin M. Hahn, mergers and acquisitions law
- Alexis L. Hailpern, construction law, nonprofit/charities law
- Christopher J. Hand, banking and finance law, leveraged buyouts and private equity law, mergers and acquisitions law
- Amanda K. Houseal, commercial litigation
- Maliq I. Kendricks, commercial litigation, corporate law
- Nicholas J. Larson, real estate law
- David B. Meschke, commercial litigation, litigation – securities
- Chloe Mickel, litigation – construction
- Peter J. Nagle, intellectual property law
- Debashree (Reema) Nandy, commercial litigation
- Hirsch L. Neustein, real estate law
- Charlotte S. Phelps, mergers and acquisitions law
- Julia E. Rhine, energy law
- Nicholas R. Santucci, litigation – labor and employment
- Courtney Shephard, energy law, environmental law
- Eric D. Walther, appellate practice, commercial litigation
- Lindsey A. Williams, intellectual property law
Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which tens of thousands of leading attorneys cast almost 5.5 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
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Steven Abelman,
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Marc Diamant,
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Bradley Herrema,
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Rebecca Miltenberger,
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David Meschke,
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Mark Pryor,
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Jamie Thalgott,
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Shane Griffin,
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S. Craig Hemenway,
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Caitlin Quander,
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Peter Nagle,
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Carolynne White,
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Wayne Forman,
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Nancy Strelau,
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Michael King,
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Blair Lichtenfels,
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Robert Saperstein,
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Steven Demby,
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Norman Brownstein,
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Adam Segal,
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Eric Walther,
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Justin Hahn,
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Ryan Smith,
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Richard Benenson,
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Nicole Ament,
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Charlotte Phelps,
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Amy Steinfeld,
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Carrie Johnson,
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Emily Dyer,
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Bryce Loveland,
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Beth Collins,
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Diane De Felice,
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Scott Scherer,
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Courtney Bartkus,
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Christopher Jacobs,
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Alfred Mottur,
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Gregory Berger,
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Erin Grolle,
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Dulcinea Hanuschak,
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Mark Leonard,
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Jason Dunn,
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Steven Sims,
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Albert Kovacs,
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Frank Flansburg III,
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Russell Sullivan,
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Janae Magee,
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Maximilien Fetaz,
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Elizabeth Paulsen,
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Robert Kaufmann,
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Frank Schreck,
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Peter Ajemian,
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William Downey,
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Michael Pankow,
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Lindsey McDougall,
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Justin Cohen,
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Gregory Janssen,
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Andrew Freyer,
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David Curfman,
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Eric Burris,
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Emily Ellis,
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Travis Chance,
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Julia Rhine,
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Debashree Nandy,
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David Spaulding,
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Scott Slater,
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Sonia Vermeys,
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Adam Agron,
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Airina Rodrigues,
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Ashley Wingfield,
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James Carter,
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Ellen Schulhofer,
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Mark Mathews,
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Andrew Meyers,
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Matthew Arentsen,
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Angela Otto,
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Stephanie Hastings,
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Gino Maurelli,
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Gregory Vallin,
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Sarah Auchterlonie,
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Aaron Hyatt,
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Adam Bult,
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Kirk Lenhard,
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Jonathan Pray,
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Amy Diaz,
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Bruce James,
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