Publisher Chambers & Partners recognized Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck in its annual Chambers USA Guide. The firm was recognized in 25 practice areas including:
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Colorado)
- Construction (Colorado)
- Corporate/Commercial (Nevada)
- Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Colorado)
- Energy & Natural Resources (Colorado)
- Environment (California, Colorado)
- Gaming & Licensing (Nationwide, Nevada)
- Government Relations (Nationwide)
- Intellectual Property (Colorado)
- Labor & Employment (Colorado)
- Leisure & Hospitality (Nationwide)
- Litigation – General Commercial (Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico)
- Native American Law (Nationwide)
- Real Estate (Colorado, Nevada)
- Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Colorado, California)
- State Attorneys General (Nationwide)
- Tax (Colorado)
- Water Law (California)
Chambers also recognized 56 Brownstein attorneys as the best in their respective fields with leading individual rankings going to:
Corporate & Business Department:
- Adam J. Agron (Colorado: Corporate/M&A)
- Gregory W. Berger (Colorado: Tax)
- Andrew C. Elliott (Colorado: Tax)
- Albert Z. Kovacs (Nevada: Corporate/Commercial)
- Kristin Macdonald (Nationwide: Leisure & Hospitality)
- Gino A. Maurelli (Colorado: Corporate/M&A)
- Alexandra Fidler Metzl (Colorado: Corporate/M&A)
- J. Tenley Oldak (Colorado: Tax)
- Matthew R. Nyberg (Colorado: Corporate/M&A)
- Elizabeth D. Paulsen (Colorado: Corporate/M&A)
- Ellen Schulhofer (Nevada: Corporate/Commercial)
Gaming Group:
- Pacifico S. Agnellini (Nationwide: Gaming & Licensing)
- William J. Downey (Nationwide: Gaming & Licensing)
- Sarah A. Murray (Nationwide: Native American Law)
- Scott Scherer (Nationwide: Gaming & Licensing and Nevada: Gaming & Licensing)
- Frank A. Schreck (Nationwide: Gaming & Licensing and Nevada: Gaming & Licensing)
- Melissa L. Thevenot (Nationwide: Gaming & Licensing)
- Sonia Church Vermeys (Nationwide: Gaming & Licensing and Nevada: Gaming & Licensing)
Government Relations Department:
- Marc S. Lampkin (Nationwide: Government Relations)
- Alfred E. Mottur (Nationwide: Government Relations)
- Russell W. Sullivan (District of Columbia: Tax)
Employment and Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Groups:
- Christopher L. Ottele (Colorado: Labor & Employment)
- Christine A. Samsel (Colorado: Labor & Employment)
- David M. Spaulding (Colorado: Employee Benefits & Compensation)
- Nancy A. Strelau (Colorado: Employee Benefits & Compensation)
Intellectual Property Department:
- Benno M. Guggenheimer (Colorado: Intellectual Property)
- S. Craig Hemenway (Colorado: Intellectual Property)
- Airina L. Rodrigues (Colorado: Intellectual Property)
Litigation Department:
- Sarah Auchterlonie (Nationwide: Financial Services Regulation – Consumer Finance [Compliance])
- Richard B. Benenson (Colorado: Litigation – General Commercial)
- Adam K. Bult (Nevada: Litigation – Construction and Nevada: Litigation – General Commercial)
- Eric R. Burris (New Mexico Litigation – General Commercial)
- Jason R. Dunn (Nationwide: State Attorneys General)
- Frank M. Flansburg III (Nevada: Litigation – General Commercial)
- Kirk B. Lenhard (Nevada: Litigation – General Commercial)
- Michael J. Pankow (Colorado: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
- Jonathan G. Pray (Colorado: Construction)
- Michael H. Pryor (District of Columbia: Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite)
- Patrick J. Reilly (Nevada: Litigation – General Commercial)
- Amalia Sax-Bolder (Colorado: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
- Kevin P. Walsh (Colorado: Construction)
Natural Resources Department:
- Beth Collins (California: Real Estate – Zoning/Land Use)
- Wayne F. Forman (Colorado: Environment)
- Brad Herrema (California: Water Law)
- Mark J. Mathews (Colorado: Environment and Colorado: Energy & Natural Resources)
- Scott S. Slater (California: Environment and California: Water Law)
- Ryan A. Smith (Nationwide: Native American Law)
Real Estate Department:
- Nicole R. Ament (Colorado: Real Estate and Colorado: Real Estate – Hotels & Leisure)
- David A. Curfman (Colorado: Real Estate)
- Philip A. Gosch (Nationwide: Leisure & Hospitality)
- Aaron M. Hyatt (Colorado: Real Estate)
- Bruce A. James (Colorado: Real Estate and Colorado: Real Estate – Hotels & Leisure)
- Rebecca L. Miltenberger (Nevada: Real Estate)
- Angela Turriciano Otto (Nevada: Real Estate)
- Jamie L. Thalgott (Nevada: Real Estate
- Carolynne C. White (Colorado: Real Estate – Zoning/Land Use)
Chambers & Partners has a staff of more than 100 full-time researchers who develop rankings of lawyers and practices based on written submissions provided by law firms, telephone interviews with clients and lawyers, and other resources. Inclusion in the guide is based solely on the research team’s findings.
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Christopher Ottele,
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J. Tenley Oldak,
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Bradley Herrema,
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Rebecca Miltenberger,
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Jamie Thalgott,
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S. Craig Hemenway,
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Carolynne White,
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Marc Lampkin,
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Wayne Forman,
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Alexandra Metzl,
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Nancy Strelau,
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Ryan Smith,
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Richard Benenson,
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Christine Samsel,
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Nicole Ament,
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Beth Collins,
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Scott Scherer,
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Melissa Thevenot,
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Alfred Mottur,
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Gregory Berger,
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Pacifico Agnellini,
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Michael Pryor,
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Jason Dunn,
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Albert Kovacs,
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Frank Flansburg III,
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Russell Sullivan,
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Sarah Murray,
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Kristin Macdonald,
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Elizabeth Paulsen,
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Frank Schreck,
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Andrew Elliott,
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William Downey,
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Michael Pankow,
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David Curfman,
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Eric Burris,
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Patrick Reilly,
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Philip Gosch,
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Kevin Walsh,
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David Spaulding,
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Scott Slater,
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Amalia Sax-Bolder,
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Sonia Vermeys,
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Adam Agron,
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Airina Rodrigues,
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Ellen Schulhofer,
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Mark Mathews,
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Angela Otto,
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Gino Maurelli,
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Benno Guggenheimer,
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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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Matthew Nyberg,
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Bruce James,
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