The Best Lawyers in America list for 2012 has been announced and 39 attorneys from regional law firm Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt have been presented with this prestigious distinction. Schwabe has steadily grown the number of attorneys who receive this honor; 35 attorneys were named on the 2011 list.
Portland
Al AuYeung – intellectual property law
David Axelrod – patent law
David F. Bartz, Jr. – environmental law
Ray R. Benner – employee benefits law
Kevin E. Brannon – franchise law
Carmen Calzacorta – banking, corporate and securities law
Michael Cohen – copyright law
Frank X. Curci – technology and biotechnology law
William B. Crow – commercial and product liability litigation
Robert D. Dayton – trusts and estates
Thomas V. Dulcich – commercial litigation
Jeffrey Eden – product liability litigation
Nancy M. Erfle – product liability litigation
James Finn – commercial litigation
Michael Garone – labor and employment law
Jill S. Gelineau – eminent domain and condemnation law
John D. Guinasso – real estate law
Kelly Hagan – health care law
Kurt Hansen – health care law
Nikki Hatton – trusts and estates
Terry C. Hauck – real estate law
Peter E. Heuser – intellectual property law
Margaret Hoffmann – product liability litigation
Kirk Johansen – timber law
Jan K. Kitchel – personal injury litigation
Daniel F. Knox – construction, maritime and professional malpractice law
Mark Manulik – real estate law
Walter Miller – employee benefits law
Peter L. Osborne – tax law
C. Kent Roberts – maritime law
Marc K. Sellers – tax law
Elizabeth Schleuning – employment law
Mark A. Stayer – real estate and timber law
James T. Waldron – commercial litigation
Bend
Tia Lewis – land use and zoning law
Katherine Tank – labor and employment law
Thomas M. Triplett – labor and employment law
D. Joe Willis – eminent domain and condemnation law
Salem
Martha Pagel – water law
Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. In the U.S., Best Lawyers publishes an annual referral guide, The Best Lawyers in America, which includes 41,149 attorneys in 126 practice areas, covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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