Brownstein Attorneys Make 2019 List of Best Lawyers in America

Aug 15, 2018 - Forty-nine attorneys from Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2019 edition of  Best Lawyers in America, the legal profession’s oldest and most respected peer-review publication. Attorneys from seven of Brownstein’s offices were recognized in 28 different law categories ranging from bankruptcy, litigation and gaming to corporate, real estate and government relations. In Brownstein’s Albuquerque office,  Eric R. Burris is listed for product liability litigation - defendants. Recognized in the Atlantic City office is  Paul M. O’Gara who has been included on the  Best Lawyers in Americasince 2005  for his gaming law practice. Attorneys from the firm’s Denver office included:  Steven E. Abelman, litigation -bankruptcy;  Adam J. Agron, corporate law and mergers and acquisitions law;  Nicole R. Ament, real estate law;  Robert P. Attai, international mergers and acquisitions;  Edward N. Barad, real estate law;  Richard B. Benenson, commercial litigation and mass tort litigation/class actions - defendants;  Gregory W. Berger, tax law;  Norman Brownstein, government relations practice;  Sharon E. Caulfield, health care law;  Justin L. Cohen, commercial litigation;  Erin M. Eiselein, litigation - health care;  Steven W. Farber, corporate law;  Hubert A. Farbes, Jr., commercial litigation and litigation - construction;  Michael F. Feeley, government relations practice;  Lisa Hogan, litigation - labor and employment;  Aaron M. Hyatt, real estate law;  Bruce A. James, real estate law;  Robert Kaufmann, real estate law;  Michael King, health care law;  Jeffrey M. Knetsch, securities/capital markets law;  Mark F. Leonard, family law;  Mark J. Mathews, environmental law;  Gino A. Maurelli, corporate law and mergers and acquisitions law;  Michael J. Pankow, banking and finance law, bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law;  Elizabeth D. Paulsen, corporate law;  Ronda L. Sandquist, environmental law;  Steven O. Sims, water law;  Nancy A. Strelau, employee benefits (ERISA) law;  Ana Lazo Tenzer, real estate law;  Gregory A. Vallin, real estate law; and  Carolynne C. White, land use and zoning law and real estate law. This was the first year for  Nicole Ament,  Justin Cohen,  Erin Eiselein, and  Michael King to be recognized by  Best Lawyers. Attorneys from the firm’s Las Vegas office included:  David R. Arrajj, gaming law;  Andrew S. Brignone, litigation - ERISA;  Frank M. Flansburg III, commercial litigation;  Albert Z. Kovacs, business organizations (including LLCs and partnerships), corporate law and mergers and acquisitions law;  Kirk B. Lenhard, bet-the-company litigation and commercial litigation;  Angela Turriciano Otto, real estate law;  Frank A. Schreck, gaming law;  Ellen L. Schulhofer, corporate law;  Adam P. Segal, litigation - ERISA; and  Sonia Church Vermeys, corporate law and gaming law. Attorneys recognized from the firm’s Los Angeles office include:  Scott S. Slater who is listed in the water law category. The firm’s Santa Barbara attorneys included:  Steven A. Amerikaner, land use and zoning law, natural resources law and real estate law;  Stephanie Osler Hastings, water law;  Christopher A. Jacobs, real estate law; and  Robert J. Saperstein, water law. In the Washington, D.C., office,  Al Mottur is listed for communications 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.”