48% Increase In Number of Shughart Thomson & Kilroy Lawyers in "The Best Lawyers in America"

48% INCREASE IN NUMBER OF SHUGHART THOMSON & KILROY LAWYERS
HONORED AS “BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA” FOR 2007


Thirty-four Shughart Thomson & Kilroy attorneys, representing 22 specialties, were recognized by their peers and have received the honor of The Best Lawyers in America® 2007. This represents a 48% increase from the previous year in the number of attorneys listed this year for the firm. Of the thirty-four attorneys, six have been recognized with this honor for at least ten years, and 11 attorneys of firm are new to this recognition.

Practice areas where Shughart Thomson & Kilroy lawyers are recognized include: commercial litigation, health care law, construction law, labor and employment, employee benefits law, corporate law, tax, trusts and estates, personal injury litigation, product liability litigation, appellate law, mergers & acquisitions law, sports law, intellectual property law, antitrust law, franchise law, legal malpractice law, banking law, bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law, land use and zoning, municipal law, and bet-the-company litigation.

Published biennially since 1983, The Best Lawyers in America® is widely regarded as a preeminent referral guide to the legal profession in the United States. The Best Lawyers lists, representing 80 specialties in all 50 states and Washington, DC, are compiled through an exhaustive peer-review survey in which thousands of the top lawyers in the U.S. confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 13th edition of Best Lawyers (2007), is based on more than 1.8 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.

The following 34 lawyers from Shughart Thomson & Kilroy are being recognized for 2007:
(*) denotes first year listed and (10) denotes listed for at least 10 years

Denver, CO

Eugene R. Commander
Construction Law

G. Stephen Long
Commercial Litigation

Michael A. Sabian (10)
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Kansas City, MO

Jennifer Gille Bacon
Commercial Litigation

Roy Bash
Construction Law

Jacob W. Bayer, Jr.(*)
Corporate Law

John S. Black(*)
Sports Law

P. John Brady(*)
Personal Injury Litigation

Judith S. Heeter(*)
Sports Law

Robert A. Henderson
Personal Injury Litigation
Product Liability Litigation

Russell S. Jones, Jr.
Intellectual Property Law

John M. Kilroy, Jr.
Commercial Litigation

W. Terrence Kilroy(*)
Labor and Employment Law

Thomas G. Kokoruda (10)
Health Care Law
Medical Malpractice Law
Personal Injury Litigation

George E. Leonard
Antitrust Law

Malcolm A. Litman (10)
Intellectual Property Law

Dennis D. Palmer (10)
Franchise Law

William B. Prugh(*)
Tax Law

G. William Quatman
Construction Law

William E. Quirk(*)
Appellate Law

J. Harlan Stamper(*)
Tax Law

Perry M. Toll (10)
Employee Benefits Law

R. Lawrence Ward (10)
Antitrust Law
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Personal Injury Litigation

Overland Park, KS

Greg L. Musil
Commercial Litigation
Land Use & Zoning Law

Anthony F. Rupp(*)
Municipal Law
Personal Injury Litigation

John S. Schmidt(*)
Trusts and Estates

Lawrence A. Swain
Intellectual Property Law

Phoenix, AZ

Lori V. Berke(*)
Municipal Law

Brian M. Goodwin
Legal Malpractice Law
Municipal Law
Personal Injury Litigation
Product Liability Litigation

Marty Harper
Commercial Litigation

Calvin L. Raup
Health Care Law
Personal Injury Litigation

Springfield, MO

John C. Holstein
Commercial Litigation

Thomas J. ONeal
Banking Law
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law

St. Joseph, MO

R. Dan Boulware
Commercial Litigation
Personal Injury Litigation

About Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, P.C.

Founded in 1940, the law firm of Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, P.C. (www.stklaw.com), is a full-service, client-focused business law firm with more than 175 attorneys in six offices: Kansas City, Springfield and St. Joseph, Mo.; Overland Park, Kan.; Phoenix, Ariz., and Denver, Colo. Serving corporate, institutional and individual clients regionally, nationally and worldwide, Shughart Thomson and Kilroy is known for successfully applying forward-thinking strategies for both straightforward and complex legal matters.

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Original release date: Monday, October 02, 2006
Contact: Kathryn Anastasio
816-395-0636
kanastasio@stklaw.com

 

Author: John (Jack) Kilroy, Jr.
Firm: Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, P.C.

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