Husch Blackwell has received significant recognition as a top litigation firm in the 2015 edition of Benchmark Litigation’s annual nationwide rankings. The list includes 22 attorneys from the firm’s Illinois, Missouri and Nebraska offices. Husch Blackwell secured more spots on the Missouri list than any other firm in the state, with 20 named attorneys.
Husch Blackwell’s Litigation practice received the commendable “Recommended” ranking in Missouri and Nebraska, and the firm was reputed to have “one of the strongest toxic and mass tort practices in the country.”
In addition, Husch Blackwell partners Cynthia Cordes and Christine Miller were also named in the 2015 Benchmark Litigation Top 250 Women in Litigation rankings. They are two of only five attorneys in the state of Missouri to have received this honor.
The following Husch Blackwell attorneys listed in the 2015 Benchmark Litigation rankings are:
ILLINOIS
Chicago
Local Litigation Star
James P. White – Intellectual Property
MISSOURI
Kansas City
Local Litigation Stars
Gary D. Barnes – Banking & Financing; Bankruptcy; Business; General Commercial
Cynthia L. Cordes – Health Care, Life Sciences & Pharma; Technology, Manufacturing & Transport; White-Collar Crime/Enforcement/Investigations
William E. Corum – General Commercial
Martin M. Loring – Business, Consumer Fraud, Higher Education, Midstream
William A. “Spike” Lynch – General Commercial, Medical Malpractice, Product Liability
John R. Phillips – General Commercial, Health Care, Labor/Employment
Michael Thompson – General Commercial, Securities
Future Star
Jeffrey J. Simon
St. Louis
Local Litigation Stars
Joseph P. Conran – General Commercial, Health Care, Intellectual Property, Securities
Thomas M. Dee – Antitrust, Business, Consumer Fraud, Employee Litigation, Intellectual Property
Christine F. Miller – General Commercial, Employment, Product Liability
Gregory J. Minana – Business, Health Care, Product Liability
James F. Monafo – Health Care, Life Sciences & Pharma
Joseph C. Orlet – General Commercial, Intellectual Property, Product Liability
Alan E. Popkin – Financial Services
Future Stars
Josef S. Glynias
Caroline L. Hermeling
Michael P. Nolan
JoAnn T. Sandifer
Christopher A. Smith
NEBRASKA
Omaha
Future Star
Michael S. Degan
Benchmark Litigation identifies the leading U.S. trial attorneys and firms at the local and national levels. Focused exclusively on the U.S. litigation market, the publication’s rankings and editorials are the result of extensive interviews with private practice lawyers and in-house counsel. The guide’s “local litigation stars” are recommended consistently by peers and clients as reputable and effective litigators, while “future stars” are litigators who are highlighted as likely to be become “local litigation stars” in coming editions.