Forty-five Foster Swift Attorneys included in Best Lawyers in America®

Forty-five lawyers from Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC, were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^© 2014 (Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).

• Charles E. Barbieri - Environmental Law, First Amendment Law, Litigation – Environmental, Litigation - First Amendment, Natural Resources Law
• Dirk H. Beckwith - Construction Law
• Michael R. Blum - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
• Scott A. Chernich - Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Allan J. Claypool - Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
• Frederick D. Dilley - Arbitration, Mediation, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Eric E. Doster - Government Relations Practice
• Julie I. Fershtman - Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
• Gilbert M. Frimet - Health Care Law
• Anna K. Gibson - Trusts and Estates
• Brian G. Goodenough - Insurance Law, Litigation – Municipal, Litigation - Real Estate, Workers' Compensation Law – Employers
• Michael G. Harrison – Arbitration, Mediation
• Scott H. Hogan - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Todd W. Hoppe – Tax Law
• Matt G. Hrebec - Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Melissa J. Jackson - Employment Law – Management
• Charles A. Janssen - Elder Law, Trusts and Estates
• James B. Jensen, Jr. - Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Tax Law
• Stephen I. Jurmu - Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• John M. Kamins - Corporate Law
• Lawrence Korolewicz - Insurance Law
• Richard C. Kraus - Health Care Law
• David M. Lick – Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Mediation, Project Finance Law
• Iris K. Linder - Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Non-Profit / Charities Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Stephen J. Lowney - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Frank T. Mamat - Labor Law – Management
• Scott L. Mandel - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation – Antitrust
• Gary J. McRay - Health Care Law
• Thomas R. Meagher - Commercial Litigation
• Douglas A. Mielock - Elder Law, Litigation - Trusts & Estates, Non-Profit / Charities Law, Trusts and Estates
• Paul J. Millenbach - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Steven L. Owen - Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Real Estate Law
• Brian J. Renaud - Administrative / Regulatory Law
• Frank H. Reynolds - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Family Law
• Michael D. Sanders - Workers' Compensation Law – Employers
• Jean G. Schtokal - International Trade and Finance Law
• Jack A. Siebers - Corporate Law
• Webb A. Smith - Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, First Amendment Law, Natural Resources Law Oil & Gas Law
• Scott A. Storey - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Real Estate, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Deanna Swisher - Commercial Litigation
• Thomas R. TerMaat - Insurance Law
• Brent A. Titus - Litigation - Real Estate, Real Estate Law
• Lynwood P. VandenBosch - Corporate Law
• Bruce A. Vande Vusse - Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Paul D. Yared - Corporate Law, Insurance Law

Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which almost 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly five 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.