10 Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell Lawyers Named Colorado Super Lawyers 2009

DENVER:  Ten Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell partners have been selected as Colorado Super Lawyers^® for 2009.  Two are on the top 10 list and an additional two are among the top 50. 

Since 2007, four WTO lawyers have been among the top 10 lawyers listed, including Michael O'Donnell and Malcolm Wheeler, both of whom are on the top 10 list for the second time this year. Hugh Gottschalk and Kevin Kuhn are among the top 50 this year and have been on the top 10 list previously.

According to Law & Politics which publishes Super Lawyers lists in every state, "only the top five percent of the lawyers in the state are named Super Lawyers." The 2009 list was published recently in Colorado Super Lawyers magazine and the April issue of 5280 magazine.

The WTO lawyers named to Colorado Super Lawyers 2009 and the practice areas in which they are listed appear below.

Standing from left: 
Raymond Martin, Employment & Labor
Top 50 Kevin Kuhn, Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice
John "Jack" Trigg, Class Action/Mass Torts
Terence Ridley, Civil Litigation Defense
Marsha Piccone, Appellate
Mark Kennedy (deceased 1/11/09), Franchise
John Vaught, Class Action/Mass Torts
John Fitzpatrick, Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice
Top 50 Hugh Gottschalk, Business Litigation

Sitting from left:
Top 10 Michael O'Donnell, Personal Injury Defense: Products
Top 10 Malcolm Wheeler, Civil Litigation Defense