20 WTO Lawyers ranked in the 22nd Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®

DENVER: The Best Lawyers in America® 2016* edition ranks 20 WTO lawyers in 14 practice areas. The publication also lists three WTO attorneys as Denver "Lawyers of the Year," an award presented annually to a single outstanding lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area.

Ranked WTO lawyers include Scott Barker, Mark Clouatre, Andrew Efaw, Carolyn Fairless, John Fitzpatrick, Hugh Gottschalk, James Hooper, Kevin Kuhn, Raymond Martin, Craig May, Habib Nasrullah, Reid Neureiter, Michael O’Donnell, Terence Ridley, Edward Stewart, John Trigg, John Vaught, Malcom Wheeler, Michael Williams, and Lawrence Zavadil.

Best Lawyers rankings are compiled by a peer-review survey in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The American Lawyer regards Best Lawyers as “The most respected list of attorneys in practice.”

Lawyers of the Year – Denver, CO
Hugh Gottschalk, Bet-the-Company Litigation
Kevin Kuhn, Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
Mike Williams, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action – Defendants 

Bet-the-Company Litigation
Scott S. Barker
Hugh Q. Gottschalk
Michael L. O’Donnell

Commercial Litigation
Scott S. Barker
Mark T. Clouatre
Carolyn J Fairless
Hugh Q. Gottschalk
Habib Nasrullah
N. Reid Neureiter
Michael L. O’Donnell
Terence M. Ridley
Edward C. Stewart
John R. Trigg
John M. Vaught
Michael T. Williams
Lawrence M. Zavadil

Environmental Litigation 
Scott S. Barker

Insurance Law
Terence M. Ridley
John M. Vaught

Insurance Litigation
Craig R. May 
John M. Vaught

Intellectual Property Litigation
Hugh W. Gottschalk

Labor and Employment
Raymond W. Martin

Legal Malpractice Defense
Carolyn J. Fairless
Michael L. O’Donnell

Mass Tort Litigation
Scott S. Barker
John M. Fitzpatrick
Habib Nasrullah
Michael T. Williams

Medical Malpractice Law
John M. Fitzpatrick
Kevin J. Kuhn

Personal Injury Defense Litigation
John M. Fitzpatrick
Hugh Q. Gottschalk
James E. Hooper
Craig R. May
Habib Nasrullah
Michael L. O’Donnell
Edward C. Stewart
John R. Trigg
Malcom E. Wheeler
Michael T. Williams

Professional Malpractice Defense
Andrew C. Efaw
Carolyn J. Fairless
John M. Fitzpatrick
Kevin J. Kuhn

Securities Litigation
John M. Vaught

Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP represents some of the nation's best-known entities and professionals in civil disputes that threaten their businesses, brands, reputations, people, and relationships. In the past five years alone, WTO lawyers have tried over 45 cases to verdict nationwide. Our lawyers serve as national counsel in high-stakes trials, appeals, arbitrations, and related complex matters, including class actions, mass torts, and multidistrict litigation.

*The Best Lawyers in America© 2016. Copyright 2015 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC.