Colorado Super Lawyers 2024: WTO Leads Top 100

Denver: Colorado Super Lawyers selected 25 Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell (WTO) attorneys to its 2024 list of Super Lawyers and 11 WTO attorneys to its annual list of Rising Stars. 

WTO had a standout year. Ten WTO lawyers are ranked in the Top 100—twice as many as the next closest firm. And that is despite our status as a midsize, litigation boutique.

WTO lawyers make up: 

• 10 of the Top 100 Super Lawyers
• 3 of the Top 50 Women
• 2 of the Top 10 Super Lawyers

WTO Firm President Carolyn Fairless is ranked #3 and listed in the top ten for the third consecutive year. 

“We are extremely proud so many WTO lawyers earned spots on these lists,” says Mike Williams, WTO Managing Partner. “This is a testament to the creative solutions we find for our clients’ most challenging cases.” Super Lawyers rankings are based on independent research and votes cast by industry peers.

Super Lawyers rankings are based on independent research and votes cast by industry peers.

2024 Colorado Super Lawyers

Anthony Barbe, Professional Liability: Defense 
Scott Barker, Business Litigation
Michele On-ja Choe, Employment Litigation: Defense, Top 50 Women, Top 100
Carolyn J. Fairless, Professional Liability: Defense, Top 10, Top 50 Women
Joseph A. Farchione, Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice: Defense
John M. Fitzpatrick, Personal Injury – Product Liability: Defense
Hugh Q. Gottschalk, Business Litigation, 
James E. Hooper, Personal Injury – Product Liability: Defense
LaMar F. Jost, Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice: Defense
Kevin J. Kuhn, Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice: Defense, Top 100
Craig R. May, Business Litigation, Top 100
Habib Nasrullah, Business Litigation, Top 100
Joel S. Neckers, Business Litigation
Michael L. O’Donnell, Personal Injury – Product Liability: Defense, Top 10
Katie A Reilly, Antitrust Litigation, Top 50 Women, Top 100
Lucas T. Ritchie, Securities Litigation, Top 100
Marissa S. Ronk, Business Litigation
Kara J. Rosenthal, Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice: Defense
David J. Schaller, Business Litigation
Jessica Goneau Scott, Class Action
Edward C. Stewart, Personal Injury – Product Liability, Top 100
John R. Trigg, Class Action
Andrew M. Unthank, Class Action
Malcolm E. Wheeler, Personal Injury – Product Liability: Defense
Michael T. Williams, Class Action, Top 100

2024 Colorado Rising Stars

Ryan W. Cooke, Business Litigation
William Hauptman, Professional Liability: Defense
Kevin Homiak, Professional Liability: Defense
Emily P. Linehan, Business Litigation 
Shawn K. Neal, Civil Litigation: Defense
Tommy Olsen, Business Litigation
Brian Osterman, Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice: Defense
Jennifer Oxley, Business Litigation
Jacob A. Rey, Business Litigation
Melissa Romero, Business Litigation
John M. Sandberg, Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice: Defense

Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell lawyers have taken more than 1,100 trials and arbitrations to verdict or award and 300 appeals to opinion all across the nation, with exceptional results for our clients. 
Established in 1998, WTO today numbers more than 110 trial lawyers and litigators. The firm represents sophisticated clients in high-stakes civil trials, appeals, and related litigation ranging from complex commercial to class actions to catastrophic torts.