44 WTO Lawyers Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2024

Denver: The Best Lawyers in America 2024 edition ranks 44 Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell (WTO) lawyers in litigation specialties. 

Best Lawyers also listed three WTO lawyers as Denver “Lawyers of the Year.” This award is presented to only one individual in a given geographical region and practice area each edition. 

The guide lists 29 WTO lawyers as Best Lawyers and 15 as “Ones to Watch.”

Best Lawyers rankings are compiled by conducting peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers evaluate their professional peers. 

2024 Lawyers of the Year 
Denver, CO

• James E. Hooper, Jr. - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Kevin J. Kuhn - Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Malcolm E. Wheeler - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants 

2024 Best Lawyers (parentheses indicate first year listed) 
Denver, CO

• Anthony C. Barbe (2021): Commercial Litigation; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Scott S. Barker (2006): Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Environmental; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Galen D. Bellamy (2021): Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Michele On-ja Choe (2021): Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Bryan D. Cross (2019): Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Carolyn J. Fairless (2012): Commercial Litigation; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
• Joseph A. Farchione (2017): Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
• John M. Fitzpatrick (2007): Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
• Hugh Q. Gottschalk (2008): Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Margot A. Heflick (2022): Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Peter W. Herzog III (2016): Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• James E. Hooper, Jr. (2014): Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• LaMar F. Jost (2022): Commercial Litigation
• Kevin J. Kuhn (2007): Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Raymond W. Martin (2008): Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Craig R. May (2013): Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Insurance; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Andrew H. Myers (2021): Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Joel S. Neckers (2021): Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Michael L. O'Donnell (2005): Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Stephen E. Oertle (2018): Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Kathryn A. Reilly (2018): Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Antitrust; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Kara J. Rosenthal (2021):  Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Jessica Goneau Scott (2024): Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Carolyn S. Stevens (2021): Insurance Law; Litigation – Insurance; Litigation – Health Care; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants 
• John R. Trigg (2008): Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Andrew M. Unthank (2021): Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; 
• Malcolm E. Wheeler (2003): Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Michael T. Williams (2011): Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Frederick R. Yarger (2020): Appellate Practice

2024 “Ones to Watch” (parentheses indicate first year listed)
Denver, CO

• Ryan W. Cooke (2023): Commercial Litigation
• Daniel N. Guisbond (2023): Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Law
• Matthew H. Jasilli (2022): Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Kate Mercer-Lawson (2022): Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation -Defendants 
• Kori Flake Miller (2022): Health Care Law; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Shawn K. Neal (2021): Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
• Daniel N. Nightingale (2024): Appellate Practice
• Tommy Olsen (2021): Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Brian S. Osterman (2022): Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Jacob A. Rey (2022): Commercial Litigation
• Melissa L. Romero (2021): Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Labor and Employment, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Marissa S. Ronk (2021): Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Labor and Employment; Product Liability - Defendants
• Matthew V. Rotbart (2021): Commercial Litigation 
• William Sowers (2024): Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law 
• Erin Frohardt Tatman (2021): Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell lawyers have taken more than 1,100 trials and arbitrations to verdict or award and hundreds of appeals to opinion all across the nation, with exceptional results for our clients.

Established in 1998, WTO today numbers approximately 100 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.