Six WTO Lawyers Top Colorado Super Lawyers® 2010 List, 15 Total on List

DENVER: The 2010 edition of Colorado Super Lawyers^® includes 15 of Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell's 26 partners. Six of them are listed among the top 50 lawyers in Colorado – the most of any law firm. WTO partners Malcolm Wheeler and Michael O'Donnell were named to the top 10 list for a third time. Mr. Wheeler was the "top point getter" among all Colorado attorneys.

Ten WTO lawyers were named Colorado Super Lawyers Rising Stars in 2010.

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 2010 list was published recently in Colorado Super Lawyers magazine and the April issue of 5280 magazine.

The WTO lawyers named to Colorado Super Lawyers 2010 and the practice areas in which they are listed appear below.

Top 10 and "top point getter" Malcolm Wheeler, Civil Litigation Defense
Top 10 Michael O'Donnell, Personal Injury Defense: Products
Top 50 Hugh Gottschalk, Business Litigation
Top 50 Kevin Kuhn, Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice
Top 50 John "Jack" Trigg, Class Action/Mass Torts
Top 50 John Vaught, Class Action/Mass Torts
Carolyn Fairless, Professional Liability: Defense
James Hooper, Business Litigation
Craig May, Business Litigation
Habib Nasrullah, Business Litigation
John Fitzpatrick, Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice
Raymond Martin, Employment & Labor
Edward Stewart, Civil Litigation Defense
Terence Ridley, Civil Litigation Defense

The 10 WTO lawyers listed below were named to the Colorado Rising Stars^® 2010 list, also published by Law & Politics.

Galen Bellamy, Class Action/Mass Torts
Miko Brown, Civil Litigation Defense
LaMar Jost, Personal Injury Defense: Products
Steven Kelso, Franchise/Dealership
Erik Nadolink, Personal Injury Defense: Products
Kara Rosenthal, Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice
David Schaller, Business Litigation
Jessica Scott, Class Action/Mass Torts
Tamera Westerberg, Business Litigation
Michael Williams, Class Action/Mass Torts