Wheeler Trigg Kennedy Lawyers Top Colorado Super Lawyers List Again

March 18, 2009 - PRLog -- Denver, Colorado - Wheeler Trigg Kennedy LLP is proud to announce that 10 of its current 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 WTK 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 WTK 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), 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

In addition, the nine Wheeler Trigg Kennedy lawyers listed below have been named to the inaugural list of Colorado Rising Stars 2009®, also published by Law & Politics.
Michael Alper, Insurance Coverage
Sean Baker, Business Litigation
Galen Bellamy, Business Litigation
Carolyn Fairless, Professional Liability: Defense
LaMar Jost, Personal Injury Defense: Products
Steven Kelso, Civil Litigation Defense
Craig May, Business Litigation
Erik Nadolink, Personal Injury Defense: Products
Michael Williams, Class Actions/Mass Torts

Trial Tested™ civil litigation firm Wheeler Trigg Kennedy helps its clients resolve disputes that threaten their businesses, brands, products, people, and customers.  WTK handles trial, appeals, arbitrations, and related areas of complex civil litigation, including class actions and multidistrict litigation, often as national or regional trial counsel, for many of the nation’s best-known companies in a wide variety of industries.

Contact:  Connie Proulx
303.244.1919
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