Osborn Maledon lawyers receive 43 awards in the 2024 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®

The Best Lawyers in America, the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession, recognized forty-three Osborn Maledon lawyers in its 2024 edition, including “Lawyer of the Year” and “Ones to Watch”.

Four Osborn Maledon attorneys were named “Phoenix Lawyer of the Year” in their practice areas, an honor awarded to only a single lawyer in each practice area in a community. “Phoenix Lawyer of the Year” attorneys are:

• Tom Curzon – Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Meghan Grabel – Energy Law
• David Rosenbaum – Intellectual Property Litigation; Securities Litigation
• Warren Stapleton – Bankruptcy Litigation

Thirty-one Osborn Maledon attorneys (including the four Lawyers of the Year) were named as “Best Lawyers” and the practice areas for which they are recognized are:

• Lynne Adams – Education Law
• Jonathan Ariano – Corporate Law
• Colin Campbell – Arbitration; Commercial Litigation; Mediation
• Tom Curzon – Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Doug Dalton – Commercial Litigation
• Jack Dearing – Real Estate Law
• Timothy Eckstein – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Eric M. Fraser – Appellate Law; Intellectual Property Litigation
• William Furnish – Commercial Litigation
• David Garner – Education Law
• Meghan Grabel – Energy Law
• Bill Hardin – Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Aaron Harmon – Corporate Law
• Thom Hudson – Appellate Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
• Travis Hunt – Commercial Litigation
• Danielle Janitch – Privacy and Data Security Law
• Andrew Kelly – Corporate Law; Gaming Law
• Thayne Lowe – Real Estate Law
• Bill Maledon – Anti-trust Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Entertainment Law (motion pictures and television); Entertainment Law (music); Antitrust Litigation; Sports Law
• Jeff Molinar – Commercial Litigation
• Mary O’Grady – Appellate Law
• Andrew Pappas – Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation
• Colin Proksel – Commercial Litigation
• Scott Rodgers – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law (management); Labor and Employment Litigation
• David Rosenbaum – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation; Securities Litigation
• Joe Roth – Appellate Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
• James Smith – Commercial Litigation
• Warren Stapleton – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bankruptcy Litigation
• Geoff Sturr – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
• Andy Western – Corporate Law
• Kristin Windtberg – Employment Law (management); Labor and Employment Litigation

Twelve Osborn Maledon attorneys were named as “Ones to Watch” and the practice areas for which they are recognized are:

• Eli Ancharski – Energy Law; Real Estate Law
• Payslie Bowman – Commercial Litigation
• John Bullock – Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
• Emma Cone-Roddy – Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation
• Brandon Delgado – Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation
• Sarah Lawson – Commercial Litigation
• BriAnne Illich-Meeds – Commercial Litigation
• Oscar Lopez – Corporate Law
• Josh Messer – Appellate Law; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
• Michael Price – Commercial Litigation
• Heather Robles – Appellate Law; Education Law
• Chardon Stuart – Corporate Law; Project Finance Law

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become highly regarded as a guide to legal excellence.  Ratings are based on an extensive peer-review survey.