Attorneys with the firm’s Arizona and New Mexico offices earn recognition from their peers for their work in 27 areas of legal practice.
PHOENIX — Jennings Haug Keleher McLeod (JHKM) is pleased to announce that twenty-two of the firm’s attorneys were included in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and Ones to Watch.
The Best Lawyers in America® and Ones to Watch lists are annual peer-review rankings for the legal profession. JHKM lawyers in Arizona and New Mexico were recognized by their peers in the following areas of legal practice: appellate law, administrative/regulatory law, antitrust litigation, bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights, insolvency and reorganization law, bet-the-company litigation, construction law and litigation, commercial litigation, corporate law, energy law, energy regulatory law, environmental law and litigation, insurance law and litigation, labor and employment litigation, mass tort litigation and class actions, Native American law, natural resources law, personal injury litigation, product liability litigation, real estate litigation, trust and estate law and litigation, regulatory enforcement (SEC) litigation, securities litigation and tax law. Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.
The firm’s 2023 Best Lawyers in America® include:
Mark E. Barker has been listed by The Best Lawyers in America® since 2009. He is recognized for his work in construction law and litigation and for his real estate litigation practice.
Thomas Bird has been listed by The Best Lawyers in America® since 2008. He is recognized for his work in appellate law, antitrust litigation, Native American law and Natural Resources law. This year, he also earned recognition as a Lawyer of the Year in Natural Resources Law in New Mexico.
James Csontos has been listed by The Best Lawyers in America® since 2011. He is recognized for his work in construction law and litigation.
Jack Cunningham has been listed by The Best Lawyers in America® since 2013. He is recognized for his work as defense counsel in personal injury litigation as well as in the areas of insurance law and insurance litigation.
Jorge Franco has been listed by The Best Lawyers in America® since 2018. He is recognized for his work in insurance litigation, and for work as plaintiff and defense counsel in personal injury litigation.
Karen Gaylord has been listed by The Best Lawyers in America® since 2009. She is recognized for her work in environmental law and litigation as well as for her energy law, energy regulatory law, and natural resources law practices.
Ronnie P. Hawks has been listed by The Best Lawyers in America® since 2011. He is recognized for his work in environmental law and litigation as well as for his natural resources law and energy law practice.
D. Kim Lough has been listed by The Best Lawyers in America® since 2008. He is recognized for his work in construction law and litigation.
Sean Olivas has been listed by The Best Lawyers in America® since 2021. He has been recognized for his work in labor and employment litigation in New Mexico.
David Peterson has been listed by The Best Lawyers in America® since 2011. He is recognized for his work in commercial litigation and for his Native American law practice in New Mexico.
Paul Roshka has been listed by The Best Lawyers in America® since 2003. He has been recognized for his work in commercial litigation, securities litigation, bet-the-company litigation, and regulatory enforcement (SEC) litigation.
Edward Rubacha has been listed by The Best Lawyers in America® since 2012. He is recognized for his work in construction law and litigation.
Chad Schexnayder has been listed by The Best Lawyers in America® since 2010. He has been recognized for his work in construction law and litigation.
Laurence Sharlot has been listed by The Best Lawyers in America® since 2022. He is recognized for his work in insurance law and litigation.
John Sinodis has been listed by The Best Lawyers in America® since 2021. He is recognized for his work in bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights, insolvency and reorganization, and commercial litigation.
Matthew Sloan has been listed by The Best Lawyers in America® since 2021. He is recognized for his work in commercial litigation.
Gary Van Luchene has been listed by The Best Lawyers in America® since 2015. He has been recognized for his work in commercial litigation and as defense counsel in mass tort and class actions as well as product liability litigation.
Kurt Wihl has been listed by The Best Lawyers in America® since 2012. He has been recognized for his work in New Mexico handling administrative and regulatory law matters, commercial litigation, construction litigation, insurance litigation, trust and estate litigation as well as for his work as defense counsel in personal injury litigation.
Chad Worthen has been listed by The Best Lawyers in America® since 2021. He is recognized for his work in New Mexico in the areas of corporate law, tax law as well as trusts and estates.
Additionally, Best Lawyers in America® recognizes lawyers who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States as Ones to Watch.
JHKM attorneys Joseph Brophy, R.J. Lamb and Alana Porrazzo were recognized as Ones to Watch for their work in commercial litigation as well as construction law and litigation.
About Jennings Haug Keleher McLeod LLP
Established when two prominent law firms based in the Southwest joined forces, Arizona’s Jennings Haug Cunningham and New Mexico’s Keleher & McLeod are now Jennings Haug Keleher McLeod (JHKM). JHKM is a full-service litigation and business law firm with extensive trial, litigation management, dispute resolution and complex litigation experience. The firm’s attorneys address a wide range of legal matters for businesses and individuals in the areas of business law and litigation, banking, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, civil rights, constitutional law, real estate, construction, corporate law, employment, environmental, estate planning, trusts and probate, family law, fidelity and surety, government relations, insurance defense and coverage, medical and professional malpractice, municipal law, personal injury and energy regulatory matters. JHKM has offices in Phoenix, Arizona and Albuquerque, New Mexico to serve clients in the Southwest and throughout the United States.
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