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Southwest Super Lawyers Recognizes 57 Snell & Wilmer Attorneys in 2025 Rankings
PHOENIX (April 18, 2025) – Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that 57 attorneys in the Phoenix and Tucson offices have been selected for inclusion in the 2025 Southwest Super Lawyers publication. Of those 57, 17 were recognized for the first time and 28 were recognized as Southwest Rising Stars. Super Lawyers is a listing of lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. Super Lawyers was first published in 1991 by Law & Politics and was acquired by Thomson Reuters, Legal in February 2010. Thomson Reuters is a leading source of information for businesses and professionals. The below Snell & Wilmer attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2025 Southwest Super Lawyers rankings.
* Denotes 10th year on the list
+ Denotes Top Honors
^ Denotes new to the list
2025 Southwest Super Lawyers – Phoenix
| David Barker | Intellectual Property Litigation |
| Cory Braddock | Business Litigation |
| James R. Condo | Professional Liability: Defense |
| Lisa M. Coulter | Employment & Labor |
| Vaughn A. Crawford | Personal Injury – Products: Defense |
| Barbara J. Dawson + | Business Litigation |
| Michael M. Donahey | Mergers & Acquisitions |
| Matthew P. Feeney | Mergers & Acquisitions |
| Matthew P. Fischer III | Business Litigation |
| Patrick X. Fowler | Personal Injury – Products: Defense |
| R. Lee Fraley | Intellectual Property |
| Greg Gautam | Employee Benefits |
| Paul J. Giancola | Health Care |
| Charles F. Hauff, Jr. | Intellectual Property |
| Robert A. Henry | Civil Litigation: Defense |
| Jacob C. Jones | Intellectual Property Litigation |
| Adam E. Lang + | Business Litigation |
| John F. Lomax, Jr. | Employment & Labor |
| Anne M. Meyer | Employee Benefits |
| Lucas J. Narducci | Energy & Resources |
| Benjamin J. Naylor | Employment Litigation: Defense |
| Bart J. Page | Real Estate |
| Patrick J. Paul | Environmental Litigation |
| Jody K. Pokorski + | Real Estate |
| Patricia Lee Refo + | Business Litigation |
| Howard I. Sobelman | Intellectual Property |
| Joyce K. Wright | Real Estate |
2025 Southwest Super Lawyers – Tucson
| Joseph A. Kroeger | Employment Litigation: Defense |
| Jeffrey L. Willis | Business Litigation |
In addition, the following Snell & Wilmer attorneys in Phoenix and Tucson were selected for inclusion in the 2025 Southwest Rising Stars list. The selection process for Rising Stars is the same as the Super Lawyers selection process except that to be eligible for inclusion, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less, and candidates do not go through the peer evaluation by practice area.
2025 Southwest Rising Stars
| Anthony “Tony” Caldwell ^ | Technology Transactions |
| Delilah R. Cassidy ^ | Employment & Labor |
| Matthew Chiarello | Employee Benefits |
| Creighton P. Dixon | Construction Litigation |
| Derek C. Flint ^ | Constitutional Law |
| James G. Florentine | Bankruptcy: Business |
| Molly J. Kjartanson | Creditor Debtor Rights |
| Sarah Kobeissi | Banking |
| Ryan Konsdorf | Real Estate |
| Amberlee B. Lapointe | Employee Benefits |
| Michael Maerowitz | Land Use/Zoning |
| Lauren Merdinger ^ | Real Estate |
| Tracy A. Olson | Constitutional Law |
| Emily Parker ^ | Business Litigation |
| Rachael Pugel | Intellectual Property Litigation |
| Byron Sarhangian | Real Estate |
| Zach Schroeder ^ | Civil Litigation: Defense |
| Daniel M. Staren ^ | Intellectual Property Litigation |
| Claudia Stedman | Health Care |
| Patrick A. Tighe ^ | Business Litigation |
| Amanda Z. Weaver | Appellate |
| Caitlin E. White | Employment & Labor |
| David W. Wilhelmsen | Securities & Corporate Finance |
| Jennifer Yee | Employment & Labor |
2025 Southwest Rising Stars – Tucson
| Dylan Burstein ^ | Business Litigation |
| Audrey E. Chastain ^ | Employment & Labor |
| Benjamin Hawkins ^ | Real Estate |
| Lauren R. Talkington ^ | Estate & Probate |
About Snell & Wilmer
Founded in 1938, Snell & Wilmer is a full-service business law firm with more than 500 attorneys practicing in 17 locations throughout the United States and in Mexico, including Los Angeles, Orange County, Palo Alto and San Diego, California; Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Denver, Colorado; Washington, D.C.; Boise, Idaho; Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Portland, Oregon; Dallas, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Washington; and Los Cabos, Mexico. The firm represents clients ranging from large, publicly traded corporations to small businesses, individuals and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit swlaw.com.
