Best Lawyers has released the newest edition of its rankings, and FMJ is excited to announce that eight of our attorneys have been selected for The Best Lawyers in America® list, and eight of our attorneys have been selected for the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America list!
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as one of the major guides to legal excellence. Best Lawyers recognitions are compiled based on an exhaustive Purely Peer Review® evaluation. For the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, more than 23 million votes were analyzed. For the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, more than 4 million votes were analyzed. As such, FMJ is proud to have so many of our attorneys included on these lists.
Here is a complete breakdown of the rankings and practice areas:
The 2025 Best Lawyers in America® List
- Heidi Carpenter
- Corporate Law
- V. John Ella
- Employment Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Robert Fafinski, Jr.
- Corporate Law
- David Ness
- Trusts and Estates
- Patrick Rooney
- Commercial Litigation
- David Runck
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Karen Schlotthauer
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Trusts and Estates
- James Seifert
- Corporate Law
The 2025 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America List
- Jamie Briones
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Joshua Damberg
- Trusts and Estates
- Robert Fafinski III
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Bradley Hutter
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Paul Shneider
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Real Estate Law
- Nathan Snyder
- Real Estate Law
- Anna Swiecichowski
- Commercial Litigation
- Robert Tunheim
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
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