Shook "Lawyer of the Year" and Seasoned Professionals Compose Best Lawyers 2021 Rankings

Best Lawyers® selected 68 Shook attorneys for inclusion in its 2021 edition, including Firm Chair Madeleine McDonough chosen for FDA Law. Best Lawyers selected Partner James Muehlberger as a “Lawyer of the Year,” in Mass Torts Litigation/Class Action Defendants, Kansas City.

New this year – “Ones to Watch,” created to showcase up and coming attorneys. Twenty Shook associates were selected for this honor in a variety of areas from product liability to commercial litigation, serving the firm's health, science and technology clients.

Best Lawyers, a peer-reviewed directory, selected the following Shook attorneys for their high level of respect and professionalism.

Atlanta 

• Joshua Becker (Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants)

 Boston

• Richard Campbell  (Product Liability Litigation-Defendants)

Chicago

• Hugh Abrams (Litigation - Intellectual Property, Patent Law)
• Gary Elden (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation – Securities)
• John McCambridge (Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust)
• Gary Miller (Commercial Litigation)
• Lynn Murray (Insurance Law)
• David Schoenfeld (Insurance Law)

Denver

• Kirk Ingebretsen (Commercial Litigation, Securities/Capital Markets Law)

Houston

• Sharon Israel (Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law)

Kansas City

• Robert Adams (Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
• Mark Anstoetter (Litigation – Environmental, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants)
• Walt Cofer (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
• Christopher Cotton (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
• David Erickson (Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants)
• Tom Grever (Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental)
• Sandra Hawley (Real Estate Law)
• Justin Johl (Litigation - Labor and Employment)
• Matthew Keenan (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
• Patrick Lujin (Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent)
• Jim Muehlberger (Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants)
• Joseph Rebein (Commercial Litigation)
• Bill Sampson (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants) 
• Terry Satterlee (Litigation – Environmental)
• Scott Sayler (Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants)
• Jamie Thompson (Litigation – Environmental)
• David Thorne (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
• Gene Voigts (Commercial Litigation)
• Trent Webb (Litigation - Intellectual Property)

Miami

• John Barkett (Arbitration, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Mediation)
• Carlos F. Concepción (International Arbitration – Commercial)
• Bill Geraghty (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
• Ken Reilly (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
• Dan Rogers (Appellate Practice)

Irvine (Orange County, California)

• Michelle Fujimoto (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)

Philadelphia

• Eben Flaster (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
• Thomas Goutman (Product Liability Litigation- Defendants)
• Robert Limbacher (Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants)
• Sean Wajert (Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants)

• Alicia Donahue (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
• Michael Healy (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
• Tammy Webb (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
• Wayne Wolff (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)

Seattle

• Bart Eppenauer (Litigation – Patent, Patent Law)

Tampa 

• Daniel Molony (Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
• Laura Whitmore (Appellate Practice)

Washington, D.C. 

• Madeleine M. McDonough (FDA Law)
• Bill Martucci (Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment)