Phoenix, AZ (August 20, 2020) – Gust Rosenfeld is pleased to announce that Charles W. Wirken, Susan Plimpton Segal, and Gerard R. O’ Meara were named as a “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America©.

Chas was named the Best Lawyers® 2021 Franchise Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Phoenix. Susan was named the Best Lawyers® 2021 Municipal Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Phoenix. Gerard was named the Best Lawyers® 2021 Litigation – Banking and Finance “Lawyer of the Year” in Tucson.

In addition, 33 of the firm’s attorneys, across 29 practice areas, were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021. Five attorneys were selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch©.

The following Gust Rosenfeld attorneys were named in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021:

Phoenix

• Michael H. Bate (Tax Law)
• Laura Sever Blanco (Real Estate Law)
• Kent E. Cammack (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law)
• Tom Chauncey II (Corporate Law)
• Mark L. Collins (Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law)
• Peter Collins, Jr. (Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs)
• A. Daniel Coumides (Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation)
• Susan D. Goodwin (Land Use and Zoning Law; Municipal Law)
• Jay R. Graif (Litigation – Insurance)
• Thomas E. Halter (Real Estate Law)
• Robert D. Haws (Education Law; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment)
• Richard B. Hood (Commercial Litigation)
• Craig L. Keller (Real Estate Law)
• Jennifer N. MacLennan (Education Law
• Scott A. Malm (Real Estate Law)
• Andrew J. McGuire (Land Use and Zoning Law; Municipal Law; Real Estate Law)
• Christopher M. McNichol (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Real Estate Law)
• Christina M. Noyes (Franchise Law)
• Sean P. O’Brien (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Barbara U. Rodriquez-Pashkowski (Environmental Law; Natural Resources Law)
• Frederick H. Rosenfeld (Corporate Law; Municipal Law; Public Finance Law)
• Susan Plimpton Segal (Education Law; Employment Law – Management; Municipal Law)
• J.T. Shoaf (Litigation – Insurance)
• Frank S. Tomkins (Real Estate Law)
• Robert Williams (Ones to Watch: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy)
• Charles W. Wirken (Appellate Practice; Franchise Law)

Tucson

• Mark L. Collins (Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law)
• Peter Collins, Jr. (Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs)
• Patrick J. Farrell (Corporate Law)
• James W. Kaucher (Litigation –Health Care; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants)
• Gerard R. O’Meara (Litigation – Banking and Finance)
• Melissa S. San Angelo (Ones to Watch; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants)
• Michael S. Woodlock (Construction Law; Litigation – Construction; Real Estate Law)