November 18, 2016

Eighteen lawyers from Brown & James, P.C. have been named as Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers for 2016. Another eleven have been named as Missouri & Kansas Rising Stars. They join two lawyers previously announced as Illinois Super Lawyers for 2016.

Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in a state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. Brown & James lawyers selected for this credible, comprehensive, and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys are:

• Denise E. Baker-Seal, Belleville (Personal Injury Defense: General)
• Robert L. Brady, St. Louis (Insurance Coverage)
• David P. Bub, St. Louis (Civil Litigation Defense)
• David R. Buchanan, Kansas City (Personal Injury Defense: Products)
• John P. Cunningham, Belleville (Personal Injury Defense: General)
• David P. Ellington, St. Louis (Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice)
• Bradley R. Hansmann, St. Louis (Personal Injury Defense: General)
• Jacqueline M. Kinder, St. Louis (Civil Litigation Defense)
• Matthew G. Koehler, St. Louis (Construction Litigation)
• Corey L. Kraushaar, St. Louis (Personal Injury Defense: General)
• Michael B. Maguire, St. Louis (Insurance Coverage)
• Brian R. Plegge, St. Louis (Personal Injury Defense: Products)
• Robert S. Rosenthal, St. Louis (Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice)
• Steven H. Schwartz, St. Louis (Business Litigation)
• Peter F. Spataro, St. Louis (Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice)
• Joseph R. Swift, St. Louis (Transportation/Maritime)
• Christine A. Vaporean, St. Louis (Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice)
• T. Michael Ward, St. Louis (Appellate)
• Russell F. Watters, St. Louis (Insurance Coverage)
• Philip L. Willman, St. Louis (Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice)

Rising Stars are chosen by their peers as being among the top up-and-coming lawyers. Lawyers must be 40 years old or younger, or in practice ten years or less. Only the top 2.5 percent are named to the list.

• Brandon B. Copeland, St. Louis (Civil Litigation Defense)
• Halle L. Dimar, St. Louis (Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice)
• Kevin M. Glynn, St. Louis (Personal Injury Defense: General)
• Justin A. Hardin, St. Louis (Civil Litigation Defense)
• Todd A. Lubben, St. Louis (Professional Liability Defense)
• Derek H. MacKay, Kansas City (Business Litigation)
• Jonathan B. Morrow, St. Louis (Insurance Coverage)
• Brendon T. Sanders, St. Louis (Civil Litigation Defense)
• Christopher J. Seibold, St. Louis (Civil Litigation Defense)
• Morgan K. Williams, St. Louis (Employee Litigation: General)
• Timothy J. Wolf, St. Louis (Insurance Coverage)

The Super Lawyers lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers Magazines and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country. Super Lawyers Magazines also feature editorial profiles of attorneys who embody excellence in the practice of law.