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For 13th Consecutive Year, Van Ness Feldman Professionals Are Among the Best Lawyers in America

August 15, 2017

Washington, D.C. and Seattle– Van Ness Feldman is pleased to announce that this year over half of the firm’s partners have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2018 (Copyright 2017 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).  This year’s honorees are ranked in the following practice areas: Energy, Energy-Regulatory, Environmental, Government Relations, Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation - Environmental, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning, Litigation – Real Estate, Native American, Natural Resources, Oil and Gas, Real Estate, Transportation, Utility and Water Law. 

Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence utilizing an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 41,000 leading attorneys cast over 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of their peers.  Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

2018 Van Ness Feldman Professionals listed in Best Lawyers by Practice Area:

Energy

Lawrence Acker
John Buchovecky
Paul Korman
Matthew Love
Malcolm McLellan
Margaret (Peg) Moore                 
Brian O’Neill
Susan Olenchuk
Marlys Palumbo
Doug Smith
Ben Yamagata

Energy Regulatory

Lawrence Acker
Brian O'Neill
Marlys Palumbo

Environmental

Brent Carson
Kyle Danish
Jay Derr
Adam Gravley
Dale Johnson
Tadas Kisielius  
Molly Lawrence
Matthew Love
Malcolm McLellan
Alan Mintz
Marlys Palumbo
Dick Penna
T.C. Richmond 

Government Relations Law

Bob Szabo

Land Use and Zoning

Brent Carson
Jay Derr
Duncan Greene
Tadas Kisielius
Molly Lawrence
T.C. Richmond

Litigation-Environmental

Brent Carson
Kyle Danish
Jay Derr
Stephen Fotis
Adam Gravley
Tadas Kisielius
Molly Lawrence
Matthew Love
T.C. Richmond

Litigation-Land Use and Zoning                 

Brent Carson
Jay Derr
Molly Lawrence

Litigation-Real Estate

Brent Carson

Native American Law       

Richard Agnew
Edward Gehres
Matthew Love
Dan Press
Jonathan Simon

Natural Resources

Lawrence Acker
Richard Agnew
Matthew Love
Margaret (Peg) Moore

Oil and Gas

Lawrence Acker
Paul Korman
Brian O’Neill

Real Estate

Jay Derr
Joel Gordon
Molly Lawrence
Susan Shyne

Transportation

Michael McBride

Utility Law

Adam Gravley

Water

Adam Gravley   

 


 

 

With over 100 professionals in Washington, DC and Seattle, WA, Van Ness Feldman is a nationally recognized law firm focused on law and policy relating to energy, the environment, natural resources, land use, and real estate. The firm helps a broad, national range of clients successfully navigate the complexities of developing, maintaining, and operating natural resource, energy, infrastructure, and sustainable real estate projects.