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Keith Andress, office managing shareholder in the Birmingham office, concentrates his practice in civil litigation, primarily in the areas of business, construction and real estate. He has extensive experience representing financial institutions, title insurers and others involved in loan security and improvements to real property. He has devoted a significant amount of his practice to defending mortgage lenders and servicers against lender liability charges, allegations of mortgage fraud, an...

James G. Busby Jr. is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Health Care Law, Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Real Estate Law and Tax Law. James G., who practices law in Phoenix, Arizona, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which James G. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Joseph Buttiglieri is a shareholder concentrating his practice in the areas of probate litigation and administration, conservatorships, guardianships, wrongful death distributions, family law, and mediation. Mr. Buttiglieri is a popular speaker and writer on topics in his focus areas. He is able to hold the attention of attorneys and non-attorneys. For years, he has often been a featured presenter at the annual ICLE Probate and Estate Planning Seminar and at other ICLE seminars. Recently he w...

Roger S. Kobert is a Partner in Barton’s Litigation Group in New York. As a trial attorney with more than 35 years’ experience, Roger represents foreign and domestic businesses, individuals, and governments in litigation, arbitration, and appeals, leading cross-border, multinational, and domestic dispute resolution teams focused on resolving disputes. Roger handles a wide range of matters, including commercial, financial, and real estate disputes; banking; directors and officers l...

Suzanne Woodrow Snell is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law and Family Law Mediation. Suzanne Woodrow, who practices law in Purcell, Oklahoma, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Suzanne Woodrow is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Walt Holzer focuses on complex business transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, buyouts, recapitalizations, divestitures, venture capital and growth equity investing, and executive compensation. He has handled numerous transactions in a wide variety of industries for private equity, family office and strategic clients. Praised by clients for his "pragmatic approach, business acumen and sector knowledge" and his "expertise…and commerciality" and "valuable understanding of the mos...

Todd Schafer is recognized as one of the best trial lawyers of his generation. As the son of founding partner Timothy Schafer, Todd was immersed in the courtroom at an early stage of his career and was given an opportunity to try many cases at a young age. Demonstrating exceptional skill and tenacity, he quickly earned a reputation for winning challenging cases and achieving remarkable results, even in conservative jurisdictions. At just 30 years old, Todd secured a landmark $32.5 million ver...

Tim Hayes is an attorney with Harris Shelton PLLC in Memphis, Tennessee who focuses his practice on defending healthcare providers and medical organizations in complex litigation . Since 1990, he has represented healthcare facilities, hospitals, nursing homes, dialysis clinics, and individual medical professionals in professional liability matters. His work includes defending physicians, nurses, dentists, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare providers in cases involving Medical Malpracti...

Rich is a patent attorney and intellectual property (IP) litigator having extensive experience in handling disputes involving all types of IP rights, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Rich has litigated over 150 IP cases, including more than 100 patent disputes involving technologies such as industrial & oilfield equipment, cellular and wireless communications protocols, electronic commerce and payment systems, video encoding and streaming, distributed computin...

Karl A. Fritton is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management and Labor Law - Management. Karl A., who practices law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been recognized since 2001. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Karl A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.