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Eric Hoch is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Appellate Practice, Construction Law and Insurance Law. Eric, who practices law in Des Moines, Iowa, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Eric is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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Laura serves as Chair of the Insurance Coverage practice group for the firm’s Minneapolis office. She focuses her practice on commercial insurance coverage -- especially environmental and construction defect claims and litigation, which she has handled throughout the United States in the state and federal trial and appeals courts. She has appeared in three state supreme courts and four different federal circuit courts of appeals. Her practice also includes insurance coverage disputes un...

Recognized as one of the top lawyers in the investment management field, Michael Tannenbaum is a multi-faceted business lawyer who advises on: Transactions: Private equity and portfolio M&A Emerging ideas: Venture capital, early stage angel investing and later round financing Investments: Hedge fund, private fund and individual managed accounts Regulatory: SEC and NFA, FINRA, cross-border compliance Wealth management: Family offices, charitable foundations and endowments assistance, gover...

Albert M. Cohen is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Environmental Law. Albert M., who practices law in Los Angeles, California, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Albert M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Michael F. Tobin was raised in Aberdeen, South Dakota. His father, Tom, practiced law in Aberdeen for decades, instilling in Michael from his earliest years a passion for education and the law. Michael graduated from Roncalli High School in 1994 and spent much of his youth playing hockey, tennis and football. Michael attended the University of Notre Dame and graduated with honors with degrees in American History and Government. Michael returned to South Dakota and attended the University of S...

Margo Meola joined the firm as a Shareholder in July of 2015. Prior to joining BSPP, she was a partner with Davis & Young. Ms. Meola began her career as an Attorney Clerk for the Honorable Joseph J. Vukovich in the Seventh District Court of Appeals. She has extensive civil trial and appellate experience and has handled complex and mass tort litigation, as well as medical malpractice and insurance coverage matters. Mrs Meloa is licensed to practice in both Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Thane assists clients with structuring new markets tax credits financings, including upper-tier lending arrangements, direct and indirect credit enhancement of lower-tier borrowing arrangements and unique lower-tier equity financing.

K. Coleman Westbrook, Jr., is a partner in the firm’s Estate Planning Practice Group. His practice consists of performing analysis and planning for individuals with regard to gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes; charitable and other lifetime and testamentary transfers; probate and estate, trust and non-profit/tax-exempt administration.Coleman’s practice includes the drafting of and advising wills, revocable trusts, powers of attorney, living wills, beneficiary desi...

A former Assistant General Counsel for the Missouri Public Service Commission, William "Trip" England is a utility lawyer practicing primarily in the area of telecommunications law. Since 1991, Trip has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Communications Law and Energy Law. Trip is a former Vice Chairman of the Communications Committee of the Section of Public Utility Law; Communications and Transportation Law of the American Bar Association. He is a former president of t...