Super Lawyers - Mountain States 2011

Thomas Winner is a founding member of Atkin Winner & Sherrod, Ltd., a twelve-lawyer civil litigation firm. Tom represents individuals, businesses, and insurers in a variety of civi litigation, including personal injury, disability, wrongful death, and insurance bad faith.

CIVIL LI TIGATION DEFENSE PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL

PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL

THOMAS E. WINNER
ATKIN WINNER & SHERROD
1117 South Rancho Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89102
Tel: 702-243-7000
Fax: 702-243-7059
twinner@awslawyers.com
www.atkinwinnersherrod.com

A. CLIFFORD EDWARDS

ED WARDS, FRICKLE & CULVER

1601 Lewis Avenue, Suite 206

PO Box 20039

Billings, M T 59104

Tel: 406-256-8155

Fax: 406-256-8159 pamela@edwardslawfirm.org www.edwardslawfirm.org

Mr. Edwards, whose family roots in Montana go back to the early 1890s, has maintained a plaintiffs’ trial practice, based out of Billings, for 33 years. He has obtained two of the four highest jury verdicts in Montana’s history, the most recent in February 2007. Mr. Edwards is a member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, the American College of Trial Lawyers, and ABOTA; charter member of the ATLA President’s Club; past recipient of Montana Trial Lawyer of the Year; and listed in The Best Lawyers in America for 22 years. Mr. Edwards has maintained an AV rating in Martindale-Hubbell for 25 years. His practice includes environmental cleanup of Montanans’ private property, insurance bad faith, and a wide range of personal injury including product liability, negligence actions, and workplace injuries.

ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: PRODUC TS

PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL

MICHAEL F. SKOLNICK

KIPP AND CHRISTIAN, P.C.

10 Exchange Place

4th Floor Salt Lake City, U T 84111

Tel: 801-521-3773

Fax: 801-359-9004 mfskolnick@kippandchristian.com www.kippandchristian.com

Michael Skolnick is a shareholder in the Salt Lake law firm Kipp and Christian, P.C. His practice emphasizes professional malpractice defense, commercial litigation, personal injury law, and general civil litigation. Representative clients include corporations, attorneys, accountants, real estate agents and brokers, insurance agents, plaintiffs and defendants in personal injury and product liability actions, and a variety of other litigation and business clients. Mr. Skolnick is a 1982 graduate of The University of Texas at Austin and a 1985 graduate of The University of Texas School of Law. He joined Kipp and Christian in 1988 and became a shareholder in 1992. He is a frequent lecturer on topics related to professional malpractice defense and associated insurance issues.

BUSINESS LI TIGATION GENERAL LITIGATION

PROFESSIONAL LIABILI T Y: DEFENSE

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LEANN SANDERS

ALVERSON, TAYLOR, MORTENSEN & SANDERS

7401 West Charleston Boulevard Las Vegas, NV 89117

Tel: 702-384-7000

Fax: 702-385-7000 lsanders@alversontaylor.com www.alversontaylor.com

LeAnn has been with Alverson, Taylor, Mortensen & Sanders since 1985. She accepted a partnership in the firm in 1995. She was the first woman in Nevada to be a named partner in a major law firm. LeAnn specializes in civil litigation with an emphasis on insurance law, employment law, and medical malpractice. She is an experienced trial attorney who has tried to conclusion many complex medical malpractice cases. LeAnn is a member of the two most prestigious trial lawyer organizations in America – the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL) and the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). Of the approximately 3,300 female lawyers in Nevada as of 2011, she is the only woman lawyer in the state who has been accepted into membership by both of these organizations.

EMPLOYMENT & LABOR PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: PRODUC TS

PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: MEDICAL MALPRAC TICE
CHRISTOPHER C. BURKE GREENER BURKE SHOEMAKER P.A. 950 West Bannock Street Suite 900 Boise, ID 83702 Tel: 208-319-2600 Fax: 208-319-2601 cburke@greenerlaw.com www.greenerlaw.com

Mr. Burke’s practice focuses on complex litigation, with primary emphasis on commercial, business, products liability, and personal injury litigation. He has been the lead counsel among the defense group representing product manufacturers in asbestos personal injury litigation in Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana. His trial experience covers a broad range of substantive law, including employment, medical malpractice, construction, products liability, and commercial and business transactions litigated in numerous state and federal trial and appellate courts. He has experience in class action litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and appellate practice. He has served on the Idaho Federal Court panels of approved arbitrators and mediators and on the Idaho Supreme Court panel of approved mediators.

BUSINESS LITIGATION PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL

PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: PRODUC TS

J. NICHOLAS MURDOCK

MURDOCK LAW FIRM, PC

211 South Second Street Suite A PO Box 1006

Laramie, W Y 82073

Tel: 307-235-0480

Fax: 877-216-5037 nick@nmurdocklaw.com www.nickmurdock.com

Nick Murdock, the owner and managing partner of Murdock Law Firm, PC, has been practicing law for over 34 years. Nick represents personal injury plaintiffs, royalty owners, and insureds in bad faith cases against their insurer. He practices in the areas of energy, natural resources, and environmental litigation. Nick has taken to court 14 class action lawsuits that resulted in payment of over $25 million to Wyoming royalty owners. He was part of the team that obtained a $17.5 million verdict in a carbon monoxide poisoning case. He achieved multimillion-dollar settlements against insurers. Nick and members of his firm believe community service is a necessary part of the practice of law.

ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMEN TAL LITIGATION

PERSONAL INJURY PLAIN TIFF: GENERAL
JOSEPH P. GARIN LIPSON, NEILSON, COLE, SELTZER & GARIN P.C. 9080 West Post Road Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89148 Tel: 702-382-1500 Fax: 702-382-1512 jgarin@lipsonneilson.com www.lipsonneilson.com

Joseph P. Garin is a partner at Lipson, Neilson, Cole, Seltzer & Garin, P.C., with offices in Las Vegas, Nevada and Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Mr. Garin has a national practice focused on professional liability, ethics, insurance coverage disputes, directors and officers claims, and enterprise risk management. He is a frequent speaker on matters of lawyer professional liability and law practice management. He represents numerous lawyers and law firms in Nevada and Michigan and is consulted nationally on practice issues. Mr. Garin earned a B.G.S. from the University of Michigan and received his J.D., cum laude, from Michigan State University. He is a member of the State Bars of Nevada, Michigan, Colorado, and Illinois.

INSURANCE COVERAGE EMPLOYMEN T LITIGATION: DEFENSE

PROFESSIONAL LIABILI T Y: DEFENSE

FREDRIC V. SHOEMAKER

GREENER BURKE SHOEMAKER P.A.

950 West Bannock Street Suite 900

Boise, ID 83702

Tel: 208-319-2600

Fax: 208-319-2601 fshoemaker@greenerlaw.com www.greenerlaw.com

Over his 30-plus-year career in law, Mr. Shoemaker’s practice has encompassed a broad array of legal areas including real estate, business, commercial law, pharmaceutical, and transportation. He has extensive experience in both litigation and transactional work in these and other practice areas. He regularly consults for and provides guidance to lenders, businesses, developers, property owners, municipalities, and lawyers in commercial, general business, banking, condemnation, and real estate matters. His litigation experience extends to construction, transportation, personal injury, land use, and eminent domain. He has also been the lead or co-lead trial counsel in pharmaceutical product liability, securities violations, municipal bonding, construction defect, complex contract, and lender liability suits.