BUSINESS EDITION 2012
FROM THE PUBLISHER
VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER
Barb Lammers McGivern
SENIOR DIRECTOR Heather Walker
PUBLISHER Cindy Larson
Welcome to the annual Super Lawyers
Business Edition featuring the top attorneys
in commercial practices across the nation.
In this definitive guide you will find lawyers
from more than 8,500 firms who have
mastered their skills in business and
transactional work; construction, real estate
and environmental; employment; IP; and
business litigation. Each attorney featured
here, whether from a national powerhouse
firm or a solo practitioner, exhibits excellence
in the practice of law and has been included
on a Super Lawyers list in 2011. In addition,
you will find lists of leading law firms of all
sizes that we have ranked as the top law
firms in these business practice areas.
EDITORIAL
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Adam Wahlberg
EDITOR Nyssa Gesch
MANAGING EDITOR/SPECIAL SECTIONS Amy Kates
CONTRIBU TING EDITORS Erik Lundegaard,
Ross Pfund, Beth Taylor
EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Lauren Peck, Jessica Tam
PHOTOGRAPHY Gregory Cowley, Stan Kaady,
Michael Paras, Dustin Snipes
CONTRIBU TING WRITERS Jerry Grillo, Timothy Harper,
Joe Mullich, Larry Rosen, David Surratt
to billion-dollar business. UPS, a $53
billion company that delivers more than 15
million packages to more than 8. 8 million
customers each day in 220 countries and
territories, runs smoothly thanks in large
part to the efforts of GC Teri Plummer
McClure. NBCUniversal’s Rick Cotton talked
to us about what could be the 21st century’s
most important legal war—the battle over
ownership of Internet content—and why he
must be a protector of intellectual property.
Finally, Visa’s GC Josh Floum opened up
about his love of challenges and how he
manages change.
OPERATIONS
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ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/OPERATIONS
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RESEARCH DIRECTOR Julie Gleason
SENIOR RESEARCH SPECIALIST Michael Klick
RESEARCH TEAM LEAD Laura Roepke
RESEARCH EDITORS Chris Cheng, Johanna Grosse,
Jill Steward, Todd Wiersma
DATA ADMINISTRATORS Traci Davey, Cale Millberry,
Laura Smith
DATA SPECIALISTS Beth Callentine, Mary Cheam
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ONLINE APPLICATION DEVELOPER David Malouf
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