CONSTRUCTION, REAL ESTATE & ENVIRONMENTAL
TOP LAW FIRMS
FIRM SPOTLIGHT
OKLAHOMA
Crowe & Dunlevy
Ryan Whaley Coldiron Shandy
Spradling Kennedy & McPhail
OREGON
Stoel Rives
McEwen Gisvold
Radler White Parks & Alexander
Querin Law
PENNSYLVANIA
Babst Calland
Manko Gold Katcher & Fox
Dingess Foster Luciana Davidson &
Chleboski
Richard M. Heller
RHODE ISLAND
Hinckley Allen
Pierce Atwood
SOUTH CAROLINA
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
Richardson Plowden & Robinson
Elmore Goldsmith
TENNESSEE
Bass Berry & Sims
Sherrard & Roe
Harkavy Shainberg Kaplan & Dunstan
TEXAS
Thompson & Knight
Guida Slavich & Flores
Hayes Berry White & Vanzant
David Z. Conoly
UTAH
Holland & Hart
Clyde Snow & Sessions
Babcock Scott & Babcock
David W. Tundermann
VERMONT
Downs Rachlin Martin
Dinse Knapp & McAndrew
Murphy Sullivan Kronk
VIRGINIA
McGuireWoods
Walsh Colucci Lubeley Emrich & Walsh
MercerTrigiani
WASHINGTON
Foster Pepper
Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson
Alston Courtnage & Bassetti
Law Office of Michael C. Tronquet
WEST VIRGINIA
Steptoe & Johnson
Huddleston Bolen
Reeder & Shuman
WISCONSIN
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren
Stafford Rosenbaum
Chernov Stern & Krings
Horton Law Office
WYOMING
Holland & Hart
Hickey & Evans
Yonkee & Toner
LONDON (UK)
Forsters LLP
Fenwick Elliott LLP
Harris Hagan
MCKIRDY & RISKIN
MORRISTOWN, N.J.
At McKirdy & Riskin, it’s all about property owners. Whether
it’s big or small property and whether the case concerns
eminent domain, real estate tax appeals or redevelopment,
McKirdy & Riskin gets it done. In business since 1967,
the firm has spent 30 years handling the tax appeals for
Kessler Development’s properties. Bob Kilgannon, senior
vice president of Kessler, says the firm has, on average, 15
to 20 cases open a year for the company. Kilgannon figures
McKirdy & Riskin has saved his company several million
dollars in tax refunds. Kilgannon was very impressed with
lawyer Thomas Olson. “He possesses … the rare ability to
determine where a settlement is most likely to be made with
a particular tax assessor. That’s something that you really
can’t teach.”
THE PAPE LAW FIRM
WHEATON, ILL.
Arthur Pape, owner of The Pape Law Firm, is an expert in
nearly all things real estate. Practicing law since 1965, Pape
represents developers and investors in the various aspects of
development, financing, leasing, construction and operation
of different types of buildings. Jim Boures, owner of Titan
Development Co., has benefitted from Pape’s skills for over 25
years. “We don’t have an in-house counsel so he’s really been
a real member in a sense,” says Boures. Pape has negotiated
multimillion-dollar deals for the company. “If I were to say
what the magic of Art is: he is able to drive home our best
interests but, at the same time, be able to get the deal done,”
Boures says.
