The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 list recognized 4 Axley attorneys as “Lawyer of the Year” and an additional 32 Axley attorneys as “Best Lawyers” in its 27th edition. The new “Ones to Watch” list also featured Axley attorney Conor Leedom.
Best Lawyers® only recognizes one attorney as “Lawyer of the Year” per specialty and location. The four Axley recipients, having the highest peer review rating and feedback in Madison for their practice area, include: Steven Brezinski – Tax Law, Richard Petershack – Banking and Finance Law, Michael Riley – Arbitration, and Steven Streck – Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law.
Additional Axley attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021 list and the practice area they are recognized for include:
Madison
- Michael Anderson – Commercial Litigation
- Steven Brezinski – Tax Law
- Gregory Collins – Real Estate Law
- Paul Curtis – Litigation – Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Guy Dubeau – Litigation – Construction, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- David Easton – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Patricia Gibeault – Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Saul Glazer – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law
- Daniel Hardy – Communications Law, Energy Law
- Bruce Harms – Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
- Arthur Kurtz – Insurance Law
- Larry Libman – Real Estate Law
- Lori Lubinsky – Education Law, Insurance Law
- Michael Modl – Litigation – First Amendment, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Labor & Employment, Litigation – Patent
- Mitch Olson – Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
- Laura Peck – Banking & Finance Law
- David Pelletier – Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Litigation – Real Estate
- Richard Petershack – Banking & Finance Law, Real Estate
- Robert Procter – Real Estate Law
- Michael Riley – Arbitration, Mediation, Personal Injury-Plaintiffs
- Leslie Sammon – Employment Law – Management
- John Schmid, Jr. – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Jonathan Schuster – Securities Regulation
- Carl Sinderbrand – Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Environmental
- Heath Straka – Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Steven Streck – Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law, Litigation-Environmental, Personal Injury – Defendants
- Charles Sweeney – Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Environmental
- John Walsh – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Michael Westcott – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor & Employment
Waukesha
- Donald Gallo – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
- Timothy Fenner – Insurance Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
- Michelle Martin – Real Estate Law
- Don Murn – Business Organizations, Real Estate Law
Regarded as a top reference guide to the legal profession, The Best Lawyers® lists are compiled through an extensive peer-review survey in which thousands of lawyers in the U.S. evaluate their professional peers.