Mo. law firms make leading litigation list

St. Louis Business Journal St. -October 15, 2007

More than a dozen Missouri law firms were recognized as leading litigation firms in the 2008 debut edition of "Benchmark: Litigation" published by Institutional Investor and Legal Media Group Euromone.

The following litigation firms in Missouri were rated "highly recommended leading litigation firms": Armstrong Teasdale; Berkowitz Oliver Williams Shaw & Eisenbrandt; Blackwell Sanders; Bryan Cave; Lathrop & Gage; Rouse Hendricks German May; Shook Hardy & Bacon; Shughart Thomson & Kilroy; Stinson Morrison Hecker; and Thompson Coburn.

Those firms rated as recommended are: Deacy & Deacy; Husch & Eppenberger; Kohn Shands Elbert Gianoulakis & Giljum; Lewis Rice & Fingersh; Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus; Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal; and Wyrsch Hobbs & Mirakian.

The firms were evaluated by evidence of outstanding case results over the past three years, feedback from clients and peers, as well as face-to-face and telephone interviews with the nation's leading private practice lawyers and in-house counsel.