Woods Aitken LLP is pleased to announce that 14 attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021, one of the legal profession’s oldest and most respected peer-review publications. In addition, eight Woods Aitken attorneys were named to the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, which recognizes attorneys who are earlier in their careers.
Woods Aitken has also been recognized as a “Top Listed” firm in Construction Law for the state of Nebraska with the most listed lawyers in a particular region and practice area.
The following Woods Aitken attorneys were selected in their respective practice area(s) for The Best Lawyers in America© 2021:
Appellate Practice
Edward H. Tricker
Arbitration
Allen L. Overcash
Banking and Finance Law
Frank J. Mihulka
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
James A. Overcash
Commercial Litigation
Terry C. Dougherty
Allen L. Overcash
Bruce A. Smith
Edward H. Tricker
Todd W. Weidemann
Communications Law
Paul M. Schudel
Construction Law
Alvin M. Cohen
Kory D. George
Daniel M. Gross
Kerry L. Kester
Allen L. Overcash
James A. Overcash
Edward H. Tricker
Todd W. Weidemann
Corporate Law
Michael D. Matejka
Frank J. Mihulka
Employment Law – Management
Jerry L. Pigsley
Labor Law – Management
*Jerry L. Pigsley – Lincoln “Lawyer of the Year”
Litigation – Construction
Kerry L. Kester
Allen L. Overcash
Litigation - Real Estate
Michael D. Matejka
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Terry C. Dougherty
Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
Terry C. Dougherty
Real Estate Law
Alvin M. Cohen
Michael D. Matejka
Frank J. Mihulka
Utilities Law
Paul M. Schudel
Attorneys listed in "Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch" are:
Banking and Finance Law
Kaylen K. Akert
Commercial Litigation
Laura J. DePetro
Amanda C. Hoberg
Audrey R. Svane
Patrick T. Vint
Construction Law
Amanda C. Hoberg
Patrick T. Vint
Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
Cooper J. Overcash
Labor and Employment Law – Management
Ashley H. Connell
Litigation – Construction
Colin P. Baumchen
Patrick T. Vint
* “Lawyer of the Year” recognitions are awarded to individual attorneys with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific Practice Area and geographic location. Only one lawyer is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for each specialty and location.
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Almost 108,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and we have received over 13 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, 9.4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 67,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.
Recognition by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch is based entirely on peer review and employs the same methodology that has made Best Lawyers the gold standard for legal rankings worldwide. These awards are recognitions given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States. The "Ones to Watch" recipients typically have been in practice for 5-9 years.