Twenty-five attorneys from the law firm of Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer have been recognized by Best Lawyers in America© 2018.

For more than three decades, Best Lawyers has compiled lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The methodology is designed to capture the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area. Best Lawyers peer-reviewed listings are now published in almost 75 countries around the world. The 24th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© (2018) includes 58,507 attorneys in 145 practice areas, covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and inclusion in this year’s publication is based on more than 7.4 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.

The following Martin Pringle attorneys have been recognized as Best Lawyers© for 2018:

Kansas City, MO
David E. Larson – Insurance Law; Litigation – Insurance (since 2016)

Overland Park, KS
Thomas S. Busch – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Litigation – Intellectual Property; Real Estate Law; Sports Law (since 2013)
Scott B. Haines – Real Estate Law (since 2018)
Thomas A. Hamill – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Commercial Litigation (since 2009)
Joseph Y. Holman – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) (since 2018)
Lora M. Jennings – Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment (since 2018)
William A. Mallory – Insurance Law (since 2013)
Richard S. Wetzler – Real Estate Law (since 2018)

Wichita, KS
Teresa L. Adams – Appellate Practice (since 2013)
Martin W. Bauer – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law (since 2013)
George C. Bruce – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) (since 2016)
W. Rick Griffin – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (since 2013)
Michael G. Jones – Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (since 2012)
Jeff Kennedy – Energy Law; Environmental Law; Mining Law; Oil and Gas Law (since 2007)
Terry L. Malone – Construction Law (since 2013)
Terry L. Mann – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management (since 2006)
Brent A. Mitchell – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates (since 2012)
William L. Oliver, Jr. – Aviation Law (since 2013)
Anna C. Ritchie – Litigation – Labor and Employment (since 2018)
Stanford J. Smith, Jr. – Insurance Law; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants (since 2013)
Jeff C. Spahn – Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (since 2011)
Terry J. Torline – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers (since 2013)
Dennis P. Wetta – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Real Estate Law (since 2016)
Marcia A. Wood – Appellate Practice (since 2013)
David S. Wooding – Aviation Law; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (since 2012)

Additionally, Best Lawyers© designates individual attorneys with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region “Lawyers of the Year” in its publication.Only one attorney is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for each specialty and location. The following Martin Pringle attorneys were also honored with “Lawyer of the Year” status:

Wichita
Brent A. Mitchell – Tax Law
David S. Wooding – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Marcia A. Wood – Appellate Practice
Stanford J. Smith, Jr. – Insurance Law

Kansas City-KS
Thomas S. Busch – Litigation – Intellectual Property