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Southwest Super Lawyers Recognizes 50 Snell & Wilmer Attorneys in 2026 Rankings
PHOENIX (April 22, 2026) – Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that 50 attorneys in the Phoenix and Tucson offices have been selected for inclusion in the 2026 Southwest Super Lawyers publication. Of those 50, four were recognized for the first time and 24 were recognized as Southwest Rising Stars. Super Lawyers is a listing of lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. Super Lawyers was first published in 1991 by Law & Politics and was acquired by Thomson Reuters, Legal in February 2010. Thomson Reuters is a leading source of information for businesses and professionals. The below Snell & Wilmer attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2026 Southwest Super Lawyers rankings.
* Denotes 20th year on the list
+ Denotes Top Honors
^ Denotes new to the list
2026 Southwest Super Lawyers – Phoenix
| David Barker | Intellectual Property Litigation |
| Cory Braddock | Business Litigation |
| James R. Condo * | Professional Liability: Defense |
| Lisa M. Coulter | Employment & Labor |
| Vaughn A. Crawford | Personal Injury – Products: Defense |
| Barbara J. Dawson *+ | Business Litigation |
| Michael M. Donahey | Mergers & Acquisitions |
| Matthew P. Feeney | Mergers & Acquisitions |
| Matthew P. Fischer III + | Business Litigation |
| Patrick X. Fowler | Personal Injury – Products: Defense |
| R. Lee Fraley | Intellectual Property |
| Greg Gautam | Employee Benefits |
| Charles F. Hauff, Jr. | Intellectual Property |
| Jacob C. Jones | Intellectual Property Litigation |
| Adam E. Lang + | Business Litigation |
| John F. Lomax, Jr. | Employment & Labor |
| Anne M. Meyer + | Employee Benefits |
| Bart J. Page | Real Estate |
| Patrick J. Paul | Environmental Litigation |
| Jody K. Pokorski * | Real Estate |
| Patricia Lee Refo *+ | Business Litigation |
| Howard I. Sobelman | Intellectual Property |
| Joyce K. Wright * | Real Estate |
2026 Southwest Super Lawyers – Tucson
| Courtney L. Henson ^ | Business Litigation |
| Joseph A. Kroeger | Employment Litigation: Defense |
| Jeffrey L. Willis | Business Litigation |
In addition, the following Snell & Wilmer attorneys in Phoenix and Tucson were selected for inclusion in the 2026 Southwest Rising Stars list. The selection process for Rising Stars is the same as the Super Lawyers selection process except that to be eligible for inclusion, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less, and candidates do not go through the peer evaluation by practice area.
2026 Southwest Rising Stars
| Jada Allender ^ | Entertainment & Sports |
| Matthew Chiarello | Employee Benefits |
| Creighton P. Dixon | Construction Litigation |
| Hannah-Kaye Fleming | Bankruptcy: Business |
| Derek C. Flint | Constitutional Law |
| James G. Florentine | Bankruptcy: Business |
| Trent L. Hoffman ^ | Intellectual Property |
| Molly J. Kjartanson | Creditor Debtor Rights |
| Ryan Konsdorf | Real Estate |
| Amberlee B. Lapointe | Employee Benefits |
| Michael Maerowitz | Land Use/Zoning |
| Tracy A. Olson | Constitutional Law |
| Emily R. Flint | Business Litigation |
| Martyna Sawicka ^ | Business Litiagation |
| Zach Schroeder | Civil Litigation: Defense |
| Claudia Stedman | Health Care |
| Patrick A. Tighe | Business Litigation |
| Jacob R. Valdez | Employment & Labor |
| Amanda Z. Weaver | Appellate |
| David W. Wilhelmsen | Securities & Corporate Finance |
| Jennifer Yee | Employment & Labor |
2026 Southwest Rising Stars – Tucson
| Dylan Burstein | Business Litigation |
| Audrey E. Chastain | Employment & Labor |
| Benjamin Hawkins | Real Estate |
About Snell & Wilmer
Founded in 1938, Snell & Wilmer is a full-service business law firm with more than 500 attorneys practicing in 17 locations throughout the United States and in Mexico, including Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Los Angeles, Orange County, Palo Alto and San Diego, California; Denver, Colorado; Washington, D.C.; Boise, Idaho; Las Vegas and Reno-Tahoe, Nevada; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Portland, Oregon; Dallas, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Washington; and Los Cabos, Mexico. The firm represents clients ranging from large, publicly traded corporations to small businesses, individuals and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit swlaw.com.
