Accolades

Ranked in the 2024 “Best Law Firms” rankings by Best Lawyers® and U.S. News & World Report - Metropolitan Rankings for Madison, WI

METROPOLITAN MADISON TIER 1

  • Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Criminal Defense: General
  • Criminal Defense: White Collar
  • Immigration Law
  • Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Litigation -- Land Use & Zoning
  • Litigation - Municipal
  • Litigation – Securities
  • Municipal Law
  • Real Estate Law
  • Securities/Capital Markets Law 

METROPOLITAN MADISON TIER 2

  • Employment Law - Management

METROPOLITAN MADISON TIER 3

  • Corporate Law
  • Family Law

Martindale Hubbell – “Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers”

  • AV (top) rated firm (fewer than 5% of law firms qualify for “Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers”)

Best Lawyers in America® 2019 “Top-Listed” (most listed lawyers in the practice group per market)

  • Top-Listed in in Madison, WI, in Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Best Business Law Firm - Wisconsin

  • AI Legal Awards (2016)

Executive Choice Award – Preferred Law Firm - In Business magazine "Book of Lists"

  • Executive Choice Award – 1st Place Award Winner (2013, 2012, 2011, 2010) "Top 3" (2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2017)

Selected by peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® 2024 in the following practice areas:

  • Lawrence Bechler - Municipal Law; Litigation-Municipal (Also named “Madison Lawyer of the Year – Municipal Law” 2012, 2017, 2019, 2024, and "Litigation-Municipal" 2016, 2018, 2022)
  • Sarah DeKraay - Family Law
  • Matthew Fleming - Municipal Law; Litigation-Land Use and Zoning; Litigation-Muncipal (Also named "Madison Lawyer of the Year - Litigation-Land Use and Zoning" 2021, 2024)
  • Hal Harlowe - Criminal Defense: General Practice; Criminal Defense: White Collar (Also named "Madison Lawyer of the Year - Criminal Defense: White Collar 2022, 2024)
  • Vernon Jesse - Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
  • Daniel Lipman - Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
  • Glorily López - Immigration Law (Also Named “Madison Lawyer of the Year – Immigration Law”  2013, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2024)
  • Mark Maciolek - Criminal Defense: General Practice; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Mario Mendoza - Litigation - Trusts and Estates
  • Stephen Morgan - Securities / Capital Markets Law; Government Relations Practice; Litigation-Securities (Also named "Madison Lawyer of the Year - Government Relations Practice" 2021)
  • William Morgan - Employment Law-Management
  • Robert Pasch - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (Also named "Madison Lawyer of the Year - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law" 2021, 2023)
  • Nicole Pellerin - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reoriganization Law 
  • Jason Reed - Corporate Law
  • Bruce Rosen - Criminal Defense: White Collar; Criminal Defense: General Practice (Also named "Madison Lawyer of the Year - Criminal Defense: General Practice 2012"; "Madison Lawyer of the Year - Criminal Defense: White Collar" 2013)
  • Jane (Ginger) Zimmerman – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation-Bankruptcy; Municipal Law    (Also named "Madison Lawyer of the Year - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law" 2016, 2018, 2020, 2024, and "Litigation-Bankruptcy" 2021, 2024)
  • Kristin Beilke - ("Ones to Watch") - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Included on the 2023 Wisconsin Super Lawyers® lists and Rising Stars lists; published in Wisconsin Super Lawyers 2023 magazine 

  • Lawrence Bechler – State/Local/Municipal Law  (Also “Top 50 Wisconsin” and “Top 25 Madison” in 2011)
  • Nicole Pellerin - Creditor Debtor Rights
  • Jane F. (Ginger) Zimmerman – Bankruptcy: Business (Also “Top 25 Women Wisconsin” in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2022; and "Top 25 Madison" in 2019, 2024)
  • Jason Reed - (Rising Star) - Corporate/Business

Fellows of the American Bar Foundation

  • Hal Harlowe (2020)
  • Jane F. (Ginger) Zimmernan (2020)
  • Larry Bechler (2016)

Lawdragon's Inaugural 2020 "500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers"

  • Jane F. (Ginger) Zimmerman (2020, 2022, 2023)

Up and Coming Lawyers, Wisconsin Law Journal publication

  • Maryam Ghayyad (2018)

ThreeBest Rated Award - Immigration Lawyers, Madison, WI

  • Glorily López (2016)

Top One Percent (by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel)

  • Hal Harlowe (2015)
  • Bruce Rosen (2015)

Fellows of the Wisconsin Law Foundation

  • Jane F. (Ginger) Zimmerman (2021)
  • Larry Bechler (2017)
  • Harvey Wendel (2011)

"7 Over 70” – In Business magazine (notable professionals in Dane County over 70 years of age)

  • Harvey Wendel (2013)

 

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