Accolades

Included in 2026 “Best Law Firms” rankings by Best Lawyers® in America:

REGIONAL TIER 1 -  MADISON, WI

• Criminal Defense: General Practice
• Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Immigration Law
• Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Litigation - Land Use & Zoning
• Litigation - Municipal
• Municipal Law
• Securities/Capital Markets Law 

REGIONAL TIER 2 - MADISON, WI

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Employment Law - Management
• Government Relations Practice
• Real Estate Law

REGIONAL TIER 3 - MADISON, WI

• Corporate Law
• Family Law
• Litigation - Trusts & Estates

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 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® 2027 in the following practice areas:

• Julianne Brock - "Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America" - Family Law
• Jonathan Bruni - Litigation-Construction; Litigation-Real Estate; Real Estate Law
• Sarah DeKraay - Family Law; Collaborative Law: Family Law; Family Law Mediation
• Matthew Fleming - Municipal Law; Appellate Practice; Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation-Land Use and Zoning; Litigation-Municipal (Also named "Madison Lawyer of the Year-Municipal Law" 2025; "Madison Lawyer of the Year-Litigation-Land Use and Zoning" 2021, 2024, 2026; "Madison Lawyer of the Year-Litigation-Municipal Law" 2026)
• David Gorwitz - Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Also named "Madison Lawyer of the Year-Corporate Compliance Law" 2023)
• Vernon Jesse - Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
• Glorily López - Immigration Law (Also named “Madison Lawyer of the Year–Immigration Law”  2013, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2024)
• Mario Mendoza - Litigation-Trusts and Estates
• Stephen Morgan - Securities / Capital Markets Law; Litigation-Securities (Also named "Madison Lawyer of the Year-Government Relations Practice" 2021)
• William Morgan - Employment Law-Management; Municipal Law
• Jason Reed - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
• Ginger Zimmerman – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation-Bankruptcy; Municipal Law; Real Estate Law (Also named "Madison Lawyer of the Year-Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law" 2016, 2018, 2020, 2024; "Madison Lawyer of the Year-Litigation-Bankruptcy" 2021, 2024, 2026)

Included on the 2025 Wisconsin Super Lawyers® lists; published in Wisconsin Super Lawyers 2025 magazine 

• Matthew Fleming - State/Local/Municipal Law
• Jane F. (Ginger) Zimmerman – Bankruptcy: Business (Also “Top 25 Women Wisconsin” in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2022, 2025; and "Top 25 Madison" in 2019, 2024, 2025)

Fellows of the American Bar Foundation

• Jane F. (Ginger) Zimmernan (2020)

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

• Jane F. (Ginger) Zimmerman (2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)

ThreeBest Rated Award - Immigration Lawyers, Madison, WI

• Glorily López (2016)

Fellows of the Wisconsin Law Foundation

• David Gorwitz
• Jane F. (Ginger) Zimmerman (2021)
• Harvey Wendel (2011)

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

• Harvey Wendel (2013)