O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing S.C. is pleased to announce that 15 lawyers have been named to the 2017 Edition of Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.

Best Lawyers has published their list for over three decades, earning the respect of the profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals. Its first international list was published in 2006 and since then has grown to provide lists in almost 70 countries.

“Best Lawyers is the most effective tool in identifying critical legal expertise,” said CEO Steven Naifeh. “Inclusion on this list shows that an attorney is respected by his or her peers for professional success.”

Lawyers on the Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.

O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing S.C. would like to congratulate the following attorneys named to the 2017 Best Lawyers in America list:

• James G. DeJong – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Seth E. Dizard – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation-Bankruptcy
• Peter J. Faust – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• John G. Gehringer – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
• Dennis W. Hollman –  Corporate Law, Trusts and Estates
• Grant C. Killoran – Litigation-Health Care
• Dean P. Laing – Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
• Gregory W. Lyons – Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Insurance
• Gregory S. Mager – Family Law
• Patrick G. McBride – Commercial Litigation
• Thomas A. Merkle – Family Law
• Steven J. Slawinski – Construction Law

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey. Over 54,000 leading attorneys cast more than 7.3 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing is pleased to be selected for inclusion in the 2015 Super Lawyers Business Edition. The Top firms were chosen based on the number of attorneys within the firm who were selected to the 2014 or 2015 Super Lawyers list in business practice areas, as well as a combination of metrics indicating the quality of those attorneys. Quality factors that were considered included the number of years selected to the list, inclusion on a top list, and their average blue ribbon panel scores.

The following attorneys recognized by Super Lawyers and featured in the 2015 Annual Directory of the nation’s top attorneys in business and transactions practice areas include:

• James G. DeJong – Mergers and Acquisitions
• Seth E. Dizard – Creditor Debtor Rights
• Peter J. Faust – Mergers and Acquisitions
• John G. Gehringer – Real Estate
• Joseph E. Gumina – Employment and Labor
• Gregory W. Lyons – Business Litigation
• Patrick G. McBride – Business Litigation
• Joseph D. Newbold – Business Litigation
• Chad J. Richter – Business/Corporate
• John R. Schreiber – Creditor Debtor Rights
• Jason R. Scoby – Mergers and Acquisitions

O’Neil Cannon is proud to announce that the following sixteen attorneys were selected for inclusion on the Super Lawyers list, which is limited to 5% of all Wisconsin attorneys, as published in the December 2015 Edition of Milwaukee Magazine and the Wisconsin Super Lawyers Magazine:

• Douglas P. Dehler
• James G. DeJong
• Seth E. Dizard
• Peter J. Faust
• John G. Gehringer
• Joseph E. Gumina
• Dean P. Laing
• Gregory W. Lyons
• Gregory S. Mager
• Patrick G. McBride
• Joseph D. Newbold
• Chad J. Richter
• John R. Schreiber
• Jason R. Scoby

In addition, the following four attorneys were selected for inclusion on the Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” list, which “recognize[s] the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state—those who are 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less:”

• Melissa S. Blair
• Megan O. Harried
• Erica N. Reib
• Timothy M. Van de Kamp

The Firm is proud to further announce that Dean Laing, Seth Dizard, and Peter Faust were selected by Super Lawyers as “Top 50 Attorneys” in Wisconsin and “Top 25 Attorneys” in the Milwaukee Area. Dean is one of only 10 attorneys out of over 15,000 attorneys in Wisconsin—and the only commercial litigator—to be selected to The Top 50 list for all 10 years.

Super Lawyers is a national rating service that rates attorneys in all 50 states. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. As part of its process, Super Lawyers surveyed more than 15,000 attorneys and judges in Wisconsin, looking for the best attorneys in the State.

The New Jersey Supreme Court recently upheld the findings of a Special Master who made the following determinations about Super Lawyers:

“[T]he selection procedures employed by [Super Lawyers] are very sophisticated, comprehensive and complex.

It is absolutely clear… that [Super Lawyers does] not permit a lawyer to buy one’s way onto the list, nor is there any requirement for the purchase of any product for inclusion in the lists or any quid pro quo of any kind or nature associated with the evaluation and listing of an attorney or in the subsequent advertising of one’s inclusion in the lists.”

Grant Killoran and Patrick McBride, shareholders in the Litigation Practice Group at O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing S.C., recently were selected by the Irish Voice Newspaper to the 2015 Irish Legal 100.

First introduced in 2009, the Irish Legal 100 is a listing of leading legal figures across the United States and honors accomplished and distinguished lawyers of Irish descent from law schools, law firms, the judiciary and industry around the country. Past honorees have included United States Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, and honorees have been invited to meet with Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States.

For information about the Irish Legal 100, visit www.irishlegal100.com.

For more information about O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing S.C., including Attorneys Killoran and McBride, visit www.wilaw.com.

On October 7, 2015, O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing S.C. hosted a Continuing Legal Education seminar entitled “Hot Legal Topics for Small Firms and Solo Practitioners” focusing on legal issues of interest to Wisconsin small firm and solo practice attorneys. Over 50 attorneys attended the event.

The firm’s Managing Shareholder, Dean Laing, presided over the event.

Chad Baruch of Dallas, Texas was the keynote speaker for the seminar. Attorney Baruch spoke on effective legal writing. He also spoke on constitutional law issues.

A number of O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing S.C. attorneys also spoke at the event:

• Patrick McBride, Joe Newbold, Melissa Blair, and Christa Wittenberg participated in a panel discussion on the role of judicial clerks and court staff in state and federal court proceedings.
• Tim Van de Kamp presented on commercial lease issues.
• Greg Mager presented on asset protection in divorce and family transfers.
• Seth Dizard presented on recent developments in receivership law.
• Grant Killoran and Greg Lyons presented on legal and practical issues related to commercial arbitration in the United States and abroad.

O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing S.C. will hold this seminar again in the Fall of 2016.

If you would like any additional information regarding the seminar, including copies of the seminar materials, or if you would like to attend the 2016 seminar, please contact Grant Killoran at grant.killoran@wilaw.com or at 414.276.5000.

• James G. DeJong – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Seth E. Dizard – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation-Bankruptcy
• Peter J. Faust – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• John G. Gehringer – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
• Dennis W. Hollman –  Corporate Law, Trusts and Estates
• Grant C. Killoran – Litigation-Health Care
• Dean P. Laing – Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
• Gregory W. Lyons – Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Insurance
• Gregory S. Mager – Family Law
• Patrick G. McBride – Commercial Litigation
• Thomas A. Merkle – Family Law
• Steven J. Slawinski – Construction Law

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey. Over 52,000 leading attorneys cast more than 5.5 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

Eleven attorneys from O’Neil Cannon have been named “Leading Lawyers” in Milwaukee by M Magazine (July 2015), Milwaukee’s Lifestyle Magazine. Those attorneys are the following:

• Melissa Blair (Banking)
• Jim DeJong (Business)
• Pete Faust (Securities Offerings)
• Grant Killoran (Litigation)
• Dean Laing (Litigation)
• Greg Lyons (Litigation)
• Greg Mager (Family)
• Patrick McBride (Litigation)
• Randy Nash (Litigation)
• Steve Slawinski (Construction/Development)

The “Leading Lawyers” were selected by Avvo, a Seattle-based company that rates attorneys. Avvo’s proprietary algorithm rates all attorneys on a 10-point scale, factoring in peer endorsements as well as experience, education, training, speaking, publishing, and awards. In order to make the list of “Leading Lawyers” as published by M Magazine, an attorney must be ranked in the top 5–10% of his or her area of specialty.

O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing S.C. is pleased to announce that 14 lawyers have been named to the 2015 Edition of Best Lawyers®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.

Best Lawyers® has published their list for over three decades, earning the respect of the profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals. Its first international list was published in 2006 and since then has grown to provide lists in over 65 countries.  Lawyers on the Best Lawyers in America® list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise, and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.

O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing S.C. would like to congratulate the following attorneys named to the 2015 Best Lawyers in America® list:

• James G. DeJong – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Seth E. Dizard – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Litigation-Bankruptcy
• Peter J. Faust – Corporate Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• John G. Gehringer – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Corporate Law, and Real Estate Law
• Dennis W. Hollman – Corporate Law, and Trusts and Estates
• Grant C. Killoran – Litigation-Health Care
• Dean P. Laing – Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs, and Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
• Gregory W. Lyons – Commercial Litigation and Litigation-Insurance
• Patrick G. McBride – Commercial Litigation
• Thomas A. Merkle – Family Law
• Steven J. Slawinski – Construction Law\

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers® is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey. Over 52,000 leading attorneys cast more than 5.5 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers® is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers® “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

M Magazine (July 2014) just listed its “Leading Lawyers” in the Milwaukee area, and the list includes the following nine attorneys from O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing S.C.:

•  Jim DeJong (Business)
•  Pete Faust (Corporate/Incorporation)
•  Grant Killoran (Health Care)
•  Dean Laing (Litigation)
•  Greg Mager (Family)
•  Patrick McBride (Insurance)
•  Randy Nash (Litigation)
•  Peter Walsh (Estate Planning)

In selecting the “Leading Lawyers” in the Milwaukee area, M Magazine utilized the services of Avvo, a Seattle-based company that rates all attorneys on a 10-point scale, factoring in peer endorsements, experience, education, training, speaking, publishing, and awards.

O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing S.C. is proud to announce that the following nine attorneys were selected for inclusion on the Super Lawyers list, which is limited to 5% of all Wisconsin attorneys, as published in the December 2012 edition of Milwaukee Magazine:

• James G. DeJong
• Seth E. Dizard
• Peter J. Faust
• John G. Gehringer
• Dean P. Laing
• Gregory W. Lyons
• Patrick G. McBride

The Firm is proud to additionally announce that the following six attorneys were selected for inclusion on the Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” list, which “recognize[s] the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state—those who are 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less:”

• Joseph D. Newbold
• Laura J. Now
• Chad J. Richter
• John R. Schreiber
• Jason R. Scoby
• Timothy M. Van de Kamp

The Firm is proud to further announce that Dean Laing was selected by Super Lawyers as one of the “Top 10 Attorneys” in Wisconsin, regardless of practice area.  Of the over 15,000 attorneys in Wisconsin, Dean was the only commercial litigator selected to the list.  He was also selected by Super Lawyers as one of the “Top 25 Attorneys in the Milwaukee Area.”

Super Lawyers is a national rating service which rates attorneys in all 50 states.  The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.  As part of its process, Super Lawyers surveyed more than 15,000 attorneys and judges in Wisconsin, looking for the best attorneys in the State.

The New Jersey Supreme Court recently upheld the findings of a Special Master who made the following determinations about Super Lawyers:

“[T]he selection procedures employed by [Super Lawyers] are very sophisticated, comprehensive and complex.

It is absolutely clear… that [Super Lawyers does] not permit a lawyer to buy one’s way onto the list, nor is there any requirement for the purchase of any product for inclusion in the lists or any quid pro quo of any kind or nature associated with the evaluation and listing of an attorney or in the subsequent advertising of one’s inclusion in the lists.”