Martin D. Brown

Brown, Martin 1951082Title: Attorney

Company: Martin D. Brown, PLLC

Location: Littleton, CO

Littleton, CO, April 4, 2016, Martin Brown, Attorney, has been recognized by Elite American Lawyers, for dedication, achievement and leadership in family law.

With an impressive professional history dating back more than 60 years, Mr. Brown has worked as a lawyer in New Zealand and the United States. After working as a worf and on a sheep farm in New Zealand, he decided to enter law and in 1965 joined the firm Rishworth, Harrison, Kennedy & Lynch in Whangarei, New Zealand. He made partner in April 1966 and stayed with the firm until 1969. In the 1980s, Mr. Brown moved to America and after receiving a JD from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1982. He provides services in divorce, family law, child custody and modifications, child support, common law marriage, marital property, parenting time and grandparents’ rights and post-divorce modifications. Continue reading

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Sean Flaherty

Flaherty, Sean 2068195Title: Partner

Company: Keches Law Group

Location: Taunton, MA

Taunton, MA, March 30, 2016, Sean Flaherty, Partner at Keches Law Group, has been recognized by Elite American Lawyers, for dedication, achievement and leadership in legal services.

Mr. Flaherty, a lawyer focusing on worker’s compensation, Social Security disability and employment litigation, is distinguished for more than 12 years of professional experience. With six years as a partner, he ensures his clients are in good hands. He represents injured workers in all phases of workers’ compensation cases. This aspect of the job, helping others, is what Mr. Flaherty says makes it worthwhile. His work has been recognized on several occasions, including Top Attorneys: New England’s Outstanding Young Lawyers, an Excellence in the Law Award from Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and a Rising Stars Award from Boston Magazine’s Super Lawyers. Continue reading

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Joseph H. Badami, Esq.

Badami, Joseph 1870966Title: Attorney

Company: Woods & Aitken LLP

Location: Lincoln, NE

Lincoln, NE, March 29, 2016, Joseph Badami, Attorney at Woods & Aitken LLP, has been recognized by Elite American Lawyers, for dedication, achievement and leadership in law services.

Mr. Badami is distinguished for his more than 50 years of dedication to the field of law. Focusing on bankruptcy cases, his practice area extends to include commercial litigation, creditors’ rights, debt resolution and real estate. Mr. Badami has practiced with Woods & Aitken LLP for the past 20 years, and in each of those years, he has been listed in Best Lawyers®. He has also been recognized as one of the top 10 bankruptcy attorneys in Nebraska from the National Academy for Bankruptcy. Continue reading

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Robert B. Jobe

Jobe, Robert 1997409Title: Owner

Company: The Law Offices of Robert B. Jobe

Location: San Francisco, CA

San Francisco, CA, March 23, 2016, Robert Jobe, Owner of The Law Offices of Robert B. Jobe, has been recognized by Elite American Lawyers, for dedication, achievement and leadership in immigration law.

Mr. Jobe’s interest in immigration law was inspired by his own family’s experience and triumph over hardships. His family sparked the desire for him to help people who endure difficulties in their lives. Since then, he has provided counsel and law services to some of the largest and most important immigration cases throughout the three decades of his career. Mr. Jobe and his firm litigate cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is tasked with the responsibility of handling lawsuits against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the State Department. His skills are called upon to help clients who need immigration representation, and asylum cases for clients who face prosecution based on sexual orientation, transgender identity, religion, nationality HIV-status, membership in social groups, or political opinion. In order to stay on trend with his area of law, he is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the National Lawyers Guild and the State Bar of California.  Continue reading

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Laurence Bolon

Bolon, Laurence 2080021Title: Partner

Company: Bolon Law Offices

Location: Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL, March 15, 2016, Laurence Bolon, Partner at Bolon Law Offices, has been recognized by Elite American Lawyers, for dedication, achievement and leadership in trial and appellate legal services.

Mr. Bolon has stepped into the trial courts of Illinois hundreds of times to handle cases on both state and federal levels.  In addition to supplying his legal services at these courts, he drafts legislation and court rules and publishes numerous legal articles.  Furthermore, he prosecutes major crimes in their felony trial division. With three decades of experience in law, Mr. Bolon has also branched out to teaching appellate advocacy and lectures on trial matters. He bases his success on his legal ability and ethical standards. Continue reading

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Zachary K. Mark

Title: Attorney

Company: Mark & Burkhead

Location: Mission, KS

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Lawrence G. Pugh III

Pugh, Lawrence 2064646Title: Attorney

Company: Pugh Accardo LLC

Location: New Orleans, LA

New Orleans, March 2, 2016, Lawrence Pugh III, Attorney at Pugh Accardo LLC, has been recognized by Elite American Lawyers, for dedication, achievement and leadership in civil matters and class actions lawsuits.

The profession of law runs naturally through Mr. Pugh’s blood. As a fourth-generation lawyer, he continues to practice law where his family has for the past few decades. He opened his own practice in 1986, and since then has provided clients with resolves to mass torts, and class action, toxic tort, products liability and environmental litigation. His representation extends beyond Louisiana, and he has served as trial counsel for clients involved in nationwide litigation and in multiple jurisdictions in surrounding states. Consistently recognized for his services, Mr. Pugh has been honored as one of the Top Attorneys in Louisiana from Louisiana Life, as one of the Best Lawyers in Louisiana and a part of the Louisiana Super Lawyers. In addition, Martindale-Hubbell has also named him one of the Top Rated Attorneys in Mass Torts and with AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating.

After graduating from Tulane University cum laude, with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy, he continued to earn a JD from the Paul Herbert Law Center at Louisiana State University in 1985. Since then, Mr. Pugh has been admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, the Supreme Court of Louisiana and the Supreme Court of Texas.  Continue reading

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Karen Beth Rosenthal

Rosenthal, Karen Beth 1978872Title: Attorney

Company: Bender & Rosenthal LLP

Location: New York, NY

New York, NY, March 1, 2016, Karen Beth Rosenthal, Attorney at Bender & Rosenthal LLP, has been recognized by Elite American Lawyers, for dedication, achievement and leadership in matrimonial law.

Ms. Rosenthal has dedicated more than 26 years to the field of law, practicing primarily in the areas of divorce and matrimonial litigation, appellate litigation, custody and visitation, child support and spousal support, domestic partnerships, Orthodox Jewish divorces, grandparents’ rights, equitable distribution of property and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. In addition to handling these cases, she manages the operations of the law firm and is a certified divorce mediator. Since 2012, she has been rated AV Preeminent Attorney from Martindale-Hubbell and Best Lawyers in America. She has also been recognized with New York Area Top Lawyers, Super Lawyer, Top Attorneys in New York and has been featured in New York Magazine. Continue reading

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H. Daniel Holm

Holm, H. Daniel 2007956Title: Attorney, Partner

Company: Ball, Kirk & Holm

Location: Waterloo, IA

Waterloo, IA, March 1, 2016, H. Daniel Holm, Attorney and Partner at Ball, Kirk & Holm, has been recognized by Elite American Lawyers, for dedication, achievement and leadership in legal services in the areas of personal injury and wrongful deaths.

For four decades, Mr. Holm has been representing clients in the matters of medical malpractice, motor vehicle accidents, litigation and appeals, nursing home negligence, personal injury, products liability and professional malpractice law. Working side-by-side with great legal partners, Mr. Holm attributes his success to the people around him, working hard and enjoying what he does throughout his career. Continue reading

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Carl J. Pernicone

Pernicone, Carl 1848312.JPGTitle: Partner, Attorney

Company: Wilson Elser LLP

Location: New York, NY

New York, NY, February 22, 2016, Carl J. Pernicone, Partner and Attorney with Wilson Elser LLP, has been recognized by Elite American Lawyers, for dedication, achievement and leadership in insurance law.

Having grown up in a family of lawyers, Carl J. Pernicone naturally developed an interest in political science and legal matters at an early age. Upon receiving a Bachelor of Arts from Iona College in 1980, he went to Fordham University School of Law, where he graduated with a JD in 1983. Since then, he has enjoyed a varied legal career that has allowed him to hone his skills in the areas of insurance, reinsurance coverage, workplace chemical exposure and environmental liability, and emerging issues, including hydraulic fracturing and climate change. Listed among Top Attorneys in the New York Metro Area, Mr. Pernicone is very passionate about his work and the emerging issues that can have a lasting impact on society. Continue reading

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