Brownstein Well Represented in 2025 Chambers Rankings

Publisher Chambers & Partners recognized Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck in its annual Chambers USA Guide. The firm was recognized in 25 practice areas including:

• Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Colorado)
• Construction (Colorado)
• Corporate/Commercial (Nevada)
• Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Colorado)
• Energy & Natural Resources (Colorado)
• Environment (California, Colorado)
• Gaming & Licensing (Nationwide, Nevada)
• Government Relations (Nationwide)
• Intellectual Property (Colorado)
• Labor & Employment (Colorado)
• Leisure & Hospitality (Nationwide)
• Litigation – General Commercial (Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico)
• Native American Law (Nationwide)
• Real Estate (Colorado, Nevada)
• Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Colorado, California)
• State Attorneys General (Nationwide)
• Tax (Colorado)
• Water Law (California)

Chambers also recognized 56 Brownstein attorneys as the best in their respective fields with leading individual rankings going to:

Corporate & Business Department: 

• Adam J. Agron (Colorado: Corporate/M&A)
• Gregory W. Berger (Colorado: Tax)
• Andrew C. Elliott (Colorado: Tax)
• Albert Z. Kovacs (Nevada: Corporate/Commercial)
• Kristin Macdonald (Nationwide: Leisure & Hospitality)
• Gino A. Maurelli (Colorado: Corporate/M&A)
• Alexandra Fidler Metzl (Colorado: Corporate/M&A)
• J. Tenley Oldak (Colorado: Tax)
• Matthew R. Nyberg (Colorado: Corporate/M&A)
• Elizabeth D. Paulsen (Colorado: Corporate/M&A)
• Ellen Schulhofer (Nevada: Corporate/Commercial)

Gaming Group: 

• Pacifico S. Agnellini (Nationwide: Gaming & Licensing)
• William J. Downey (Nationwide: Gaming & Licensing)
• Sarah A. Murray (Nationwide: Native American Law)
• Scott Scherer (Nationwide: Gaming & Licensing and Nevada: Gaming & Licensing)
• Frank A. Schreck (Nationwide: Gaming & Licensing and Nevada: Gaming & Licensing)
• Melissa L. Thevenot (Nationwide: Gaming & Licensing)
• Sonia Church Vermeys (Nationwide: Gaming & Licensing and Nevada: Gaming & Licensing)

Government Relations Department: 

• Marc S. Lampkin (Nationwide: Government Relations)
• Alfred E. Mottur (Nationwide: Government Relations)
• Russell W. Sullivan (District of Columbia: Tax)

Employment and Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Groups: 

• Christopher L. Ottele (Colorado: Labor & Employment)
• Christine A. Samsel (Colorado: Labor & Employment)
• David M. Spaulding (Colorado: Employee Benefits & Compensation)
• Nancy A. Strelau (Colorado: Employee Benefits & Compensation)

Intellectual Property Department:

• Benno M. Guggenheimer (Colorado: Intellectual Property)
• S. Craig Hemenway (Colorado: Intellectual Property)
• Airina L. Rodrigues (Colorado: Intellectual Property)

Litigation Department: 

• Sarah Auchterlonie (Nationwide: Financial Services Regulation – Consumer Finance [Compliance])
• Richard B. Benenson (Colorado: Litigation – General Commercial)
• Adam K. Bult (Nevada: Litigation – Construction and Nevada: Litigation – General Commercial)
• Eric R. Burris (New Mexico Litigation – General Commercial)
• Jason R. Dunn (Nationwide: State Attorneys General)
• Frank M. Flansburg III (Nevada: Litigation – General Commercial)
• Kirk B. Lenhard (Nevada: Litigation – General Commercial)
• Michael J. Pankow (Colorado: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Jonathan G. Pray (Colorado: Construction)
• Michael H. Pryor (District of Columbia: Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite)
• Patrick J. Reilly (Nevada: Litigation – General Commercial)
• Amalia Sax-Bolder (Colorado: Bankruptcy/Restructuring)
• Kevin P. Walsh (Colorado: Construction)

Natural Resources Department: 

• Beth Collins (California: Real Estate – Zoning/Land Use)
• Wayne F. Forman (Colorado: Environment)
• Brad Herrema (California: Water Law)
• Mark J. Mathews (Colorado: Environment and Colorado: Energy & Natural Resources)
• Scott S. Slater (California: Environment and California: Water Law)
• Ryan A. Smith (Nationwide: Native American Law)

Real Estate Department:

• Nicole R. Ament (Colorado: Real Estate and Colorado: Real Estate – Hotels & Leisure)
• David A. Curfman (Colorado: Real Estate)
• Philip A. Gosch (Nationwide: Leisure & Hospitality)
• Aaron M. Hyatt (Colorado: Real Estate)
• Bruce A. James (Colorado: Real Estate and Colorado: Real Estate – Hotels & Leisure)
• Rebecca L. Miltenberger (Nevada: Real Estate)
• Angela Turriciano Otto (Nevada: Real Estate)
• Jamie L. Thalgott (Nevada: Real Estate
• Carolynne C. White (Colorado: Real Estate – Zoning/Land Use)

Chambers & Partners has a staff of more than 100 full-time researchers who develop rankings of lawyers and practices based on written submissions provided by law firms, telephone interviews with clients and lawyers, and other resources. Inclusion in the guide is based solely on the research team’s findings.