Honors & Achievements

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business

Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C. was included in the following sections of the most recent edition of Chambers USA 2012: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business:

• Iowa, Labor & Employment
• Iowa, General Commercial Litigation
• Iowa, Real Estate

In addition, the following Whitfield & Eddy attorneys were included in the most recent edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business:

• Thomas Burke, Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions: Banking & Finance
• Robert L. Fanter (retired) Litigation: General Commercial
• Mark R. Gray, Real Estate
• Greg A. Naylor, Labor & Employment
• David L. Phipps, Litigation: General Commercial
• Kevin M. Reynolds, Iowa, General Commercial Litigation
• Jaki K. Samuelson, Labor & Employment
• Kara Sinnard, Real Estate.

The Best Lawyers in America®

The following Whitfield & Eddy attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Greg A. Naylor as the “Des Moines Best Lawyers Labor Law – Management Lawyer of the Year” for 2012.

David L. Phipps has been named as the “Des Moines Best Lawyers Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year” for 2012.

The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high survey ratings by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.

Other Whitfield & Eddy lawyers selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® include:

John A. Templer in the practice area of Construction Law

Sally A. Reavely in the practice area of Health Care Law

Thomas H. Burke in the practice area of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Robert L. Fanter in the practice area of Commercial Litigation

Gary A. Norton in the practice areas of  Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy

Jaki K. Samuelson in the practice areas of Employment Law – Individuals, Employment Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor and Employment

The current, 18th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2012) is based on more than 3.9 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.

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American Board of Trial Advocates

The following Whitfield & Eddy attorneys belong to the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), which requires a minimum of 20 jury trials to verdict for membership:

• Robert L. Fanter, Advocate
• David L. Phipps, Diplomate
• Stephen E. Doohen, Associate

Click here to visit the ABOTA web site and learn more about this organization’s mission to preserve the civil jury trial.

American College of Trial Lawyers

David L. Phipps is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL). Fellowship in the College is by invitation, extended only after careful investigation, to those experienced trial lawyers who have demonstrated exceptional skill as advocates and whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct, professionalism and civility.

Click here to visit the ACTL web site and learn more about the qualifications required for membership in this premier professional organization.