32 Thompson Coburn Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America

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St. Louis, November 28, 2005 - Thompson Coburn LLP is pleased to announce that 32 attorneys have been named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2006 (Copyright 2005 by Woodward/White, Inc., of America S.C.). New additions to the list include Gordon Ankney, Commercial Litigation and Cliff Godiner, Labor & Employment Law. According to Best Lawyers, TC has the most attorneys in St. Louis under the Commercial Litigation category.

Thompson Coburn has 15 attorneys who have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 10 years and three attorneys who have been listed for at least 20 years (indicated by a 10 or 20 after the name). The Best Lawyers in America® 2006 include:

Gordon L. Ankney, Commercial Litigation

Fred E. Arnold, Real Estate Law (20)

Robert H. Brownlee, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law (10)

Edward J. Buchholz, Tax Law (10)

Thomas R. Corbett, Trusts and Estates (10)

Stephen E. Cupples, Trusts and Estates (10)

Peter A. Fanchi, Financial Institutions Law (10)

Charles H. Fendell, Information Technology Law

Clifford A. Godiner, Labor and Employment Law

Paul G. Griesemer, Employee Benefits Law (10)

William G. Guerri, Corporate Law (20)

John M. Howell, Intellectual Property Law (10)

Benjamin Hulsey, Information Technology Law

Richard E. Jaudes, Labor and Employment Law

Dale Joerling, Antitrust Law

Lori W. Jones, Employee Benefits Law

Lawrence P. Katzenstein, Trusts and Estates (10)

David A. Lander, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law (10)

Michael F. Lause, Corporate Law and Public Finance Law (10)

Richard L. Lawton, Tax Law (10)

Janette Lohman, Tax Law

Paul M. Macon, Real Estate Law

Ray Massey, Maritime Law (10)

Thomas J. Minogue, Corporate Law

John R. Musgrave, Commercial Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation

J. William Newbold, Commercial Litigation

Joan M. Newman, Employee Benefits Law (10)

Michael D. O'Keefe, Commercial Litigation and Maritime Law (10)

Craig A. Olschansky, Real Estate Law

Mark Sableman, First Amendment Law (10)

Ruth A. Streit, Employee Benefits Law

W. Stanley Walch, Antitrust Law, Commercial Litigation and Corporate Law (20)

Thompson Coburn LLP has approximately 300 attorneys nationwide with offices in St. Louis, MO; Washington, D.C. and Southern Illinois.