Congratulations to Gena Sluga for achieving an AV(r) Preeminent(tm) rating with Martindale Hubbell, the highest such rating available to any individual lawyer. The AV(r) Preeminent(tm) rating is a significant rating accomplishment, and is a testament to the fact that a lawyer’s peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence. For additional information, see www.martindale.com/ratings.
Christian, Dichter & Sluga is honored to have again been recognized by U.S. News / Best Lawyers as a 2011-2012 Metropolitan Phoenix Best Law Firm in 5 categories.
Tier One:
1. Criminal Defense: White-Collar – Litigation
2. Insurance Law
3. Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Tier Two:
1. Criminal Defense – White Collar – Governmental Investigations
2. Litigation- Banking & Finance
The U.S. News – Best Lawyers(r) “Best Law Firms” rankings are established in tiers, according to practice areas. The
rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes client and lawyers evaluations as well as managers, partners, associates and staff in other firms. The survey provides a comprehensive view of the Metropolitan Phoenix legal profession and our place in the local legal community. For more information visit http://bestlawfirms.usnews.com.
Christian, Dichter & Sluga welcomes Micalann Pepe as an Associate. Micalann is a 2011 Cum Laude graduate of Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and joins the firm’s insurance coverage and litigation practice. She received her undergraduate degrees, Magna Cum Laude from Arizona State University in Finance and in Women and Gender Studies.
Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Stephen M. Dichter as the “Phoenix Best Lawyers Litigation – Banking & Finance Lawyer of the Year” for 2012.
After more than a quarter of a century in publication, Best Lawyers is designating “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”
Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. 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.
The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in our surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.
Steven Naifeh, President of Best Lawyers, says, “We continue to believe – as we have believed for more than 25 years – that recognition by one’s peers is the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession. We would like to congratulate Stephen M. Dichter on being selected as the ‘Phoenix Best Lawyers Litigation – Banking & Finance Lawyer of the Year’ for 2012.”
Christian, Dichter & Sluga partner Doug Christian is recognized in the current issue of North Valley Magazine as a 2011 Top Lawyer in the Insurance Law category. North Valley Magazine, in conjunction with Avvo, Inc., rated Metropolitan Phoenix lawyers in 15 categories and Doug was selected as a Top Lawyer in Insurance Law. Doug’s practice in Phoenix and Las Vegas emphasizes insurance law and litigation.
Christian, Dichter & Sluga is pleased to announce that Amy Wilkins has joined the firm as an associate. She will practice with the firm’s commercial and insurance litigation teams. Amy is a 2001 Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of Arizona Law School where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Arizona Law Review and Order of the Coif. She practiced in Los Angeles with Kirkland & Ellis and in Phoenix with Lewis & Roca where she gained valuable experience in complex commercial litigation. Amy is licensed in California and Arizona.
CD&S is pleased to announce that Alison R. Christian has been elected to serve on the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel Board of Directors for a three-year term. The AADC is a non-profit organization that was established in Arizona in 1965 and is comprised of defense attorneys who practice primarily in the area of civil litigation. Ms. Christian’s previous experience on the AADC included serving as a committee member on the YLD Board of Directors from 2008-2009 and as the YLD President from 2009-2010. Please visit www.azadc.org to learn more about the organization and the upcoming events.
Christian, Dichter & Sluga partners Doug Christian and Steve Dichter are honored to again be listed in Best Lawyers in America. Best Lawyers in America is a prestigious, national peer-rated recognition of lawyers in their areas of practice. Doug is listed in the Insurance Law and Personal Injury Defense categories in Arizona and Steve in the White-Collar Criminal Defense and Business Litigation categories in Arizona.
Congratulations to Kelly Hedberg who recently passed the Nevada Bar examination and is now admitted to practice in both Arizona and Nevada. Kelly joins Gena Sluga, Steve Dichter and Doug Christian as members of our firm admitted in Nevada and available to assist our clients with legal matters in Las Vegas and Reno through our Nevada affiliate: Christian, Kravitz, Dichter & Johnson, PLLC. Kelly will be sworn in to the District Court of Nevada on June 27th, 2011.
Harper, Christian, Dichter & Sluga shareholder Doug Christian has been selected as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Established in 1952, the American Bar Foundation is now recognized as the premier institute for social science research on law in the country. The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation is an honorary organization of attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars who have been elected by their peers to become members. The Fellows recognize lawyers whose professional, public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the welfare of their communities and to the highest principles of the legal profession. Membership in the Fellows is limited to one-third of 1% of lawyers in America.
