Best Lawyers® Recognizes 21 Coppersmith Brockelman Attorneys, Including Three Lawyers of the Year and Six Ones to Watch®

Best Lawyers® 2026 recently honored 21 of Coppersmith Brockelman’s 24 attorneys for their exceptional work in 16 categories. In addition, three attorneys received the prestigious “Lawyer of the Year” distinction: Jill Chasson in the Litigation – Labor and Employment category, Kristen Rosati in Administrative / Regulatory Law, and Keith Beauchamp in Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants. The Lawyer of the Year designation is awarded to only one individual per geographic region and practice area. This marks the first time Jill and Keith have received the honor, while Kristen is recognized for the first time as Lawyer of the Year in the Administrative / Regulatory Law category. Kristen previously earned the distinction four times in Health Care Law. Erin Fleming Dunlap earned her first Best Lawyers recognition in...

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Jim Belanger Receives Rare Recognition from The Best Lawyers in America©

Coppersmith Brockelman’s Jim Belanger is a true renaissance attorney. He was recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© as a 2017 “Best Lawyer®” in six practice area categories, an honor only a handful of attorneys in Arizona hold. In fact, being recognized in more than three categories is an extraordinary accomplishment given the Valley’s competitive legal industry. Specifically, he earned recognition in the areas of commercial litigation; criminal defense: white-collar; criminal defense: general practice; ethics and professional responsibility law; litigation: regulatory enforcement (SEC, telecom, energy); and qui tam law. To add to the accolades, The Best Lawyers in America has also named him as “Lawyer of the Year®” in criminal defense, in the general practice subset. The group designates only one attorney per legal practice area...

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Eleven Coppersmith Brockelman Attorneys Honored as 2017 “Best Lawyers,” Five Named “Lawyer of the Year” in Phoenix

Coppersmith Brockelman has a lot to celebrate as 11 of the firm’s 21 attorneys have been recognized across 16 separate practice areas as 2017 “Best Lawyers®” by The Best Lawyers in America©.  Among the honorees, nearly half have been named “Lawyer of the Year” in Phoenix, an honor reserved for only one attorney in the city practicing in a specific field of law. Now in its 24th edition, The Best Lawyers in America is the longest-running peer-review publication in the legal profession. Each year, Best Lawyers conducts comprehensive surveys among tens of thousands of leading lawyers who confidentially evaluate their professional peers.  Based on the results of these surveys, the publication designates the year’s “Best Lawyers” in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Coppersmith Brockelman...

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