Lane & Waterman attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers in America

Eleven attorneys from Lane & Waterman, Davenport, have been recognized for professional excellence in the 30th edition of the Best Lawyers in America, and three attorneys were recognized in the third edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America for outstanding professional excellence early in their careers.

Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication company in the legal profession, according to a news release from Lane & Waterman. For more than four decades, the publication has been regarded as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals.

Lane & Waterman attorneys named Best Lawyers in America include:

• Michael P. Byrne, ethics and professional responsibility, health care and insurance law, first listed in the published practice area in 2010 and recognized for a 15-year milestone by Best Lawyers. 
• Richard A. Davidson, bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization and real estate law, first listed in the published practice area in 2012 and recognized for a 10-year milestone by Best Lawyers.
• Joseph C. Judge, banking and finance law, first listed in the published practice area in 2015 and recognized for a 10-year milestone by Best Lawyers.
• Jeffrey B. Lang, criminal defense – white-collar, first listed in the published practice area in 2017 and recognized for a five-year milestone by Best Lawyers. 
• Wendy S. Meyer, education law, first listed in the published practice area in 2020 and recognized for a five-year milestone by Best Lawyers. 
• Jason J. O’Rourke, construction law, first listed in the published practice area in 2016 and recognized for a five-year milestone by Best Lawyers. 
• Benjamin Patterson, construction law, listed for the first time in Best Lawyers. 
• Mikkie R. Schiltz, medical malpractice law – defendants, first listed in the published practice area in 2023. 
• R. Scott Van Vooren, business organizations (including LLCs and partnerships), corporate and mergers and acquisitions law, first listed in the published practice area in 2009 and recognized for a 15-year milestone by Best Lawyers.
• David C. Waterman, criminal defense – white-collar, listed for the first time in Best Lawyers. 
• Robert V.P. Waterman, Jr., bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation, legal malpractice law – defendants, and medical malpractice law – defendants, first listed in the published practice area in 1995 and recognized for a 30-year milestone by Best Lawyers.  

The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America include:

• Alexander C. Barnett, commercial litigation, litigation – labor and employment, and  professional malpractice law, first listed in the published practice area in 2021. 
• Timothy B. Gulbranson, labor and employment law – employee, and labor and employment law – management, first listed in the published practice area in 2021.
• Grace E. Mangieri, commercial litigation and environmental law, listed for the first time in Best Lawyers/Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.   

Lane & Waterman LLP is a full-service law firm that has been based in Davenport since 1854.     

The Best Lawyers lists of outstanding lawyers are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. If the votes for a lawyer are positive enough for recognition by Best Lawyers, that lawyer must maintain those votes in subsequent polls to remain in each edition. Lawyers are not permitted to pay any fee to participate in or be recognized by Best Lawyers.