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  • About
    • History
    • Join Us
    • Awards & Honors
    • Community
  • Team
    • Attorneys
      • C. Michael Bjorling
      • James G. Curtis
      • Sarah E. Fortune
      • Michael W. Gill
      • Charles E. Hanson
      • Margaret A. Herlitzka
      • Thomas L. Horvath
      • Emily M. Iverson
      • Bryant H. Klos
      • Matt M. Klos
      • Keara K. McKinney
      • Garett T. Pankratz
      • Kevin J. Roop
      • David B. Russell
      • Mason B. Schultz
      • Craig R. Steger
    • Paralegals
      • Katie A. Anderson
      • Constance R. Meunier
      • Mikael D. Moe
      • Melissa J. Nelson
      • Andrea L. Parr
      • Melissa L. Pepin
      • Daria Richardson
  • Practice Areas
    • Administrative Law
    • ADR – Mediation & Arbitration
    • Appellate
    • Banking & Financing
    • Business Litigation
    • Business/​Corporate Law
    • Construction Law
    • Creditor’s Rights, Foreclosure & Bankruptcy
    • Elder Law
    • Employment Law
    • Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts & POD Transfers
    • Family Law
    • General/​Civil Litigation
    • Insurance Defense & Coverage
    • Intellectual Property
    • Personal Injury Law
    • Probate, Estate & Trust Administration
    • Professional Malpractice
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    • School & Municipal Law
    • Social Security Disability
    • Tax Law
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Awards & Honors
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Martindale-Hubbell Peer Rated 2019

Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent

AV Preeminent 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.

Hale Skemp is proud to list the following attorneys as recipients: Robert C. Skemp, Thomas S. Sleik, James G. Curtis, Charles E. Hanson, David B. Russell, Margaret A. Herlitzka, Kevin J. Roop, and Frank M. Doherty.

Super Lawyers

Super Lawyers

Super Lawyers rates outstanding attorneys in more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

This year, 8 attorneys at Hale Skemp received the Super Lawyers award:  James Curtis, Frank Doherty, Michael Gill, Margaret Herlitzka, Thomas Horvath, Bryant Klos, Kevin Roop, and David Russell. Both Sarah E. Fortune and Garett T. Pankratz have been selected as Rising Stars. Congratulations!

Top 100 Registry Award

Top 100 Registry

This professional award is given to the top one hundred of the most accomplished individuals from every industry and profession around the world.

Congratulations are in order for Charles E. Hanson, who received this prestigious award in 2019.

U.S. News Best Law Firms

The U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” is the leading survey of lawyers worldwide. Rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process and it is a prestigious award to receive. Hale, Skemp, Hanson, Skemp & Sleik is regionally ranked in 3 practice areas: Family Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants.

Best Lawyers

Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer review publication in the legal profession. Recognition in Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. Four attorneys from our firm were named as Best Lawyers. Congratulations to Charles E. Hanson, Michael W. Gill, James C. Curtis, and Margaret A. Herlitzka.

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