Sixty-three attorneys recognized as “Best Lawyer,” “Lawyer of the Year,” and “Ones to Watch in America"
Best Lawyers in America, the oldest peer review guide in the legal profession has recognized 63 Parsons Behle & Latimer (Parsons) attorneys as the Best Lawyers in America for 2025, including seven as “Lawyer of the Year” – a category that is presented to only one attorney in a given geographical region and practice area for each year’s edition – and 12 attorneys as “Ones to Watch” – attorneys who are notably climbing the legal ranks. The 2025 Best Lawyers in America list includes attorneys from Parsons’ offices across the Intermountain Region, including Boise and Idaho Falls, Idaho; Helena, Montana; Reno, Nevada; and Salt Lake City, Utah. Parsons’ Salt Lake City office was also ranked top of state and metropolitan areas in the “Top Listed Awards” for the firm with the most ranked attorneys in the areas of employment law, environmental law and litigation.
According to Best Lawyers™, lists of attorneys recognized 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. The publication analyzed more than 13 million nominations from which 167,062 lawyers were chosen. “Lawyer of the Year” status was given to attorneys with extremely high overall feedback within specific practice areas and metropolitan regions. The “One to Watch” status was conferred on up-and-coming attorneys in their respective practice areas.
Parsons’ attorneys who achieved “Lawyer of the Year” ranking, status are as follows:
“Lawyer of the Year”
Salt Lake City office:
David R. Bird, government relations practice
Julianne P. Blanch, insurance law
Gary E. Doctorman, litigation – banking & finance
Stephen J. Hull, mining law
Lisa A. Kirschner, environmental law
Michael J. Malmquist, natural resources law, energy law
John A. Snow, construction law
Parsons’ attorneys recognized as “Best Lawyers in America” include:
Salt Lake City office:
Richard J. Angell, J. Michael Bailey, Lawrence R. Barusch, J. Thomas Beckett, Thomas G. Berggren, Thomas T. Billings, David R. Bird, Julianne P. Blanch, Jonathan K. Butler, Lynn Cardey-Yates, Erik A. Christiansen, Gary E. Doctorman, Angus Edwards, Raymond J. Etcheverry, Shawn C. Ferrin, George M. Flint III, David R. Hall, Timothy C. Houpt, Stephen J. Hull, Christina M. Jepson, Bart J. Johnsen, Lisa A. Kirschner, Alex B. Leeman, Michael J. Malmquist, Geoffrey W. Mangum, Margaret Niver McGann, Sean A. Monson, Michael Patrick O’Brien, Justin B. Palmer, Cory D. Sinclair, John A. Snow, C. Kevin Speirs, Craig B. Terry, Nathan D. Thomas, Charles H. Thronson, Mark D. Tolman, Michael J. Tomko, Paul D. Veasy, Katherine E. Venti, Juliette P. White, Francis M. Wikstrom, Michael W. Young, Michael A. Zody.
Boise, Idaho office:
Richard H. Greener, J. Kevin West
Idaho Falls, Idaho office:
Lee Radford, John A. Stenquist
Helena, Montana office:
John E. Bloomquist
Reno, Nevada office:
Jim B. Butler, Sarah Ferguson, Rew R. Goodenow, Michael R. Kealy
“One to Watch” attorneys include:
Boise office:
Andrew R. Alder, Jason R. Mau
Idaho Falls office:
Robert J. Couch, John E. Cutler
Reno office:
Gregory Morrison, Ashley C. Nikkel
Salt Lake City office:
Liz Butler, Graham J. Gilbert, Gregory H. Gunn, Emily D. Holt, Paul R. Smith, Jason D. Steiert
Parsons congratulates these deserving attorneys. For more information about individual attorneys, visit https://www.parsonsbehle.com/people.
