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Awards and Recognition

Kaplan Kirsch Attorneys Recognized Among 2025 California Super Lawyers®

July 1, 2025less than a minute

Kaplan Kirsch LLP is pleased to announce three attorneys have been selected for inclusion to the 2025 California Super Lawyers® list.

2025 California Super Lawyers:

  • Sara A. Dutschke – Native American Law
  • Nicole E. Grigg – Environmental (Rising Stars)
  • Wil C. Mumby – Environmental (Rising Stars)

Super Lawyers® utilizes a rigorous selection process based on peer nominations and independent research evaluating 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. This multi-phase process ensures that all Super Lawyers® lists provide users with a credible, comprehensive list of outstanding attorneys in the state. Only the top 5 percent of outstanding lawyers in California are rated by Super Lawyers®.

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Kaplan Kirsch Recognized in Chambers and Partners 2025 Editions

June 6, 2025less than a minute

Kaplan Kirsch LLP is pleased to have been recognized for excellence in many practice areas by Chambers and Partners, in their 2025 editions. Congratulations to all of our attorneys who have earned this recognition through their outstanding contributions; both individually and collectively. Many thanks to our clients for the trust they put in us and their ongoing partnerships. Please click here for additional information about the Firm’s rankings by Chambers and Partners in their 2025 USA and Worldwide Guides.

FIRM

(Global Guide)

USA

  • Projects: PPP

(USA Guide)

California

  • Native American Law

Colorado

  • Energy & Natural Resources*
  • Environment
  • Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

USA – Nationwide

  • Projects: PPP
  • Transportation: Aviation: Regulatory*

PEOPLE

(Global Guide)

Projects: PPP

  • USA – Adam Giuliano

(USA Guide)

Energy & Natural Resources

  • Colorado – Sarah Keane

Environment

  • Colorado – Lori Potter, Polly Jessen, Thomas Bloomfield

Native American Law

  • California – Matthew Adams, Nicole Grigg, Sara Dutschke Setshwaelo
  • USA – Nationwide – Sara Dutschke Setshwaelo

Projects: PPP

  • USA – Nationwide – Adam Giuliano

Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

  • Colorado – Stephen H Kaplan

*New in 2025.

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The Best Lawyers in America® Announces Lawyer Rankings, Firm Attorneys Included

August 15, 2024less than a minute

Kaplan Kirsch is proud to announce that 50% of Firm partners were recognized in The Best Lawyers in America ® 2025. The Best Lawyers in America is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication company in the legal profession. Recognition is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by their peers. The Best Lawyers list is compiled through conducting a transparent, peer review survey in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. This year, more than 3.2 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in roughly 79,116 leading lawyers being included in the new edition and represent the top legal talent throughout the United States.  

The Best Lawyers in America ®

  • Denver, CO
    • Thomas A. Bloomfield – Energy Regulatory Law; Environmental Law
    • Heather J. Haney – Real Estate Law
    • Polly B. Jessen – Construction Law; Environmental Law
    • Stephen H. Kaplan – Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
    • Peter J. Kirsch – Litigation-Environmental
    • Lori Potter – Litigation-Environmental
    • Robert Randall – Environmental Law; Litigation-Environmental; Natural Resources Law
    • Bill Silberstein – Real Estate Law
  • New York, NY
    • Suzanne Silverman – Railroad Law
  • San Francisco, CA
    • Matthew Adams – Native American Law
    • Sara A. Dutschke – Native American Law
  • Washington, DC
    • Charles A. Spitulnik – Railroad Law; Transportation Law

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America

  • Denver, CO
    • Samantha Caravello – Environmental Law
    • Hanna Gustafsson – Real Estate Law
    • Sarah Judkins – Environmental Law

“Lawyer of the Year”

Additionally, two Firm partners were recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective categories. This recognition is awarded to individual lawyers with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. Only one lawyer is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year” for each specialty and location.

  • Sara A. Dutschke – Native American Law, San Francisco
  • Stephen H. Kaplan – Real Estate Law, Denver

Awards and Recognition

Firm Attorneys Selected for 2024 Northern California Super Lawyers

June 26, 2024less than a minute

Kaplan Kirsch is pleased to announce two attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2024 Northern California Super Lawyers® list.

2024 Northern California Super Lawyers

  • Matthew G. Adams – Environmental  
  • Sara A. Dutschke – Native American Law

Super Lawyers® selects no more than five percent of nominated attorneys to be Super Lawyers Honorees. The selections are based on peer nominations and evaluations combined with third-party research. Their rigorous, multi-phase process ensures that all Super Lawyers lists provide users with a credible, comprehensive list of outstanding attorneys in the state.

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Chambers USA Ranks Kaplan Kirsch among Nation’s Top Law Firms in 2024 Guide

June 6, 2024less than a minute

Kaplan Kirsch is pleased to announce that the firm and several of our attorneys have been recognized in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA.

The firm received rankings in the following practices:

  • Global Guide – USA
    • Projects: PPP (Band 4)
  • USA – Nationwide
    • Projects: PPP (Band 3)
  • California
    • Native American Law (Band 1)
  • Colorado
    • Environment (Band 1)
    • Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Band 1)

The following attorneys are ranked in the 2024 Chambers USA guide:

Global Guide – USA

  • Adam Giuliano – Projects: PPP (Band 3)

Nationwide

  • Sara Dutschke – Native American Law (Band 2)
  • Adam Giuliano – Projects: PPP (Band 3)

California

  • Matthew Adams – Native American Law (Band 1)
  • Sara Dutschke – Native American Law (Band 1)
  • Nicole Grigg – Native American Law (Associates to Watch)

Colorado 

  • Thomas Bloomfield – Environment (Band 3)
  • Polly Jessen – Environment (Band 2)
  • Stephen H. Kaplan – Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Band 1)
  • Sarah Keane – Energy & Natural Resources (Band 2)
  • Lori Potter – Environment (Band 3)

A summary of Kaplan Kirsch’s rankings can be found here. 

Chambers and Partners is an international, independent, research-based guide derived from conducting thousands of in-depth interviews with leading innovators and experts across the globe.

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Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell Named in Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year

February 08, 2024less than a minute

Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell is honored to have our Construction and Project Finance practices named among the Law360 Practice Groups of the Year. In the awards’ 14th year, the Practice Groups of the Year hail from 84 law firms and rose to the top of more than 800 submissions. The annual awards select winners for their “landmark matters” and “general excellence.”

The Firm’s Construction group offers deep experience to clients over a wide variety of construction-related matters. Our work often involves drafting and negotiating contracts for construction, demolition and materials management, construction management, architectural and engineering consulting services and construction-related access agreements, as well as compliance with federal and state contracting and procurement requirements. We also advise on construction-related claims. Read the full Law360 profile here.

The Firm’s Project Finance group regularly advises on all phases of procurement relating to public-private partnerships. Our work also includes availability payment and revenue risk based design-build-finance-operate-maintain projects. We also advise on alternative delivery methods such as design-build, progressive design-build and pre-development agreements. Our experience includes road (and toll road), bridge and tunnel, autonomous vehicle, rail, transit and airport projects, as well as social infrastructure, water and other sectors. Read the full Law360 profile here.

Click to read the full publication.

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