Woods Fuller Attorneys Named as Best Lawyers
Woods Fuller is proud to announce 19 shareholders and attorneys are included in the 31st edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, with three receiving “Lawyer of the Year”, and three being honored in the Fifth Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America®.
Inclusion in Best Lawyers is based on a comprehensive peer-review survey, which this year, comprised of more than 13.7 million confidential evaluations from other attorneys. This year alone, almost 25,000 voters responded to the survey. According to Best Lawyers, “our purely peer review methodology is at the core of our company’s credo, as we truly believe the best lawyers know who the best lawyers are.”
Woods Fuller would like to congratulate Jim Wiederrich, James Moore, and Brad Grossenburg for their 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, Jim receives his for Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Administrative/Regulatory Law in Sioux Falls, James for Insurance Law, and Brad for Corporate Law and Trusts and Estates.
We would also like to recognize the following lawyers named to the 2025 Best Lawyers in America® list:
Melanie Carpenter: Employment Law - Management
Dan Harmelink: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Real Estate Law
Vince Jones: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
David Kroon: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Health Care Law
Beth Lewis: Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
Carey Miller: Real Estate Law
James Moore: Insurance Law
Heath Oberloh: Corporate Law
Jeff Shultz: Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Workers' Compensation Law – Employers
Justin Smith: Insurance Law
Ryan Snell: Commercial Finance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Heather Springer: Employment Law - Management, Health Care Law
Greg Starnes: Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
Jim Wiederrich: Administrative / Regulatory Law, Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognizes lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice. We are proud of the following Woods Fuller attorneys for this recognition:
Morgan Brekke: Health Care Law
Jordan Feist: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation
Seth Lopour: Family Law, Government Relations Practice
Jordan Veurink: Trusts and Estates
For more than four decades, Best Lawyers publications have earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere. Candidates can only be considered for one recognition at a time, either Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch or traditional Best Lawyers awards. Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch is not a seed list to Best Lawyers and all hopeful candidates must be nominated and vetted by their peers recognized in Best Lawyers. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, recognition by Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.