Washington, D.C. and Seattle, WA– Van Ness Feldman is pleased to announce that this year thirty-one lawyers from the firm have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2015 (Copyright 2014 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.) in the practice areas of Energy, Environmental, Government Relations, Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation - Environmental, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning,  Litigation – Real Estate,  Native American, Natural Resources, Oil and Gas, Real Estate, and Water Law.  
Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.  Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 41,000 leading attorneys cast over 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of their peers.  Inclusion inBest Lawyers is viewed as a singular honor within the legal industry. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.” 
2015 Van Ness Feldman Professionals listed in Best Lawyers by Practice Area 
    
        
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             Energy 
            Lawrence Acker 
            Richard Bonnifield 
            John Buchovecky 
            Paul Korman  
            Matthew Love  
            Malcolm McLellan  
            Margaret (Peg) Moore                   
            Bob Nordhaus 
            Brian O’Neill 
            Susan Olenchuk  
            Marlys Palumbo 
            Howard Shapiro  
            Doug Smith  
            Ben Yamagata 
             
            Energy Regulatory 
             
            Marlys Palumbo 
             
            Environmental 
            Mitch Bernstein 
            Brent Carson  
            Kyle Danish 
            Jay Derr  
            Adam Gravley  
            Molly Lawrence  
            Matthew Love  
            Malcolm McLellan 
            Alan Mintz 
            Keith Moxon  
            Marlys Palumbo  
            Dick Penna 
            T.C. Richmond  
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             Government Relations Law 
            Bob Szabo 
            Land Use and Zoning 
            Brent Carson  
            Jay Derr  
            Tadas Kisielius  
            T.C. Richmond 
            Litigation-Environmental 
            Mitch Bernstein 
            Brent Carson  
            Kyle Danish 
            Jay Derr  
            Stephen Fotis 
            Adam Gravley  
            Tadas Kisielius  
            Molly Lawrence  
            Keith Moxon  
            T.C. Richmond  
            Litigation-Land Use and Zoning                   
            Brent Carson  
            Jay Derr 
            Litigation-Real Estate 
            Brent Carson 
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             Native American Law         
            Richard Agnew  
            Matthew Love 
            Jonathan Simon 
            Natural Resources 
            Lawrence Acker 
            Richard Agnew 
            Matthew Love  
            Margaret (Peg) Moore 
            Oil and Gas 
            Brian O’Neill 
            Real Estate 
            Jay Derr  
            Joel Gordon  
            Seth Gustafson  
            Molly Lawrence  
            Susan Shyne 
            Water 
            Adam Gravley     
              
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