June 12, 2009

Thirteen attorneys from the Des Moines-based law firm of Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C. were selected for inclusion in the newly-released 2009 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business and/or the recently announced 2009 Iowa Super Lawyers list, to be published in Great Plains Super Lawyers magazine and online at superlawyers.com.  Two-thirds of the firm's shareholders, as well as one of counsel attorney, were selected for inclusion in one or both of these publications.

The attorneys who were selected as "Leading Individuals" in the new Chambers publication are Howard Hagen (Corporate/M&A: Banking & Finance), Jill Jensen-Welch (Labor & Employment), Rick Malm (Corporate/M&A), Mollie Pawlosky (General Commercial Litigation), Bridget Penick (Labor & Employment), Russ Samson (Labor & Employment), Jon Sullivan (Real Estate), Paul Tyler (Real Estate) and Marc Ward (Corporate/M&A).  In addition, the firm was ranked as a "Leading Firm" in every area of law researched by Chambers & Partners in the state of Iowa.  Chambers and Partners, the publisher of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, bases its rankings on in-depth interviews with attorneys and clients, and considers its rankings and editorial comments to be independent and objective.

The Dickinson attorneys who were named by Great Plains Super Lawyers magazine as top attorneys in Iowa for 2009 are Bret Dublinske, Joan Fletcher, Dick Lyford, Russ Samson, Jon Sullivan, Paul Tyler and John Vernon.  Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers.  The selections for Super Lawyers are made by Law & Politics, a division of Key Professional Media that annually undertakes a rigorous selection process including a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by an attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and a good-standing and disciplinary check.