Best Lawyers in America Names 12 Stueve Siegel Hanson Attorneys in 2025 Edition

08.15.2024

Released today, the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America honors 12 members of the Stueve Siegel Hanson team, including two attorneys recognized as “Lawyers of the Year” in their respective practice areas.

Indeed, George Hanson and Steve Six earned the prestigious Lawyer of the Year accolade, given to individual lawyers who receive the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. 

In Kansas City, Missouri, Hanson is the Lawyer of the Year for Litigation: Labor and Employment, and Six is the Lawyer of the Year for Litigation: Antitrust.

Best Lawyers in America: 2025 Edition

The firm’s full roster of Best Lawyers honorees includes:

George Hanson

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employment Law: Individuals
  • Litigation: Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year
  • Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions: Plaintiffs

Todd Hilton

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions: Plaintiffs
  • Personal Injury Litigation: Plaintiffs

Austin Moore

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Personal Injury Litigation: Plaintiffs

Alex Ricke

  • Employment Law: Individuals
  • Litigation: Labor and Employment

Norman Siegel

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Consumer Protection Law
  • Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions: Plaintiffs
  • Privacy and Data Security Law

Steve Six

  • Appellate Practice
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation: Antitrust Lawyer of the Year

Patrick Stueve

  • Antitrust Law
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation: Antitrust

Bradley Wilders

  • Commercial Litigation

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in 2025

Four additional Stueve Siegel Hanson lawyers were named to the “Ones to Watch” list:

Jillian Dent

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions: Plaintiffs
  • Product Liability Litigation: Plaintiffs

Crystal Cook Leftridge

  • Labor and Employment Law: Employee
  • Litigation: Labor and Employment
  • Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions: Plaintiffs
  • Personal Injury Litigation: Plaintiffs
  • Product Liability Litigation: Plaintiffs

Abby McClellan Paradise

  • Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions: Plaintiffs
  • Personal Injury Litigation: Plaintiffs
  • Product Liability Litigation: Plaintiffs

Ross Merrill

  • Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions: Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation: Defendants

Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. The publication receives almost 10 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."

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