TOM HENZE OF GALLAGHER & KENNEDY NAMED “PHOENIX WHITE-COLLAR:
CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER OF THE YEAR” BY BEST LAWYERS
PHOENIX (Nov. 16, 2009) – Tom Henze, a shareholder with Gallagher & Kennedy, P.A., has been named “Phoenix Best Lawyers Criminal Defense: White-Collar Lawyer of the Year” for 2010 by Best Lawyers, the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession.
After more than a quarter of a century in publication, Best Lawyers is designating “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.” The publication compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.
Steven Naifeh, managing editor of Best Lawyers, says, “We continue to believe – as we have believed for more than 25 years – that recognition by one’s peers is the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession. We would like to congratulate Tom Henze on being selected as the ‘Phoenix Best Lawyers Criminal Defense: White-Collar Lawyer of the Year’ for 2010.”
Mr. Henze practices criminal defense law with an emphasis on federal and state commercial and white-collar prosecutions. He holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Arizona.