(17 June 2014) – Reed Smith LLP today announced lawyers in its Washington, D.C., Falls Church and Richmond offices have earned 42 recognitions as 2014 Virginia or Washington, D.C., Super Lawyers or 2014 Rising Stars. This included 31 Super Lawyers honors and 11 Rising Stars.
“We are pleased Super Lawyers has again affirmed the outstanding results our attorneys in Northern Virginia and the nation’s capital deliver to our valued clients,” said Washington, D.C. Office Managing Partner A. Scott Bolden. “We are pleased they have received this recognition.”
According to Super Lawyers’ Associate Producer, Dunia Chatham, Super Lawyers’ multi-phase selection process recognizes attorneys who have distinguished themselves in their legal practice, while Rising Stars singles out the top up-and-coming attorneys 40 or younger, or those with less than 10 years of practice.
This year, eight lawyers in Reed Smith’s Falls Church office and 12 in its Washington, D.C., office were honored as 2014 Washington DC Super Lawyers. The firm’s Virginia Super Lawyers include eight in Falls Church and three in Richmond.
Two of Reed Smith’s Washington, D.C., 2014 Rising Stars are in the Falls Church Office; six others are in Washington, D.C. The firm’s 2014 Virginia Rising Stars include two in Falls Church and one in Richmond.
Washington DC Super Lawyers in Reed Smith’s Falls Church, Va., office are: Robert M. Diamond and Karen C. Fagelson, Real Estate; Thomas W. Greeson and Julia Krebs-Markrich, Health Care; Joseph S. Luchini, Construction Litigation; James E. McNair, Estate & Probate; Richard C. Sullivan, Jr., Business Litigation; and William G. Thomas, Administrative Law.
Washington DC Super Lawyers in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office are: A. Scott Bolden, White Collar Criminal Defense; Tillman J. Breckenridge, Appellate; Elizabeth Carder-Thompson, Thomas C. Fox and Eugene Tillman, Health Care; Judith L. Harris, Communications; Amy Koch, Energy & Natural Resources; Matthew J. Schlesinger and Gary S. Thompson, Insurance Coverage; Olivia Shay-Byrne, Government Finance; Douglas K. Spaulding, Securities & Corporate Finance; and Michael A. Yuffee, Energy & Natural Resources.
Virginia Super Lawyers in the Falls Church office are: Robert M. Diamond, Real Estate; Michael S. Dingman, Construction Litigation; Thomas W. Greeson and Julia Krebs-Markrich, Health Care; James E. McNair, Estate & Probate; Richard C. Sullivan, Jr., and Mark W. Wasserman, Business Litigation; and William G. Thomas, Administrative Law.
Virginia Super Lawyers in the Richmond office are: S. Miles Dumville, General Litigation; Betty S.W. Graumlich, Employment & Labor; and Curtis G. Manchester, Business Litigation.
Five Reed Smith lawyers in the region were named Super Lawyers in both Washington DC and Virginia – Robert M. Diamond, Julia Krebs-Markrich, James E. McNair, Richard C. Sullivan, Jr., and William G. Thomas.
Named 2014 Washington DC Rising Stars and Virginia Rising Stars are Helenanne Connolly, Employee Litigation Defense, and Brent R. Gary, Business Litigation, both in Reed Smith’s Falls Church office.
2014 Washington DC Rising Stars are: Kristin C. Davis and Andrew M. Weiner, Insurance Coverage; Michael A. Grant, International; Daniel Z. Herbst, Securities Litigation; Katherine J. Seikaly, Criminal Defense, White Collar; and Gunjan Talati, Government Contracts – all in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.
In Richmond, Edward A. Mullen, Administrative Law, is a 2014 Virginia Rising Star.
Reed Smith’s Falls Church Office Managing Partner Carol C. Honigberg added, “This strong showing for all three offices in Super Lawyers reflects our continued impact and influence throughout the region and beyond.”
Five Reed Smith lawyers earned Super Lawyer recognition for the first time in 2014 – Tillman J. Breckenridge, Judith L. Harris, Olivia Shay-Byrne, Michael S. Dingman and Mark W. Wasserman. Five of the firm’s Rising Stars also made this list for the first time – Kristin C. Davis, Michael Allan Grant, Daniel Z. Herbst, Katherine J. Seikaly and Gunjan Talati.
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