May 24, 2013 – Reed Smith LLP today announced the 2013 rankings of its practices and lawyers in the United States by Chambers and Partners.
The firm earned four nationwide practice group rankings and 22 statewide practice group rankings, including three statewide practices ranked in Band 1 – Pennsylvania Banking & Finance, Pennsylvania Bankruptcy/Restructuring and Illinois Insurance: Dispute Resolution.
Seventy-two Reed Smith lawyers collectively earned 82 Chambers rankings for the year, including 13 Band 1 ranks. Lawyers named in Band 1 for 2013 include four recognized for their nationwide practices: Douglas J. Wood, Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory; Elizabeth Carder-Thompson, Healthcare: Regulatory & Litigation; John S. Vishneski, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder; and Michael K. Brown, Product Liability & Mass Torts.
Others lawyers at the firm ranked in Band 1 for 2013, their practice group and the states in which they practice included: Margaret Grignon, Litigation: Appellate, California; Kurt F. Gwynne, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Delaware; John S. Vishneski, Insurance: Dispute Resolution and John Shugrue, Insurance: Dispute Resolution, both in Illinois; Murray J. Klein, Healthcare, New Jersey; and Claudia Z. Springer, Bankruptcy/Restructuring; Leonard A. Bernstein, Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory; Lisa D. Kabnick, Banking & Finance; Michael E. Bleier, Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory; and, Paul Singer, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, all five in Pennsylvania.
Reed Smith’s lawyers singled out by the publication are members of 28 practices across the United States A complete list of the U.S. lawyers and practices ranked by Chambers in 2013 is available here.
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