May 23, 2014, USA – Reed Smith LLP today announced its lawyers and practice groups earning recognition in the United States from publisher Chambers and Partners.
The firm’s 2014 results include five nationwide practice group rankings and 23 statewide practice group rankings, including three statewide practice rankings in Band 1: Pennsylvania Banking & Finance, Pennsylvania Bankruptcy/Restructuring, and Illinois Insurance: Dispute Resolution.
The firm received first-time recommendations in three practice areas: Pennsylvania Healthcare; Nationwide Advertising: Transactional and Regulatory; and, California Healthcare.
Seventy-eight Reed Smith lawyers collectively earned 85 Chambers’ rankings for the year, including 13 ranked in Band 1, four of whom were in the top rank nationwide: Michael K. Brown, Product Liability & Mass Torts; Elizabeth Carder-Thompson, Healthcare: Regulatory & Litigation; John S. Vishneski, Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder; and, Douglas J. Wood, Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory.
Reed Smith attorneys named to Band 1 for their leading statewide practices in 2014 include 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.
Others members of Reed Smith earning 2014 Band 1 recognition for their statewide practices are Claudia Z. Springer, Bankruptcy/ Restructuring; Leonard A. Bernstein, Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory; Lisa D. Kabnick, Banking & Finance; Paul M. Singer, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, and Karl A. Thallner, Healthcare -- all five of whom practice in Pennsylvania.
Eight Reed Smith lawyers earned a Chambers ranking for the first time, including one recognized as “Up and Coming.” The seven ranked were David R. Cohen, National Litigation: E-Discovery; Paul D. Fogel, California Litigation: Appellate; Salvatore G. Rotella, Jr., Pennsylvania Healthcare; Matthew E. Tashman, Pennsylvania Bankruptcy/Restructuring; Karl A. Thallner, Jr., Pennsylvania Healthcare; and Michael J. Wynne, Illinois Tax. Svetlana G. Attestatova, California Banking and Finance, was recognized as “Up and Coming.”
Reed Smith’s lawyers singled out by the publication this year are members of 28 practices across the United States.
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