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1. Employment Defense Firms Of The Year

   January 25, 2010

   For labor and employment defense attorneys, 2009 was a big year, highlighted by five game-changing decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court, the reversal of a massive verdict in a seminal tip-pooling case and the defeat of one of the largest Title VII classes ever certified among the litigation to grab headlines. Law360's top employment defense law firms of 2009 — Sidley Austin LLP, Proskauer Rose LLP, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Reed Smith LLP, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Seyfarth Shaw LLP — stood out for their work on some of the year's major cases.

2. Product Liability Defense Firms Of The Year

   January 25, 2010

   For Law360’s top product liability defense teams, consumer fraud suits, forum shopping, suits claiming injuries to children and infants, and populist outrage aimed at high-powered companies turned out to be the biggest challenges of 2009. Five firms — Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Dechert LLP, Reed Smith LLP, Bowman & Brooke LLP and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP — stood out for their work on some of the most high-profile liability cases of the year.

3. Asylum Cases Keep Her on the Cutting Edge

   January 11, 2010

   The emotional intensity of pro bono work can make lawyers feel overwhelmed. Feeling that they've seen enough pain and suffering, some might even turn away from the work.
   
   But gut-wrenching cases, especially those with an aura of hopelessness, are just the thing for human-rights lawyer Jayne Fleming of Reed Smith's San Francisco office.

4. Mass Appeal

   January 07, 2010

   Reed Smith named Litigation Department of the Year in the Product Liability category by The American Lawyer.

5. The Trust for Public Land Fall/Winter 2008/2009 Newsletter

   January 04, 2010

   Reed Smith Partner Dan Slattery was featured in The Trust For Public Land's Fall/ Winter 2009 Newsletter in its "Donor Profile" section. Dan is an advisory council member for TPL.

6. Q&A with Lee Zoeller

   November 04, 2009

   Lee Zoeller, a partner at the international law firm Reed Smith LLP, recently began leading the Institute for Professionals in Taxation.

7. Sherri A. Affrunti Named by the New Jersey Law Journal's Forty Under 40 List

   October 19, 2009

   Sherri A. Affrunti was named to the New Jersey Law Journal's Forty under 40 List. The New Jersey Law Journal chose lawyers who have developed practice niches, demonstrated leadership potential by work in practice groups or committees and amassed a thick book of business and a solid record of trial, appellate or transactional work. NJLJ also looked for pro bono work and charitable, community and other volunteer activities. Sherri is a Partner in Reed Smith's Labor & Employment Group.

8. Voices of Experience: Kit Chaskin, Partner and Firm-wide Chair of the Women’s Initiative Network of Reed Smith

   July 23, 2009

   The Glass Hammer Managing Editor Pamela Weinsaft recently spoke with attorney Kit Chaskin about Chaskin’s path from acting to the legal profession, her thoughts on tackling barriers to the advancement for women in law, and the importance of having a long-term vision for one’s career.

9. Fighting for Freedom

   June 11, 2009

   Asylum seekers, torture survivors and trafficking. Reed Smith’s Jayne E. Fleming on life as a human rights advocate.

10. 2009 Diversity Attorneys of the Year

    May 14, 2009

    There isn’t much within Reed Smith that corporate partner Ajay Raju doesn’t have his hands in — and he keeps plenty busy outside of the firm as well.