Rechtsanwälte: John P. Feldman Douglas J. Wood David M. Halbreich John D. Shugrue John S. Vishneski José Astigarraga Leigh T. Hansson Michael J. Lowell David R. Cohen Anthony J. Diana Michael K. Brown Melissa A. Geist Patrick E. Bradley Oliver Beiersdorf Michael Sanders Kurt C. Peterson Raymond A. Cardozo Michael S. Sherman Kurt F. Gwynne Carol Colborn Loepere Ed Mullins Thomas A. Marrinson Carolyn H. Rosenberg Stanley C. Nardoni Martin J. Bishop Daniel I. Booker Paul M. Singer Derek J. Baker Matthew E. Tashman Jennifer A. Smokelin Karl A. Thallner John N. Ellison Timothy P. Law Douglas E. Cameron Douglas R. Widin Thomas H. Suddath Lee A. Zoeller Leo N. Hitt J. James Cooper Casey Ryan Peter J. Chassman James C. Brennan Robert M. Diamond Carol C. Honigberg
Other 2017 highlights for the firm include:
- 93 lawyers were ranked in their field, three for the first time.
- 13 lawyers were ranked in Band 1 across 12 of the firm’s practice areas.
- 8 lawyers rose a band.
- 8 lawyers were ranked in two practice areas.
- 7 lawyers earned new recognition as an “Other Noted Practitioner.”
- 81 lawyers maintained their 2016 rankings.
National Practice Rankings
Reed Smith was ranked nationally in the following practices:
- Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory (Band 3)
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Band 5)
- Energy: Electricity: Regulatory & Litigation (Other Noted Firm)
- Government: Government Contracts (Other Noted Firm)
- Healthcare (Band 3)
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder (Band 2)
- International Arbitration (Band 5)
- International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (Other Noted Firm)
- Labor & Employment (Other Noted Firm)
- Life Sciences (Band 4)
- Product Liability & Mass Torts (Band 2)
- Startups & Emerging Companies (Other Noted Firm)
- Transportation: Aviation: Litigation (Other Noted Firm)
Regional Practice Rankings
Regionally the following practices were ranked in Band 1:
- Illinois
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
- Pennsylvania
- Banking & Finance
- Bankruptcy & Restructuring
- Insurance
- Western Pennsylvania
- Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Western Pennsylvania Litigation: General Commercial
Individual Attorney Rankings
The Reed Smith attorneys individually recognized in 2017 are:
| REGION | PRACTICE | ATTORNEY |
| Nationwide | Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory |
John Feldman Senior Statesman - Douglas Wood |
| Nationwide | Capital Markets: Derivatives |
Peter Malyshev |
| Nationwide | Healthcare: Regulatory & Litigation |
Elizabeth Carder-Thompson |
| Nationwide |
Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder |
David Halbreich John Shugrue John Vishneski |
| Nationwide |
International Arbitration |
José Astigarraga M. Cristina Cárdenas Up and Coming - Eduardo De la Peña Bernal |
| Nationwide |
International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions |
Leigh Hansson Michael Lowell |
| Nationwide |
Litigation: E-Discovery |
David Cohen Anthony Diana |
| Nationwide |
Product Liability & Mass Torts |
Michael Brown John Hooper Barbara Binis Michael Scott Melissa Geist Spotlight Table: Pharmaceutical- Michael Brown |
| Nationwide |
Transportation: Aviation: Litigation |
Patrick Bradley Oliver Beiersdorf |
| California |
Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital |
Michael Sanders |
| California |
Healthcare |
Kurt Peterson |
| California |
Insurance: Policyholder |
David Halbreich |
| California |
Labor & Employment |
Linda Husar |
| California |
Labor & Employment |
Thomas Hill |
| California |
Life Sciences |
Michael Sanders |
| California |
Litigation: Appellate |
Paul Fogel Raymond Cardozo |
| California |
Media & Entertainment: Transactional |
Michael Sherman |
| Delaware | Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
Kurt Gwynne J. Cory Falgowski |
| Delaware | Intellectual Property |
Senior Statesman - Rudolf Hutz |
| District of Columbia | Healthcare |
Elizabeth Carder-Thompson Carol Loepere |
| District of Columbia |
Healthcare: Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory |
Gail Daubert |
| District of Columbia |
Insurance: Policyholder |
Gary Thompson |
| Florida | Litigation: General Commercial |
Edward Mullins |
| Illinois | Banking & Finance |
Joel Schaider |
| Illinois |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
Stephen Bobo |
| Illinois |
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity |
Bradley Schmarak Seth Hemming |
| Illinois |
Insurance: Dispute Resolution |
John Shugrue John Vishneski James Davis Thomas Marrinson Carolyn Rosenberg Stanley Nardoni Paul Walker-Bright |
| Illinois |
Intellectual Property |
Robert Browne |
| Illinois |
Litigation: General Commercial |
Marty Bishop |
| REGION |
PRACTICE | ATTORNEYS |
| New Jersey | Corporate/M&A |
Diane Frenier Betty Yan |
| New York | Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder |
Paul Breene |
| Pennsylvania | Antitrust |
Daniel Booker Debra Dermody |
| Pennsylvania |
Banking & Finance |
Lisa Kabnick David Surbeck Up and Coming - Kathryn Nordick Mainly Regulatory: Leonard Bernstein |
| Pennsylvania |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
Claudia Springer Peter Clark Eric Schaffer Paul Singer Derek Baker Matthew Tashman |
| Pennsylvania |
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity |
Paul Jaskot |
| Pennsylvania |
Environment |
Louis Naugle Jennifer Smokelin |
| Pennsylvania |
Healthcare |
Karl Thallner Brad Rostolsky |
| Pennsylvania | Insurance |
John Ellison Timothy Law Douglas Cameron Doug Widin |
| Pennsylvania | Labor & Employment |
Sara Begley Karl Fritton Martha Hartle Munsch Casey Ryan Employee Benefits & Compensation: John Martini |
| Pennsylvania | Litigation: General Commercial |
Carolyn Short Michael Scott |
| Pennsylvania | Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
Thomas Suddath, Jr. |
| Pennsylvania | Tax |
Lee Zoeller Leo Hitt |
| Texas | Construction |
Lee Haag |
| Texas | Insurance |
James Cooper Stephen Moll |
| Texas | Intellectual Property |
Nicholas Barzoukas Peter Chassman |
| Texas | Labor & Employment |
Mark Temple |
| Virginia | Construction |
Thomas Folk Michael Dingman |
| Virginia | Litigation: General Commercial |
Miles Dumville |
| Virginia - Northern | Real Estate |
James Brennan Robert Diamond Benjamin Tompkins Carol Honigberg |
| Virginia - Northern | Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use |
Michael Banzhaf Benjamin Tompkins |
About Reed Smith
Reed Smith is a global relationship law firm with more than 1,700 lawyers in 27 offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Founded in 1877, the firm represents leading international businesses, from Fortune 100 corporations to mid-market and emerging enterprises. Its lawyers provide litigation and other dispute-resolution services in multi-jurisdictional and other high-stakes matters; deliver regulatory counsel; and execute the full range of strategic domestic and cross-border transactions. Reed Smith is a preeminent advisor to industries including financial services, life sciences, health care, advertising, entertainment and media, shipping and transport, energy and natural resources, real estate, manufacturing, technology, and education
U.S.: Century City, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Princeton, Richmond, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Tysons, Washington, D.C., Wilmington
Europe: Athens, Frankfurt, London, Munich, Paris
Middle East: Abu Dhabi, Dubai
Asia: Beijing, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Shanghai, Singapore