Reed Smith LLP today announced the 2016 recommendations and rankings for its practice groups and attorneys by Chambers & Partners, publishers of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. The firm added to its ranking from 2015 by being recognized in 34 practice areas (up from 32 in 2015) and increasing the firm’s individual attorney recognition by seven percent.
Highlights from the firm’s 2016 rankings include:
- 101 Reed Smith lawyers were individually ranked by Chambers as leaders in their field, a 7 percent increase from 2015, with 13 of the firm’s attorneys named to Band 1 in 14 practice groups.
- Of the 34 practice areas recognized, six were ranked in Band 1.
- Five of the firm’s U.S. partners were ranked as “Senior Statesmen”: Rudolf Hutz, Thomas Cox, Douglas Wood, Fredrick Colen and William Bevan III.
- Michael K. Brown was featured in the Products Liability National Spotlight Table
- Three of the firm’s attorneys were ranked “Recognized Practitioners”: Carol Honigberg, Larry Sher and Miles Dumville.
- Three attorneys were ranked “Up and Coming”: Kathryn Nordick, J. Cory Falgowski and Brad Rostolsky
National Practice Rankings
The firm ranked nationally in:
- Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory (Band 3)
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Band 5)
- Healthcare (Band 3)
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder (Band 2)
- International Trade (Recognized Practitioner)
- Labor & Employment (Recognized Practitioner)
- Life Sciences (Band 4)
- Product Liability & Mass Torts (Band 3)
- Transportation: Aviation: Litigation (Recognized Practitioner)
Regional Practice Rankings
Regionally the following practices were ranked Band 1:
- Illinois
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution
- Pennsylvania
- Banking & Finance
- Bankruptcy & Restructuring
- Insurance
- Western Pennsylvania
- Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Western Pennsylvania Litigation: General Commercial
The firm was named a “ Recognized Practice” in four areas:
- California
- Banking & Finance
- Media & Entertainment
- New York
- Media & Entertainment: Corporate
- Pennsylvania
- Environment
Individual Attorney Rankings
Among the 101 Reed Smith attorneys individually recognized are:
|
Attorney |
Location |
Practice Area |
|
Douglas J. Wood |
Nationwide |
Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory |
|
John Feldman |
Nationwide |
Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory |
|
Peter Malyshev |
Nationwide |
Capital Markets: Derivatives |
|
Michael Yuffe |
Nationwide |
Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) |
|
Elizabeth Carder-Thompson |
Nationwide |
Healthcare: Regulatory & Litigation |
|
David M. Halbreich |
Nationwide |
Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder |
|
John S. Vishneski |
Nationwide |
Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder |
|
John Shugrue |
Nationwide |
Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder |
|
Diane M. Frenier |
Nationwide |
Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial |
|
Anthony J. Diana |
Nationwide |
Litigation: E-Discovery |
|
David Cohen |
Nationwide |
Litigation: E-Discovery |
|
Barbara R. Binis |
Nationwide |
Product Liability & Mass Torts |
|
John Hooper |
Nationwide |
Product Liability & Mass Torts |
|
Michael K. Brown |
Nationwide |
Product Liability & Mass Torts |
|
Michael T. Scott |
Nationwide |
Product Liability & Mass Torts |
|
Michael K. Brown |
Nationwide |
Product Liability: Pharmaceutical |
|
Larry Sher |
Nationwide |
Recognized Practitioner - Government: Government Contracts |
|
Svetlana Attestatova |
California |
Banking & Finance |
|
Michael Sanders |
California |
Corporate/M&A: Venture Capital |
|
Kurt Peterson |
California |
Healthcare |
|
David M. Halbriech |
California |
Insurance: Policyholder |
|
Linda S. Husar |
California |
Labor & Employment |
|
Thomas E. Hill |
California |
Labor & Employment |
|
Michael Sanders |
California |
Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial |
|
Paul Fogel |
California |
Litigation: Appellate |
|
Raymond A. Cardozo |
California |
Litigation: Appellate |
|
J. Cory Falgowski |
Delaware |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
Kurt F. Gwynne |
Delaware |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
Richard Robinson |
Delaware |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
Rudolf E. Hutz |
Delaware |
Intellectual Property |
|
Carol Loepere |
District of Columbia |
Healthcare |
|
Elizabeth Carder-Thompson |
District of Columbia |
Healthcare |
|
Thomas Fox |
District of Columbia |
Healthcare |
|
Gary Thompson |
District of Columbia |
Insurance: Policyholder |
|
Joel Schaider |
Illinois |
Banking & Finance |
|
Stephen Bobo |
Illinois |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
Bradley Schmarak |
Illinois |
Corporate/M&A: Private Equity |
|
Seth M. Hemming |
Illinois |
Corporate/M&A: Private Equity |
|
Carolyn Rosenberg |
Illinois |
Insurance: Dispute Resolution |
|
James M. Davis |
Illinois |
Insurance: Dispute Resolution |
|
John S. Vishneski |
Illinois |
Insurance: Dispute Resolution |
|
John Shugrue |
Illinois |
Insurance: Dispute Resolution |
|
Paul R. Walker-Bright |
Illinois |
Insurance: Dispute Resolution |
|
Stanley C. Nardoni |
Illinois |
Insurance: Dispute Resolution |
|
Thomas A. Marrinson |
Illinois |
Insurance: Dispute Resolution |
|
Robert E. Browne |
Illinois |
Intellectual Property |
|
Martin Bishop |
Illinois |
Litigation: General Commercial |
|
Michael Wynne |
Illinois |
Tax: Controversy |
|
Betty Yan |
New Jersey |
Corporate/M&A |
|
Diane M. Frenier |
New Jersey |
Corporate/M&A |
|
Ann Kramer |
New York |
Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder |
|
Paul Evan Breene |
New York |
Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder |
|
Paul R. Gupta |
New York |
Intellectual Property: Patent |
|
Joseph Amao |
New York |
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
|
Benjamin F. Tompkins |
Northern Virginia |
Real Estate |
|
James C. Brennan |
Northern Virginia |
Real Estate |
|
Robert Diamond |
Northern Virginia |
Real Estate |
|
Benjamin F. Tompkins |
Northern Virginia |
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use |
|
Michael A. Banzhaf |
Northern Virginia |
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use |
|
Carol Honigberg |
Northern Virginia |
Recognized Practitioner - Real Estate |
|
Debra Dermody |
Pennsylvania |
Antitrust |
|
David Surbeck |
Pennsylvania |
Banking & Finance |
|
Kathryn Nordick |
Pennsylvania |
Banking & Finance |
|
Lisa D. Kabnick |
Pennsylvania |
Banking & Finance |
|
Leonard A. Bernstein |
Pennsylvania |
Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory |
|
Michael E. Bleier (retired) |
Pennsylvania |
Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory |
|
Claudia Z. Springer |
Pennsylvania |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
Derek J. Baker |
Pennsylvania |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
Eric A. Schaffer |
Pennsylvania |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
Matthew E. Tashman |
Pennsylvania |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
Paul Singer |
Pennsylvania |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
Peter Clark |
Pennsylvania |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
Paul J. Jaskot |
Pennsylvania |
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity |
|
Louis Naugle |
Pennsylvania |
Environment |
|
Brad M. Rostolsky |
Pennsylvania |
Healthcare |
|
Karl A. Thallner |
Pennsylvania |
Healthcare |
|
Salvatore Rotella |
Pennsylvania |
Healthcare |
|
Doug Widin |
Pennsylvania |
Insurance |
|
Jay M. Levin |
Pennsylvania |
Insurance |
|
John N. Ellison |
Pennsylvania |
Insurance |
|
Timothy Law |
Pennsylvania |
Insurance |
|
Frederick H. Colen |
Pennsylvania |
Intellectual Property |
|
Casey Ryan |
Pennsylvania |
Labor & Employment |
|
Eugene Connors |
Pennsylvania |
Labor & Employment |
|
Karl Fritton |
Pennsylvania |
Labor & Employment |
|
Martha Hartle Munsch |
Pennsylvania |
Labor & Employment |
|
Sara Begley |
Pennsylvania |
Labor & Employment |
|
William Bevan III |
Pennsylvania |
Labor & Employment |
|
John D. Martini |
Pennsylvania |
Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation |
|
Carolyn Short |
Pennsylvania |
Litigation: General Commercial |
|
Michael T. Scott |
Pennsylvania |
Litigation: General Commercial |
|
Thomas H. Suddath, Jr. |
Pennsylvania |
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
|
Leo Hitt |
Pennsylvania |
Tax |
|
Lee Haag |
Texas |
Construction |
|
James Cooper |
Texas |
Insurance |
|
Stephen Moll |
Texas |
Insurance |
|
Peter Chassman |
Texas |
Intellectual Property |
|
Mark Temple |
Texas |
Labor & Employment |
|
Thomas R. Folk |
Virginia |
Construction |
|
Miles Dumville |
Virginia |
Recognized Practitioner - Litigation: General Commercial |
The list is available at chambersanpartners.com.
*denotes first time appearance in Chambers USA
London-based Chambers & Partners publishes directories that assess and rank the world’s leading lawyers. Chambers USA was first introduced in 2003. The Chambers rankings are the result of extensive surveys and interviews of in-house counsel and leading law firm partners.
About Reed Smith
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