Eighty-one lawyers from Reed Smith LLP were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). Of these, 12 are included on the list for the first time; 22 have been listed 10 years or more; and 8 have earned this distinction for at least two decades.
The 2007 edition is the thirteenth of the publication and the second to be published on an annual basis. Prior to 2005, the list was published every other year.
The selection of individuals for inclusion on the Best Lawyers list is based on a peer-review process in which more than 18,000 leading attorneys throughout the country cast more than a half million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties. Half the votes are either by fax or email and the other half are solicited by telephone.
Lawyers voting include those who have been nominated sua sponte during the year since the previous survey, lawyers who have been nominated but not included on the list in the prior year, new nominations solicited from the 18,000 plus attorneys listed in the previous edition and all the lawyers whose names appeared in the previous edition of Best Lawyers.
The Reed Smith attorneys named to this year’s list include::
Falls Church, VA
- Bruce L. Christman
Real Estate Law - Grayson P. Hanes (10)
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Real Estate Law - Julia Krebs-Markrich (10)
Health Care Law
Los Angeles, CA
- Kurt C. Peterson
Legal Malpractice Law
New York, NY
- Paul J. Bschorr
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Commercial Litigation - Paul Shur (*)
Structured Finance Law
Oakland, CA
- Kathy M. Banke
Appellate Law - Stephen G. Blitch
Commercial Litigation
Personal Injury Litigation - John L. McDonnell, Jr. (20)
Trusts and Estates - Sean Rhatigan
Corporate Law - Robert M. Winokur (20)
Tax Law
Philadelphia, PA
- David C. Auten (20)
Real Estate Law - Peter S. Clark II (*)
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law - Karl A. Fritton
Labor and Employment Law - Louis M. Heidelberger
Intellectual Property Law - Andrea M. Kahn-Kothmann (*)
Health Care Law - Jay M. Levin
Insurance Law - Stephen M. Lyons III
Real Estate Law - William J. McNichol
Intellectual Property Law - Joseph M. Sedlack
Tax Law - John F. Smith III
Insurance Law - Claudia Z. Springer
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law - Karl A. Thallner, Jr.
Health Care Law - Douglas R. Widin (*)
Insurance Law
Pittsburgh, PA
- Joel P. Aaronson (*)
Land Use & Zoning Law - Thomas L. Allen (*)
Antitrust Law
Commercial Litigation - Albert Bates, Jr. (*)
Construction Law - William Bevan III (10)
Labor and Employment Law - Cathy Bissoon
Labor and Employment Law - Dennis R. Bonessa
Employee Benefits Law - Daniel I. Booker (10)
Antitrust Law
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Corporate Law - Douglas E. Cameron
Insurance Law - Frederick H. Colen
Intellectual Property Law - Eugene K. Connors (*)
Labor and Employment Law - Robert B. Cottington
Labor and Employment Law - David L. DeNinno
Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions Law - Debra H. Dermody (*)
Antitrust Law - Carolyn D. Duronio
Tax Law - Lawrence E. Flatley
Insurance Law - Ronald W. Frank
International Trade and Finance Law - Frank T. Guadagnino
Banking Law - James R. Haggerty
Labor and Employment Law - Ronald G. Hartman
Real Estate Law - Leo N. Hitt (10)
Tax Law - Coutney C.T. Horrigan (*)
Insurance Law - Gregory B. Jordan (10)
First Amendment Law - Lisa D. Kabnick
Banking Law - Robert A. King (10)
Commercial Litigation
Construction Law - Alan E. London (10)
Banking Law - James C. Martin
Appellate Law - W. Thomas McGough, Jr. (10)
Appellate Law
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
First Amendment Law
White-Collar Criminal Defense - J. Frank McKenna
Commercial Litigation
Construction Law - Martha H. Munsch (10)
Education Law
Labor and Employment Law - Louis A. Naugle (10)
Environmental Law - Ruth S. Perfido
Real Estate Law - Peter D. Post (10)
Labor and Employment Law - James J. Restivo, Jr. (10)
Commercial Litigation
Insurance Law - Patrick W. Ritchey (20)
Labor and Employment Law - Catherine S. Ryan
Labor and Employment Law - Eric A. Schaffer
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law - Edward W. Seifert (20)
Real Estate Law - Paul M. Singer (20)
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law - George L. Stewart (*)
Insurance Law - Arthur H. Stroyd
Commercial Litigation
Mass Tort Litigation
Product Liability Litigation - Gene A. Tabachnick
Intellectual Property Law - Thomas Todd (10)
Banking Law - Harley N. Trice II (10)
Environmental Law - John C. Unkovic (20)
Labor and Employment Law - Scott F. Zimmerman (20)
Labor and Employment Law
Princeton, NJ
- Leonard A. Bernstein (10)
Banking Law - J. Ferd Convery III
Banking Law
Corporate Law - Murray J. Klein (10)
Health Care Law - Steven J. Picco (10)
Environmental Law
Richmond, VA
- Kathleen S. Mehfoud (*)
Education Law
San Francisco, CA
- Timothy N. Brown (10)
Real Estate Law - Peter W. Davis (10)
Appellate Law
Personal Injury Litigation - Paul D. Fogel
Appellate Law - Charles Seaman (10)
Real Estate Law
Washington, DC
- Thomas C. Fox (10)
Health Care Law - Donald Myers
Employee Benefits Law - Eugene Tillman
Health Care Law
(*) Denotes First Year Listed
(10) Denotes Listed for at least 10 Years
(20) Denotes Listed for at least 20 Years