WASHINGTON, D.C. - Reed Smith proudly announces today that seven of its lawyers have been listed as 2020 Super Lawyers, and two of its lawyers are featured in Super Lawyers’ 2020 list of Rising Stars in the nation’s capital.

The following lawyers from Reed Smith’s Washington D.C. office were included in the 2020 Super Lawyers list:

  • Lawrence Block, partner, Government Contracts
  • Scott Bolden, managing partner (Washington, D.C.), Criminal Defense: White Collar
  • Lesley Reynolds, partner, Health Care
  • Frederick Robinson, partner, Health Care
  • Edward Schwartz, partner, Antitrust Litigation
  • Regina Speed-Bost, partner, Energy & Natural Resources
  • Andrew Weiner, partner, Insurance Coverage

Lawyers from the D.C. office who were included in the 2020 Rising Stars list are:

  • Gerard Donovan, partner, Intellectual Property
  • Elizabeth Leavy, counsel, Government Contracts

Both lists are published by the rating service Super Lawyers, which is part of Thomson Reuters.

Super Lawyers selects lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement through a patented multiphase process that includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.

To be eligible to be a Rising Star, a candidate must be 40 years or younger or have been in practice 10 years or less. A description of the selection process can be found at superlawyers.com.