AUGUST 17, 2023 - More than 175 attorneys at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP have been included in the newest edition of the peer-review publication Best Lawyers. Fifteen of those lawyers received the 2024 Lawyer of the Year accolade in their city and practice.
Davis Wright's growing base of up-and-coming talent was also recognized by Best Lawyers, which named 90+ early-career attorneys at the firm as Ones to Watch—a jump of nearly two-thirds from last year.
The annual Best Lawyers list is drawn from detailed, confidential evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. Based on those surveys, Best Lawyers compiles its list of the country's best lawyers and designates a single Lawyer of the Year in each of several high-profile practice areas in major legal markets.
Recognized as 2024 Lawyers of the Year are:
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Lawyer Name |
Practice Area |
Location |
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Katherine M. Bolger |
Media Law |
New York |
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Jeffrey S. Bosley |
Labor Law - Management |
San Francisco |
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Ingrid Brydolf |
Health Care Law |
Portland, Ore. |
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John A. DiLorenzo, Jr. |
Government Relations Practice |
Portland, Ore. |
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Laura R. Handman |
Litigation - First Amendment |
New York |
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Robert G. Homchick |
Health Care Law |
Seattle |
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Brian D. Hulse |
Banking and Finance Law |
Seattle |
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Barbara Simpson Kraft |
Corporate Law |
Anchorage |
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Elizabeth A. McNamara |
Copyright Law |
New York |
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Warren J. Rheaume |
Trade Secrets Law |
Seattle |
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Stephen M. Rummage |
Bet-the-Company Litigation |
Seattle |
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Kelli L. Sager |
First Amendment Law and First Amendment Litigation |
Los Angeles |
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Joseph D. Weinstein |
Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law |
Seattle |
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Alonzo Wickers IV |
Media Law |
Los Angeles |
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LaVerne Woods |
Nonprofit / Charities Law |
Seattle |
Best Lawyers also designated the following as Ones to Watch:
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Lawyer Name |
Practice Area |
Location |
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Anastasia Alen |
Entertainment and Sports Law |
Los Angeles |
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MaryAnn Almeida |
Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property |
Seattle |
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Yasmin Amin-Reimer |
Technology Law |
San Francisco |
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Michaela Bantilan Andrawis |
Health Care Law |
Los Angeles |
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Kevin Badgley |
Banking and Finance, Real Estate |
Seattle |
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Ella Beres |
Banking and Finance Law |
Glen Allen, Va. |
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Rachel I. Block |
Intellectual Property, Technology |
Seattle |
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Matthew B. Bornfreund |
Administrative/Regulatory, Financial Services Regulation |
Washington, D.C. |
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Ian Brereton |
Entertainment and Sports Law |
Los Angeles |
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John M. Browning |
Entertainment and Sports Law |
New York |
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Melissa Burgess |
Banking and Finance, Communications |
Washington, D.C. |
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Margaret A. Burnham |
Labor and Employment - Management, Labor and Employment Litigation |
Bellevue, Wash. |
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Heather Canner |
Appellate, Banking and Finance Law |
Los Angeles |
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Jack Chang |
Entertainment and Sports, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent |
Seattle |
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Jennifer K. Chung |
Litigation - Patent |
Seattle |
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Danielle R. Cohen |
Litigation - Labor and Employment |
Los Angeles |
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Grant M. Damon-Feng |
Commercial Litigation |
Seattle |
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Chad Darcy |
Labor and Employment Law - Management |
Anchorage, Alaska |
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Apurva Dharia |
Health Care Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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Daisy Dong |
Banking and Finance Law |
Seattle |
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Lauren A. Dorsett |
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law |
Seattle |
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Rachel Douglas |
Administrative / Regulatory Law |
Los Angeles |
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Brent Droze |
Land Use and Zoning Law |
Seattle |
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Lukas Dudkowski |
Intellectual Property Litigation, Technology |
Seattle |
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Nellie Dunderdale |
Banking and Finance Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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Abigail Everdell |
Entertainment and Sports Law |
New York |
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Nan Feng |
Real Estate Law |
Seattle |
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Caitlin Forsyth |
Health Care Law |
Seattle |
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Samuel P.A. Fox |
Banking and Finance Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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Marissa Franco |
Labor and Employment Law - Management |
Los Angeles |
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Eric Franz |
Commercial Litigation |
Seattle |
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Cydney Swofford Freeman |
Entertainment and Sports, Intellectual Property |
Los Angeles |
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Valerie N. Gallo |
Labor and Employment Law, Labor and Employment Litigation |
Los Angeles |
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Scottland Glen |
Real Estate Law |
Seattle |
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Rachel R. Goldberg |
Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation |
Los Angeles |
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Marina C. Gruber |
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Labor and Employment Litigation |
San Francisco |
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Margaret Haggerty |
Banking and Finance Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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Dorsey Hairston |
Entertainment and Sports Law |
Los Angeles |
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Brent Hamilton |
Litigation - Labor and Employment |
Portland, Ore. |
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Bethany K. Hatef |
Administrative / Regulatory Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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Christine C. Hawkins |
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law |
Bellevue, Wash. |
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Rachel Herd |
Commercial Litigation |
Seattle |
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John Hodges-Howell |
Labor and Employment Law - Management |
Seattle |
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Raphael Holoszyc-Pimentel |
Litigation - Intellectual Property |
New York |
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William Lewis Holtzman |
Intellectual Property Law |
New York |
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David Huang |
Communications Law |
San Francisco |
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Olivier Jamin |
Energy, Environmental, Natural Resources |
Portland, Ore. |
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Jessica Jandura |
Communications, Technology |
San Francisco |
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Christine Parkins Johnson |
Administrative/Regulatory, Health Care, Mergers and Acquisitions |
Los Angeles |
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Lauren E. Johnson |
Real Estate Law |
Portland, Ore. |
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Katie E. Jorrie |
Energy Law |
San Francisco |
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Caesar Kalinowski IV |
Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation |
Seattle |
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Chelsea Kelly |
Intellectual Property Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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Thomas Kost |
Banking and Finance Law |
Seattle |
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Amanda Levine |
Intellectual Property Law |
New York |
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Xiang Li |
Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation |
Seattle |
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Claudia Lin |
Technology Law |
Seattle |
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Kara Maddalena |
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law |
San Francisco |
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Tyler Maffia |
Labor and Employment Law - Management |
San Francisco |
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Carolyn Mahoney |
Communications Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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Billy Matthews |
Banking and Finance Law |
Seattle |
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Connor McCune |
Entertainment and Sports Law |
Seattle |
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Carissa Meade |
Health Care Law |
Seattle |
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Heather Moelter |
Communications Law |
Portland, Ore. |
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Soraya Mohamed |
Communications Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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John C. Nelson, Jr. |
Communications Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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Beatrice Nuñez-Bellamy |
Labor and Employment Law-Management |
Los Angeles |
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Shannon E. O'Neil |
Energy Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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Madhura Panjini |
Litigation - Labor and Employment |
Portland, Ore. |
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Mohammad B. Pathan |
Commercial Litigation, Antitrust Litigation |
New York |
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Nicole Phillis |
Commercial Litigation |
Los Angeles |
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Kristen L. Price |
Commercial Litigation |
Portland, Ore. |
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Jibraun Riaz |
Labor and Employment Law-Management, Labor and Employment Litigation |
Los Angeles |
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Benjamin Robbins |
Technology Law |
Seattle |
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Victoria Samuels |
Technology Law |
Washington, D.C. |
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Adam Sgro |
Intellectual Property Law |
New York |
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Katherine Sheriff |
Technology, Transportation |
Washington, D.C. |
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Adam Sieff |
Commercial Litigation |
Los Angeles |
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Ross C. Siler |
Health Care Law |
Seattle |
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Arthur A. Simpson |
Labor and Employment Law - Management |
Seattle |
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Victoria Slade |
Labor and Employment Law-Management, Labor and Employment Litigation |
Seattle |
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Andy So |
Technology Law |
Seattle |
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Walker Stanovsky |
Energy Law |
Seattle |
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Chris Swift |
Commercial Litigation |
Portland, Ore. |
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Gaurav Talwar |
Commercial Litigation |
New York |
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L. Danielle Toaltoan |
Intellectual Property Law |
New York |
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Bradley W. Tubbs |
Corporate Law |
Seattle |
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Jaime D. Walter |
Labor and Employment Law-Management, Labor and Employment Litigation |
San Francisco |
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Ashley L. Watkins Vulin |
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants |
Portland, Ore. |
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Christopher Weathers |
Entertainment and Sports Law |
Portland, Ore. |
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Cheryl Wei |
Entertainment and Sports, Intellectual Property |
Los Angeles |
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Conrad Wilton |
Entertainment and Sports Law |
Los Angeles |
The full list of Davis Wright's recognized lawyers is below:
Anchorage
Barbara Simpson Kraft - Corporate, Mergers and Acquisition, Real Estate
Anne Marie Tavella - Construction
Bellevue
Keith G. Baldwin - Corporate
Mark W. Berry - Employment-Management
Crissa Cugini - Real Estate
Marco de Sa e Silva - Land Use and Zoning, Real Estate
Rhys M. Farren - Commercial Litigation, Trusts and Estates Litigation
Gregory A. Hendershott - Employment-Management
Richard A. Klobucher - Trusts and Estates
Warren E. Koons - Real Estate
Lynn T. Manolopoulos - Environmental
Larry C. Martin - Land Use and Zoning, Real Estate
Missy Mordy - Labor and Employment Litigation
Kelsey M. Sheldon - Employment, Labor
Devin Smith - Labor and Employment Litigation
David J. Ubaldi - Environmental
Chicago
Harris L. Kay - Securities Litigation
Glen Allen, Va.
Cameron S. Matheson - Commercial Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement Litigation (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Los Angeles
Peter Anderson - Entertainment-Music
Kathleen H. Drummy - Health Care
Mary Haas - Commercial Litigation
Jacob M. Harper - Food and Beverage
Terri D. Keville - Health Care
John P. LeCrone - Employment, Labor and Employment Litigation
Hope R. Levy-Biehl - Health Care
Stacie K. Neroni - Health Care
Kelli L. Sager - Entertainment-Motion Pictures and Television, First Amendment, First Amendment Litigation, Media
Rochelle B. Spandorf - Franchise
Suzanne K. Toller - Communications, Utilities
Alonzo Wickers IV - Entertainment-Motion Pictures and Television, First Amendment, First Amendment Litigation, Media, Intellectual Property Litigation
Robert A. Wyman - Entertainment-Motion Pictures and Television
New York
Robert D. Balin - Media
Katherine M. Bolger - Copyright, First Amendment Litigation, Media
Carolyn J. Casselman - Entertainment-Theater
M. Graham Coleman - Entertainment-Motion Pictures and Television, Entertainment-Theater, Media
Stephen J. Crimmins - Securities Litigation, Securities Regulation
Robert J. Driscoll - Advertising
G. Roxanne Elings - Trademark
Nancy J. Felsten - Advertising
Nicholas A. Giannasca - Energy, Energy Regulatory
Laura R. Handman - First Amendment, First Amendment Litigation, Media
Victor A. Kovner - First Amendment Litigation, Media
Elizabeth A. McNamara - Copyright, Entertainment-Motion Pictures and Television, First Amendment, Intellectual Property Litigation, Media,
Laura Sack - Employment-Management, Labor-Management
Sharon Schneier - Media
Linda Steinman - Copyright, Media
Lyle Zuckerman - Labor-Management
Portland, Ore.
Elaine R. Albrich - Energy, Land Use and Zoning
Sarah Ames Benedict - Labor and Employment Litigation
Ingrid Brydolf - Health Care
Tim Cunningham - Appellate, Commercial Litigation
Clifford A. DeGroot - Corporate
Kathy Dent - Employment-Management
John A. DiLorenzo, Jr. - Government Relations
Marcus Eyth - Construction
Kaley L. Fendall - Mergers and Acquisitions
Stuart C. Harris - Employee Benefits (ERISA)
Thomas S. Hillier - Real Estate
Everett W. Jack, Jr. - Commercial Litigation
Kevin H. Kono - Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, First Amendment Litigation
Stephen R. Ledoux - Leisure and Hospitality, Real Estate
Jesse D. Lyon - Mergers and Acquisition
Andrew McStay - Commercial Litigation
William D. Miner - Commercial Litigation
Jenna L. Mooney - Employment-Management, Labor and Employment Litigation
Sheila Fox Morrison - Copyright, Trademark
Matt Mues - Construction
Carol A. Noonan - Employment-Management
Michael C. Phillips - Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities/Capital Markets
Christie Totten - Labor and Employment Litigation
Mark P. Trinchero - Administrative/Regulatory, Communications, Utilities
Joseph M. VanLeuven - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization
San Francisco
Jeffrey S. Bosley - Employment-Management, Labor-Management
Thomas R. Burke - First Amendment-Litigation, Media
Allison A. Davis - Commercial Litigation
Martin L. Fineman - Commercial Litigation
Gerald F. George - Environmental, Environmental Litigation, Natural Resources
Steven F. Greenwald - Energy, Energy Regulatory
Judith Droz Keyes - Employment-Management, Labor and Employment Litigation
Vidhya Prabhakaran - Energy, Energy Regulatory, Utilities
Harvey S. Schochet - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization, Bankruptcy Litigation
Seattle
Scott Adams - Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent
Kraig L. Marini Baker - Technology, Advertising
Louisa Barash - Technology, Intellectual Property Litigation
Mark N. Bartlett - Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Health Care Litigation
Richard J. Birmingham - Employee Benefits (ERISA), ERISA Litigation
Zana Z. Bugaighis - Commercial Litigation
Fred B. Burnside - Appellate, Commercial Litigation, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants
Diane M. Butler - Immigration
Benjamin J. Byer - Intellectual Property Litigation
Cindy L. Caditz - Copyright, Trademark
Stuart C. Campbell - Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions
Steven Caplow - Commercial Litigation
Anthony T. Caso - Real Estate
Pamela M. Charles - Tax
Jonathan DeMella - Construction
Matthew Diggs - Criminal Defense: White Collar
Michael Donohue - Patent, Technology, Trade Secrets
Jaime Drozd - Commercial Litigation
Jane Eckels - Intellectual Property Litigation, Technology
Brent R. Eller - Health Care
Jason A. Farber - Mergers and Acquisitions
Brad Fisher - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Commercial Litigation
James A. Flaggert - Trusts and Estates
Jason T. Froggatt - Employee Benefits (ERISA)
Craig A. Gannett - Energy, Environmental
David W. Gee - Health Care
Pamela Genise - Immigration
Dirk Giseburt - Tax
John A. Goldmark - Intellectual Property Litigation
Clayton Graham - Land Use and Zoning
James C. Grant - Commercial Litigation
James A. Greenfield - Land Use and Zoning, Real Estate
Jayanne A. Hino - Real Estate
Robert G. Homchick - Health Care
James E. Howard - Commercial Litigation
Brian D. Hulse - Banking and Finance
Amy Hwang - Employee Benefits (ERISA)
Bruce E. H. Johnson - Advertising, Ethics and Professional Responsibility, First Amendment, First Amendment Litigation, Media
Wendy Kearns - Communications, Technology, Trademark
Harry J. F. Korrell - Civil Rights, Employment-Management, Labor-Management
Ambika Kumar - First Amendment Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation
Matthew D. LeMaster - Corporate, Leisure and Hospitality
Scott W. MacCormack - Corporate, Energy
Traeger Machetanz - Construction
Bonnie MacNaughton - Intellectual Property Litigation
Robert J. Maguire - Commercial Litigation
Brendan T. Mangan - Commercial Litigation
Sean McCann - Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions
Hugh McCullough - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization, Bankruptcy Litigation
Jonathan Michaels - Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions
Peter J. Mucklestone - Banking and Finance
Ruben Bolivar Pagán - Technology
Kenneth E. Payson - Appellate, Commercial Litigation
Lisa Peterson - Real Estate
Ragan L. Powers - Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization, Bankruptcy Litigation
Michele Radosevich - Government Relations, Tax
Lauren B. Rainwater - Commercial Litigation
Richard M. Rawson - Immigration
John A. Reed - Corporate
Dana M. Reid - Nonprofit/Charities, Trusts and Estates
Warren J. Rheaume - Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation, Trade Secrets
Adam D. Romney - Health Care
George C. Rondeau, Jr. - Patent, Trade Secrets, Trademark
Kathryn S. Rosen - Labor and Employment Litigation
Stephen M. Rummage - Appellate, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation
Andrew J. Schultheis - Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions
Eric M. Stahl - Communications, First Amendment, Copyright
Dipa N. Sudra - Employee Benefits (ERISA)
Sheehan Sullivan - Employment-Management
Brian J. Todd - Tax
Sarah English Tune - Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate
Megan Vogel - Immigration
Daniel M. Waggoner - Communications, First Amendment, Technology
William L. Weigand III - Commercial Litigation
Joseph D. Weinstein - Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses, Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions
Rebecca L. Williams - Health Care
LaVerne Woods - Nonprofit/Charities, Tax
James E. Wreggelsworth - Tax
Jeffrey Youmans - Employment-Management; Labor and Employment Litigation
Washington, D.C.
Sean A. Atkins - Energy
Christian R. Bartholomew - Securities Litigation, Securities Regulation
Christopher D. Ford - Information Technology, Technology
K.C. Halm - Communications
Laura R. Handman - First Amendment, First Amendment Litigation, Media
Paul B. Hudson - Communications
Barbara S. Jost - Energy
Thomas J. McGonigle - Securities Litigation, Securities Regulation
Brian Nixon - Advertising
Kevin Petrasic - Financial Services Regulation
Christopher W. Savage - Communications
Robert G. Scott, Jr. - Communications
John D. Seiver - Communications
Nathan Siegel - First Amendment Litigation, Media
Jonathan P. Trotta - Energy
Andrea Wolfman - Energy, Energy Regulatory, Utilities
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