Publication Date: September 11, 2006
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
