Record eight attorneys named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers® in Baltimore and Washington, DC
Washington, DC – August 17, 2015 – 93 Venable LLP attorneys were recognized in the just-released 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. They represent a broad cross section of Venable practices and attorneys from the firm's Baltimore, MD; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Towson, MD; Tysons Corner, VA; and Washington, DC offices.
Additionally, a record eight attorneys were named "Lawyer of the Year" in Baltimore and Washington, DC. Only a single attorney in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as a "Lawyer of the Year." Attorneys are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer-review assessments. This honor reflects the high level of respect an attorney has earned among his or her peers in the same communities and the same practice areas, for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity. The following Venable attorneys were named "Lawyer of the Year":
Brian J. O'Connor – Litigation and Controversy - Tax in Baltimore
Charles J. Morton, Jr. – Technology Law in Baltimore
Judson W. Starr – Litigation - Environmental in Washington, DC
Kevin L. Shepherd – Real Estate Law in Baltimore
Paul F. Strain – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants in Baltimore
Ronald R. Glancz – Litigation - Banking and Finance in Washington, DC
Thomas D. Washburne, Jr. – Mergers and Acquisitions Law in Baltimore
Todd J. Horn – Employment Law - Management in Baltimore
Also of note, Best Lawyers recognized Stefan F. Tucker for the 30th consecutive year. Five attorneys – Michael D. Foster, Thora A. Johnson, Michele Mulrooney, John R. Stierhoff, and Michael J. Volpe – were listed in Best Lawyers for the first time this year.
The twenty-second edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2016) includes over 55,000 attorneys in 140 practice areas covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Inclusion in this year's publication is based on more than 6.7 million detailed evaluations of attorneys by their peers.
The complete list of Venable attorneys honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2016 follows below. The year next to each attorney's name indicates the first year in which he or she was included in Best Lawyers:
David G. Adams (2007)
- FDA Law
Robert G. Ames (2006)
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
Jeffrey P. Ayres (2007)
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
John E. Bowman (2014)
- Banking and Finance Law
Peter S. Britell (2007)
- Real Estate Law
Jennifer J. Bruton (2014)
- Real Estate Law
Walter R. Calvert (2007)
- Public Finance Law
- Tax Law
Courtney G. Capute (2012)
- Leisure and Hospitality Law
- Real Estate Law
Wallace E. Christner (2007)
- Corporate Compliance Law
Bryson L. Cook (1993)
- Corporate Law
- International Trade and Finance Law
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Tax Law
John F. Cooney (2012)
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
William D. Coston (2009)
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Patent
Gregory A. Cross (2012)
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
James E. Cumbie (2008)
- Public Finance Law
C. Carey Deeley, Jr. (2014)
- Commercial Litigation
Douglas C. Emhoff (2014)
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
Alan J. Epstein (2014)
- Tax Law
Geoffrey C. Etnire (2006)
- Real Estate Law
Kurt J. Fischer (2008)
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Real Estate Law
Michael D. Foster (2016)
- Tax Law
Thomas W. France (2008)
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Stephen K. Gallagher (2007)
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
Geoffrey R. Garinther (2013)
- Criminal Defense - White Collar
Nora E. Garrote (2014)
- Technology Law
Lawrence H. Gesner (2007)
- Real Estate Law
Ronald R. Glancz (2008)
- Banking and Finance Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
Jeffrey K. Gonya (2006)
- Non-Profit / Charities Law
- Trusts and Estates
Robert G. Gottlieb (2006)
- Real Estate Law
James E. Gray (2006)
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Douglas H. Green (2012)
- Environmental Law
- Litigation - Environmental
Gary D. Hailey (2009)
- Advertising Law
W. Warren Hamel (2015)
- Criminal Defense - White Collar
- Government Relations Practice
James J. Hanks, Jr. (2006)
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
Mark B. Harrison (2010)
- Technology Law
Marta D. Harting (2006)
- Commercial Litigation
- Energy Law
Adam R. Hess (2006)
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Patent
- Patent Law
Kenneth R. Hoffman (2006)
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Robert A. Hoffman (2011)
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
Todd J. Horn (2009)
- Employment Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Philip M. Horowitz (1993)
- Real Estate Law
Stuart P. Ingis (2015)
- Advertising Law
Thora A. Johnson (2016)
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Jeffrey D. Knowles (2012)
- Advertising Law
Sharon A. Kroupa (2012)
- Corporate Governance Law
Thomas M. Lingan (2011)
- Environmental Law
- Litigation – Environmental
Michael B. Luftman (2013)
- Trusts and Estates
Michael B. MacWilliams (2013)
- Commercial Litigation
Christopher R. Mellott (2015)
- Commercial Litigation
Thomas E. D. Millspaugh (2008)
- Real Estate Law
Mitchell Y. Mirviss (2013)
- Appellate Practice
Keith A. Mong (2013)
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Charles J. Morton, Jr. (2010)
- Corporate Law
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Technology Law
- Venture Capital Law
Amy Ralph Mudge (2015)
- Advertising Law
Michelle Mulrooney (2016)
- Trusts and Estates
Jeanne L. Newlon (2008)
- Trusts and Estates
Brian J. O'Connor (2006)
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax
- Tax Law
Gregory J. Ossi (2014)
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Bruce R. Parker (2010)
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Jennifer A. Pratt (2013)
- Tax Law
Maria E. Rodriguez (2013)
- Commercial Litigation
Jeffrey S. Sabin (2012)
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Michael A. Sartori (2008)
- Technology Law
Michael D. Schiffer (2013)
- Corporate Law
Joseph C. Schmelter (2013)
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Brian L. Schwalb (2010)
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Litigation - Trusts and Estates
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax
A. Christopher Sega (2006)
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
Randal M. Shaheen (2014)
- Advertising Law
Ralph E. Sharpe (2015)
- Banking and Finance Law
James L. Shea (1995)
- Appellate Practice
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
Kevin L. Shepherd (2006)
- Real Estate Law
David S. Smith (2013)
- Labor Law - Management
Eric R. Smith (2013)
- Corporate Law
Judson W. Starr (2001)
- Criminal Defense - White Collar
- Environmental Law
- Litigation - Environmental
Margaret N. Strand (2006)
- Environmental Law
- Litigation - Environmental
John R. Stierhoff (2016)
- Government Relations Practice
Paul F. Strain (2006)
- Commercial Litigation
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Ronald W. Taylor (2006)
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Jeffrey S. Tenenbaum (2012)
- Non-Profit / Charities Law
Craig A. Thompson (2013)
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Kenneth L. Thompson (2007)
- Commercial Litigation
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Stacie E. Tobin (2013)
- Commercial Litigation
Stefan F. Tucker (1987)
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
Michael J. Volpe (2016)
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
Robert L. Waldman (2007)
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Non-Profit / Charities Law
- Tax Law
William L. Walsh Jr. (2015)
- Corporate Governance Law
Thomas D. Washburne, Jr. (2006)
- Banking and Finance Law
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Richard L. Wasserman (1995)
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
G. Stewart Webb, Jr. (2014)
- Commercial Litigation
Edward L. Wender (2010)
- Real Estate Law
James D. Wright (1993)
- Real Estate Law
Brian M. Zimmet (2015)
- Energy Law
Armand J. Zottola (2014)
- Technology Law
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