Six Baltimore attorneys named "Lawyer of the Year" in their practices
Washington, DC (August 15, 2017) – Ninety Venable attorneys were recognized in the 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. The attorneys from the Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Towson, Tysons, and Washington, DC offices represent a broad cross section of the firm's business, government, intellectual property, and litigation divisions.
Best Lawyers also named six Baltimore attorneys as "Lawyer of the Year" in their practices. Only a single attorney in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is recognized as a Lawyer of the Year. This honor reflects the high level of respect attorneys have earned among their peers in their communities and respective practice areas for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity. The following Venable attorneys were named "Lawyer of the Year" in Baltimore:
Walter R. Calvert – Public Finance Law, Tax Law
James J. Hanks, Jr. – Corporate Law, Corporate Governance Law
Sharon A. Kroupa – Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law
Thomas M. Lingan – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
Brian J. O’Connor – Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
Bruce R. Parker – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation –Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Five attorneys were listed in Best Lawyers for the first time this year: William R. Burford (Trusts and Estates), Roger A. Colaizzi (Advertising Law), Patricia McGowan (Corporate Law), W. Bryan Rakes (Mergers and Acquisitions Law), and Michael W. Robinson (Commercial Litigation).
The complete list of additional Venable attorneys honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2018 follows below. The year next to each attorney's name indicates the first year in which he or she was included in Best Lawyers:
Robert G. Ames (2006)
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
Jeffrey P. Ayres (2007)
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
Jennifer J. Bruton (2014)
- Real Estate 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
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
Jeffrey K. Gonya (2006)
- Non-Profit/Charities Law
- Trusts and Estates
Robert G. Gottlieb (2006)
- Real Estate Law
Jessica L. Grant (2017)
- Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – 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
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
- Privacy and Data Security Law
Thora A. Johnson (2016)
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Jeffrey D. Knowles (2012)
- Advertising Law
Claudia A. Lewis (2017)
- FDA Law
Michael B. Luftman (2013)
- Trusts and Estates
Jonathan C. Lurie (1999)
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- 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
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
Michele Mulrooney (2016)
- Trusts and Estates
Jeanne L. Newlon (2008)
- Trusts and Estates
Gregory J. Ossi (2014)
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
Jennifer A. Pratt (2013)
- Tax Law
Lawrence Roberts (2017)
- Communications 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
Kevin L. Shepherd (2006)
- Real Estate Law
Douglas L. Siegler (2006)
- Trusts and Estates
William M. Sloan (2013)
- Environmental Law
- Land Use and Zoning Law
Eric R. Smith (2013)
- Corporate Law
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)
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- 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
Ralph S. Tyler (2017)
- Health Care Law
Michael J. Volpe (2016)
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law - Management
Robert L. Waldman (2007)
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Non-Profit/Charities Law
- Tax 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
Po Yi (2017)
- Advertising Law
- Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures and Television
A.J. Zottola (2014)
- Technology Law
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