128 Akin Lawyers Recognized Among the ‘Best Lawyers in America’

Dallas

• Alex Agahzadeh (Ones to Watch: Real Estate Law)
• Matthew B. Alexander (Ones to Watch: Banking and Finance Law)
• John Bain (Real Estate Law)
• Scott Barnard (Litigation - Securities)
• Ashton Barrineau Butcher (Ones to Watch: Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
• Jesse E. Betts (Corporate Law)
• Kathryn D. Betts (Ones to Watch: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
• Rachel Biblo Block (Ones to Watch: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy)
• Garrett DeVries (Corporate Law)
• Jessica W. Hammons (Corporate Law)
• Adam Hilkemann (Corporate Law)
• Zachary Dain Lanier (Ones to Watch: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Alan L. Laves (Banking and Finance Law)
• Lacy Lawrence (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation)
• Nicholas R. Lombardi (Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation)
• Brennan Meier (Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants)
• Seth R. Molay (Corporate Law; Energy Law)
• Julia Pashin (Ones to Watch: Tax Law)
• Eliot Raffkind (Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law)
• Michelle A. Reed (Litigation - Securities)
• Nicholas D. Rice (Ones to Watch: Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)
• Sarah Link Schultz (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Elizabeth Marie Dulong Scott (Commercial Litigation)
• Frankie Shulkin (Ones to Watch: Corporate Governance and Compliance Law)
• Wes Smith (Ones to Watch: Real Estate Law)
• Michael Warnecke (Antitrust Law; Litigation - Antitrust; Qui Tam Law)
• Wesley P. Williams (Corporate Law)
• Thomas H. Yang (Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law)

Fort Worth

• Cole Bredthauer (Oil and Gas Law)
• Marc N. Epstein (Real Estate Law)

Houston

• Alison L. Chen (Tax Law)
• David Patrick Elder (Corporate Law)
• Leana Garipova (Ones to Watch: Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
• John Goodgame (Corporate Law; Oil and Gas Law)
• Hayden Harms (Ones to Watch: Energy Law)
• Dasha Hodge (Ones to Watch: Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
• Matthew A. Kapinos (Energy Law)
• Thomas J. McCaffrey (Corporate Law; Real Estate Law)
• Brian Glenn Patterson (Litigation - Labor and Employment)
• Kevin W. Schott (Ones to Watch: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
• Robert Shearer (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
• Amanda Marie Thienpont (Ones to Watch: Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
• Roxanne Tizravesh (Litigation - Bankruptcy)
• Jim Wetwiska (Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants)

Los Angeles

• Marshall L. Baker (Ones to Watch; Commercial Litigation)
• Thomas Ian Dupuis (Project Finance Law)
• Marissa Román Griffith (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television)
• Neal Ross Marder (Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants)
• Alissa Miller (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television)
• Vanessa Roman (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television

New York

• James J. Benjamin Jr. (Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy))
• Desireé Busching (Ones to Watch: Litigation - Labor and Employment)
• Ryan Dahan (Ones to Watch: Tax Law)
• Ira S. Dizengoff (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Patrick B. Fenn (Tax Law)
• Robert Fink (Tax Law)
• Emily Goodman (Ones to Watch: Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)
• Stuart E. Leblang (Tax Law)
• John Hunt (Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation)
• Ross Karlik (Ones to Watch: Corporate Law)
• Anna Kordas (Ones to Watch: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Lauren Leyden (Litigation - Labor and Employment)
• Edan Lisovicz (Ones to Watch: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Andrew McDonough (Ones to Watch: Corporate Law)
• Prakash Mehta (Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law)
• Caitlin E. Olwell (Ones to Watch: Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants)
• Svetlana Pavlovic (Ones to Watch: Patent Law)
• Kate Powers (Ones to Watch: Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
• Arik Preis (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Abid Qureshi (Litigation - Bankruptcy)
• Richard Rabin (Litigation - Labor and Employment)
• Doug Rappaport (Corporate Law)
• Jason Sison (Ones to Watch: Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
• Seth D. Slotkin (Trusts and Estates)
• Joseph Sorkin (Litigation - Bankruptcy)
• Michael S. Stamer (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy)
• Stephen M. Vine (Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law)

Philadelphia

• Steven D. Maslowski (Litigation - Patent)
• Jonathan James Underwood (Ones to Watch: Litigation - Patent)

San Antonio

• Daniel L. Moffett (Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent)

San Francisco

• Aileen McGrath (Appellate Practice)
• Donna Mezias (Litigation - Labor and Employment)

Washington, DC

• Louis Agnello (Ones to Watch: Health Care Law)
• Scott L. Alberino (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Hunter Bates (Government Relations Practice)
• Katie Brossy (Native American Law)
• Paul Butler (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
• Amanda Amelia Butler-Jones (Ones to Watch: Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)
• Cono A. Carrano (Litigation - Patent)
• Jon Chatalian (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law)
• Chuck Connolly (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
• James C. Crowley (Ones to Watch: Litigation - Labor and Employment)
• Tom W. Davidson (Communications Law)
• Brendan Dunn (Government Relations Practice)
• Stacey Eisenstein (Litigation - Labor and Employment)
• Marlee Gallant (Ones to Watch: Health Care Law)
• Spencer S. Griffith (International Trade and Finance Law)
• Jason Hauter (Native American Law)
• Paul B. Hewitt (Antitrust Law)
• Lars-Erik A. Hjelm (International Trade and Finance Law)
• Howard B. Jacobson (Tax Law)
• Bernd Janzen (International Trade and Finance Law)
• Sarah B.W. Kirwin (Ones to Watch: Banking and Finance Law; Privacy and Data Security Law)
• Susan Kovarovics (International Trade and Finance Law)
• Robert Lian (Litigation - Labor and Employment)
• Mark J. MacDougall (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
• Emily Mallen (Energy Law; Energy Regulatory Law)
• Thomas J. McCarthy (International Trade and Finance Law)
• Jeffrey McMillen (Government Relations Practice)
• Yujin McNamara (International Trade and Finance Law)
• Daniel L. Nash (Litigation - Labor and Employment; Sports Law)
• Matthew R. Nicely (International Trade and Finance Law)
• Lide Paterno (Ones to Watch: Appellate Practice)
• Jonathan Poling (International Trade and Finance Law)
• Brian Arthur Pomper (Government Relations Practice)
• Donald R. Pongrace (Native American Law)
• David Quigley (Environmental Law)
• Brian Rafkin (Ones to Watch: Antitrust Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
• Ben Reiter (Ones to Watch: Energy Law, Project Finance Law)
• Jennifer Richter (Communications Law)
• Steven R. Ross (Government Relations Practice)
• Steve Rowings (Ones to Watch: Communications Law; Technology Law)
• Robert S. Salcido (Health Care Law)
• Wynn Segall (International Trade and Finance Law)
• Pratik A. Shah (Appellate Practice; Native American Law)
• Hal S. Shapiro (International Trade and Finance Law)
• Michael Vernick (Qui Tam Law)
• Kevin J. Wolf (International Trade and Finance Law)