80 Akin Lawyers Named Among the Best Lawyers in America

(Washington, D.C.) – Eighty Akin Gump lawyers have been selected for inclusion in the 2022 editions of The Best Lawyers in America and The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch.

Now in its 28th edition, Best Lawyers has been published annually since 1983, ranking lawyers solely through peer–review surveys, compiling lists of outstanding attorneys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their peers. The 2nd edition of “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch,” recognizes attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.

The following Akin Gump lawyers were named among this year's edition of Best Lawyers:

Dallas

• Alex Agahzadeh (Ones to Watch: Real Estate Law)
• Scott Barnard (Litigation - Securities)
• Ashton Barrineau Butcher (Ones to Watch: Corporate Governance; Compliance Law)
• Rachel Biblo Block (Ones to Watch: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy)
• Nafisa L. Bringe (Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation)
• Garrett DeVries (Corporate Law)
• Katie C. Dinett (Ones to Watch: Corporate Law)
• Jessica W. Hammons (Corporate Law)
• Adam Hilkemann (Corporate Law)
• Daniel J. Micciche (Tax Law)
• Seth R. Molay (Corporate Law)
• John B. Phair (Ones to Watch: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
• Sarah Link Schultz (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Frankie Shulkin (Ones to Watch: Corporate Governance; Compliance Law)
• A. Michael Warnecke (Litigation – Antitrust)
• 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)
• Stephen D. Davis (Corporate Law; Energy Law; International Trade and Finance Law)
• David Patrick Elder (Corporate Law)
• John Goodgame (Corporate Law)
• Dasha Hodge (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
• Matthew A. Kapinos (Energy Law)
• Cynthia M. Mabry (Corporate Law)
• Thomas J. McCaffrey (Corporate Law; Real Estate Law)
• Kevin W. Schott (Ones to Watch: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
• W. Robert Shearer (Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
• Jim Wetwiska (Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants)

Los Angeles

• Marissa Román Griffith (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television)
• Gregory W. Knopp (Litigation - Labor and Employment)
• Neal Ross Marder (Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants)
• Kevin G. McBride (Litigation - Patent)
• C.N. Franklin Reddick III (Corporate Law)   
• Daniel Shlomi (Ones to Watch: Real Estate Law)

New York

• James J. Benjamin Jr. (Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy))
• David H. Botter (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Ira S. Dizengoff (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Philip C. Dublin (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Patrick B. Fenn (Tax Law)
• Brooks J. Kenyon (Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Patent)
• Stuart E. Leblang (Tax Law)  
• John P.J. Mattiace (Ones to Watch: Litigation - Labor and Employment)
• Caitlin E. Olwell (Ones to Watch: Litigation - Intellectual Property)
• Arik Preis (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Abid Qureshi (Litigation - Bankruptcy)
• Elizabeth C. Rosen (Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation)
• Seth D. Slotkin (Trusts and Estates)
• Michael S. Stamer (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy)
• Cristina Thrasher (Ones to Watch: Commercial Litigation)
• Stephen M. Vine (Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law)

Philadelphia

• Dianne B. Elderkin (Litigation - Patent)
• Steven D. Maslowski (Litigation - Patent)

San Antonio

• Cynthia Perez Angell (Ones to Watch: Corporate Law)
• Kirt S. O'Neill (Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent)

Washington, DC

• Louis T. Agnello (Health Care Law)
• Scott L. Alberino (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Allison C. Binney (Native American Law)
• Katie Brossy (Native American Law)
• Amanda Amelia Butler-Jones (Ones to Watch: Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)
• Cono A. Carrano (Litigation - Patent)
• Tom W. Davidson (Communications Law)
• Spencer S. Griffith (International Trade and Finance Law)
• Paul B. Hewitt (Antitrust Law)
• Lars-Erik A. Hjelm (International Trade and Finance Law)
• Howard B. Jacobson (Tax Law)
• Gorav Jindal (Antitrust Law)
• Mark J. MacDougall (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
• Thomas J. McCarthy (International Trade and Finance Law)
• Daniel L. Nash (Sports Law)
• Matthew R. Nicely (International Trade and Finance Law)
• Brian Arthur Pomper (Government Relations Practice)
• Donald R. Pongrace (Native American Law)
• Steven R. Ross (Government Relations Practice)
• Robert S. Salcido (Health Care Law)
• James Savin (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Pratik A. Shah (Appellate Practice)
• Hal S. Shapiro (International Trade and Finance Law)
• Melissa D. Whitaker (Ones to Watch: Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
• Kevin J. Wolf (International Trade and Finance Law)

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers and advisors in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

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