Chambers USA 2018 Recognizes Akin Lawyers and Practices
(Washington, D.C.) – Chambers & Partners, in its Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2018 guide, has recognized 80 Akin Gump U.S. lawyers as leaders in their respective areas of practice as well as 36 of the firm’s practices nationwide and in state-level categories.
Nationwide, the ranked lawyers are as follows, with ranked practices in bold:
Appellate Law
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Ira S. Dizengoff
- Daniel H. Golden
- Michael S. Stamer
Corporate Crime & Investigations
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
- George (Chip) Cannon Jr.
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
- Michael J. Byrd
- Christine B. LaFollette
Government: Government Contracts
- Robert K. Huffman
Government: Government Relations
- Joel Jankowsky
- John F. Jonas
- Jeffrey D. McMillen
- Brian Arthur Pomper
Government: Political Law
Healthcare
International Trade: Customs
International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy
- Bernd G. Janzen
- Stephen S. Kho
- Hal S. Shapiro
- Valerie A. Slater
Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
- Kelli L. Moll
- Stephen M. Vine
Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Prakash H. Mehta
Native American Law
- Allison C. Binney
- Donald R. Pongrace
- Michael G. Rossetti
Projects
- Edward W. Zaelke
Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
- John J. Marciano III
- Edward W. Zaelke
Sports Law
In California, the ranked practice areas and lawyers are:
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- David P. Simonds
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Robin M. Schachter
Labor & Employment
- Gregory W. Knopp
Litigation: Appellate
- Rex S. Heinke
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Media & Entertainment: Transactional
- John Burke
- Marissa Román Griffith
- Christopher Staton Spicer
In New York, the ranked practice areas and lawyers are:
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Lisa G. Beckerman
- David H. Botter
- Ira S. Dizengoff
- Philip C. Dublin
- Daniel H. Golden
- Arik Preis
- Michael S. Stamer
Corporate/M&A: Shareholder Activism
- Jeffrey Lazar Kochian
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
Labor & Employment
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Michael A. Asaro
- James Joseph Benjamin Jr.
- Robert H. Hotz Jr.
- Douglass B. Maynard
Tax
In Pennsylvania, the ranked practice areas and lawyers are:
Intellectual Property
- Dianne B. Elderkin
- Steven D. Maslowski
- Barbara L. Mullin
In Texas, the ranked practice areas and lawyers are:
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Charles R. Gibbs
- Sarah Link Schultz
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
- John Goodgame
- Seth R. Molay
Corporate/M&A
- Christine B. LaFollette
- Kenneth Menges Jr.
Intellectual Property
- David R. Clonts
- Charles Everingham IV
Litigation: General Commercial
Litigation: Securities
Real Estate
Tax
- Alison L. Chen
- Daniel J. Micciche
- Thomas Weir
In Washington, D.C., the ranked practice areas and lawyers are:
Antitrust
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Rick L. Burdick
Healthcare
- John R. Jacob
- Christopher L. Keough
- Robert S. Salcido
- Stephanie A. Webster
Intellectual Property: Litigation
Labor & Employment
- Joel M. Cohn
- Daniel L. Nash
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
Founded in 1945, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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