Numerous Akin Gump Practices, Lawyers Recommended by The Legal 500 US 2021 Guide
(Washington, D.C.) – The Legal 500, in its 14th edition of The Legal 500 United States, has highlighted a number of Akin Gump practices and lawyers as leaders in their respective areas. According to the publication, the rankings involved careful consideration of evaluations given by law firms, their peers and clients.
For the sixth year in a row, Akin Gump ranked as a top-tier firm in two categories of finance - restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate and government - government relations. A number of lawyers have also been named by The Legal 500 US as “Leading Lawyers,” “Next Generation Lawyers” and members of the “Hall of Fame” in their respective fields.
The firm’s “Leading Lawyers” include:
- Supreme Court and appellate practice co-head Pratik A. Shah
- Financial restructuring partner Ira S. Dizengoff
- Public law and policy practice co-heads G. Hunter Bates and Brian Arthur Pomper
- Public law and policy partner Arshi Siddiqui
- Global corporate practice co-head John Goodgame
- International trade partner Matthew Nicely
This is the fourth consecutive recognition for Mr. Shah, and a three-peat for Messrs. Dizengoff, Bates, Pomper and Goodgame.
Investment management practice co-head Stephen M. Vine was once again recognized in the guide’s “Hall of Fame” and oil & gas partner David H. Sweeney received his third straight “Next Generation Lawyer” distinction.
Additionally, 28 of the firm’s practices were recognized and nearly 100 Akin Gump lawyers were recommended:
Alternative/hedge funds
- Prakash Mehta
- Eliot D. Raffkind
- Stephen M. Vine
Antitrust: Civil litigation/class actions: Defense
- Alexander H. Merritt
Antitrust: Merger control
- Gorav Jindal
- Corey W. Roush
- Haidee L. Schwartz
Appellate: Courts of appeal
Appellate: Supreme courts (states and federal)
- Julius Chen
- Lide Paterno
- Pratik A. Shah
- James E. Tysse
Capital Markets: Debt offerings: Advice to issuers
- Garrett DeVries
- John Goodgame
- Seth R. Molay
- Rosa A. Testani
Corporate governance
- Kerry E. Berchem
- John Goodgame
- Jeffrey Lazar Kochian
- Cynthia Mabry
- Seth R. Molay
Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to corporates
Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to individuals
- Michael A. Asaro
- James Joseph Benjamin Jr.
- Paul W. Butler
- Karen Elizabeth Christian
- Charles F. Connolly
- Katherine Goldstein
- Claudius B. Modesti
Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
Energy: Renewable/alternative power
- John Goodgame
- Daniel Lynch
Energy Transactions: Oil and gas
- David Patrick Elder
- John Goodgame
- Cynthia Mabry
- Seth R. Molay
- David H. Sweeney
General commercial disputes
Government contracts
Government relations
- G. Hunter Bates
- Susan H. Lent
- Jeffrey D. McMillen
- Ed Pagano
- Brian Arthur Pomper
- Arshi Siddiqui
International trade
- Christian C. Davis
- Spencer S. Griffith
- Lars-Erik A. Hjelm
- Shana A. Hofstetter
- Bernd G. Janzen
- Thomas J. McCarthy
- Yujin Kim McNamara
- Matthew Nicely
- Katherine P. Padgett
- Jonathan C. Poling
- Devin S. Sikes
- Daniel M. Witkowski
- Kevin J. Wolf
Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
- Stacey R. Eisenstein
- Gregory W. Knopp
- Gary M. McLaughlin
- Donna M. Mezias
- Daniel L. Nash
- Nathan J. Oleson
- Esther G. Lander
- Robert G. Lian Jr.
M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Kerry E. Berchem
- John Goodgame
- Jeffrey Lazar Kochian
- Thomas H. Yang
Media and entertainment: transactional
Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Cono Carrano
- Julius Chen
- Dianne B. Elderkin
- Rachel J. Elsby
- Michael P. Kahn
- Steven D. Maslowski
- Kevin G. McBride
- Daniel L. Moffett
- Rubén H. Muñoz
- Kirt S. O’Neill
- Matthew A. Pearson
- Pratik A. Shah
- David C. Vondle
Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Cono Carrano
- Steve Maslowski
- David Vondle
Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- James A. Deeken
- Blayne A. Grady
- Prakash H. Mehta
- Barbara Niederkofler
- Eliot D. Raffkind
- Fadi G. Samman
- Stephen M. Vine
Real estate
- John Allen Bain
- Marc N. Epstein
- David Stone Phelps
Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Ira S. Dizengoff
- Philip C. Dublin
- Abid Qureshi
- James Roome
Securities litigation: Defense
- Stephen M. Baldini
- Scott Barnard
- Michelle Reed
Shareholder activism: Advice to shareholders
- Kerry E. Berchem
- Gerald Brant
- Jeffrey Lazar Kochian
- Douglas A. Rappaport
Sport
- Stacey R. Eisenstein
- Daniel L. Nash
US Taxes: Non-Contentious
For further details on the firm’s rankings and commentary, please click here.
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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