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Industry experts have consistently acknowledged the high level of excellence at Steptoe & Johnson LLP with top rankings and awards. Our attorneys are consistently ranked as leaders in their fields by several professional publications, including the following:

Chambers USA—America's Leading Business Lawyers (2007)

All Ranked Areas and All Ranked Lawyers

National 

Energy: Electricity
Energy: Oil & Gas
ERISA Litigation: Paul Ondrasik 
Insurance: Insurer Firms
: James Rocap III, Roger Warin
International Arbitration

International Trade: Richard Cunningham, Susan Esserman, W. George Grandison, Alice Kipel, Edward Krauland, Mark Moran, Charles Schill
Tax: Corporate
Transportation: Rail: Betty Jo Christian, Samuel Sipe, Jr.

Washington, DC

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation: Melanie Nussdorf
Energy: Electricity: Douglas Green, David Raskin, Richard Roberts
Energy: Oil & Gas: Steven Brose, Steven Reed
Insurance: Insurer Firms: Antonia Ianniello, Harry Lee, James Rocap III, Roger Warin
Litigation
Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations: Reid Weingarten
Tax: Michael Durst, Suzanne Ross McDowell, Mark Silverman, Philip West
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite: Regulatory: Pantelis Michalopoulos, Philip Malet

Arizona

Environment (Including Water Rights): Fredric Bellamy, James Derouin, Nicholas Wallwork 
Labor & Employment: Lawrence Katz
Litigation: General Commercial: Francis Burke

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Chambers Global 2008

All Ranked Areas and All Ranked Lawyers

Practice Areas

Individual Attorneys

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Chambers UK 2008

  • London Insurance
  • Fraud: Civil
  • Recommended: Angus Rodger (Insurance) and Brendan Patterson (Real Estate)

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Expert Guides (2008)

  • Commercial Arbitration—Patrick M Norton
  • Competition and Antitrust—James Halverson, David Roll
  • Energy and Natural Resources—Steven H Brose, Steven Reed
  • Insolvency and Restructuring—Fil Agusti
  • Insurance and Reinsurance—Neil Ellis, Stephen Fennell, Toni Ianniello, Harry Lee, James Rocap, Angus Rodger, Guy Soussan, Roger Warin, Frank Winston, Jr., Philip Woolfson
  • International Trade—Richard Cunningham, Eric Emerson, Susan Esserman, Matthew Frumin, W. George Grandison, Sheldon Hochberg, Edward Krauland, Iain MacVay, Mark Moran, James Searles, Matthew Yeo
  • Labour and Employment—Larry Katz
  • Patent—Scott Doyle
  • Tax Advisers—Mark Silverman, Philip West
  • Transfer Pricing—Michael Durst

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Legal Experts 2008

European Edition

  • Kees Kuilwijk—EU and competition, IT and telecoms
  • Jean Russotto—EU and competition, Banking and finance
  • James Searles—EU and competition
  • Guy Soussan——EU and competition, Banking and finance
  • Philip Woolfson—EU and competition, Banking and finance
     

UK Edition

  • Andrew Bloom—Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Neil Ellis—Insurance
  • Adam Greaves—Commercial Litigation
  • Marshall Leopold—Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Brendan Patterson—Commercial property
  • Farzana Rao—Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Angus Rodger—Insurance
  • Tom Sprange—Arbitration
  • Michael Thompson—Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Ray Werbicki—Arbitration

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Who's Who Legal (2007)

The following Steptoe attorneys and practices were recognized in the 2007 edition of The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers:

  • Arbitration—Patrick Norton
  • Business Crime—Reid Weingarten
  • Competition—Kenneth Ewing
  • Corporate Tax—Mark Silverman, Philip West
  • Environment—James Searles
  • Insurance/Reinsurance—Philip Woolfson
  • Labour and Employment—Lawrence Katz
  • Oil and Gas—Steve Brose
  • Patent—Roger Parkhurst
  • Regulatory Communications—Alfred Mamlet
  • Trade & Customs—Richard Cunningham,  Susan Esserman,  W. George Grandison,  Edward Krauland,  Iain MacVay,  Mark Moran

The following attorneys are listed in the US market:

  • Environment USA—Sara Beth Watson
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3000 Leading Lawyers in America (2006)

  • Steve Brose
  • Richard Cunningham
  • Jim Derouin
  • Steve Reed
  • Jim Rocap
  • Reid Weingarten

500 Leading Lawyers in America

  • Richard Roberts—a "triple threat in antitrust, litigation, and energy, he has shaped supersized electricity-industry restructurings" (2006)

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The Best Lawyers in America (2008)

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution - John E. Nolan, Roger Warin
  • Commercial Litigation - Robert E. Jordan III, John E. Nolan, Mark A. Neubauer, Roger Warin
  • Corporate Law - Robert E. Jordan III, Nancy L. White
  • Employee Benefits Law - Anne E. Moran, Melanie F. Nussdorf, Paul J. Ondrasik, Jr.
  • Energy Law - Stephen H. Brose, Douglas G. Green, David B. Raskin, Richard L. Roberts
  • Environmental Law - James G. Derouin, Nicholas J. Wallwork
  • First Amendment Law - David J. Bodney
  • Government Relations Law -  Wendy G. Briggs, Jeffrey A. Sandquist
  • Information Technology Law - Fredric D. Bellamy
  • Insurance Law - Floyd P. Bienstock, James E. Rocap III, Roger Warin
  • International Trade and Finance Law - Richard O. Cunningham, Lucinda A. Low, Mark A. Moran
  • Labor and Employment Law - Lawrence A. Katz, Stephanie J. Quincy
  • Legal Malpractice Law - Antonia Ianniello, Roger Warin
  • Mass Tort Litigation - Kevin C. Mayer, Lawrence P. Riff, Nicholas J. Wallwork
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Law - Mark J. Silverman
  • Natural Resources Law - Stephen H. Brose, Douglas G. Green, David B. Raskin, Steven G. T. Reed
  • Project Finance Law - Harold I. Freilich
  • Railroad Law - Samuel M. Sipe, Jr.
  • Tax Law - Arthur L. Bailey, Patrick Derdenger, Michael C. Durst, Matt Lerner, Suzanne Ross McDowell, Mark J. Silverman, Philip R. West, Matthew J. Zinn
  • Transportation Law - Betty Jo Christian, Anthony J. LaRocca, Samuel M. Sipe, Jr.
  • White-Collar Criminal Defense - Francis J. Burke, Jr., Mark J. Hulkower, Reid H. Weingarten  

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Legal Business (2008)

  • US Law Firm of the Year 2008—Highly Commended

Legal 500 UK (2007)

The London office was listed in the following categories:

  • Arbitration
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Commercial Property
  • Commercial Property: Investment
  • Fraud: Commercial and Regulatory Investigations
  • Information Technology
  • Insurance and Reinsurance Litigation
  • Insurance: Corporate and Regulatory
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Trade, WTO, Anti-dumping, Customs

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Legal 500 Belgium (2008)

The Brussels office was listed in the following categories:

  • Competition
  • Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Customs
  • Trade
  • WTO and anti-dumping
  • Dispute Resolution
  • EU regulatory - Chemicals (REACH)
  • EU regulatory - environment
  • EU regulatory - financial services
  • EU regulatory - food and drugs
  • EU regulatory - information technology  

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Legal 500 US (2007)

Steptoe has been recommended for the following practice areas: 

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PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook (2006)

Highly recommended
  • Alfred Mamlet—Telecommunications (USA: DC: Washington)
  • Reid Weingarten—Dispute resolution (USA: DC: Washington)

Recognised

  • James Halverson—Competition/anti-trust (USA: DC: Washington)

Recommended

Attorneys

  • Darren Abrahams—EU Life sciences: regulatory (European Union)
  • Phil Malet—Telecommunications (USA: DC: Washington)
  • Craig Simpson—EU Life sciences: regulatory (European Union)
  • Michael Thompson—IT and e-commerce (England)
  • Philip West—Tax (USA: DC: Washington)

Practices

  • Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Dispute; international arbitration
  • IT/E-Commerce

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Diversity Awards and Recognition

  • Multicultural Law Magazine has included Steptoe & Johnson LLP in its 2007 Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity.
  • Wiley A. Branton Award (2006)—presented by Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs to the firm in the area of public accommodations. The Committee recognized Steptoe for the firm’s successful resolution of the civil rights law suit against the City of Myrtle Beach on behalf of the NAACP and individual plaintiffs.
  • Human Rights Campaign Foundation (2006) gave Steptoe a score of 85 out of 100 in their Corporate Equality Index Survey. The HRC Foundation is the nation’s largest advocacy group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Americans.
  • Minority Law Journal (2006) ranks Steptoe 13 out of the Top 25 Law Firms for Disabled Americans and ranks the firm 13 out of the Top 25 Law Firms for Native Americans.
  • Women’s Law Association at Harvard Law School Study, “Presumed Equal: What America’s Top Women Lawyers Really Think About Their Firms,” (2006) ranks Steptoe 12th in the country. Additionally the firm ranks in the top 10 for Washington, DC. 

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Pro Bono Awards and Recognition

  • American Lawyer Ranks Firm in Top 15 for Pro Bono (2006)
  • DC Pro Bono Firm of the Year, according to the DC Employment Justice Center (2006)
  • Certificate of Appreciation from the Tahirih Justice Center, for our "lifesaving pro bono representation of immigrant women and girls fleeing violence" (2006)
  • Wiley A. Branton Award (2006)—presented by Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs to the firm in the area of public accommodations. The Committee recognized Steptoe for the firm’s successful resolution of the civil rights law suit against the City of Myrtle Beach on behalf of the NAACP and individual plaintiffs.

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