Best Lawyers in America Honors 43 Steptoe Attorneys

Forty three Steptoe attorney were recognized in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The purpose of the guide is to assist clients in search of counsel by compiling lists of outstanding attorneys by performing extensive peer-review surveys in which thousands of lawyers participate.

The attorneys were ranked according to several practice areas, as follows:

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

For more information on Steptoe's presence in the professional community, see the honors and ranking page.