Best Lawyers in America Honors 42 Steptoe Attorneys

Forty-two Steptoe attorneys were recognized in the 2009 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 E. Warin);
• Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law (Robbin L. Itkin);
• Commercial Litigation (Francis J. Burke, Jr., Robert E. Jordan, III, Mark A. Neubauer, John E. Nolan and Roger E. Warin);
• Corporate Law (Robert E. Jordan 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);
• Information Technology Law (Fredric D. Bellamy);
• Insurance Law (Floyd P. Bienstock, James E. Rocap and Roger E. Warin);
• International Arbitration (Lucinda A. Low);
• International Trade & 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 B. Ianniello and Roger E. Warin);
• Mass Tort Litigation (Lawrence P. Riff and Nicholas J. Wallwork);
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law (Mark 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 (Samual M. Sipe, Jr);
• Tax Law (Arthur L. Bailey, Patrick Derdenger, Michael C. Durst, Matthew D. Lerner, Suzanne Ross McDowell, Mark J. Silverman, Philip R. West and Matthew J. Zinn);
• Transportation Law (Betty Jo Christian, Anthony J. LaRocca and Samual M. Sipe, Jr.);
• 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.