Best Lawyers in America Honors 43 Steptoe Attorneys

Forty-three Steptoe attorneys were recognized in the 2010 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:

• Appellate Law (Bennett Cooper);
• Alternative Dispute Resolution (John E. Nolan; Roger E. Warin);
• Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law (Robbin L. Itkin);
• Bet-the-Company Litigation (Mark A. Neubauer);
• Commercial Litigation (Francis J. Burke, Jr.; Mark A. Neubauer; John E. Nolan; Roger E. Warin);
• Corporate Law (Mark J. Silverman; Nancy L. White);
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar (Francis J. Burke, Jr.; Stacey F. Gottlieb; Mark J. Hulkower; Reid H. Weingarten);
• 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);
• Information Technology Law (Fredric D. Bellamy);
• Insurance Law (Floyd P. Bienstock; James E. Rocap III; Roger E. Warin);
• International Arbitration (Lucinda A. Low);
• International Trade and Finance Law (Lucinda A. Low; Mark A. Moran; Richard O. Cunningham);
• Labor and Employment Law (Lawrence A. Katz; Stephanie J. Quincy);
• Legal Malpractice Law (Antonia B. Ianniello; Roger E. Warin);
• Mass Tort Litigation (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; Matthew D. 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.).

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