Chambers Global Honors Nine Steptoe Practice Areas and 20 Attorneys

Nine Steptoe practice areas and 20 attorneys were honored as leaders in the legal industry in Chambers Global 2010 guide. Since 1990, Chambers has published the world’s leading guides to the legal profession and has built a reputation for in–depth, objective research. Chambers’s team of full–time researchers conduct thousands of interviews with lawyers and their clients worldwide. Editors identify and rank the world’s best lawyers according to criteria valued by clients such as technical expertise, business acumen, prompt delivery, and value for money.

Steptoe has repeatedly been honored by Chambers Global and is proud that two new practice areas have been recognized—International Trade: International Firms (Asia-wide) and International Trade: Intellectual Property; Section 337 (US). With the firm’s increasing presence in Asia and a number of high–profile Section 337 wins, these honors are well–deserved.

The following Steptoe practices and lawyers are ranked:

Practice Areas

• Energy: Electricity (US) 
• Energy: Oil & Gas (US) 
• International Trade (US)
• International Trade: Intellectual Property; Section 337 (US)
• International Trade: International Firms (Asia-wide)
• International Trade/WTO (Belgium) 
• International Trade/WTO (Europe-wide)
• International Trade/WTO (Global) 
• Tax: Corporate and Finance (US)

Individual Attorneys

• Steven H. Brose — Energy: Oil & Gas; Regulatory & Litigation (US)  
• Richard O. Cunningham — International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (US) 
• Eric Emerson — International Trade: International Firms (Asia-wide)
• Susan Esserman — International Trade: International Firms (Asia-wide) 
                                   International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (US)
• W. George Grandison — International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (US) 
• Douglas G. Green — Energy: Electricity; Regulatory & Litigation (US)
• Alice A. Kipel — International Trade: Intellectual Property; Section 337 (US) 
• Edward Krauland — International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (US) 
• Lucinda Low — International Trade: FCPA Experts (US) 
• Mark A. Moran — International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (US) 
• David B. Raskin — Energy: Electricity; Regulatory & Litigation (US) 
• Steven Reed - Energy: Oil & Gas; Regulatory & Litigation (US) 
• Richard Roberts — Energy: Electricity; Regulatory & Litigation (US) 
• Charles F. Schill — International Trade: International Firms (Asia-wide) 
                                 International Trade: Intellectual Property; Section 337 (US)
• James Searles — International Trade/WTO (Europe-wide) (Belgium) 
• Mark J. Silverman — Tax: Corporate (US) 
• Michael A Vatis — Privacy & Data Security (US) 
• Reid H. Weingarten — Litigation: Trial Lawyers (US)
• Phillip West — Tax: International Tax (US)