Overview
(May 27, 2016, Washington, DC) – Steptoe received 20 practice mentions and 63 individual mentions for lawyers in the 2016 edition of Chambers USA. The prestigious legal guide identifies the leading lawyers and law firm practices based on interviews conducted by Chambers researchers with thousands of lawyers and their clients.
The following Steptoe practices and lawyers are ranked or recognized:
Practice Areas
- Corporate Crime & Investigations (Nationwide)
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (DC)
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Nationwide)
- Energy: Electricity – Regulatory & Litigation (Nationwide)
- Energy: Oil & Gas – Regulatory & Litigation (Nationwide)
- ERISA Litigation (Nationwide)
- FCPA (Nationwide)
- Government: Government Relations (Nationwide)
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer (Nationwide)
- Insurance: Insurer (DC)
- International Trade (Nationwide)
- International Trade: Intellectual Property – Section 337 (Nationwide)
- Labor & Employment (Arizona)
- Litigation: General Commercial (Arizona)
- Litigation: White-Collar (DC)
- Tax (DC)
- Tax: Controversy (Nationwide)
- Tax: Corporate & Finance (Nationwide)
- Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite (DC)
- Transportation: Rail (Nationwide)
Individual Lawyers
- Jason Abel – Government: Political Law (Nationwide)
- William Abrams – Intellectual Property: Patent (California) and Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets (California)
- Steven Adkins – International Trade: Intellectual Property – Section 337 (Nationwide)
- Chris Amantea* – Environment (California)
- Joni Andrioff – Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Illinois)
- Stewart Baker – International Trade: CFIUS Experts (Nationwide)
- Floyd Bienstock – Litigation: General Commercial (Arizona)
- Lon Bouknight – Energy: Electricity – Regulatory & Litigation (Nationwide)
- Steve Brose – Energy: Oil & Gas – Regulatory & Litigation (Nationwide)
- Paul Charlton – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Arizona)
- Betty Jo Christian – Transportation: Rail (Nationwide)
- Michael Dockterman – Litigation: General Commercial (Illinois)
- Markham Erickson – Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite (DC)
- Susan Esserman – International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (Nationwide)
- Ken Ewing – Antitrust (DC)
- Cecelia Fanelli – Leisure & Hospitality (Nationwide)
- Harold Fox – Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution (DC)
- Doug Green – Energy: Electricity – Regulatory & Litigation (Nationwide)
- Brian Heberlig – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (DC)
- Stephen Heifetz – International Trade: CFIUS Experts (Nationwide)
- Toni Ianniello – Insurance: Insurer (DC)
- Walker Johnson – Tax: Controversy (Nationwide)
- Larry Katz – Labor & Employment (Arizona)
- Ed Krauland – International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (Nationwide)
- Sharon Larkin* – Government: Government Contracts (Nationwide)
- Anthony LaRocca – Transportation: Rail (Nationwide)
- Harry Lee – Insurance: Insurer (DC)
- Lucinda Low – International Trade: FCPA Experts (Nationwide)
- Patrick Menasco* – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (DC)
- Pantelis Michalopoulos – Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite (DC)
- Mike Miller – Litigation: General Commercial (New York)
- Mark Moran – International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (Nationwide)
- Gary Morgans – Energy: Electricity – Regulatory & Litigation (Nationwide)
- Dan Mullen – Energy: Oil & Gas – Regulatory & Litigation (Nationwide)
- Jon Neumann – Litigation: General Commercial (Arizona)
- Melanie Nussdorf – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (DC) and (Nationwide)
- Jay Nuttall – Intellectual Property (Illinois)
- Paul Ondrasik – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (DC) and ERISA Litigation (Nationwide)
- Daniel Poynor – Energy: Oil & Gas – Regulatory & Litigation (Nationwide)
- Dave Raskin – Energy: Electricity – Regulatory & Litigation (Nationwide)
- Steve Reed – Energy: Oil & Gas – Regulatory & Litigation (Nationwide)
- Rick Roberts – Energy: Electricity – Regulatory & Litigation (Nationwide)
- Jim Rocap – Insurance: Insurer (DC) and Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer (Nationwide)
- Steve Ross – Energy: Electricity – Regulatory & Litigation (Nationwide)
- Charles Schill – International Trade: Intellectual Property – Section 337 (Nationwide)
- Eric Serron – ERISA Litigation (Nationwide)
- Mark Silverman – Tax (DC)
- Scott Sinder – Government: Government Relations (Nationwide)
- Sam Sipe – Transportation: Rail (Nationwide)
- Roger Warin – Insurance: Insurer (DC) and Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer (Nationwide)
- Reid Weingarten – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (DC) and Litigation: Trial Lawyers (Nationwide)
- Philip West – Tax (DC)
- Steve Wheeless – Labor & Employment (Arizona)
- Frank Winston – Insurance: Insurer (DC)
- Matthew Yeo – International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (Nationwide)
- Lynda Zengerle* – Immigration (DC)
* Denotes "Recognized Practitioner"
According to Chambers, a "Recognized Practitioner" handles notable matters and / or has received some recommendation during the course of their research. However, they have not received a sufficiently high level of sustained recommendation to be included in the printed version of the Chambers guide. Instead, the "Recognized Practitioner" category shows that these individuals are on the research radar.
About Steptoe
Steptoe & Johnson LLP is an international law firm widely recognized for vigorous advocacy in complex litigation and arbitration, successful representation of clients before governmental agencies, and creative and practical advice in guiding business transactions. The firm has more than 500 lawyers and other professionals in offices in Beijing, Brussels, Century City, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, Phoenix and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
