Overview
(June 7, 2017, Washington, DC) – Steptoe received 24 practice mentions and 62 individual mentions for lawyers in the 2017 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)
- Intellectual Property* (Illinois)
- International Trade: CFIUS Experts (Nationwide)
- International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (Nationwide)
- International Trade: Intellectual Property – Section 337 (Nationwide)
- International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (Nationwide)
- Labor & Employment (Arizona)
- Litigation: General Commercial (Arizona)
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (DC)
- Privacy & Data Security* (Nationwide)
- 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); Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets (California)
- Chris Amantea* – Environment (California)
- Joni Andrioff – Labor & Employment (Illinois)
- Stewart Baker – International Trade: CFIUS Experts (Nationwide); Privacy & Data Security (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)
- Quintin Cushner – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Arizona)
- 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)
- 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)
- Dane Jaques* – Transportation: Aviation (Nationwide)
- Walker Johnson – Tax: Controversy (Nationwide)
- Larry Katz – Labor & Employment (Arizona)
- Ed Krauland – International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (Nationwide)
- Tony LaRocca – Transportation: Rail (Nationwide)
- Harry Lee – Insurance: Insurer (DC)
- Lucinda Low –FCPA (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: Star Individuals (DC); Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Nationwide)
- Jay Nuttall – Intellectual Property (Illinois)
- Paul Ondrasik – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (DC); ERISA Litigation (Nationwide)
- Daniel Poynor – Energy: Oil & Gas – Regulatory & Litigation (Nationwide)
- Dave Raskin – Energy: Electricity – Regulatory & Litigation (Nationwide)
- Meredith Rathbone – International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (Nationwide)
- Steve Reed – Energy: Oil & Gas – Regulatory & Litigation (Nationwide)
- Rick Roberts – Energy: Electricity – Regulatory & Litigation (Nationwide)
- Jim Rocap – Insurance: Insurer (DC); 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); Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer (Nationwide)
- Reid Weingarten – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (DC); Litigation: Star Individuals (Nationwide)
- Philip West – Tax (DC)
- Steve Wheeless – Labor & Employment (Arizona)
- Frank Winston – Insurance: Insurer (DC)
- Matthew Yeo – International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (Nationwide)
* 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, the individual or practice has 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 individuals and practices 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, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, Phoenix and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
