Overview
(June 16, 2022, Washington, DC) — Steptoe has received 27 practice rankings and 26 individual awards for lawyers in the 2022 edition of The Legal 500 United States. Four of those practices have been designated as top-tier practices. Now in its 35th year, The Legal 500 series is an independent guide that recommends firms and individuals based purely on merit.
The following practices are recognized as top-tier practices:
- Dispute Resolution - International Trade
- Industry Focus - Energy Litigation: Conventional Power
- Industry Focus - Energy Regulation: Conventional Power
- Industry Focus - Energy Regulation: Oil and Gas
The following Steptoe practices are recommended:
- Dispute Resolution - Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates
- Dispute Resolution - Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals
- Dispute Resolution - General Commercial Disputes
- Dispute Resolution - International Litigation
- Dispute Resolution - International Trade
- Dispute Resolution - Leading Trial Lawyers
- Dispute Resolution - Product Liability, Mass Tort, and Class Action – Defense: Toxic Tort
- Government - Government Contracts
- Government - Government Relations
- Industry Focus - Energy Litigation: Conventional Power
- Industry Focus - Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
- Industry Focus - Energy Regulation: Conventional Power
- Industry Focus - Energy Regulation: Oil and Gas
- Industry Focus - Environment: Litigation
- Industry Focus - Insurance: Advice to Insurers
- Industry Focus - Transport: Rail & Road - Litigation and Regulation
- Intellectual Property - Patents: Litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Intellectual Property - Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-Contentious Matters)
- Labor and Employment - Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation, and Retirement Plans: Design
- Labor and Employment - ERISA Litigation
- Media, Technology and Telecoms - Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
- Media, Technology and Telecoms - Fintech
- Media, Technology and Telecoms - Telecoms and Broadcast: Regulatory
- Tax - International Tax
- Tax - Not-For-Profit (Nonprofit and Tax Exempt Organizations)
- Tax - US Taxes: Contentious
- Tax - US Taxes: Non-Contentious
The following Steptoe partners are listed as "Hall of Fame" in their fields:
- Steven Brose - Energy Regulation: Oil & Gas
- Melanie Nussdorf - Labor and Employment - Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation, and Retirement Plans - Design
- Paul Ondrasik - Labor and Employment - Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation, and Retirement Plans - Design; Labor and Employment - ERISA Litigation
- Dave Raskin - Energy Regulation: Conventional Power
- Steve Reed - Energy Regulation: Oil & Gas
- Jim Rocap - Industry Focus - Insurance: Advice To Insurers
- Roger Warin - Industry Focus - Insurance: Advice To Insurers
- Reid Weingarten - Dispute Resolution - Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense; Leading Trial Lawyers
The following Steptoe partners are listed as "Leading Lawyers" in their fields:
- Eric Emerson - Dispute Resolution: International Trade
- Toni Ianniello - Industry Focus - Insurance: Advice To Insurers
- Dave Raskin - Energy Litigation: Conventional Power
- Meredith Rathbone - Dispute Resolution: International Trade
- Rick Roberts - Industry Focus - Energy Regulation - Conventional Power
- Steve Ross - Industry Focus - Energy Litigation - Conventional Power
- Eric Serron - Labor and Employment - ERISA Litigation
- Bob Shuftan - Dispute Resolution: Product Liability, Mass Tort, and Class Actions Toxic Tort: Defense
- Michael Vatis - Media, Technology and Telecoms - Cyber Law (Including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
- Matthew Yeo - Dispute Resolution: International Trade
The following Steptoe lawyers are listed as "Next Generation Partners" in their fields:
- Matt Bathon - Intellectual Property - Patents - Litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Amy Lentz - Dispute Resolution - International Trade
- Josh Runyan - Industry Focus - Energy Regulation - Oil and Gas
- Monique Watson - Industry Focus - Energy Regulation - Oil and Gas
The following Steptoe lawyers are listed as "Rising Stars" in their fields:
- Karen Bruni - Industry Focus - Energy Litigation - Conventional Power
- Pete Jeydel - Dispute Resolution: International Trade
About Steptoe
In more than 100 years of practice, Steptoe has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
The diversity of the firm is a critical factor in its success. The firm’s Chair is a woman; the majority of Steptoe's nine offices are managed by women; the majority of Steptoe’s practice groups have women as leaders; and the firm’s twelve-person elected compensation committee is headed by a woman and includes five women as members. The firm's eight-person professional business services leadership is equally diverse, with half the c-suite made up of women, including three women of color, and other leaders who openly identify as LGBTQ+.
