Overview
(May 30, 2018, Washington, DC) — Steptoe has received 32 practice mentions and 135 individual mentions in the 2018 edition of The Legal 500 United States. In addition, Steve Brose, Dick Cunningham, Suzanne Ross McDowell, Mark Moran, Melanie Nussdorf, Paul Ondrasik, Dave Raskin, Steve Reed, Jim Rocap, Steve Ross, Eric Serron, Michael Vatis, Roger Warin and Reid Weingarten have been named “Leading Lawyers” in their fields. Matthew Bathon, Pablo Bentes, Alan Cohn and Alan Feldman have been designated as “next generation lawyers” – The Legal 500 US 2018’s guide to up-and-coming lawyers nationwide. Now in its 31st year, The Legal 500 series is an independent guide that recommends firms and individuals purely on merit.
The following Steptoe practices are recommended:
- Antitrust: Cartel
- Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- 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: toxic tort - defense
- Finance: Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Government: Government contracts
- Government: Government relations
- Industry focus: Energy litigation: conventional power
- Industry focus: Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Industry focus: Energy regulatory: conventional power
- Industry focus: Energy regulatory: oil and gas
- Industry focus: Environment: litigation
- Industry focus: Insurance: advice to insurers
- Industry focus: Transport: Aviation and air travel - litigation
- Industry focus: Transport: Aviation and air travel - regulation
- Industry focus: Transport: rail and road - regulation
- Intellectual property: Copyright
- Intellectual property: Patent litigation: international trade commission
- Intellectual property: Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Intellectual property: Trademarks: litigation
- Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
- Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment: Labor-management relations
- Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
- Tax: International tax
- Tax: US taxes: contentious
- Tax: US taxes: non-contentious
The following Steptoe lawyers are recommended or mentioned in the guide:
- Jason Abel – Government: Government relations
- Fil Agusti – Dispute resolution: General commercial disputes
- Michael Allan – Intellectual property: Copyright; Intellectual property: Patent litigation: international trade commission; Intellectual property: Trademarks: litigation
- Darlene Alt – Industry focus: Insurance: advice to insurers
- Brad Anwyll – Tax: US taxes: contentious
- Stewart Baker – Dispute resolution: International trade; Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Michael Baratz – Dispute resolution: General commercial disputes; Dispute resolution: International litigation
- Jim Barnette – Government: Government relations
- Matthew Bathon – Next Generation Lawyer, Intellectual property: Patent litigation: international trade commission
- Jeff Beatrice – Dispute resolution: International trade
- Brigida Benitez – Dispute resolution: General commercial disputes
- Pablo Bentes – Next Generation Lawyer, Dispute resolution: International trade
- Chris Bjornson – Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Steve Brose – Leading Lawyer, Industry focus: Energy regulatory: oil and gas
- Joe Caldwell – Dispute resolution: General commercial disputes
- John Caracappa – Intellectual property: Copyright; Intellectual property: Patent litigation: international trade commission; Intellectual property: Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- David Coburn – Industry focus: Energy litigation: oil and gas; Industry focus: Transport: Aviation and air travel - litigation; Industry focus: Transport: Aviation and air travel - regulation; Industry focus: Transport: rail and road - regulation
- Alan Cohn – Next Generation Lawyer, Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dick Cunningham – Leading Lawyer, Dispute resolution: International trade
- Steve Davidson – Dispute resolution: General commercial disputes; Dispute resolution: International litigation
- Pat Derdenger – Tax: US taxes: contentious
- Brian Egan – Dispute resolution: International trade
- Eric Emerson – Dispute resolution: International trade
- Markham Erickson – Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory; Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
- Susan Esserman – Dispute resolution: International trade
- Ken Ewing – Antitrust: Cartel
- Alan Feldman – Next Generation Lawyer, Labor and employment: Labor-management relations
- Harold Fox – Intellectual property: Copyright; Intellectual property: Patent litigation: international trade commission; Intellectual property: Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- John Frey – Dispute resolution: General commercial disputes
- Seth Goldberg – Industry focus: Environment: litigation
- Carol Gosain – Industry focus: Transport: Aviation and air travel - litigation; Industry focus: Transport: Aviation and air travel - regulation
- Doug Green – Industry focus: Energy litigation: conventional power; Industry focus: Energy regulatory: conventional power
- Micah Green – Government: Government relations
- Zvi Hahn – Tax: US taxes: non-contentious
- Morgan Hodgson – Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design; Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
- Paul Hurst – Government: Government contracts
- Toni Ianniello – Dispute resolution: International litigation; Industry focus: Insurance: advice to insurers
- John Jacobus – Industry focus: Insurance: advice to insurers
- Doug Janicik – Labor and employment: Labor-management relations
- Dane Jaques – Industry focus: Energy litigation: oil and gas; Industry focus: Transport: Aviation and air travel - litigation; Industry focus: Transport: Aviation and air travel - regulation
- J. Walker Johnson – Tax: US taxes: contentious
- Bill Karas – Industry focus: Transport: Aviation and air travel - litigation; Industry focus: Transport: Aviation and air travel - regulation
- Larry Katz – Labor and employment: Labor-management relations
- Jennifer Key – Industry focus: Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Rob Kovacev – Tax: US taxes: contentious
- Ed Krauland – Dispute resolution: International trade
- Tony LaRocca – Industry focus: Transport: rail and road - regulation
- Harry Lee – Industry focus: Insurance: advice to insurers
- Jason Levin – Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: toxic tort - defense
- Alice Loughran – Industry focus: Transport: rail and road - regulation
- Lucinda Low – Dispute resolution: International trade
- Ed Mackiewicz – Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Ruth Madrigal – Finance: Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations); Tax: US taxes: non-contentious
- Suzanne Ross McDowell – Leading Lawyer, Finance: Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Patrick Menasco – Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Pantelis Michalopoulos – Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory; Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
- Mike Miller – Dispute resolution: General commercial disputes; Dispute resolution: International litigation
- Mark Moran – Leading Lawyer, Dispute resolution: International trade
- Gary Morgans – Industry focus: Energy regulatory: conventional power
- Jon Neumann – Industry focus: Insurance: advice to insurers
- Chris Niewoehner – Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Darryl Nirenberg – Government: Government relations
- Melanie Nussdorf – Leading Lawyer, Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Paul Ondrasik – Leading Lawyer, Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design; Leading Lawyer, Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
- Will Pecau – Intellectual property: Trademarks: litigation
- Daniel Poynor – Industry focus: Energy litigation: oil and gas; Industry focus: Energy regulatory: oil and gas
- Brittany Prelogar – Dispute resolution: International trade
- Dave Raskin – Leading Lawyer, Industry focus: Energy litigation: conventional power; Leading Lawyer, Industry focus: Energy regulatory: conventional power
- Steve Reed – Industry focus: Energy litigation: oil and gas; Leading Lawyer, Industry focus: Energy regulatory: oil and gas
- Gwen Renigar – Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
- Robert Rizzi – Tax: International tax; Tax: US taxes: contentious
- Rick Roberts – Industry focus: Energy litigation: conventional power; Industry focus: Energy regulatory: conventional power
- Jim Rocap – Leading Lawyer, Industry focus: Insurance: advice to insurers
- Steve Ross – Leading Lawyer, Industry focus: Energy litigation: conventional power; Industry focus: Energy regulatory: conventional power
- Stephanie Roy – Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Eric Serron – Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design; Leading Lawyer, Labor and employment: ERISA litigation
- Stephanie Sheridan – Dispute resolution: General commercial disputes
- Bob Shuftan – Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class action: toxic tort - defense; Industry focus: Environment: litigation
- Scott Sinder – Government: Government relations
- Sam Sipe – Industry focus: Transport: rail and road - regulation
- Marc Spitzer – Industry focus: Energy regulatory: conventional power
- Linda Stein – Industry focus: Transport: rail and road - regulation
- Cynthia Taub – Industry focus: Environment: litigation
- Karl Tilleman – Dispute resolution: General commercial disputes
- Amanda Varma – Tax: International tax; Tax: US taxes: non-contentious
- Michael Vatis – Leading Lawyer, Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data protection and privacy)
- Roger Warin – Leading Lawyer, Industry focus: Insurance: advice to insurers
- Reid Weingarten – Leading Lawyer, Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense; Dispute resolution: General commercial disputes; Dispute resolution: International litigation; Leading Lawyer, Leading trial lawyers
- Jason Weinstein – Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense; Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Phil West – Tax: International tax; Tax: US taxes: non-contentious
- Steven Wheeless – Labor and employment: Labor-management relations
- Catherine Wilkinson – Finance: Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Frank Winston – Industry focus: Insurance: advice to insurers
- Matthew Yeo – Dispute resolution: International trade
- Lisa Zarlenga – Tax: International tax; Tax: US taxes: contentious; Tax: US taxes: non-contentious
Read more on the recommendations in The Legal 500 United States.
For more information on Steptoe's presence in the professional community, see the Honors & Rankings page.
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, London, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
