Steptoe Receives 86 Individual Mentions in Best Lawyers 2020

(August 15, 2019, Washington, DC) — Steptoe has received 86 individual mentions in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Best Lawyers is based on a peer-review survey in which nearly 94,000 lawyers globally are eligible to vote on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2020 edition of the US guide, some 8.3 million votes were cast.

In addition, two Steptoe lawyers have been named "Lawyer of the Year" in the 2020 edition. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is recognized as the "Lawyer of the Year." The lawyers being named as "Lawyers of the Year" have received particularly high ratings in this year's survey by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity. 

The following Steptoe lawyers are recognized as a "Lawyer of the Year" in their respective practices:

• Suzanne Ross McDowell – Nonprofit/Charities Law
• Rick Roberts – Energy Law

The following Steptoe lawyers are listed:

• Fil Agusti – Litigation: Bankruptcy
• Stewart Baker – Privacy and Data Security Law
• Brigida Benitez – Employment Law: Management
• Steve Brose – Energy Law; Natural Resources Law; Oil and Gas Law
• Joe Caldwell – Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation: Banking and Finance; Litigation: Labor and Employment
• Jasmine Campirides – Trusts and Estates
• Jim Carolan – Real Estate Law
• Betty Jo Christian – Transportation Law
• Chuck Cole – Railroad Law
• Dick Cunningham – International Trade and Finance Law
• Peter Denton – Transportation Law
• Michael Dockterman – Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Intellectual Property
• Laurie Edelstein – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
• Eric Emerson – International Trade and Finance Law
• Markham Erickson ­– Communications Law
• Susan Esserman – International Trade and Finance Law
• Ken Ewing – Antitrust Law
• Tom Filarski – Patent Law
• Harold Freilich – Project Finance Law
• Doug Green – Energy Law; Natural Resources Law
• Brian Heberlig – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Toni Ianniello – Insurance Law; Legal Malpractice Law: Defendants
• Walker Johnson – Tax Law
• Ed Krauland – International Trade and Finance Law
• Tony LaRocca – Railroad Law; Transportation Law
• Harry Lee – Insurance Law
• Lucinda Low – International Arbitration: Governmental; International Trade and Finance Law
• Suzanne Ross McDowell – Nonprofit/Charities Law; Tax Law
• Pantelis Michalopoulos – Communications Law
• Charley Mills – Derivatives and Futures Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Mark Moran – International Trade and Finance Law
• Dan Mullen – Energy Law
• Chris Niewoehner – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Melanie Nussdorf – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Litigation: ERISA
• Paul Ondrasik – Litigation: ERISA
• Sara Pikofsky – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Litigation: ERISA
• Daniel Poynor – Oil and Gas Law
• Jennifer Quinn-Barabanov – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions: Defendants
• Dave Raskin – Energy Law; Natural Resources Law
• Steve Reed – Natural Resources Law; Oil and Gas Law
• Rick Roberts – Energy Law
• Jim Rocap – Insurance Law
• Jon Sallet – Antitrust Law; Communications Law
• Eric Serron – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Litigation: ERISA
• Mark Silverman – Corporate Law; Litigation and Controversy: Tax; Tax Law
• Sam Sipe – Railroad Law; Transportation Law
• Linda Stein – Transportation Law
• Beth Tractenberg – Trusts and Estates
• Roger Warin – Arbitration; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Legal Malpractice Law: Defendants; Mediation
• Reid Weingarten – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Phil West – Litigation and Controversy: Tax; Tax Law
• Steve Wheeless – Labor Law: Management; Litigation: Labor and Employment
• Frank Winston – Insurance Law
• Matthew Yeo – International Trade and Finance Law
• Lisa Zarlenga – Tax Law

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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, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.