Overview
(August 15, 2018, Washington, DC) — Steptoe has received 90 individual mentions in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Best Lawyers is based on a peer-review survey in which nearly 87,000 lawyers globally are eligible to vote on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2019 edition of the US guide, some 7.8 million votes were cast.
In addition, four Steptoe partners have been named "Lawyer of the Year" in the 2019 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 partners are recognized as a "Lawyer of the Year" in their respective practices:
- Paul Charlton – Native American Law
- Ben Cooper – Appellate Practice
- Tony LaRocca – Railroad Law
- Charley Mills – Derivatives and Futures Law
The following Steptoe lawyers are listed:
- Fil Agusti – Litigation: Bankruptcy
- Chris Amantea – Environmental Law
- Joni Andrioff – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Brigida Benitez – Employment Law: Management
- Floyd Bienstock – Insurance Law
- 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
- Paul Charlton – Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Native American Law
- Betty Jo Christian – Transportation Law
- Chuck Cole – Railroad Law
- Bruce Converse – Litigation: Intellectual Property
- Ben Cooper – Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Insurance Law
- Quintin Cushner – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Pat Derdenger – Litigation and Controversy: Tax; Tax Law
- Michael Dockterman – Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Intellectual Property
- Laurie Edelstein – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
- Eric Emerson – International Trade and Finance 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
- Larry Katz – Employment Law: Management; Labor Law: Management
- 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
- Chris Niewoehner – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Melanie Nussdorf – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Litigation: ERISA
- Paul Ondrasik – Litigation: ERISA
- Daniel Poynor – Oil and Gas Law
- 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 – 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
- Karl Tilleman – Insurance 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
- Nancy White – Corporate 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, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
