Levy Also Selected to Top 100 Listing
WASHINGTON, DC (March 30 – LAWFUEL) — Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that Mark Levy and Mark Wincek were selected as a 2009 Washington, DC Super Lawyers. This distinction denotes that they attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement as some of the region’s pre-eminent lawyers.
In addition, Mr. Levy was named one of the Top 100 DC Super Lawyers for being among a select group to receive the highest point totals in the nomination process.
To determine the winners, Law & Politics Media surveyed more than 35,000 active lawyers throughout Washington, DC and conducted independent research. The result is a comprehensive and diverse listing of the top five percent of Washington, DC attorneys.
Recognized by Super Lawyers in the Appellate practice area, Mark Levy is Chair of the Kilpatrick Stockton Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy Group. He recently argued his 16th case in the U.S. Supreme Court, and the National Law Journal referred to him as one of the “ ‘ who’s who’ of Supreme Court bar veterans arguing this term.” Mr. Levy has been involved in well over 100 cases on the merits before the Court, served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Division at the Department of Justice in the Clinton Administration, and previously was an Assistant to the Solicitor General. He is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and on the adjunct faculty at the University of Virginia Law School. Mr. Levy is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and a Master in the Edward Coke Appellate American Inn of Court.
He is an appellate columnist for National Law Journal and is frequently quoted by some of the world’s leading news organizations. Mr. Levy is also listed in various publications such as Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers for Appellate Law, The Best Lawyers in America (Appellate), The Best Lawyers in Washington, D.C. (Appellate), Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who Legal: USA — Commercial Litigation, and Lawdragon 3000 Leading Lawyers in America.
Recognized by Super Lawyers in the Employee Benefits practice area, Mark Wincek is Chair of the firm’s Employee Benefits and Compensation Team. His practice concentrates on counseling clients on employee benefits and executive compensation, and representing clients in these areas before the federal agencies and Congress. Mr. Wincek was on the staff of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, serving as Senior Subcommittee Counsel to the Ways and Means Oversight Committee from 1980 to 1981. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America, Best in the U.S. (Employee Benefits), and in Legal Media Group’s Guides to the World’s Leading Lawyers. He is individually listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers and is ranked as a “leading expert” in the Legal 500 (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation). Mr. Wincek has also been listed as a “Top Lawyer” by Corporate Counsel and was named to the 2009 BTI Client Service All-Star Team.
About Kilpatrick Stockton
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP is a full-service international law firm with more than 500 attorneys in ten offices across the globe: Atlanta and Augusta, GA.; Charlotte, Raleigh and Winston-Salem, NC.; New York, NY; Washington, D.C.; Dubai; London; and Stockholm. Kilpatrick Stockton’s delivery of innovative business solutions provides results-oriented counsel for corporations, from the challenging demands of financial transactions and securities to the disciplines of intellectual property management. Collaboration among Kilpatrick Stockton’s corporate, litigation and intellectual property attorneys provides knowledgeable and proactive guidance for companies at every stage of the business life cycle. For more information, please visit www.kilpatrickstockton.com.
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