ATLANTA (JUNE 19) — Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that the firm earned the highest recognition in the 2008 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. In total, 56 Kilpatrick Stockton attorneys made this prestigious list.
Several Kilpatrick Stockton attorneys are listed as #1 in their respective practice areas: Miles Alexander, Intellectual Property; Brian Corgan, William Dorris and Randall F. Hafer, Construction; Richard Horder and Steven J. Levitas, Environment; James F. Bogan III, Litigation: Appellate; and A. Stephens Clay, Litigation: General Commercial.
Attorneys ranked nationally in their practice areas: Rupert Barkoff, Franchising and Jim Steinberg, Business Process Outsourcing and Rex R. Veal, Capital Markets: Securitisation.
Practice areas ranked nationally: Franchising and Native American Affairs.
Kilpatrick Stockton led all Georgia firms with the “Most Ranked Individual Attorneys in Intellectual Property.” In addition to a number one ranking for Intellectual Property (Georgia), the firm also achieved number one rankings for its leadership in Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Georgia), Construction (Georgia) and Labor & Employment (Georgia).
Kilpatrick Stockton practice areas recognized:
Antitrust
Banking & Finance
Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Capital Markets: Securitisation
Construction
Corporate/M&A
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Environment
Franchising
Healthcare
Intellectual Property
Labor & Employment
Litigation: Appellate
Litigation: General Commercial
Native American Law
Outsourcing
Real Estate
Tax
The following Kilpatrick Stockton attorneys were named to this year’s Chambers USA:
Antitrust
George L. Little Jr.
Banking & Finance
Hilary P. Jordan
Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory
Richard R. Cheatham
Bankruptcy / Restructuring
Alfred Lurey
Dennis Meir
Todd Meyers
Paul M. Rosenblatt
Capital Markets: Securitisation
Rex R. Veal
Construction
Brian Corgan (1)
William Dorris (1)
Randall F. Hafer (1)
George Anthony Smith
Neal Sweeney
Corporate/ M&A
Stanley Blackburn
Richard Cicchillo Jr. (U)
David Stockton
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Mark D. Wincek
Environment
Steve Berlin
Richard Horder (1)
Steven J. Levitas (1)
Alan McConnell
Susan Richardson
Franchising
Rupert M. Barkoff
Healthcare
Phillip Street
Intellectual Property
Miles Alexander (1)
Joseph Beck
Bill Boice
William H. Brewster
Jim Ewing
Wab P. Kadaba
John Pratt
Jerre Swann
Labor & Employment
Randall D. Avram
Bill Boice
Richard Boisseau
Thomas H. Christopher
James Coil
Louis W. Doherty
Richard Hankins
Diane L. Prucino
Litigation: Appellate
James F. Bogan III (1)
Mark I. Levy
Litigation: General Commercial
Susan Cahoon
Adam Charnes (U)
A. Stephens Clay (1)
George L. Murphy Jr.
Hayden J Silver
Daniel Taylor
David Zacks
Outsourcing
Jim Steinberg
Real Estate
Jeffrey A. Benson
Candace L. Fowler
Andrew Kauss
Gary Joyner
Tax
Scott M. Dayan
Lynn E. Fowler
Jerry Smith
— (1) denotes a first place rank
— (U) denotes Up and Comer
Rankings assessed key qualities in the legal field, including technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness/astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities most valued by the client.
About Chambers and Partners
Chambers and Partners Publishing, based in London, produces the annual Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. For the current US directory, more than 14,000 interviews were conducted covering the entire country and were carried out by a team of over 40 full-time researchers over a period of six months. For more information, please visit http://www.chambersandpartners.com/usa/rankings36.aspx?fid=3520&solbar=1.
About Kilpatrick Stockton
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP is a full-service international law firm with more than 500 attorneys in nine offices across the globe: London; Stockholm; Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia; New York City, New York; Charlotte, Raleigh and Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and Washington, D.C. 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 about Kilpatrick Stockton, please visit www.kilpatrickstockton.com.
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