LawFuel.com – Best Law Firm Newswire – Jones Day is pleased to announce that 222 of its lawyers were selected for inclusion in the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© (Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc. of Aiken, SC). These lawyers are located in each of the Firm’s 16 U.S. offices and received recognition in 55 separate areas of practice.
Additionally, Best Lawyers® named these 13 lawyers “2014 Lawyers of the Year” for the following locations and areas of practice:
Robert S. Brewer, Jr.: San Diego, Bet-the-Company Litigation
David E. Cowling: Dallas, Tax Law
Michelle K. Fischer: Cleveland, Antitrust Law
N. Scott Fletcher: Houston, Litigation – Securities
Lyle G. Ganske: Cleveland, Corporate Compliance Law
Martin S. Gates: Cleveland, Financial Services Regulation Law
Charles W. Hardin, Jr.: Cleveland, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
James R. King: Columbus-OH, Non-Profit / Charities Law
Kevin D. Lyles: Columbus-OH, Health Care Law
Jeanne M. Rickert: Cleveland, Corporate Law
Joe Sims: Washington DC, Antitrust Law
Edward Patrick Swan, Jr.: San Diego, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Roburt J. Waldow: Orange County, Tax Law
The Jones Day lawyers included in the Best Lawyers® 2014 edition are:
Atlanta, GA
John M. Allan: Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
Bryan E. Davis: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Richard H. Deane, Jr.: Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Travis DeHaven: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
G. Lee Garrett, Jr.: Commercial Litigation
Gregory R. Hanthorn: Commercial Litigation
G. Graham Holden: Environmental Law
Aldo L. LaFiandra: Banking and Finance Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
H. Frank Layson III: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Ralph F. MacDonald III: Banking and Finance Law
Michael J. McConnell: Commercial Litigation
David M. Monde: Commercial Litigation
L. Trammell Newton, Jr.: Antitrust Law; Litigation – Antitrust
Stephanie E. Parker: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Charles A. Perry: Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
William B. Rowland: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Jerry N. Smith: Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
E. Kendrick Smith: Commercial Litigation; Litigation and Controversy – Tax
Scott A. Specht: Real Estate Law
Deborah A. Sudbury: Employment Law – Managment; Labor Law – Management
Lizanne Thomas: Corporate Law
John M. Walker: Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
John F. Yarber: Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
John E. Zamer: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
Boston, MA
John D. Hanify: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
Susan E. Siebert: Banking and Finance Law
Chicago, IL
Peter D. Clarke: Corporate Law
James R. Daly: Commercial Litigation
Lawrence C. DiNardo: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management
Brian West Easley: Employment Law – Management
Brad B. Erens: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Robert J. Graves: Banking and Finance Law
Michael J. Gray: Employment Law – Individuals; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Gerald M. Griffith: Health Care Law; Non-Profit / Charities Law
Elizabeth Clough Kitslaar: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Robert C. Lee: Real Estate Law
Timothy J. Melton: Securities / Capital Markets Law
Michael J. Mitchell: Public Finance Law
Scott J. Moore: Banking and Finance Law
Eric H. Mosier: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Daniel E. Reidy: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Securities
Michael Sennett: Antitrust Law; Litigation – Antitrust
Thomas V. Skinner: Government Relations Practice
Loren A. Weil: Banking and Finance Law
Ronald G. Weitz: Tax Law
David L. Witcoff: Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent
Cleveland, OH
Carl E. Black: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
David B. Cochran: Copyright Law; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent
Thomas Demitrack: Antitrust Law; Litigation – Antitrust
James P. Dougherty: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Robert P. Ducatman: Litigation – Intellectual Property
Robert S. Faxon: Commercial Litigation
Michelle K. Fischer: Antitrust Law
Lyle G. Ganske: Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Martin S. Gates: Banking and Finance Law; Financial Services Regulation Law
Stephen Q. Giblin: Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
Calvin P. Griffith: Litigation – Intellectual Property
Theodore M. Grossman: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
Daniel C. Hagen: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Charles W. Hardin, Jr.: Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
David G. Heiman: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Equipment Finance Law
Peter E. Izanec: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Jeffrey L. Kapp: Health Care Law
Christopher M. Kelly: Corporate Law
David A. Kutik: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
Kathy P. Lazar: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Jonathan Leiken: Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Heather Lennox: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Barbara J. Leukart: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management
Patrick F. McCartan: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Stephen C. Mixter: Real Estate Law
George J. Moscarino: Commercial Litigation
John M. Newman, Jr.: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Securities
Zachary T. Paris: Real Estate Law
Richard W. Pogue: Arbitration; Mediation
Rachel L. Rawson: Banking and Finance Law
John A. Rego: Litigation – Environmental
Mary M. Reil: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Jeanne M. Rickert: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
John M. Saada, Jr.: Corporate Law
Steven E. Sigalow: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law
Michael J. Solecki: Securities/Capital Markets Law
Stephen G. Sozio: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Health Care Law
Stephen J. Squeri: Antitrust Law
Jeffery D. Ubersax: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
Robert S. Walker: Commercial Litigation
James L. Wamsley III: Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent
Hugh R. Whiting: Commercial Litigation
James R. Wooley: Arbitration; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Mediation
Columbus, OH
J. Kevin Cogan: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Real Estate
Thomas E. Dutton: Health Care Law
Marlene P. Frank: Health Care Law
Matthew A. Kairis: Commercial Litigation
G. Roger King: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management
James R. King: Corporate Law; Health Care Law; Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Non-Profit/Charities Law; Tax Law
Kevin D. Lyles: Health Care Law
John M. Majoras: Litigation – Antitrust
Chad A. Readler: Appellate Practice
Todd S. Swatsler: Commercial Litigation
J. Troy Terakedis: Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Randall M. Walters: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Dallas, TX
R. Scott Cohen: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
David E. Cowling: Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
Jerome R. Doak: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Hilda C. Galvan: Litigation – Patent
Gregory M. Gordon: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Thomas R. Jackson: Litigation – Antitrust
Robert W. Kantner: Litigation – Intellectual Property
James P. Karen: Bet-the-Company Litigation
Todd P. Kelly: Health Care Law
Alan S. Miller: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
James E. O’Bannon: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
Matthew D. Orwig: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Karen Gren Scholer: Commercial Litigation
Gary G. Short: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Patricia J. Villareal: Commercial Litigation; Derivatives and Futures Law; Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy); Litigation – Securities
Todd Wallace: Tax Law
Houston, TX
N. Scott Fletcher: Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions; Litigation – Securities
Michael P. Graham: Energy Law; Oil and Gas Law
Jeffrey A. Schlegel: Energy Law
William Prescott Mills Schwind: Oil and Gas Law
Irvine, CA
Martha K. Gooding: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
Richard J. Grabowski: Commercial Litigation
Robert A. Naeve: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
William C. Rooklidge: Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent
Richard S. Ruben: Commercial Litigation
Roburt J. Waldow: Tax Law
Los Angeles, CA
Bruce Bennett: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
David S. Boyce: Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax LawTyrone R. Childress: Insurance Law
James F. Childs, Jr.: Real Estate Law; Tax Law
Frederick D. Friedman: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
James O. Johnston: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Sidney P. Levinson: Litigation – Bankruptcy
Elwood Lui: Appellate Practice
Frederick L. McKnight: Commercial Litigation
Daniel D. McMillan: Construction Law
Charles C. Read: Energy Law
David W. Steuber: Insurance Law
Brian A. Sun: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Richard L. Wynne: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Miami, FL
Enrique J. Martin: Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law
New York, NY
S. Wade Angus: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Corinne Ball: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Brett P. Barragate: Banking and Finance Law
Charles M. Carberry: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Laura A. Coruzzi: Biotechnology Law; Litigation – Patent; Patent Law
Doreen S. Davis: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Boris Dolgonos: Corporate Law
Philip Le B. Douglas: Commercial Litigation
Susanna S. Fodor: Real Estate Law
Willis J. Goldsmith: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management
Colleen M. Hart: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
William F. Henze II: Energy Law
Edward M. Joyce: Insurance Law
Robert F. Kennedy: Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Steven C. Koppel: Real Estate Law
Matthew W. Lampe: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management
Paul D. Leake: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Carolyn Joy Lee: Tax Law
Alan S. Miller: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Brian M. Poissant: Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent
Robert A. Profusek: Corporate Governance Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Kent R. Richey: Real Estate Law
Manan D. Shah: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Palo Alto, CA
Fred W. Alvarez: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management
Robert T. Clarkson: Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
William S. Freeman: Derivatives and Futures Law; Litigation – Securities
Jeffrey A. LeVee: Litigation – Antitrust
Pittsburgh, PA
Amy E. Dias: Litigation – Labor and Employment
Laura E. Ellsworth: Commercial Litigation
Michael H. Ginsberg: Insurance Law
John E. Iole: Commercial Litigation
Peter D. Laun: Insurance Law
Charles H. Moellenberg, Jr.: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
J.W. Montgomery III: Insurance Law
Francis A. Muracca II: Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Paul M. Pohl: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Roy A. Powell: Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction
San Diego, CA
Richard J. Bergstrom: Employment Law – Individuals; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Robert S. Brewer, Jr.: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC,
elecom, Energy)
Cynthia H. Cwik: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
J. Patrick Elsevier: Biotechnology Law
Randy S. Grossman: Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar
George S. Howard, Jr.: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Anthony M. Insogna: Biotechnology Law; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent; Patent Law
Randall E. Kay: Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent
Edward Patrick Swan, Jr.: Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
San Francisco, CA
Peter J. Benvenutti: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
David Martin Buoncristiani: Construction Law
Thomas M. Donnelly: Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
James R. Dutro: Health Care Law
Robert A. Mittelstaedt: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
Martin H. Myers: Insurance Law
Stephen V. O’Neal: Litigation – Construction
Craig E. Stewart: Appellate Practice
Craig Waldman: Litigation – Antitrust
Washington, DC
Henry W. Asbill: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Donald B. Ayer: Appellate Practice
James C. Beh: Energy Law
Peter J. Biersteker: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Stephen J. Brogan: Commercial Litigation
Michael A. Carvin: Appellate Practice
Thomas F. Cullen Jr.: Commercial Litigation
Eric S. Dreiband: Litigation – Labor and Employment
Kathryn M. Fenton: Antitrust Law
Ronald M. Johnson: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Railroad Law
Gregory G. Katsas: Appellate Practice
Walter D. Kelley, Jr.: Commercial Litigation
Michael H. Knight: Antitrust Law
Robert F. McDermott, Jr.: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
J. Bruce McDonald: Antitrust Law; Litigation – Antitrust
Evan Miller: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Glen D. Nager: Appellate Practice; Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management
Andrew D. Ness: Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
Mary Ellen Powers: Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Environmental; Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Phillip A. Proger: Antitrust Law; Litigation – Antitrust
Peter J. Romatowski: Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation – Securities; Securities Regulation
Joe Sims: Antitrust Law
Toby G. Singer: Antitrust Law; Health Care Law; Litigation – Antitrust
Tom D. Smith: Antitrust Law
David P. Wales: Antitrust Law
Raymond J. Wiacek: Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
Jones Day is a global law firm with 40 offices in the major centers of business and finance throughout the world. Ranked among the world’s best and ost integrated law firms, and perennially ranked among the best in client service, Jones Day acts as principal outside counsel to, or provides significant legal representation for, approximately half of the Fortune 500, Fortune Global 500, and FT Global 500.
