WASHINGTON, DC (April 2) – LAWFUEL – American Lawyer News, Law Jobs – Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that Mark Levy and Steve Sacher were selected as 2007 Washington, DC Super Lawyers. This distinction denotes that these lawyers attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement as some of the region’s pre-eminent lawyers.
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 has argued 15 cases in the Supreme Court of the United States and has been involved in well over 100 cases on the merits before the Court. He served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Division at the Department of Justice in the Clinton Administration and previously served in the Office of the Solicitor General. Mr. Levy is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and a fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, and he is frequently quoted by some of the world’s leading news organizations. He is also an appellate columnist for National Law Journal. Mr. Levy is also listed in various publications such as Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in American Law.
Recognized by Super Lawyers in the areas of Employee Benefits/ERISA, Steve Sacher is a partner in the firm’s Benefits, Compensation and ERISA Litigation Practice Group. He concentrates on complex fiduciary responsibility matters and ERISA litigation, and represents clients in the federal courts, before the Department of Labor and other government regulators, and before the Congress. A charter fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, and founding member of the ERISA Roundtable, Mr. Sacher also is a member of the BNA Pension Reporter advisory board, the Benefits Law Journal editorial advisory board, and the Journal of Pension Planning and Compliance editorial board. He lectures and publishes frequently on ERISA and employee benefits matters.
About Kilpatrick Stockton
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP is a full-service international law firm with more than 500 attorneys in nine offices across the globe: Atlanta and Augusta, GA.; Charlotte, Raleigh and Winston-Salem, NC.; New York, NY; Washington, D.C.; London, England; and Stockholm, Sweden. 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.
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