Blankingship is pleased that Peter S. Everett, Robert J. Stoney, and John F. Cafferky were chosen as the top 1% of the areas lawyers by Washingtonian Magazine!
http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/5907.html
Big Guns: Washington's Top 800 Lawyers
By Kim Eisler
Here are Washington's best—the top 1 percent—in 28 legal specialties. Where location is not specified, the attorney's principal office is in the District of Columbia. Firm names are not given for solo practices.
The Wise Ones
For $800 to $1,000 an hour, you can get legal advice from former US senators, secretaries of State, even attorneys general. Here are Washington’s wise men and women—and some of its most expensive legal talents, though you won’t find many of them trying cases these days.
James A. Baker III, Baker Botts
Robert S. Bennett, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (in subsequent references called Skadden)
Berl Bernhard, DLA Piper
Thomas Hale Boggs Jr., Patton Boggs
Plato Cacheris, Trout Cacheris
Benjamin R. Civiletti, Venable
William T. Coleman Jr., O’Melveny & Myers
Stuart E. Eizenstat, Covington & Burling
Jamie Gorelick, WilmerHale
Eric H. Holder Jr., Covington & Burling
Earl J. Silbert, DLA Piper
Roger C. Spaeder, Zuckerman Spaeder
Jacob A. Stein, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines
Robert S. Strauss, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (in subsequent references Akin Gump)
Dick Thornburgh, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis
You’re Under Arrest
Sometimes advice isn’t enough—you need a great criminal-defense attorney. Expect to pay $500 to $800 an hour—with a retainer of $100,000 to $200,000—for these white-collar criminal-defense lawyers. Fees are not generally deducted from the retainer—it’s more like an insurance policy for the attorney and gets returned after the case.
E. Lawrence Barcella Jr., Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
Richard Beizer, Crowell & Moring
Richard Ben-Veniste, Mayer Brown
Stephen Best, Dewey & LeBoeuf
K. Lee Blalack, O’Melveny & Myers
Stanley M. Brand, Brand Law Group
Lanny A. Breuer, Covington & Burling
Michael R. Bromwich, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson (in subsequent references Fried Frank)
Carol Elder Bruce, Venable
Ralph J. Caccia, Powell Goldstein
Gregory B. Craig, Williams & Connolly
John M. Dowd, Akin Gump
W. Neil Eggleston, Debevoise & Plimpton
Mitchell S. Ettinger, Skadden
Thomas C. Green, Sidley Austin
Howard W. Gutman, Williams & Connolly
James Hamilton, Bingham McCutchen
Richard A. Hibey, Miller & Chevalier
Adam S. Hoffinger, Morrison & Foerster
Mark J. Hulkower, Steptoe & Johnson
Philip Inglima, Crowell & Moring
N. Richard Janis, Janis, Schuelke & Wechsler
William H. Jeffress Jr., Baker Botts
David Krakoff, Mayer Brown
Abbe D. Lowell, McDermott Will & Emery
Michael J. Madigan, Akin Gump
William R. “Billy” Martin, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan
William E. McDaniels, Williams & Connolly
Laura Ariane Miller, Nixon Peabody
John W. Nields, Howrey
Gregory L. Poe, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber
Carl S. Rauh, Skadden
Lawrence S. Robbins, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber
Michele A. Roberts, Akin Gump
Martha Purcell Rogers, Ober Kaler
Amy R. Sabrin, Skadden
Richard A. Sauber, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber
Henry F. Schuelke III, Janis, Schuelke & Wechsler
Brendan V. Sullivan Jr., Williams & Connolly
William W. Taylor III, Zuckerman Spaeder
George J. Terwilliger III, White & Case
Robert P. Trout, Trout Cacheris
Mark H. Tuohey, Vinson & Elkins
Randall J. Turk, Baker Botts
John W. Vardaman, Williams & Connolly
Michael L. Waldman, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber
F. Joseph Warin, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Reid H. Weingarten, Steptoe & Johnson
Roger E. Zuckerman, Zuckerman Spaeder
You’re Going to Trial
If you don’t need, or can’t afford, any of the higher-priced lawyers listed earlier, try these top trial lawyers charging in the $400-to-$800-an-hour range. Many have more trial experience than their colleagues above.
Thomas Abbenante
Philip H. Armstrong, Armstrong & Page; Rockville
Kathleen Anne Behan, Bailey & Ehrenberg
Bradford A. Berenson, Sidley Austin
Anthony P. Bisceglie, Bisceglie & Walsh
Robert C. Bonsib, Marcus & Bonsib; Greenbelt
Barry Boss, Cozen O’Connor
Stephen Braga, Baker Botts
William C. Brennan Jr., Brennan Sullivan & McKenna; Greenbelt
Blair G. Brown, Zuckerman Spaeder
Preston Burton, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Joe R. Caldwell, Baker Botts
Francis D. Carter, Zuckerman Spaeder
Barry Coburn, Trout Cacheris
Thomas G. Connolly, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis
Frederick D. Cooke Jr., Rubin, Winston,Diercks, Harris & Cooke
James W. Cooper, Arnold & Porter
G. Allen Dale
Harold Damelin, Blank Rome
Kevin M. Downey, Williams & Connolly
Cary Feldman, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell
Peter D. Greenspun, Greenspun, Shapiro, Davis & Leary; Fairfax
Bernard S. Grimm, Cozen & O’Connor
Julia E. Guttman, Baker Botts
Mark D. Hopson, Sidley Austin
Roscoe C. Howard Jr., Troutman Sanders
John F. Hundley, Trout Cacheris
Paul F. Kemp, Venable; Rockville
Alan Kriegel, Skadden
Barry Wm. Levine, Dickstein Shapiro
Michael N. Levy, McKee Nelson
Mark London, London & Mead
Terence J. Lynam, Akin Gump
Christopher B. Mead, London & Mead
Andrea Mosley, Zwerling, Leibig & Mosley; Alexandria
Danny Onorato, Schertler & Onorato
Barry J. Pollack, Kelley Drye Collier Shannon
Stanley J. Reed, Lerch, Early & Brewer; Bethesda
Laura K. Rhodes, Albright & Rhodes; Rockville
Mark J. Rochon, Miller & Chevalier
Peter J. Romatowski, Jones Day
Kathryn H. Ruemmler, Latham & Watkins
Rene Sandler; Rockville
David Schertler, Schertler & Onorato
Jonathan Shapiro, Greenspun, Shapiro, Davis & Leary
Barry Simon, Williams & Connolly
DeMaurice Smith, Patton Boggs
Mary C. Spearing, Baker Botts
W. Randolph Teslik, Akin Gump
Barbara “Biz” Van Gelder, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Lawrence H. Wechsler, Janis, Schuelke & Wechsler
Peter H. White, Mayer Brown
Andrew T. Wise, Miller & Chevalier
Mitchell Zamoff, Hogan & Hartson
John Kenneth Zwerling, Zwerling, Leibig & Mosley; Alexandria
Sue the Bastards!
You want to sue the fire department that failed to rescue you, the lawyer who blew your case, the doctor who botched your medical care, the blogger who defamed you. It’s time to call a personal-injury attorney. Here are Washington’s best—most honest and effective—lawyers who sue.
Laurie A. Amell, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines
William E. Artz; Arlington
Aaron Book, Webster Book; Leesburg
Reginald Bours; Rockville
Michele Bartoli Cain, Bartoli Cain & Matthews
Joseph Cammarata, Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata, & Siegel
Paulette Chapman, Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot
Wayne Cohen, Cohen & Cohen
Thomas Curcio; Alexandria
Peter DePaolis, Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot; Fairfax
Peter S. Everett, Blankingship & Keith; Fairfax
L. Palmer Foret
John R. Garza, Garza, Regan & Associates; Rockville
Roger K. Gelb, Gelb & Gelb
Gary Godard, Miller Firm; Alexandria
Peter C. Grenier, Bode & Grenier
Michael D. Hausfeld, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll
Roger C. Johnson, Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot
Ronald A. Karp, Karp, Frosh, Lapidus, Wigodsky & Norwind; Rockville
Kim Keenan, Jack H. Olender & Associates
Bruce J. Klores
Walter E. Laake Jr., Joseph, Greenwald & Laake; Greenbelt
Lawrence S. Lapidus, Karp, Frosh, Lapidus, Wigodsky & Norwind
Aaron M. Levine
William P. Lightfoot, Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot
Patrick Malone
John Mesirow, Mesirow & Stravitz
Gary Mims; Fairfax
Gerard E. Mitchell, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines
Michael S. Morgenstern; Rockville
Robert F. Muse, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines
Barry Nace, Paulson & Nace
Jack H. Olender
Michelle A. Parfitt, Ashcraft & Gerel
Charles C. Parsons
Patrick M. Regan, Regan Zambri & Long
Sandra H. Robinson, Jack H. Olender & Associates
George W. Shadoan, Shadoan, Michael & Wells; Rockville
Brian C. Shevlin, Shevlin Smith; Fairfax
Allan M. Siegel, Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata, & Siegel
Robert M. Somer, Hilton & Somer; Fairfax
Paul Sprenger, Sprenger + Lang
Robert J. Stoney, Blankingship & Keith; Fairfax
James W. Taglieri, Cadeaux, Taglieri & Notarius
Salvatore J. Zambri, Regan Zambri & Long
Charles J. Zauzig III, Nichols Zauzig Sandler; Woodbridge
I’ve Been Sued!
For every lawsuit filed by one of the lawyers just listed, there has to be someone on the other side. Here are the defense attorneys that Washington’s plaintiff lawyers privately say they least like to see.
Stephen L. Altman, Hamilton Altman Canale & Dillon; Fairfax
H. Kenneth Armstrong, Armstrong, Donohue, Ceppos & Vaughan; Rockville
William J. Bachman, Williams & Connolly
Mark Behrens, Shook, Hardy & Bacon
John J. Brandt, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker; McLean
Albert D. Brault, Brault Graham; Rockville
Pamela A. Bresnahan, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease
Dane H. Butswinkas, Williams & Connolly
Mary G. Clark, Williams & Connolly
Kenneth Connor, Wilkes & McHugh; Leesburg
Gerard J. Emig, Gleason, Flynn, Emig & Fogleman; Rockville
Ronda Brown Esaw, McGuireWoods; McLean
Eva Petko Esber, Williams & Connolly
Elizabeth Ewert, Drinker Biddle & Rea th
Hugh Farrell, Farrell & Gunderson; Columbia
Michael F. Flynn Jr., Gleason, Flynn, Emig & Fogleman; Rockville
James P. Gleason Jr., Gleason, Flynn, Emig & Fogleman; Rockville
Robert W. Goodson, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker
Edward Grove III, Brault Palmer Grove White & Steinhilber; Fairfax
Steven A. Hamilton, Hamilton Altman Canale & Dillon; Bethesda
James Heffler, Heffler, Uhl & Taylor; Chevy Chase
Mark M. Jones, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker; McLean
Bradley Kelly; Bethesda
John P. Lynch, McNamee, Hosea, Jernigan, Kim, Greenan & Walker; Greenbelt
Nicholas S. McConnell, Jackson & Campbell
John D. McGavin, Trichilo, Bancroft, McGavin, Horvath & Judkins; Fairfax
Michelle Mangrum, Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Joseph Montedonico, Montedonico, Belcuore & Tazzara
Dwight D. Murray, Jordan Coyne & Savits
Richard L. Nagle, Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & Nagle; Fairfax
George O. Peterson, Sands Anderson Marks & Miller; McLean
Joseph G. Petrosinelli, Williams & Connolly
Leo A. Roth Jr., Brault Graham; Rockville
Daniel L. Shea, Brault Graham; Rockville
Ira Shepard, Saul Ewing
Alicia Lehnes Summers; Alexandria
Michael S. Sundermeyer, Williams & Connolly
Stephen L. Urbanczyk, Williams & Connolly
John K. Villa, Williams & Connolly
Bruce D. White, Brault Palmer Grove White & Steinhilber; Fairfax
Carolyn H. Williams, Williams & Connolly
James S. Wilson, Brault Graham; Rockville
You’re Fired!
If you feel you’ve been unfairly fired, forced out, or discriminated against at your workplace, you might want a lawyer who specializes in the field. Here are the best.
Lisa Banks, Katz, Marshall & Banks
Lynne Bernabei, Bernabei & Wachtel
Elaine Charlson Bredehoft, Charlson Bredehoft & Cohen; Reston
Gary Brown, Gary Brown & Associates
Barbara Camens, Barr & Camens
Bruce Fredrickson, Webster, Fredrickson, Henrichsen, Correia & Puth
Joseph Gebhardt, Gebhardt & Associates
Douglas B. Huron, Heller, Huron, Chertkof, Lerner, Simon & Salzman
Ronald C. Jessamy
Debra Katz, Katz, Marshall & Banks
Paul Kiyonaga, Kiyonaga & Soltis
Carolyn N. Lerner, Heller, Huron, Chertkof, Lerner, Simon & Salzman
Richard A. Salzman, Heller, Huron, Chertkof, Lerner, Simon & Salzman
Joseph M. Sellers, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll
Debra Soltis, Kiyonaga & Soltis
Linda Thatcher; Greenbelt
Barry Weintraub; Stafford
Joel Zuckerman, Maxwell & Barke; Rockville
Defending the Employer
Aggrieved employees have their attorneys, so it only makes sense that employers have theirs, too.
Connie Bertram, Winston & Strawn
Mark Blondman, Blank Rome
Barbara B. Brown, Paul Hastings
Theresa Connolly, Isler Dare Ray Radcliffe & Connolly; Vienna
R. Mark Dare, Isler Dare Ray Radcliffe & Connolly; Vienna
Edward Lee Isler, Isler Dare Ray Radcliffe & Connolly; Vienna
Linda M. Jackson, Venable; McLean
Douglas B. Mishkin, Patton Boggs
Sara Z. Moghadam, DLA Piper
Stephen V. Robinson, McGuireWoods
Grace E. Speights, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Greetings From the IRS . . .
When you hear from the Internal Revenue Service and it’s not about a refund, you want a lawyer who knows tax law. Here are some well versed in both personal and corporate tax matters.
Bernard Bailor, Caplin & Drysdale
Peter Baumbusch, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Herbert N. Beller, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan
John Bray, King & Spalding
James A. Bruton III, Williams & Connolly
Rita A. Cavanagh, Latham & Watkins
William Charyk, Arent Fox
Peter Daub, Baker & McKenzie
H. Stewart Dunn Jr., Ivins, Phillips & Barker
Michael C. Durney
Susan T. Edlavitch, Venable
Gerald A. Feffer, Williams & Connolly
Miriam L. Fisher, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Eric Fox, Ivins, Phillips & Barker
James T. Fuller, Williams & Connolly
Lawrence Gibbs, Miller & Chevalier
Kenneth W. Gideon, Skadden
Fred T. Goldberg Jr., Skadden
G. Michael Green, Dickstein Shapiro
Theodore Groom
Michael D. Jackley, Joseph, Greenwald & Laake; Greenbelt
Quana Jew, Arent Fox
James P. Joseph, Arnold & Porter
Paula M. Junghans, Zuckerman Spaeder
Gerald A. Kafka, Latham & Watkins
R. Scott Kilgore, WilmerHale
Julian Y. Kim, Latham & Watkins
Kenneth Klein, Mayer Brown
Martin Lobel, Lobel, Novins & Lamont
John B. Magee, McKee Nelson
Scott Michel, Caplin & Drysdale
Lon E. Musslewhite, Williams & Connolly
Cono Namorato, Caplin & Drysdale
Eileen O’Connor, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Roger C. Ohlrich, Gardner, Ohlrich & Vlach
Arthur Pasternak, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Sam Roberson, Curtin Law Roberson Dunigan & Salans
Blake Rubin, McDermott Will & Emery
Michael I. Sanders, Powell Goldstein
Jennifer A. Sincavage, Janis, Schuelke & Wechsler
Richard Skillman, Caplin & Drysdale
Justin Thornton
Stefan F. Tucker, Venable
Arthur C. Walker Jr., Mayer Brown
Bradley S. Waterman
Protecting Your Heirs
One of the great finds in a financially successful life is a smart estate-and-probate lawyer. Here are some of the best.
W. Shepherdson Abell, Furey, Doolan & Abell; Chevy Chase
Gary Altman, Altman & Associates; Rockville
Ronald D. Aucutt, McGuireWoods; McLean
William L. Babcock Jr.; Alexandria
Frank S. Baldino, Lerch, Early & Brewer; Bethesda
Leigh-Alexandra Basha, Holland & Knight, McLean
Edward Beckwith, Baker and Hostetler
Doris Blazek-White, Covington & Burling
Thomas Campbell, Yates, Campbell, Christopher & Yates; Fairfax
Earl Colson, Arent Fox
John P. Cummins III, Colten Cummins Watson & Vincent; Fairfax
Michael Curtin, Curtin Law Roberson Dunigan & Salans
William E. Davis; Ross, Marsh & Foster
Wayne Eig, Paley, Rothman, Goldstein, Rosenberg, Eig & Cooper; Bethesda
Jay Eisenberg, Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker; Rockville
Nancy G. Fax, Pasternak & Fidis; Bethesda
Dena Feeney, Feeney & Kuwamura; Silver Spring
Marc R. Feinberg, West & Feinberg; Bethesda
Donna Fincher, Vaughan, Fincher & Sotelo; Vienna
Ellen Harrison, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
A. Everett Hoeg, Venable; Vienna
Beth Shapiro Kaufman, Caplin & Drysdale
Don Kozusko, Kozusko Harris Vetter & Wareh
Richard L. Lyon
Rhonda J. MacDonald; Vienna
Robert E. Madden, Powell Goldstein
Mary Ann Mancini, Bryan Cave
Virginia A. McArthur
James E. McNair, Patton Boggs; McLean
Philip O’Donoghue, Furey, Doolan & Abell; Chevy Chase
Lloyd Leva Plaine, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan
Ronald E. Recht; Bethesda
Thomas W. Richardson, Arnold & Porter
Paul F. Riekhof, Joseph, Greenwald & Laake; Greenbelt
Alban Salaman, Holland & Knight
Laurence Salans, Curtin Law Roberson Dunigan & Salans
Lewis J. Saret, Moore & Bruce
Douglas L. Siegler, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan
Frederick Tansill; McLean
Kelly A. Thompson; Arlington
Robert E. Ward; Bethes da
Munford Yates, Yates, Campbell, Christopher & Yates; Fairfax
Stocks and Trades
If you run—or own lots of stock in—a public company, the Securities and Exchange Commission can complicate your life. It rarely happens to ordinary people, but when it does, you want the best.
William R. Baker III, Latham Watkins
David Becker, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Gregory Bruch, Foley & Lardner
Stephen J. Crimmins, Mayer Brown
Charles Davidow, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
James Doty, Baker Botts
Ralph Ferrara, Dewey & LeBoeuf
Joseph Goldstein, Mayer Brown
Karl A. Groskaufmanis, Fried Frank
Bruce Hiler, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
John J. Huber, Latham & Watkins
Paul Huey-Burns, Dechert
Dixie L. Johnson, Fried Frank
Colleen P. Mahoney, Skadden
Michael Mann, Richards Kibbe & Orbe
David B.H. Martin, Covington & Burling
William R. McLucas, WilmerHale
Christian Mixter, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Richard J. Morvillo, Mayer Brown
John F. Olson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Harvey Pitt, Kalorama Legal Services
Irving Pollack, Fulbright & Jaworski
Therese Pritchard, Bryan Cave
Richard Rowe, Proskauer Rose
Howard Schiffman, Dickstein Shapiro
John Sturc, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Michael D. Trager, Arnold & Porter
Harry J. Weiss, WilmerHale
Laura S. Wertheimer, WilmerHale
Samuel “Sandy” Winer, Foley & Lardner
To Merge or Not to Merge
Antitrust lawyers do most of their business at the Justice Department trying to get approval for mergers, but they also can be helpful to business owners threatened by a giant.
William Baer, Arnold & Porter
Leiv Blad, Clifford Chance
Robert Bloch, Mayer Brown
George Cary, Cleary Gottlieb
Deborah L. Feinstein, Arnold & Porter
Kathy Fenton, Jones Day
Claudia Higgins, Kaye Scholer
Joseph Kattan, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Donald C. Klawiter, Mayer Brown
William J. Kolasky, WilmerHale
Mark Leddy, Cleary Gottlieb
Daryl Libow, Sullivan & Cromwell
Janet L. McDavid, Hogan & Hartson
A. Douglas Melamed, WilmerHale
Glenn A. Mitchell, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines
Tim Muris, O’Melveny & Myers
John M. Nannes, Skadden
Steven Newborn, Weil, Gotschal & Manges
Richard Parker, O’Melveny & Myers
R. Hewitt Pate, Hunton & Williams
Phillip Proger, Jones Day
Charles “Rick” Rule, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
Joseph Simons, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Joe Sims, Jones Day
Tefft W. Smith, Kirkland & Ellis
Michael Sohn, Arnold & Porter
Christine Varney, Hogan & Hartson
Paul Yde, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Margaret M. Zwisler, Latham & Watkins
Got to Get Reorganized?
You’ve done everything you can, but you need shelter from creditors. As with the tax attorneys, the bankruptcy lawyers in Maryland and Virginia are more likely to help individuals, while those in the big downtown DC firms are more likely to work for corporations.
Lisa F. Al-Bashir, WilmerHale
Scott L. Alberino, Akin Gump
Sam J. Alberts, White & Case
Michael St. Patrick Baxter, Covington & Burling
Michael Bernstein, Arnold & Porter
Paul Bennett Bran, Dickstein Shapiro
Daniel Carrigan, DLA Piper; Reston
Darrell W. Clark, Stinson Morrison Hecker
Nelson Cohen, Zuckerman Spaeder
Edward C. Dolan, Hogan & Hartson
Mary Joanne Dowd, Arent Fox
Norman Eisen, Zuckerman Spaeder
Alan D. Eisler, Stark, Meyers, Eisler, & Leatham; Rockville
Bradford F. Englander, Linowes and Blocher; Bethesda
Morton A. Faller, Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker; Rockville
Larry G. Franceski, Fulbright & Jaworski
Roger Frankel, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
H. Jason Gold, Wiley Rein
Craig Goldblatt, WilmerHale
Thomas P. Gorman, Tyler, Bartl, Gorman & Ramsdell; Alexandria
James M. Greenan, McNamee, Hosea, Jernigan, Kim, Greenan & Walker; Greenbelt
Lawrence A. Katz, Venable; Vienna
Brian F. Kenney, Miles & Stockbridge; McLean
David Kuney, Sidley Austin
Stephen E. Leach, Leach Travell Britt; McLean
Daniel M. Litt, Dickstein Shapiro
Valerie P. Morrison, Wiley Rein; McLean
William J. Perlstein, WilmerHale
Stanley Samorajczyk, Akin Gump
James R. Schroll, Bean, Kinney & Korman; Arlington
Jeffrey L. Tarkenton, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
Mark Taylor, Kilpatrick Stockton
James A. Vidmar Jr., Linowes and Blocher; Bethesda
Food and Drugs
These lawyers typically deal with the Food and Drug Administration—either working to make sure your food is safe or trying to get approval to put products on the shelves.
Ed Basile, King & Spalding
I. Scott Bass, Sidley Austin
Raymond Bonner, Sidley Austin
Bob Brady, Hogan & Hartson
Mark Brown, King & Spalding
Nancy Buc, Buc & Beardsley
Richard Cooper, Williams & Connolly
James Czaban, WilmerHale
Fred Degnan, King & Spalding
Ellen Flannery, Covington & Burling
Richard L. Frank, Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Bode Matz
Mark Heller, Goodwin Procter
Thomas Henteleff, Kleinfeld Kaplan & Becker
Peter Barton Hutt, Covington & Burling
Jonathan Kahan, Hogan & Hartson
Paul Kim, Foley Hoag
Richard Kingham, Covington & Burling
Dan Kracov, Arnold & Porter
Stephen Paul Mahinka, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Meredith Manning, Hogan & Hartson
Eugene Pfeifer, King & Spalding
James Phelps, Hyman, Phelps & McNamara
Peter Safir, Covington & Burling
Kathleen Sanzo, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
William Schultz, Zuckerman Spaeder
Stephen Terman, Olsson Frank
Dan Troy, Sidley Austin
William Vodra, Arnold & Porter
Ladd Wiley, Akin Gump
Green Like Me—or Not
Own a dry-cleaning company—or a house on a protected lake? If so, the Environmental Protection Agency can make you jump through hoops. These lawyers can help.
Virginia Albrecht, Hunton & Williams
William Anderson, Williams Mullen
Jane Barrett, Blank Rome
Lynn Bergeson, Bergeson & Campbell
Blake Biles, Arnold & Porter
William H. Bode, Bode & Grenier
David Buente, Sidley Austin
Heidi Hughes Bumpers, Jones Day
Henry Diamond, Beveridge & Diamond
Carol Dinkins, Vinson & Elkins
Stephen C. Fotis, Van Ness Feldman
Theodore Garrett, Covington & Burling
Michael Goodstein, Resolution Law Group
Joel Gross, Arnold & Porter
Ridgeway M. Hall, Crowell & Moring
Michael Jones, Kirkland & Ellis
Daniel Joseph, Akin Gump
Laurence Kirsch, Goodwin Procter
Chuck Knauss, Bingham McCutchen
Roger Marzulla
David Menotti, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Thomas Milch, Arnold & Porter
Richard Penna, Van Ness Feldman
Patrick Raher, Hogan & Hartson
Kathy Rhyne, King & Spalding
Perry M. Rosen, Akin Gump
Judson Starr, Venable
Margaret Strand, Venable
William Wehrum, Hunton & Williams
On the Air
If you have business with the Federal Communications Commission, you might see some of these people appealing fines, getting new technologies authorized, or working to merge two satellite-radio networks.
Kathleen Abernathy, Akin Gump
Jim Baller, Baller Herbst Law Group
Eric Bernthal, Latham & Watkins
William Crispin, Crispin & Greenberg
Gary Epstein, Latham & Watkins
Charles Ferris, Mintz Levin
Theodore Frank, Arnold & Porter
Patrick J. Grant, Arnold & Porter
Jennifer Johnson, Covington & Burling
Andrew Lipman, Bingham McCutchen
Richard Metzger, Lawler, Metzger, Milkman & Keeney
John Rogovin, WilmerHale
Michael Senkowski, Wiley Rein
Bryan Tramont, Wilkinson Barker Knauer
Cheryl Tritt, Morrison & Foerster
Philip Verveer, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Richard Wiley, Wiley Rein
Kathryn Zachem, Wilkinson Barker Knauer
What’s the Big Idea?
Sometimes something you invented ends up being sold or used by someone you never talked to. Theft of intellectual property, from new windshield wipers to music to computer programs, is common. Some of these lawyers work cases involving millions of dollars and know their way around the Patent and Trademark Office. Many used to work there.
V. James Adduci, Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg
Cory Amron, Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease
Sherri Blount, Morrison & Foerster
Barry Bretschneider, Morrison & Foerster
Michael Clayton, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Donald R. Dunner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
Mark Fox Evans, Stern Kessler
Ford Farabow, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
E. Anthony Figg, Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck
Alan Fisch, Kaye Scholer
Ann K. Ford, DLA Piper
Joel Freed, McDermott Will & Emery
Cecilia Gonzalez, Howrey
Lawrence J. Gotts, Paul Hastings
Edward Gray, Morrison & Foerster
Margaret Kavalaris, Cooley Godward Kronish
Roderick R. McKelvie, Covington & Burling
Richard McMillan Jr., Crowell & Moring
Larry S. Nixon, Nixon & Vanderhye
George Pappas, Covington & Burling
Joseph M. Potenza, Banner & Witcoff
Thomas Queen, Wiley Rein
Thomas Scott, Goodwin Procter
George Sirilla, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
James Slattery, Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch
Ybet Villacorta, Foley & Lardner
James Wallace Jr., Wiley Rein
William Wallace, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
W. Mack Webner, Sughrue Mion
School Daze
The Department of Education issues and oversees a maze of rules and regulations, which means lots of lawyers here represent school districts, colleges and universities, and sometimes individuals. A major fight now is whether public schools have to pay for private special-education programs if they don’t offer them. Here are people who can help.
Audrey Anderson, Hogan & Hartson
John F. Cafferky, Blankingship & Keith; Fairfax
Grady Carlson, Hunton & Williams; McLean
Thomas J. Cawley, Hunton & Williams; McLean
Alexander Dreier, Hogan & Hartson
Michael Jeffrey Eig; Chevy Chase
Elizabeth Meers, Hogan & Hartson
William B. Reichardt; Fairfax
Gerald S. Rugel; Herndon
Diana M. Savit, Savit & Szymkowicz; Bethesda
Arthur Schmalz, Hunton & Williams; McLean
Maree Sneed, Hogan & Hartson
Robert Wilkins, Venable
Do the Rights Thing
Civil-rights issues can revolve around race, gender, religion, language, disability, and more. Some of these lawyers handle such cases through their firms’ pro bono programs, which means a big-firm lawyer will often take an interesting or egregious case for free.
Roderic Boggs, Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
Patricia Brannan, Hogan & Hartson
Stephen Chertkof, Heller, Huron, Chertkof, Lerner, Simon & Salzman
David Cole, Georgetown University Law Center
Mark Dann, Gebhardt & Associates
Marc Fleischaker, Arent Fox
Kristen Galles; Alexandria
Elizabeth Sara Gere, Ross, Dixon & Bell
Marcia Greenberger, National Women’s Law Center
Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Harriet Lipkin, DLA Piper
William Mertens; Bethesda
John Payton, WilmerHale
John Relman, Relman & Dane
Kerry Scanlon, Kaye Scholer
David Wachtel, Bernabei & Wachtel
Christine Webber, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll
Not-So-Golden Years
Advancing age brings issues related to Social Security, retirement, nursing homes, and more. Here’s a group knowledgeable about the laws that especially affect older people.
Elliott Andalman, Andalman & Flynn; Silver Spring
Robert Bullock, Elder & Disability Law Center
Jacqueline D. Byrd, Byrd & Byrd; Bowie
Kathleen R. Cossa; Fairfax
Jeffrey J. Downey, DMG Group
William Fralin, Estate Planning and Elder Law Firm; Arlington
Morris Klein; Bethesda
Blowing the Whistle
Reporting your company or agency for wrongdoing can get you fired, and it can get you rewarded. Handling whistleblower suits is a specialized legal practice. Most of these attorneys also practice general employment law.
John Boese, Fried Frank
Alan C. Brown, Enterprise Business Law Group
David Colapinto, Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Robert B. Fitzpatrick
Myrrel Hendricks, Gebhardt & Associates
Michael Kohn, Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Stephen Kohn, Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Mona Lyons
David Marshall, Katz, Marshall & Banks
Kathleen McDermott, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
John Phillips, Phillips & Cohen
Rick Robinson, Fulbright & Jaworski
Shelley R. Slade, Vogel, Slade & Goldstein
Jason Zuckerman, Employment Law Group
In Uniform
Military life has it own set of challenges—and laws. Here are people who know their way around them.
Eugene Fidell, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell
Matthew Freedus, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell
Charles Gittins; Middletown, Va.
Mary T. Hall; Hollywood, Md.
Jonathan Katz, Marks & Katz; Silver Spring
James Klimaski
William Koegel Jr., Steptoe & Johnson
Matthew MacLean, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
F. Whitten Peters, Williams & Connolly
Neal A. Puckett
Douglas Rosinski, Ogletree Deakins
Stephen Saltzburg, George Washington University Law School
David P. Sheldon
Where’s Your Green Card?
The threat of terrorism has complicated life for everyone—especially for foreign nationals and people doing business internationally. These lawyers can help straighten things out.
Serge Bauer
Andres Benach, Maggio & Kattar
Sam Hsien-Cheng Chang, Wasserman, Mancini & Chang
Rajan Paul Eapen, Eapen Law
Thomas Elliot, Elliot & Maycock
Roberta Freedman, Duane Morris
Andrew Greenfield, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy
Carl Hampe, Baker & McKenzie
Dev A. Kayal, Kayal & Ghosal; Silver Spring
Michael Maggio, Maggio & Kattar
Mark Mancini, Wasserman, Mancini & Chang
Sahlu Mikael
Amy Marmer Nice, Dickstein Shapiro
Eleanor Pelta, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
José Pertierra
Beth Peters, Hogan & Hartson
Elizabeth Quinn, Maggio & Kattar
Denyse Sabagh, Duane Morris
Elizabeth Espin Stern, Baker & McKenzie
Paul W. Virtue, Hogan & Hartson
Aseged Yimer; Silver Spring
Dealing With the World
Few lawyers log more miles than the ones who negotiate trade agreements and settle disputes between parties in different nations.
Charlene Barshefsky, WilmerHale
Mark Clodfelter, Winston & Strawn
John Corette, DLA Piper
Mark Cymrot, Baker Hostetler
Raul Herrera, Arnold & Porter
Michael Kantor, Mayer Brown
Carolyn Lamm, White & Case
Daniel Plaine, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Paul Reichler, Foley Hoag
Ed Rubinoff, Akin Gump
Jonathan Schiller, Boies, Schiller & Flexner
Stephen Schwebel
Running for Office
It’s a practice tailor-made for Washington: advising political candidates and groups on how to run for office and advocate change without running afoul of campaign-finance and ethics laws.
Jan Witold Baran, Wiley Rein
Robert Bauer, Perkins Coie
Joe Birkenstock, Caplin & Drysdale
Bobby Burchfield, McDermott Will & Emery
William Canfield, Williams & Jensen
Marc Erik Elias, Perkins Coie
Craig Engle, Arent Fox
Sonia Fois, Arnold & Porter
Ben Ginsberg, Patton Boggs
Laurence Gold, Lichtman, Trister & Ross
Lee Goodman, LeClairRyan
Ken Gross, Skadden
Ki Hong, Skadden
Brett Kappel, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease
John Keeney Jr., Hogan & Hartson
Rob Kelner, Covington & Burling
Carol Laham, Wiley Rein
James Lamb, Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg
Cleta Mitchell, Foley & Lardner
Lawrence Noble, Skadden
Lawrence Norton, Womble Carlyle
Trevor Potter, Caplin & Drysdale
Neil Reiff, Sandler, Reiff & Young
Joseph Sandler, Sandler, Reiff & Young
Scott Thomas, Dickstein Shapiro
Michael Toner, Bryan Cave
Lyn Utrecht, Ryan, Phillips, Utrecht & MacKinnon
Jill Holtzman Vogel
Don’t Stop the Presses!
Washington has more journalists than any other city—and more lawyers to protect them. Here are the people savvy reporters call.
Kevin Baine, Williams & Connolly
Robert Bernius, Nixon Peabody
Bruce Brown, Baker Hostetler
Laura Handman, Davis Wright Tremaine
Thomas Hentoff, Williams & Connolly
David Kendall, Williams & Connolly
Lee Levine, Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz
Mark Lynch, Covington & Burling
Thomas McLish, Akin Gump
Theodore B. Olson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Terence Ross, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Bruce Sanford, Baker Hostetler
Paul Smith, Jenner & Block
Michael Sullivan, Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz
Charles Tobin, Holland & Knight
Let’s Make a Deal
Some Washington lawyers have done very well acting as agents for media and sports clients.
Kenneth Adams, Dickstein Shapiro (poker issues)
Robert Ades (sports, radio)
Lon Babby, Williams & Connolly (sports)
Robert Barnett, Williams & Connolly (literary agent)
John Cassidy, Baker Botts (NASCAR)
Gregg Levy, Covington & Burling (NFL)
Gail Ross, Lichtman, Trister & Ross (media law, literary agent)
James Tanner, Williams & Connolly (sports)
You Want to Build What?
Washington has lots of lawyers who deal with zoning, land use, and anything else having to do with real estate and development in an area complicated by multiple jurisdictions. One thing all these lawyers combined can’t do: build a skyscraper in the District.
Stanley D. Abrams, Abrams & West; Bethesda
Richard Bar, Galland, Kharasch, Greenberg, Fellman & Swirsky
John Braswell, Redmon, Peyton & Braswell; Alexandria
Douglas Bregman, Bregman, Berbert, Schwartz & Gilday; Bethesda
Kenneth Brown, Nichols Zauzig Sandler; Woodbridge
Antonio Calabrese, Cooley Godward Kronish; Reston
Joseph Corish, Bean, Kinney & Korman; Arlington
Thomas Dunigan, Curtin Law Roberson Dunigan & Salans
Maureen Dwyer, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
John Engel, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Jay Epstien, DLA Piper
Robert Falb, Arent Fox
Wendy Fields, Katten Muchin Rosenman
Brian Frosh, Karp, Frosh, Lapidus, Wigodsky & Norwind; Bethesda
Ronald Gart, Powell Goldstein
Kenneth Gelfarb, Tenenbaum & Saas
Robert Glenn, Holland & Knight; McLean
Michael Goodwin, Arnold & Porter
Warren Gorrell, Hogan & Hartson
Robert Gottlieb, Venable
Jan K. Guben, Venable
John D. Hagner, Womble Carlyle
Daniel Hodin, Paley, Rothman, Goldstein, Rosenberg, Eig & Cooper; Bethesda
Philip Horowitz, Venable
E. Peter Kane, Hunton & Williams; McLean
Carol Weld King, Hogan & Hartson
Jonathan Kinney, Bean, Kinney & Korman; Arlington
Frederick Klein, DLA Piper
Joel Kline, Miller, Miller & Canby; Rockville
Kenneth Logwood, Womble Carlyle
Marianne Loman, Furey, Doolan & Abell; Chevy Chase
Francis McDermott, Hunton & Williams; McLean
Anne K. Planning, Spartin Planning; Alexandria
Whayne Quin, Holland & Knight
Elsie Reid, Furey, Doolan & Abell; Chevy Chase
Michael Ruane, Holland & Knight
Debbie Spartin, Spartin Planning; Alexandria
Chad Tiedemann, Holland & Knight
Martin D. “Art” Walsh, Walsh Colucci Lubeley Emrich & Walsh; Arlington
Sheldon Weisel, Goulston & Storrs
Wendelin White, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Roger Winston, Ballard, Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll
Honey, It’s Over
Divorce hurts. These people can help. Prenuptially, too.
Sanford K. Ain, Ain & Bank
Rita Bank, Ain & Bank
Beth A. Bittel; Fairfax
David Bulitt, Joseph, Greenwald & Laake; Greenbelt
Cynthia Callahan, Dragga, Callahan, Hannon Hessler & Wills; Rockville
Mark Carlin, Ain & Bank
Robin Clark, Clark & Glass; Rockville
Richard J. Colten, Colten Cummins Watson & Vincent; Fairfax
Joseph Condo, Condo Roop Kelly & Byrnes; McLean
Glenn Cooper, Paley, Rothman, Goldstein, Rosenberg, Eig & Cooper; Bethesda
James Ray Cottrell, Gannon & Cottrell; Alexandria
Jonathan Dana, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell
Linda Delaney, Delaney McKinney; Bethesda
Faith Dornbrand, Pasternak & Fidis
Patrick Dragga, Dragga, Callahan, Hannon Hessler & Wills; Rockville
Kathleen Dumais, Paley, Rothman, Goldstein, Rosenberg, Eig & Cooper; Bethesda
Darryl Feldman, Ain & Bank
Jo Benson Fogel; Rockville
Keenan Goldsby, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell
Ilona Freedman Grenadier, Grenadier, Anderson, Simpson, Starace & Duffett; Alexandria
Linda Haspel, Haspel & McLeod
Hadrian Hatfield, Strickler, Sachitano & Hatfield; Bethesda
Cheryl Lynn Hepfer; Rockville
Heather Hostetter, Strickler, Sachitano & Hatfield; Bethesda
Walter W. Johnson Jr.; Silver Spring
James Korman, Bean, Kinney & Korman; Arlington
Armin “Rick” Kuder, Kuder, Smollar & Friedman
Glenn Lewis
Robert Liotta, Liotta, Dranitzke & Engel
David Masterman, Masterman & Graham; McLean
Margaret McKinney, Delaney McKinney
Gwendolen Lesh McLeod, Haspel & McLeod; Rockville
Martha McQuade, McQuade & Hite; Alexandria
Theresa Mihalik, Kuder, Smollar & Friedman
Eleanor “Susie” Nace, Delaney McKinney
Cheryl New, Sandground New & Lowinger; Vienna
Ronald Ogens, Deckelbaum Ogens & Raftery; Bethesda
Joseph Paradiso, Paradiso, Taub, Sinay & Owel; Bethesda
Mary Pence, Feldesman Tucker Leifer & Fidell
Linda Ravdin, Pasternak & Fidis; Bethesda
Paul Reinstein, Sasscer, Clagett & Bucher; Upper Marlboro
Deborah Reiser, Lerch, Early & Brewer; Bethesda
Bryan Renehan, Brodsky, Greenblatt, Renehan & Pearlstein; Gaithersburg
Nancy Sachitano, Strickler, Sachitano & Hatfield; Bethesda
Betty Moore Sandler, Nichols Zauzig Sandler; Woodbridge
Carol Schrier-Polak, Bean, Kinney & Korman; Arlington
Wendy H. Schwartz; Fairfax
Richard Shadyac Jr., Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell; Falls Church
Lauren Shea, Ain & Bank
Darcy Shoop, Stein, Sperling, Bennett, De Jong, Driscoll & Gr eenfeig
Robert Shoun, Shoun, Bach, Walinsky & Curran; Fairfax
Paul Smollar, Kuder, Smollar & Friedman
Howard Soypher, Paley, Rothman, Goldstein, Rosenberg, Eig & Cooper; Bethesda
Arlene Starace, Grenadier, Anderson, Simpson, Starace & Duffett; Alexandria
Scott Strickler, Strickler, Sachitano & Hatfield; Bethesda
Robin Taub, Paradiso, Taub, Sinay & Owel; Bethesda
Betty A. Thompson; Arlington
Marna Tucker, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell
Donna Van Scoy; Rockville
Edna Ruth Vincent, Colten Cummins Watson & Vincent; Fairfax
Edward Walinsky, Shoun, Bach, Walinsky & Curran; Fairfax
Vincent Wills, Dragga, Callahan, Hannon, Hessler & Wills; Rockville
Sarah J. Zimmerman, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell
All the Way to the Supreme Court!
These constitutional lawyers, most of them former Supreme Court clerks, will take your case to the top.
Donald Ayer, Jones Day
Richard Bress, Latham & Watkins
Beth Brinkmann, Morrison & Foerster
Charles Cooper, Cooper & Kirk
Drew Days, Morrison & Foerster
Walter Dellinger, O’Melveny & Myers
Roy Englert Jr., Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber
Miguel Estrada, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
H. Bartow Farr III, Farr & Taranto
David Frederick, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel
Kenneth Geller, Mayer Brown
Thomas Goldstein, Akin Gump
Neal Katyal, Georgetown University Law Center
Michael Kellogg, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd Evans & Figel
John Kester, Williams & Connolly
Jeff Lamken, Baker Botts
Christopher Landau, Kirkland & Ellis
Nathan Lewin, Lewin & Lewin
Robert Long, Covington & Burling
Maureen Mahoney, Latham & Watkins
Glen Nager, Jones Day
Carter Phillips, Sidley Austin
Nina Pillard, Georgetown University Law Center
Andrew Pincus, Mayer Brown
Lawrence Robbins, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber
Paul Smith, Jenner & Block
Evan Tager, Mayer Brown
Richard Taranto, Farr & Taranto
Donald Verrilli Jr., Jenner & Block
Seth Waxman, WilmerHale
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