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Honors & Rankings: Individual Honors

The American Lawyer - Litigation's Rising Stars (2007)
  • Ethan Posner

The Best Lawyers in America (2009)
  • Administrative: Edward Bruce and Robert Long
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution: Mitchell Dolin, Eugene Gulland, and Robert Sayler
  • Antitrust: Harvey Applebaum, Jim Atwood, Gregg Levy, Robert Sayler, and Theodore Voorhees
  • Appellate: Edward Bruce, Gregg Levy, and Robert Long
  • Banking: Mark Plotkin, Stuart Stock, and Jean Veta
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights: Benjamin Hoch and Michael St. Patrick Baxter
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation: Eric Holder and Robert Sayler
  • Biotechnology: Erika King Lietzan and Jim Snipes
  • Commercial Litigation: Harvey Applebaum, Bruce Baird, Lanny Breuer, Donald Brown, Mitchell Dolin, Eugene Gulland, Eric Holder, David Isbell, William Iverson, Gregg Levy, Mark Lynch, Aaron Marcu, Ethan Posner, Robert Sayler, and Alan Vinegrad 
  • Communications: Jonathan Blake, Mace Rosenstein, and Stephen Weiswasser
  • Corporate: David Martin and Scott Smith  
  • Corporate Governance and Compliance: Bruce Baird, David Bayless, Lanny Breuer, Aaron Marcu, and David Martin
  • Employee Benefits: Julie Edmond, Amy Moore, Richard Shea, and John Vine
  • Energy: Robert Fleishman, William Massey, and Richard Meserve
  • Entertainment: Laurence Silverman
  • Environmental: Ted Garrett, Richard Meserve, and Allan Topol
  • FDA: Ellen Flannery, Peter Hutt, Richard Kingham, and Peter Safir
  • Government Relations: Roderick DeArment, Stuart Eizenstat, Martin Gold, and Jack Schenendorf
  • Health Care: Lanny Breuer, Peter Hutt, Keith Korenchuk, and Ethan Posner
  • Information Technology: Nigel Howard and Bert Wells 
  • Insurance: Donald Brown, John Buchanan, Mitchell Dolin, David Goodwin, William Greaney, Lawrence Hobel, Robert Sayler, and William Skinner
  • Intellectual Property: Roderick McKelvie, George Pappas, Richard Rainey, and Chris Sipes
  • International Arbitration: Mitchell Dolin, Oscar Garibaldi, Eugene Gulland, and Tom Johnson
  • International Trade and Finance: Harvey Applebaum, Stuart Eizenstat, and Peter Trooboff
  • Labor and Employment: Jeffrey Huvelle
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity: Paul Rogers 
  • Mass Tort Litigation: Lanny Breuer 
  • Mergers & Acquisitions: Leonard Chazen and David Brown 
  • Personal Injury Litigation: Donald Brown 
  • Product Liability Litigation: Lanny Breuer, Patrick Davies, Mark Lynch, Keith Teel, and Ted Voorhees
  • Railroad: Linda Morgan
  • Real Estate: Robert Gage
  • Securities: David Martin
  • Sports: Andrew Friedman, Douglas Gibson, Gregg Levy, and Bruce Wilson
  • Tax: Roderick DeArment, William Paul, and Reeves Westbrook
  • Technology: Mark Plotkin
  • Transportation: Linda Morgan, Michael Rosenthal, and Jack Schenendorf
  • Trusts and Estates: Doris Blazek-White
  • Water: Ted Garrett
  • White Collar Criminal Defense: Stephen Anthony, Bruce Baird, Lanny Breuer, Eric Holder, Aaron Marcu, and Alan Vinegrad

The BTI Client Service All-Star Team (2008)
  • Gregg Levy 

Chambers Global (2008)
  • Arbitration (International): Oscar Garibaldi
  • Competition/Antitrust:  Georg Berrisch and David Hull 
  • Intellectual Property:  George Pappas
  • International Trade (Export Controls & Economic Sanctions):  Peter Flanagan and Peter Trooboff
  • International Trade (Trade Remedies & Trade Policy):  Stuart Eizenstat
  • Life Sciences (Regulatory/Compliance):  Richard Kingham 
  • TMT (Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite):  Jonathan Blake
  • WTO/International Trade:  George Berrisch

Chambers UK (2008)
  • Insurance, General Claims: Roger Enock
  • Life Sciences, Product Liability: Anne Ware
  • Life Sciences, Regulatory/Compliance: Richard Kingham and Grant Castle
  • Product Liability, Food: Joanna Wheeler
  • Product Liability, Mainly Defendant: Anne Ware

Chambers USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers (2008)
  • Antitrust (California): Anita Stork
  • Bankruptcy/Restructuring (DC): Michael Baxter
  • Corporate/M&A (New York): Scott Smith
  • Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (DC): Andrew Jack and David Martin
  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (DC): Amy Moore and Richard Shea
  • Energy/Electricity (DC): William Massey
  • Environment (DC): Theodore Garrett and Allan Topol 
  • ERISA Litigation (National): Jeffrey Huvelle
  • Financial Services Regulation/Regulatory Compliance (National): Stuart Stock
  • Financial Services Regulation/Regulatory Enforcement & Investigations (National): Stuart Stock and Jean Veta
  • Food & Beverages (National): Clausen Ely and Peter Hutt
  • Healthcare/Pharmaceutical/Medical Products Regulatory (DC): Ellen Flannery, Peter Hutt, Richard Kingham, Michael Labson, and Peter Safir
  • Insurance/Policy Holder (California): Donald Brown, David Goodwin, and Lawrence Hobel 
  • Insurance/Policy Holder (DC): John Buchanan, Mitchell Dolin, Anna Engh, Marialuisa Gallozzi, Saul Goodman, William Greaney, Benedict Lenhart, Robert Sayler, and William Skinner
  • Insurance/Policy Holder (National): Donald Brown, John Buchanan, Mitchell Dolin, David Goodwin, William Greaney, Lawrence Hobel, and William Skinner
  • Intellectual Property (DC): George Pappas
  • International Arbitration (National): Oscar Garibaldi and Eugene Gulland
  • International Trade/CFIUS Experts: Stuart Eizenstat 
  • International Trade/Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (National): Peter Flanagan and Peter Trooboff
  • International Trade/Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (National): Stuart Eizenstat
  • Investment Funds/Private Equity Fund Formation (National): Timothy Clark 
  • Life Sciences/Commercial (California): Bruce Deming and James Snipes
  • Life Sciences/Commercial (National): John Hurvitz and Emily Leonard
  • Life Sciences/Regulatory/Compliance (National): Richard Kingham
  • Litigation/Appellate (DC): Robert Long
  • Litigation (DC): Lanny Breuer and Eric Holder
  • Litigation/White Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York): Aaron Marcu and Alan Vinegrad
  • Media & Entertainment (DC): Stephen Weiswasser
  • Outsourcing (National): Nigel Howard 
  • Privacy & Data Security (National): Erin Egan, Martin Hansen, and Mark Plotkin
  • Products Liability (National): Theodore Voorhees
  • Real Estate (DC): Robert Gage
  • Securities Regulation/Advisory (DC): David Martin
  • Securities Regulation/Enforcement (DC): Bruce Baird 
  • Sports (National): Andrew Friedman, Douglas Gibson, Gregg Levy, Bruce Wilson, and Peter Zern 
  • Tax (DC): William Chip, William Paul, and Reeves Westbrook
  • Technology & IT Outsourcing (NY): Nigel Howard 
  • Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite/Finance (DC): Ralph Voltmer
  • Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite/Regulatory (DC): Jonathan Blake, William Fitz, Eric Greenberg, Jennifer Johnson, Mace Rosenstein, and Robert Sherman 
  • Transportation/Rail (National): Linda Morgan

Daily Journal - Top Women Litigators (2007-2008)
  • Sonya Winner 

Ethisphere Magazine - 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics (2007)
  • Alan Vinegrad

Euromoney's Expert Guides to the World's Leading Lawyers (2006)
  • Banking: Mark Plotkin, Harris Weinstein, and Mark Weiss
  • Competition and Antitrust: Harvey Applebaum, James Atwood, George Chester, and David Hull 
  • Corporate Governance: Leonard Chazen and David Martin  
  • Commercial Arbitration: Oscar Garibaldi, William Greaney, O. Thomas Johnson, and Peter Trooboff
  • Environmental: Theodore Garrett, and Allan Topol
  • Healthcare: Peter Hutt, Richard Kingham, and Peter Safir
  • Insolvency and Restructuring: Michael Baxter 
  • Insurance and Reinsurance: Donald Brown, John Buchanan, Mitchell Dolin, Anna Engh, Marialuisa Gallozzi, Saul Goodman, William Greaney, Benedict Lenhart, Robert Sayler, William Skinner, and Keith Teel 
  • Labor and Employment: John Vine
  • Litigation: Mitchell Dolin, Eric Holder, Gregg Levy, Robert Long, and Aaron Marcu 
  • Technology, Media & Telecommunications: Jonathan Blake

European Legal Experts (2006) 
  • Belgium: Peter Bogaert and David Hull
  • Intellectual Property: Alain Strowel
  • IT and Telecoms: David Harfst
  • Litigation and Arbitration: Georg Berrisch 

International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (2008)
  • Banking: Stuart Stock
  • Business Crime: Aaron Marcu
  • Commercial Arbitration: Oscar Garibaldi, Eugene Gulland, Thomas Johnson, and Peter Trooboff  
  • Commercial Litigation: Eugene Galland 
  • Corporate Governance: Leonard Chazen 
  • Environment: Theodore Garrett 
  • Insolvency & Restructuring: Michael Baxter
  • Insurance: Donald Brown, Mitchell Dolin, and Marialuisa Gallozzi
  • Internet & e-Commerce: David Harfst and Mark Plotkin 
  • Mergers & Acquisitions: Bruce Deming 
  • Patent: Roderick McKelvie
  • Private Funds: Timothy Clark 
  • Product Liability: Anne Ware 
  • Regulatory Communications: Jonathan Blake
  • Trade & Customs: Harvey Applebaum, Georg Berrisch, and Stuart Eizenstat

IP Law & Business - Top IP People Under 45 (2008)
  • Laurie Self 

Lawdragon 500 - The Leading Lawyers in America (2007)
  • Mitchell Dolin
  • Theodore Garrett 
  • Gregg Levy

Lawdragon 500 - New Stars (2007)
  • Christine Enemark
  • Andrew Friedman
  • John Hurvitz
  • Jennifer Johnson
  • Ralph Voltmer

Lawdragon - 100 Lawyers You Need to Know in Securities Litigation (2008)
  •  C. William Phillips

Legal 500 US (2008)
  • Copyright - Regional:  Evan Cox, Ron Dove, and Laurie Self
  • Employee Benefits:  Rod DeArment, Amy Moore, Richard Shea, and John Vine
  • Energy:  William Fleishman and William Massey
  • ERISA Litigation:  Thomas Cubbage and Jeffrey Huvelle
  • Executive Compensation:  Amy Moore, Robert Newman, and John Vine
  • Insurance - Advice to Policyholders:  Anna Engh and William Skinner
  • International Arbitration:  Oscar Garibaldi, Eugene Gulland, and Miguel Lopez-Forastier
  • M&A - National Firms - Large Deals:  Scott Smith
  • Private Equity Buyouts - Middle Market:  Peter Schwartz and Scott Smith
  • Real Estate - DC - Transactions and Finance:  Robert Gage
  • Sports:  Andrew Friedman, Doug Gibson, Bruce Wilson
  • Tax - Domestic Tax - East Coast:  Andrew Friedman, Jeremy Spector, and Reeves Westbrook
  • Tax - Employee Benefits:  Michael Francese, Amy Moore, Robert Newman, and Richard Shea
  • Technology - Data Protection and Privacy:  Erin Egan, David Fagan, and Mark Plotkin
  • Telecoms and Broadcast - Regulatory:  Jonathan Blake and Jennifer Johnson
  • Trademarks - Non-contentious - Full coverage:  Kathleen Gallagher-Duff and Kristina Rosette
  • Trade Secrets:  Anthony Herman
  • White-Collar Criminal Defense - Full Service:  Bruce Baird, Lanny Breuer, Benjamin Duke, Nancy Kestenbaum, Aaron Marcu

Legal Times Leading Lawyers (2005-2007)
  • Business Litigation: George Pappas
  • Communications: Jonathan Blake 
  • Food & Drug: Peter Barton Hutt and Peter Safir
  • Insurance: Mitchell Dolin
  • International Trade: Stuart Eizenstat 
  • Life Sciences: John Hurvitz 
  • Tax: William Paul 

National Law Journal - The 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America (2008)
  • Eric Holder
  • Thomas Williamson

The Practical Law Company (PLC) - Life Sciences, Which Lawyer? (2006-2007)
  • Commercial & Partnering: John Hurvitz, Lucinda Osborne, and Jim Snipes
  • Competition/Antitrust: Georg Berrisch and David Hull 
  • Corporate: James Beery, Bruce Bennett, and Ellen Corenswet
  • Government Enforcement and Investigations: Geoffrey Hobart, Mark Lynch, and Ethan Posner
  • Intellectual Property: Paul Berman
  • Product Liability: Ted Voorhees and Anne Ware 
  • Regulatory: Peter Bogaert, Peter Barton Hutt, Grant Castle, Richard Kingham, Michael Labson, Eugene Lambert, and Peter Safir
  • Regulatory Medical Devices: Ellen Flannery

SportsBusiness Journal - Forty Under 40 (2008)
  • Peter Zern

Washingtonian - Top 50 Lobbyists (2007)
  • Marty Gold

Washingtonian - Top Lawyers (2007)
  • Michael Baxter
  • Doris Blazek-White
  • Lanny Breuer
  • Stuart Eizenstat
  • Ellen Flannery
  • Theodore Garrett
  • Eric Holder
  • Peter Barton Hutt
  • Jennifer Johnson
  • Robert Kelner
  • Richard Kingham
  • Gregg Levy
  • Robert Long
  • Mark Lynch
  • David Martin
  • James McKay
  • Roderick McKelvie
  • George Pappas
  • Peter Safir

Wiley Branton Award for Lifetime Commitment to Equal Justice (2007)
  • Presented to Thomas S. Williamson, Jr. by the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs.
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