WASHINGTON, DC, September 7, 2011 — Covington & Burling LLP lawyers received 184 individual mentions in 56 areas of law in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. This annual compilation of top US lawyers is based on peer-review surveys and is used as a referral guide in the legal profession.
The Covington lawyers recognized are as follows:
Administrative/Regulatory: Jennifer Johnson and Robert Long
Antitrust: Harvey Applebaum, Thomas Barnett, Robert Sayler, and Theodore Voorhees
Appellate: Gregg Levy, Robert Long, and John Nields
Arbitration: Mitchell Dolin, Eugene Gulland, and Robert Sayler
Banking and Finance: David Rosinus, Stuart Stock, and Jean Veta
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization: Dennis Auerbach, Michael St. Patrick Baxter, and Benjamin Hoch
Bet-the-Company Litigation: Robert Haslam, Mark Lynch, George Pappas, Ethan Posner, Robert Sayler, and Alan Vinegrad
Biotechnology: Erika Lietzan and Jim Snipes
Commercial Litigation: Harvey Applebaum, Donald Brown, Mitchell Dolin, Saul Goodman, Eugene Gulland, David Isbell, William Iverson, Gregg Levy, Robert Long, Mark Lynch, George Pappas, Ethan Posner, Robert Sayler, and Alan Vinegrad
Communications: Jonathan Blake, Mace Rosenstein, Gerard Waldron, and Stephen Weiswasser
Copyright: George Pappas and Christopher Sipes
Corporate: Philip Howard, David Martin, and Scott Smith
Corporate Compliance: Bruce Baird, David Bayless, Len Chazen, Philip Howard, and David Martin
Corporate Governance: Len Chazen, Philip Howard, and David Martin
Criminal Defense - White Collar: Stephen Anthony, Bruce Baird, Mark Lynch, John Nields, Ethan Posner, and Alan Vinegrad
Derivatives and Futures: Bruce Bennett and Allison Lurton
Employee Benefits (ERISA): Julie Edmond, Amy Moore, Richard Shea, and John Vine
Employment - Management: Jeffrey Huvelle
Energy: Robert Fleishman, William Massey, and Richard Meserve
Environmental: Ted Garrett, Richard Meserve, and Allan Topol
Ethics and Professional Responsibility: David Isbell
FDA: Scott Danzis, Ellen Flannery, Peter Barton Hutt, Richard Kingham, Michael Labson, Gerald Masoudi, and Peter Safir
Financial Services Regulation: Mark Plotkin, David Rosinus, Stuart Stock, and Jean Veta
Government Relations: Roderick DeArment, Stuart Eizenstat, Martin Gold, and Jack Schenendorf
Health Care: Peter Barton Hutt and Ethan Posner
Information Technology: Nigel Howard and Bert Wells
Insurance: Donald Brown, John Buchanan, Mitchell Dolin, Saul Goodman, David Goodwin, William Greaney, Lawrence Hobel, Ben Lenhart, Robert Sayler, and William Skinner
International Arbitration - Commercial: Mitchell Dolin, Oscar Garibaldi, Eugene Gulland, and Tom Johnson
International Arbitration - Governmental: Oscar Garibaldi, Eugene Gulland, and Tom Johnson
International Trade and Finance: Harvey Applebaum, Stuart Eizenstat, Peter Flanagan, Peter Lichtenbaum, and Peter Trooboff
Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity: Paul Rogers
Litigation & Controversy - Tax: Robert Culbertson, William Paul, and Reeves Westbrook
Litigation - Antitrust: Thomas Barnett, Gregg Levy, and Anita Stork
Litigation - Banking & Finance: Robert Long, Stuart Stock, and Jean Veta
Litigation - Environmental: Ted Garrett
Litigation - ERISA: Julie Edmond, Robert Long, Richard Shea, and John Vine
Litigation - Intellectual Property: Robert Fram, Simon Frankel, Robert Haslam, George Pappas, Richard Rainey, and Christopher Sipes
Litigation - Labor & Employment: Jeffrey Huvelle
Litigation - Patent: Robert Fram, Robert Haslam, Roderick McKelvie, George Pappas, Richard Rainey, and Christopher Sipes
Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy): Bruce Baird
Litigation Securities: David Bayless
Mediation: Mitchell Dolin, Eugene Gulland, and Robert Sayler
Mergers & Acquisitions: David Brown, Len Chazen, Bruce Deming, and Bruce Wilson
Patent: George Pappas, Richard Rainey, and Christopher Sipes
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants: Chad Morriss
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants: Patrick Davies, Mark Lynch, Keith Teel, and Ted Voorhees
Real Estate: Robert Gage
Securities/Capital Markets: Bruce Bennett and David Martin
Securities Regulation: Bruce Bennett and David Martin
Sports: Douglas Gibson, Gregg Levy, Bruce Wilson, and Peter Zern
Tax: Robert Culbertson, Roderick DeArment, William Paul, Dirk Suringa, and Reeves Westbrook
Technology: Mark Plotkin
Trademark: George Pappas and Christopher Sipes
Transportation: Michael Rosenthal and Jack Schenendorf
Trusts and Estates: Doris Blazek-White
Water: Ted Garrett