NEW YORK, September 24, 2012 — New York Super Lawyers selected 27 Covington & Burling lawyers for its 2012 list of top legal talent. Super Lawyers selects only five percent of the total lawyers in the state based upon peer review and the publication’s independent research.

Nineteen Covington lawyers were named New York Super Lawyers:

• Jack Bodner, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Leonard Chazen, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Dianne Coffino, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
• William Collins, Mergers & Acquisitions
• George Frampton, Energy & Natural Resources
• John Gourary, Banking
• Benjamin Hoch, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
• Michael Hopkins, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
• Nigel Howard, Information Technology/Outsourcing
• Philip Howard, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Nancy Kestenbaum, Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Rubén Kraiem, International and Business/Corporate
• Will Phillips, Securities Litigation
• David Rosinus, Securities & Corporate Finance
• Andrew Schau, Class Action/Mass Torts
• Scott Smith, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Alan Vinegrad, Criminal Defense: White Collar
• J. D. Weinberg, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Bert Wells, Insurance Coverage

Eight Covington lawyers were named New York Super Rising Stars:

• Christopher Beals, Intellectual Property
• Martin Beeler, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
• Eric Blanchard, Securities & Corporate Finance
• Matthew Fox, Business/Corporate
• Robert Heller, Tax
• Andrew Hyman, Banking and Mergers & Acquisitions
• Kyle Rabe, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Amanda Weiss, Business/Corporate