Super Lawyers Selects 124 Akin Lawyers in 2016

(Washington, D.C.) – Super Lawyers has selected 124 Akin Gump lawyers for inclusion in its 2016 Super Lawyers recognitions that span the United States.

Additionally, four partners—Murry Cohen, Dianne Elderkin, Rex Heinke and Mark MacDougall—were named to a Super Lawyers Top List in their respective regions. This is the third consecutive year that all four partners have been named to a Top List.

Super Lawyers recognizes, through a selection process of independent research and peer nominations and evaluations, outstanding U.S. lawyers with high degrees of peer recognition and professional achievement.

The following Akin Gump lawyers were selected by Super Lawyers:

California - Super Lawyers

Irvine

• Kevin G. McBride (Intellectual Property Litigation and Intellectual Property)

Los Angeles

• John Burke (Entertainment and Sports)
• James E. Fitzgerald (Business Litigation, Insurance Coverage and General Litigation)
• Rex Heinke(Appellate) – Top 100 in Southern California
• Marissa Román Griffith (Entertainment and Sports)
• Neal Marder (Class Action/Mass Torts, Business Litigation and Securities Litigation)
• Robin M. Schachter (Employee Benefits, Securities and Corporate Finance and Tax: Business)
• Edward A. Woods (Business Litigation)
• Edward W. Zaelke (Securities and Corporate Finance, Energy and Natural Resources and Real Estate: Business)

San Francisco

• Stephen A. Mansfield (Business Litigation and Criminal Defense: White Collar)
• Donna M. Mezias (Employment and Labor and Business Litigation)
• Reginald D. Steer(General Litigation and Antitrust Litigation)

California – Rising Stars

Irvine

• Yimeng Dou (Intellectual Property Litigation and Intellectual Property)
• Romeao Jon Jennings (Intellectual Property and Civil Litigation: Defense)

Los Angeles

• Andrew S. Jick (Class Action/Mass Torts: Defense, Intellectual Property Litigation and Business Litigation)
• Garrett Scott Llewellyn (Civil Litigation: Defense, Class Action/Mass Torts: Defense and Civil Litigation: Plaintiff)
• Courtney A. Matsuishi (Securities and Corporate Finance)
• Michael Miller (Energy and Natural Resources)
• Vanessa Roman (Entertainment and Sports and Business/Corporate)
• Kamran Salour (Intellectual Property Litigation and Business Litigation)

San Francisco

• Kelli Kiernan (General Litigation, Business Litigation and Insurance Coverage)

New York – Super Lawyers

• James J. Benjamin Jr. (Criminal Defense: White Collar and Civil Litigation: Defense)
• David H. Botter (Bankruptcy: Business)
• Ira S. Dizengoff (Bankruptcy: Business)
• Patrick B. Fenn (Tax: Business)
• Daniel H. Golden (Bankruptcy: Business)
• Robert H. Hotz Jr. (Criminal Defense: White Collar and Business Litigation)
• Robert A. Johnson (Bankruptcy: Business)
• Stuart E. Leblang (Tax: Business)
• Abid Qureshi (Bankruptcy: Business)
• Seth Slotkin (Estate Planning & Probate)
• Michael S. Stamer (Bankruptcy: Business)
• Irene A. Steiner (Estate Planning and Probate)
• Steven M. Zager (Intellectual Property Litigation, Business Litigation and Class Action/Mass Torts)
• David M. Zensky (Business Litigation and Insurance Coverage)

New York – Rising Stars

• Nicholas C. Adams (Business Litigation)
• Desiree E. Busching (Employment and Labor, Employment Litigation: Defense, Entertainment and Sports, Legal Aid/Pro Bono and Mergers and Acquisitions)
• Brian Carney (Business Litigation)
• Dean Lindsay Chapman Jr. (Business Litigation)
• John Howell (Mergers and Acquisitions and Business/Corporate)
• Brad Kahn (Bankruptcy: Business)
• Michael P. Kahn (Intellectual Property Litigation and Intellectual Property)
• Lauren Helen Leyden (Employment and Labor)
• Eli Nathaniel Miller (Mergers and Acquisitions and Securities and Corporate Finance)
• Nyron J. Persaud (Employee Benefits)
• Jacqueline Yecies (Business Litigation)

Pennsylvania – Super Lawyers

• David L. Comerford (Business Litigation)
• Jeffery A. Dailey (Business Litigation, Professional Liability: Defense and Securities Litigation)
• Dianne B. Elderkin (Intellectual Property Litigation) – Top 50 women in Pennsylvania
• Katherine M. Katchen (Business Litigation, Health Care and Antitrust Litigation)
• Steven D. Maslowski (Intellectual Property Litigation and Intellectual Property)
• Barbara Mullin (Intellectual Property Litigation)
• Matthew A. Pearson (Intellectual Property Litigation)

Pennsylvania – Rising Stars

• Rubén H. Muñoz (Intellectual Property Litigation)
• John Wittenzellner (Intellectual Property)

Texas – Super Lawyers

Dallas

• Scott Barnard (Securities Litigation, Civil Litigation: Defense and General Litigation)
• Marty L. Brimmage Jr. (Business Litigation)
• Garrett A. DeVries (Securities and Corporate Finance and Mergers and Acquisitions)
• Alan D. Feld (Securities and Corporate Finance and Mergers and Acquisitions)
• Eric Gambrell (Professional Liability: Plaintiff and Business Litigation)
• Charles R. Gibbs (Bankruptcy: Business)
• Kenneth Menges Jr. (Mergers and Acquisitions, Business/Corporate and International)
• Daniel J. Micciche (Tax)
• Terry M. Schpok (Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities and Corporate Finance and Business/Corporate)
• Thomas H. Yang (Mergers and Acquisitions and Securities and Corporate Finance)

Houston

• Michael J. Byrd (Energy and Natural Resources)
• Murry B. Cohen(Appellate, General Litigation and Business Litigation) – Top 100 in Houston
• John Goodgame (Mergers and Acquisitions and Securities and Corporate Finance)
• Christine B. LaFollette (Mergers and Acquisitions and Securities and Corporate Finance)
• Thomas J. McCaffrey (Mergers and Acquisitions and Real Estate: Business)
• James R. Wetwiska (Civil Litigation: Defense)

Texas – Rising Stars

Dallas

• Brian A. Bullard (Business/Corporate, Securities and Corporate Finance and Real Estate)
• Julie S. Feldman (Mergers and Acquisitions and Securities and Corporate Finance)
• Sean Gurgle (Securities and Corporate Finance)
• Lacy M. Lawrence (Civil Litigation: Defense and Business Litigation)
• Andrew F. Newman (Business Litigation)
• Patrick G. O’Brien (Business Litigation, Securities Litigation and Appellate)
• Michelle A. Reed (Securities Litigation, Class Action/Mass Torts and Civil Litigation: Defense)
• Jenny M. Walters (Business Litigation, Securities Litigation and Securities & Corporate Finance)
• Laura Warrick (Business Litigation)
• Matt Zmigrosky (Mergers and Acquisitions)

Houston

• Alison L. Chen (Tax: Business)
• James Loughlin Duncan (Intellectual Property Litigation)
• Brian G. Patterson (Employment and Labor)
• Michael Francis Reeder (Intellectual Property Litigation)

San Antonio

• Daniel L. Moffett (Intellectual Property Litigation and Intellectual Property)

Washington, D.C. – Super Lawyers

• Scott L. Alberino (Creditor Debtor Rights: Business and Bankruptcy: Business)
• Stanley M. Brand (Criminal Defense, Administrative Law and Entertainment and Sports)
• Rick L. Burdick (Mergers and Acquisitions)
• Paul W. Butler (Criminal Defense: White Collar, General Litigation, Government Relations)
• Cono A. Carrano (Intellectual Property Litigation and International)
• Joel M. Cohn (Employment Litigation: Defense and Employment and Labor)
• Charles Connolly (Criminal Defense: White Collar, Civil Litigation: Defense)
• Spencer S. Griffith (International and General Litigation)
• Paul E. Gutermann (Environmental Litigation and Environmental)
• Robert K. Huffman (Government Contracts)
• John R. Jacob (Health Care)
• Joel Jankowsky (Government Relations)
• Christopher L. Keough (Health Care)
• Robert G. Lian Jr. (Employment and Labor)
• Donald R. Livingston (Employment Litigation: Defense and Employment and Labor)
• Terence J. Lynam (Criminal Defense: White Collar, Securities Litigation and Civil Litigation: Defense)
• Mark J. MacDougall (Criminal Defense: White Collar and Native American Law) – Top 100 in Washington, D.C.
• Daniel L. Nash (Employment and Labor)
• Anthony T. Pierce (Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation and Employment Litigation: Defense)
• Jennifer Richter (Communications, Mergers and Acquisitions and Technology Transactions)
• Corey W. Roush (Antitrust Litigation, Class Action/Mass Torts and Civil Litigation: Defense)
• Robert S. Salcido (Health Care)
• Steven H. Schulman (Legal Aid/Pro Bono and Antitrust Litigation)
• Pratik Shah (Appellate)
• Valerie A. Slater (International)
• Randolph Teslik (Civil Litigation: Defense and Criminal Defense: White Collar)
• Stephanie A. Webster (Health Care)

Washington, D.C. – Rising Stars

• Kelly M. Cleary (Health Care)
• Joseph Decker (Business Litigation)
• Ashraf Fawzy (Intellectual Property)
• Scott Johnson (Utilities and Energy & Natural Resources)
• Ashley J. Keapproth (Employment and Labor)
• Connor Mullin (Criminal Defense: White Collar, Civil Litigation: Defense, Entertainment & Sports and International)
• Kapil Pandit (Securities & Corporate Finance and Business/Corporate)
• Casey K. Richter (International and Food and Drugs)
• James E. Tysse (Appellate and Business Litigation)
• Joseph W. Whitehead (Government Contracts, Business Litigation and Nonprofit Organizations)
• Stanley E. Woodward Jr. (Business/Corporate)