The Legal 500 US 2022 Recommends Numerous Akin Gump Practices, Lawyers
(Washington, D.C.) – The Legal 500, in its 15th edition of The Legal 500 United States, has highlighted a number of Akin Gump practices and lawyers as leaders in their respective areas. According to the publication, the rankings involved careful consideration of evaluations given by law firms, their peers and clients.
For the seventh year in a row, Akin Gump ranked as a top-tier firm in two categories of finance - restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate and government - government relations.
Investment management practice co-head Stephen M. Vine was once again recognized in the guide’s “Hall of Fame,” and a number of lawyers have also been named “Leading Lawyers” and “Next Generation Lawyers” in their respective fields.
The firm’s “Leading Lawyers” include:
- Supreme Court and appellate practice co-head Pratik A. Shah
- Financial restructuring partner Ira S. Dizengoff
- Public law and policy practice co-heads G. Hunter Bates and Brian Arthur Pomper
- Public law and policy partner Arshi Siddiqui
- Corporate partner John Goodgame
- Head of the American Indian law and policy group Donald R. Pongrace
- International trade partners Kevin Wolf and Matthew Nicely
This is the fifth consecutive recognition for Mr. Shah, and a four-peat for Messrs. Dizengoff, Bates, Pomper and Goodgame.
Oil & gas partner David H. Sweeney received his fourth straight “Next Generation Lawyer” distinction, and this year, international trade partner Suzanne Kane and litigation partner Uri Itkin joined him on the list.
Additionally, 31 of the firm’s practices were recognized and 125 Akin Gump lawyers were recommended:
Alternative/hedge funds
- Brian Daly
- John Hamilton
- Prakash Mehta
- Eliot D. Raffkind
- Terence Rozier-Byrd
- Stephen M. Vine
Antitrust: Civil litigation/class actions: Defense
Antitrust: Merger control
- Gorav Jindal
- Brian Rafkin
- Corey W. Roush
- Haidee L. Schwartz
Appellate: Courts of appeal
Appellate: Supreme courts (states and federal)
- Julius Chen
- Aileen McGrath
- Lide Paterno
- Pratik A. Shah
- James E. Tysse
Capital Markets: Debt offerings: Advice to issuers
- Garrett DeVries
- John Goodgame
- Seth R. Molay
- Rosa A. Testani
- Zachary Wittenberg
Capital Markets: High-yield debt offerings: Advice to issuers
- Christopher Centrich
- Garrett DeVries
- Katie Dinett
- John Goodgame
- Alan Laves
- Rosa A. Testani
- Zachary Wittenberg
Commercial lending: Advice to borrowers
- Zachary Wittenberg
- John Goodgame
- Scott Welkis
- Meng Ru
Corporate governance
Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to corporates
Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to individuals
- Michael A. Asaro
- James Joseph Benjamin Jr.
- Paul W. Butler
- Karen Elizabeth Christian
- Charles F. Connolly
- Katherine Goldstein
- Claudius B. Modesti
Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
Education
- Estela Díaz
- Marta Thompson
- Michael Vernick
Energy: Renewable/alternative power
Energy Transactions: Oil and gas
- John Goodgame
- David H. Sweeney
General commercial disputes
Government contracts
- Elise Farrell
- Scott M. Heimberg
- Susan H. Lent
- Thomas P. McLish
- Angela B. Styles
- Marta Thompson
- Michael Vernick
Government relations
- G. Hunter Bates
- Jeffrey D. McMillen
- Ed Pagano
- Brian Arthur Pomper
- Arshi Siddiqui
International trade
- Anne Borkovic
- Christian C. Davis
- Spencer S. Griffith
- Lars-Erik A. Hjelm
- Bernd G. Janzen
- Suzanne Kane
- Stephen Kho
- Sarah Kirwin
- Thomas J. McCarthy
- Yujin Kim McNamara
- Matthew Nicely
- Katherine P. Padgett
- Jonathan C. Poling
- Kevin J. Wolf
Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
- Stacey R. Eisenstein
- Gregory W. Knopp
- Donna M. Mezias
- Daniel L. Nash
- Nathan J. Oleson
- Esther G. Lander
- Robert G. Lian Jr.
M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Jesse Betts
- Jessica Hammons
- John Goodgame
- Wesley Williams
- Zachary Wittenberg
- Thomas H. Yang
Media and entertainment: transactional
Native American Law
- Donald R Pongrace
- Merrill Godfrey
- Allison Binney
- Katie Brossy
- Jason Hauter
- Brette Peña
Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Cono Carrano
- Michael P. Kahn
- Steven D. Maslowski
- Kevin G. McBride
- Daniel L. Moffett
- Rubén H. Muñoz
- Kirt S. O’Neill
- Brandon Rash
- Andy Rosbrook
Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Cono Carrano
- Steve Maslowski
- David Vondle
Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Brian Daly
- James A. Deeken
- Blayne A. Grady
- Prakash Mehta
- Dennis Pereira
- Eliot D. Raffkind
- Terence Rozier-Byrd
- Fadi G. Samman
- Ann Tadajweski
- Stephen M. Vine
Real estate
Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Ira S. Dizengoff
- Philip C. Dublin
- Brad Kahn
- Meredith Lahaie
- Zachary Lanier
- Edan Lisovicz
- Michael Stamer
- Abid Qureshi
Securities litigation: Defense
- Stephen M. Baldini
- Scott Barnard
- Uri Itkin
- Michelle Reed
Securities litigation: Plaintiff
- Uri Itkin
Shareholder activism: Advice to shareholders
- Kerry E. Berchem
- Douglas A. Rappaport
Sport
- Daniel L. Nash
US Taxes: Non-Contentious
- Shariff Bakarat
- Alison L. Chen
- Olivier De Moor
- Patrick B. Fenn
- Stuart E. Leblang
Workplace and Employment Counseling
- Lauren Leyden
- Robert G. Lian Jr.
- Daniel L. Nash
- Richard Rabin
For further details on the firm’s rankings and commentary, please click here.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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