Super Lawyers Recognizes 146 Akin Lawyers

(Washington, D.C.) – Akin Gump is pleased to announce that 146 of its U.S. and U.K. lawyers were recognized by Super Lawyers in 2015.

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 second consecutive year that all four partners have been named to a Top List. 

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

The following Akin Gump lawyers were recognized by Super Lawyers:

California - Super Lawyers

Los Angeles

• P. John Burke (Entertainment and Sports)
• James E. Fitzgerald (Business Litigation, Insurance Coverage and General Litigation)
• Rex Heinke (Appellate) – Top 100 in Southern California
• C.N. Franklin Reddick III (Mergers and Acquisitions and Securities and Corporate Finance)
• Marissa Román Griffith (Entertainment and Sports)
• Kevin G. McBride (Intellectual Property Litigation and Intellectual Property)
• 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

Los Angeles

• Romeao Jon Jennings (Intellectual Property and Civil Litigation: Defense)
• Courtney A. Matsuishi (Securities and Corporate Finance)
• Michael Miller (Energy and Natural Resources)
• Justin A. Radell (Business/Corporate, Securities and Corporate Finance and Mergers and Acquisitions)
• 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)

London – Super Lawyers

• Tom Bannister (Insolvency and Bankruptcy: Business)
• John Clark (Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions)
• Davina Garrod (Antitrust/Competition and EU Law)
• Thomas John Holton (Business/Corporate)
• John C. LaMaster (Energy and Natural Resources)
• James Roome (Insolvency and Bankruptcy: Business)
• Barry G. Russell (Insolvency and Bankruptcy: Business)
• Thiha Tun (Financial and Investment Services: Business and Corporate Finance)

London – Rising Stars

• Sam Brodie (Banking Law)
• Daniel Cohen (Commercial Litigation)
• Sophie Donnithorne-Tait (Tax Law: Business)
• Sophie Jermine (Corporate Finance and Mergers and Acquisitions)
• Zip Jila (Insolvency and Bankruptcy)
• Mark Mansell (Banking Law, Insolvency and Bankruptcy)
• Alexander John Pannett (Financial and Investment Services: Business)

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)
• Fred S. Hodara (Creditor Debtor Rights: Business and Business Litigation)
• 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)
• 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)
• Michael P. Kahn (Intellectual Property Litigation and Intellectual Property)
• Lauren Helen Leyden (Employment and Labor)
• Kristine G. Manoukian (Business/Corporate)
• Eli Nathaniel Miller (Mergers and Acquisitions and Securities and Corporate Finance)
• Nyron J. Persaud (Employee Benefits)
• Meng Ru (Securities and Corporate Finance and International)
• Nicholas P. Stabile (Business Litigation and Bankruptcy: Business)

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)
• Matthew A. Pearson (Intellectual Property Litigation)

Pennsylvania – Rising Stars

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

Texas – Super Lawyers

Austin

• Michael Simons (Intellectual Property Litigation and Business Litigation)
• Fred I. Williams (Intellectual Property Litigation and Business Litigation)

Dallas

• M. 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)
• J. Kenneth Menges Jr. (Mergers and Acquisitions, Business/Corporate and International)
• Daniel J. Micciche (Tax)
• Nancy Sarmiento (Mergers and Acquisitions and Securities and Corporate Finance)
• 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)

San Antonio

• Barry A. Chasnoff (Business Litigation, Civil Litigation: Defense, Class Action/Mass Torts)
• Daniel McNeel Lane Jr. (Insurance Coverage, Civil Litigation: Defense and Appellate)
• R. Laurence Macon (Business Litigation, Intellectual Property and Antitrust Litigation)

Texas – Rising Stars

Austin

• David C. Lawrence (Intellectual Property Litigation, Business Litigation and Class Action/Mass Torts)

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)
• Eric J. Klein (Intellectual Property Litigation)
• 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)
• Sarah Link Schultz (Banking)
• Laura Warrick (Business Litigation)
• P. Matt Zmigrosky (Mergers and Acquisitions)

Houston

• Alison L. Chen (Tax: Business)
• Brian G. Patterson (Employment and Labor)

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)
• Cono A. Carrano (Intellectual Property Litigation and International)
• Joel M. Cohn (Employment Litigation: Defense and Employment and Labor)
• Warren E. Connelly (International)
• 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)
• John F. Jonas (Health Care and Tax: Business)
• Christopher L. Keough (Health Care)
• Robert G. Lian Jr. (Employment and Labor)
• Donald R. Livingston (Employment Litigation: Defense and Employment and Labor)
• Jorge Lopez Jr. (Health Care)
• 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.
• R. Bruce McLean (Business Litigation)
• 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)
• Valerie A. Slater (International)
• W. Randolph Teslik (Civil Litigation: Defense and Criminal Defense: White Collar)
• Stephanie A. Webster (Health Care)

Washington, D.C. – Rising Stars

• Ashleigh L. Blaylock (Creditor Debtor Rights: Business)
• Kelly M. Cleary (Health Care)
• Ashraf Fawzy (Intellectual Property)
• Emily C. Johnson (Intellectual Property Litigation and Appellate)
• Ashley J. Keapproth (Employment and Labor)
• Lauren B. Kerwin (General Litigation)
• John T. Koerner (Employment and Labor)
• Karen L. Milne (Communications)
• Michelle Mitchell (International, Business/Corporate and Legislative and Governmental Affairs)
• 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)

Founded in 1945, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and 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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