Best Lawyers in America 2019 Recognizes 62 Akin Gump Lawyers

(Washington, D.C.) – Sixty-two Akin Gump lawyers have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2019, the publication’s 25th edition.

Four Akin Gump lawyers have been recognized as “Lawyer of the Year,” which recognizes one lawyer per practice area in each metro region: Murry B. Cohen (Appellate Practice; Houston), Charles Everingham IV (Litigation - Intellectual Property; Tyler, Texas), Charles R. Gibbs (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Dallas/Fort Worth) and Kirt S. O'Neill (Litigation - Intellectual Property; San Antonio).

Best Lawyers has been published annually since 1983, ranking lawyers solely through peer–review surveys, compiling lists of outstanding attorneys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their peers.

The following Akin Gump lawyers were named among this year's Best Lawyers:

Dallas

• Garrett DeVries (Corporate Law)
• Charles R. Gibbs (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy)
• Carl B. Lee (Real Estate Law)
• Daniel J. Micciche (Tax Law)
• Randall M. Ratner (Real Estate Law)
• Terry M. Schpok (Corporate Law)
• Timothy P. Tehan (Trusts and Estates)

Houston

• Michael J. Byrd (Energy Law; Oil and Gas Law)
• David R. Clonts (Litigation - Patent)
• Murry B. Cohen (Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation)
• Stephen D. Davis (Corporate Law; Energy Law; International Trade and Finance Law)
• Vincent Kendrick (Corporate Law)
• Christine B. LaFollette (Corporate Law)
• Thomas J. McCaffrey (Corporate Law; Real Estate Law)
• Michael K. Swan (Commercial Litigation)
• Thomas Weir (Tax Law)
• Jim Wetwiska (Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants)

Longview, TX

• Charles Everingham IV (Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent)

Los Angeles

• John Burke (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television)
• Marissa Román Griffith (Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television)
• Rex S. Heinke (Appellate Practice; Litigation - First Amendment; Media Law)
• Neal Ross Marder (Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants)
• Kevin G. McBride (Litigation - Patent)
• N. Franklin Reddick III (Corporate Law)   
• Robin M. Schachter (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Litigation – ERISA)
• David P. Simonds (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Hushmand Sohaili (Real Estate Law)
• Edward W. Zaelke (Project Finance Law)

New York

• Stephen M. Baldini (Commercial Litigation)
• James J. Benjamin Jr. (Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy))
• Ira S. Dizengoff (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Philip C. Dublin (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Patrick B. Fenn (Tax Law)
• Daniel H. Golden (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Robert H. Hotz Jr. (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
• Stuart E. Leblang (Tax Law)  
• Abid Qureshi (Litigation - Bankruptcy)
• Seth D. Slotkin (Trusts and Estates)
• Michael S. Stamer (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy)
• Stephen M. Vine (Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law)
• Steven M. Zager (Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent)

Philadelphia

• David Lange Comerford (Commercial Litigation)
• Dianne B. Elderkin (Litigation - Patent)
• Steven D. Maslowski (Litigation - Patent)
• Barbara L. Mullin (Litigation - Patent)
• Angela Verrecchio (Litigation - Intellectual Property)

San Antonio

• Kirt S. O'Neill (Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent)
• Kim E. Ramsey (Corporate Law)

San Francisco

• Stephen A. Mansfield (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)

Washington, DC

• Scott L. Alberino (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Cono A. Carrano (Litigation - Patent)
• Tom W. Davidson (Communications Law)
• Spencer S. Griffith (International Trade and Finance Law)
• Lars-Erik A. Hjelm (International Trade and Finance Law)
• Joel Jankowsky (Government Relations Practice)
• Christopher L. Keough (Health Care Law)
• Terence J. Lynam (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
• Mark J. MacDougall (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
• Steven R. Ross (Government Relations Practice)
• Valerie A. Slater (International Trade and Finance Law)
• Randolph Teslik (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
• Kevin J. Wolf (International Trade and Finance Law)

Founded in 1945, 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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