For the 2020 edition, Reed Smith had seven lawyers so-named:  

• John P. Feldman is a partner in the Entertainment and Media Group focusing on advertising and unfair competition issues. He is based in Washington, D.C.
• Kirsten R. Rydstrom, a partner in our Pittsburgh office, works on intellectual property and patent law issues for companies in the computer, telecom, material science, and medical device fields. She won 2019 Lawyer of the Year honors as well.
• Partner Lee A. Zoeller has resolved numerous difficult state tax matters before administrative appeal boards, tax tribunals, and courts in more than 20 states. He is the chair of our State Tax Group and works out of the firm’s Philadelphia office.
• Paul D. Fogel, a partner in our Appellate Group in San Francisco, served two years as a judge with the Alameda County Superior Court, and later led our Appellate Group from 2012 to 2015.
• R. Hugh Lumpkin is a partner in our Insurance Recovery Group in Miami. He represents policyholders in evaluating, settling, and litigating insurance claims.
• Partner Carolyn D. Duronio has extensive experience representing nonprofits, charities, and trade associations before the IRS and federal courts. She works out of our Pittsburgh office and is a repeat winner from last year.
• Partner Russell J. Boehner, also based in Pittsburgh, advises on pension and employee benefit law as well as fiduciary duty questions for ERISA-regulated plan sponsors and service providers.

In addition, of the 133 Reed Smith lawyers receiving recognition as Best Lawyers in America, senior counsel Grayson P. Hanes and partner Paul M. Singer have been named to the list for 30 years, while Daniel I. Booker, Thomas C. Fox, Rudolf E. Hutz, Leo N. Hitt, Julia Krebs-Markrich, and Charles H. Seaman have been recognized for 25 years or more.

Here is the full list of recognized lawyers:  

Austin

• R. Jeffrey Layne, Health Care Law

Century City

• Moshe J. Kupietzky, Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law
• James L. Sanders, Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Chicago

• Lawrence M. Benjamin, Real Estate Law
• Robert E. Browne, Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent; Patent Law; Trademark Law
• John A. Cullis, Trademark Law
• Diane Green-Kelly, Franchise Law
• James T. Hultquist, Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Robert D. LoPrete, Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
• Michael A. LoVallo, Trusts and Estates
• Thomas A. Marrinson, Insurance Law
• Stanley C. Nardoni, Insurance Law
• Carolyn H. Rosenberg, Insurance Law
• Bradley S. Schmarak, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
• John D. Shugrue, Insurance Law
• John S. Vishneski III, Insurance Law

Dallas

• Keith Miles Aurzada, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Michael P. Cooley, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Alfred G. Kyle, Banking and Finance Law; Real Estate Law
• Mark L. Johansen, Commercial Litigation
• I. Bobby Majumder, Corporate Law; Energy Law
• Ryan J. Preston, Privacy and Data Security Law

Houston

• Nicolas G. Barzoukas, Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent
• Bruce A. Blefeld, Commercial Litigation
• Peter J. Chassman, Litigation - Patent
• J. James Cooper, Insurance Law
• J. Todd Culwell, Energy Law
• Craig R. Enochs, Derivatives and Futures Law
• Peggy A. Heeg, Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Energy Law
• C. Stanton Perry, Oil and Gas Law
• Ricky A. Raven, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Stephen E. Scheve, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Mark Temple, Employment Law - Management
• Alan York, Appellate Practice 

Los Angeles

• Lilit Asadourian, Insurance Law
• Michael K. Brown, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• David M. Halbreich, Insurance Law
• Linda S. Husar, Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Douglas C. Rawles, Commercial Litigation

Miami

• José I. Astigarraga, Arbitration; Commercial Litigation; International Arbitration – Commercial; Litigation - Banking and Finance
• M. Cristina Cardenas, International Arbitration - Commercial
• R. Hugh Lumpkin, Insurance Law; Litigation - Insurance
• Edward M. Mullins, Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; International Arbitration - Commercial

New York

• Paul Evan Breene, Insurance Law
• Cheryl E. Hader, Trusts and Estates
• Stacy K. Marcus, Advertising Law
• Louis M. Solomon, Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Douglas J. Wood. Advertising Law

Philadelphia

• Barbara R. Binis, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Peter S. Clark II, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
• John N. Ellison, Insurance Law
• James S. Lawlor, Banking and Finance Law
• Stephen M. Lyons III, Real Estate Law
• Stephen J. McConnell, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• S. William Richter, Banking and Finance Law
• Michael T. Scott, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Joseph M. Sedlack, Tax Law
• Kyle O. Sollie, Tax Law
• Claudia Z. Springer, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Thomas H. Suddath, Jr., Corporate Compliance Law; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
• Matthew E. Tashman, Banking and Finance Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Karl A. Thallner, Jr., Health Care Law
• Douglas R. Widin, Insurance Law
• Lee A. Zoeller, Litigation and Controversy - Tax

Pittsburgh

• Kevin C. Abbott, Energy Law
• Thomas L. Allen, Antitrust Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
• Russell J. Boehner, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Daniel I. Booker, Antitrust Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Litigation - Antitrust
• Douglas E. Cameron, Insurance Law
• Debra H. Dermody, Antitrust Law; Litigation - Antitrust
• James M. Doerfler, Construction Law
• Carolyn D. Duronio, Education Law; Nonprofit - Charities Law; Tax Law
• David B. Fawcett III, Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
• Ronald L. Francis Jr., Corporate Law
• Brad A. Funari, Commercial Litigation
• James F. Glunt, Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Ronald G. Hartman, Real Estate Law
• Leo N. Hitt, Litigation and Controversy - Tax; Tax Law
• Courtney C. T. Horrigan, Insurance Law
• Dusty Elias Kirk, Real Estate Law
• James C. Martin, Appellate Practice
• David J. McAllister, Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Matthew Mohn, Corporate Law
• W. Franklin Reed, Real Estate Law
• Catherine S. (Casey) Ryan, Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Kirsten R. Rydstrom, Copyright Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent; Patent Law; Trademark Law
• Eric A. Schaffer, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Robert P. Simons, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Paul M. Singer, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Luke A. Sizemore, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• George L. Stewart II, Insurance Law
• Gary R. Walker, Corporate Law
• Kim M. Watterson, Appellate Practice

Princeton

• Diane M. Frenier, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Melissa A. Geist, Health Care Law
• Daniel F. Peck, Jr., Banking and Finance Law

Richmond

• Betty S.W. Graumlich, Employment Law – Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
• D. Patrick Lacy Jr., Education Law
• Kathleen S. Mehfoud, Education Law
• Edward A. Mullen, Government Relations Practice
• Jeffrey S. Palmore, Government Relations Practice

San Francisco

• J. David Bickham, Commercial Litigation
• John P. Bovich, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Raymond A. Cardozo, Appellate Practice
• Colleen T. Davies, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Jonathan R. Doolittle, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Paul D. Fogel, Appellate Practice
• Harvey L. Leiderman, Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Dennis Peter Maio, Appellate Practice
• Charles H. Seaman, Real Estate Law
• William S. Veatch, Securitization and Structured Finance Law
• David E. Weiss, Insurance Law
• Sonja S. Weissman, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

Tysons

• James C. Brennan, Real Estate Law
• Calvin H. Cobb III, Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
• Robert Diamond, Community Association Law 
• Eric A. Dubelier, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Grayson P. Hanes, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Litigation - Land Use and Zoning; Litigation - Real Estate
• Julia Krebs-Markrich, Health Care Law
• James E. McNair, Trusts and Estates

Washington, D.C.

• Elizabeth B. Carder-Thompson, Health Care Law
• Gail L. Daubert, Health Care Law
• John P. Feldman, Advertising Law
• Judith L. Harris, Communications Law
• Colette D. Honorable, Energy Regulatory Law
• Peter Y. Malyshev, Derivatives and Futures Law
• Frederick Robinson, Health Care Law
• John W. Schryber, Insurance Law
• Gerard M. Stegmaier, Privacy and Data Security Law
• Andrew M. Weiner, Insurance Law

Wilmington

• Kurt F. Gwynne, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• R. Eric Hutz, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Rudolf E. Hutz, Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent; Patent Law

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