The Best Lawyers in America® 2015

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More than 120 Squire Patton Boggs lawyers are listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2015. We were also awarded top tier rankings nationally and by office, based on the number of lawyers recognized in these fields:

  • No. 1 in the US for Public Finance Law 
  • No. 1 in Ohio for Government Relations Practice and Public Finance Law 
  • No. 1 in Cleveland, Ohio for Education Law and Public Finance Law 
  • No. 1 in Columbus, Ohio for Securities / Capital Markets Law

Antitrust & Competition

  • Mark J. Botti – Antitrust Law, Litigation – Antitrust 
  • J. Brady Dugan – Litigation - Antitrust

Communications

  • Carlos M. Nalda – Communications Law

Energy & Natural Resources

  • Peter W. Culp – Water Law 
  • Robert I. White – Energy Law

Environmental, Health & Safety

  • Chris M. Amantea – Environmental Law
  • Geoffrey K. Barnes – Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental 
  • Van Carson – Environmental Law 
  • Wendlene M. Lavey – Environmental Law 
  • Douglas A. McWilliams – Environmental Law 
  • Craig A. Sturtz – Environmental Law 
  • Christopher D. Thomas – Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental 
  • Karen A. Winters – Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental

Financial Services

  • James J. Barresi – Banking and Finance Law 
  • Patrick J. Burke – Banking and Finance Law 
  • Guy F. Guinn – Banking and Finance Law 
  • Osborne Mills, Jr. – Banking and Finance Law 
  • Gary P. Timin – Insurance Law

Global Corporate Practice

  • Cipriano S. Beredo III – Corporate Law 
  • Daniel G. Berick – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law 
  • Carolyn J. Buller – Corporate Law 
  • Alberto R. Cardenas – Administrative / Regulatory Law 
  • Scott Monroe Coffey – Corporate Law 
  • Patrick D. Cornelius – Corporate Law 
  • Gregory K. Gale – Mergers and Acquisitions Law 
  • Robert E. Gregg – Corporate Law 
  • Donald W. Hughes – Corporate Law 
  • Stephen C. Mahon – Corporate Law 
  • Thomas R. McGuigan – Corporate Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law 
  • James E. Morgan III – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law 
  • Laura D. Nemeth – Corporate Law 
  • Frank M. Placenti – Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law 
  • Alex Shumate – Administrative / Regulatory Law, Corporate Law, Government Relations Practice
  • Gregory W. Stype – Corporate Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law 
  • Fred A. Summer – Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law 
  • Nicholas Unkovic – Corporate Law 
  • Robert B. Webb III – Corporate Law 
  • David A. Zagore – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Healthcare

  • Adam D. Colvin – Health Care Law 
  • Peter A. Pavarini – Health Care Law

International Dispute Resolution

  • George von Mehren – Arbitration

Labor & Employment

  • Shaoul Aslan – Immigration Law 
  • D. Lewis Clark, Jr. – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law - Management 
  • Carol F. Dakin – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law 
  • Susan M. DiMickele – Education Law, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law - Management 
  • Carl A. Draucker – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law 
  • W. Michael Hanna – Education Law, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Workers' Compensation Law - Employers 
  • Jill S. Kirila – Employment Law – Individuals, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment 
  • David J. Millstone – Education Law, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment 
  • Daniel B. Pasternak – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment 
  • Laura Lawless Robertson – Employment Law - Management 
  • Lawrence J. Rosenfeld – Employment Law – Management, Health Care Law, Litigation - Labor and Employment 
  • Gregory J. Viviani – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law 
  • Gregory A. Wald – Immigration Law 
  • Jeffrey J. Wedel – Employment Law – Management, Workers' Compensation Law – Employers, Litigation - Labor and Employment

Litigation

  • David W. Alexander – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation 
  • Steven M. Auvil – Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent 
  • Pierre H. Bergeron – Appellate Practice 
  • George Brandon – Commercial Litigation 
  • Donald T. Bucklin – Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar 
  • Brian A. Cabianca – Commercial Litigation 
  • Steven A. Friedman – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Construction 
  • John R. Gall – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Litigation - Securities 
  • Richard S. Gurbst – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Bankruptcy 
  • Colin R. Jennings – Commercial Litigation 
  • Scott A. Kane – Commercial Litigation 
  • Peter M. Kramer – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Insurance Law 
  • Patricia E. Lowry – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions 

Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

  • Robert D. Luskin – Criminal Defense: White-Collar 
  • Damond R. Mace – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants 
  • Lewis F. Murphy – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation – Securities, Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Insurance Law 
  • Frederick R. Nance – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Sports Law, Government Relations Practice 
  • Stephanie E. Niehaus – Commercial Litigation 
  • John M. Nonna – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions, Insurance Law 
  • Mark J. Ruehlmann – Commercial Litigation 
  • Donald A. Wall – Commercial Litigation 
  • Robin G. Weaver – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  • Joseph C. Weinstein – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Securities 
  • C. Craig Woods – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Environmental

Public Finance

  • Jeffrey A. Bomberger – Public Finance Law 
  • Jackson B. Browning, Jr. – Public Finance Law 
  • Gregory R. Daniels – Public Finance Law 
  • Christopher J. Franzmann – Public Finance Law 
  • D. Bruce Gabriel – Public Finance Law 
  • David S. Goodman – Public Finance Law 
  • Charles E. James, Jr. – Public Finance Law 
  • Robert D. Labes – Public Finance Law 
  • John S. Larson – Public Finance Law 
  • Alexandra M. MacLennan – Public Finance Law 
  • Larry A. Makel – Equipment Finance Law 
  • Katherine G. Petrey – Public Finance Law 
  • Luis Reiter – Public Finance Law 
  • Michael L. Sharb – Public Finance Law 
  • Edward S. Sinick – Public Finance Law 
  • R. Thomas Stanton – Public Finance Law 
  • Gregory W. Stype – Public Finance Law 
  • Harriet M. Welch – Public Finance Law

Real Estate

  • Jeffrey Drew Butt – Real Estate Law 
  • Lynn M. Gattozzi – Real Estate Law 
  • James Gibson – Real Estate Law 
  • David W. Kreutzberg – Real Estate Law 
  • Stacy H. Krumin – Real Estate Law 
  • Steven L. Lisker – Real Estate Law 
  • Stephen J. Mitchell – Real Estate Law 
  • Michael D. Saad – Real Estate Law

Restructuring & Insolvency

  • Sean T. Cork – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law 
  • Craig D. Hansen – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy 
  • Christopher D. Johnson – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law 
  • Stephen D. Lerner – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Corporate Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Litigation -Bankruptcy 
  • G. Christopher Meyer – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Taxation & Benefits

  • Alan S. Doris – Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law 
  • Michael G. Meissner – Tax Law 
  • Steven F. Mount – Tax Law 
  • John F. Shelley – Trusts and Estates 
  • Fredric L. Smith – Tax Law 
  • Mitchell S. Thompson – Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Tax Law 
  • Lee A. Wendel ¬ – Tax Law, Trusts and Estates

Transportation, Shipping & Logistics

  • Douglas R. Burnett – Admiralty and Maritime Law 
  • John J. Reilly – Admiralty and Maritime Law 
  • Brian D. Starer – Admiralty and Maritime Law

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