NEW YORK (May 23, 2013) – The 2014 Chambers USA Guide includes nearly 200 attorneys and 34 practice areas from the international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP. The firm has received several awards from Chambers and Partners throughout the years, including the Chambers Global Awards USA Law Firm of the Year, five Chambers Awards for Excellence and a Lifetime Achievement Award.
According to its website, Chambers and Partners, publisher of the annual guide, selects attorneys and practices for inclusion based on thousands of interviews with practicing lawyers and clients around the world. Attorneys, practice areas and firms are ranked by placement in “bands,” with Band 1 being the highest placement. Attorneys can also be designated as a “Senior Statesman,” “Star Individual,” “Eminent Practitioner,” “Up and Coming” or “Associate to Watch.”
Noted as “Eminent Practitioners” are Dennis Block, Senior Chairman of the firm’s Global Corporate M&A Practice and Gary Epstein, Chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Global Corporate & Securities practice, Co-chair of the firm’s Israel practice and Managing Shareholder of the Tel Aviv office.
Listed once again as “Star Individuals” in the 2014 Chambers USA Guide are Richard C. McCrea, Jr., Labor & Employment Shareholder in the Tampa office; and Peter Wolfson Zinober, Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Labor & Employment practice and Co-Chair of its Global Human Capital Solutions practice.
Lori G. Cohen, Shareholder and Chair of the firm’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Healthcare Litigation practice, Co-Chair of the Atlanta office Litigation practice and Chair of the firm’s Trial Practice Group is once again listed in the Spotlight Table under Nationwide Product Liability: Pharmaceutical.
Noted as “Senior Statesmen” are Joseph Z. Fleming, Labor & Employment and Litigation Shareholder, and Barry Richard, Litigation Shareholder.
Read the full Greenberg Traurig rankings.
The following Greenberg Traurig practice areas are ranked “Band 1” in statewide and/or nationwide rankings:
- Banking & Finance
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Corporate/M&A
- Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Environment
- Immigration
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment
- Latin American Investment
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Real Estate
- Real Estate: Mainly Dirt
- Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
- Retail
- Tax
The firm is ranked in the following practice areas nationwide:
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
- Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
- Environment
- Immigration
- Leisure & Hospitality
- Native American Law
- Product Liability & Mass Torts
- Projects: PPP
- Real Estate
- REITs
- Retail
- Wealth Management
The following Greenberg Traurig attorneys are recognized in the 2014 Chambers USA Guide in the following markets and practice areas:
|
First Name |
Last Name |
Market(s) |
Practice Area(s) |
|
Allen |
Altman |
Georgia |
Tax |
|
Alan |
Annex |
New York |
Corporate/M&A |
|
Douglas |
Atnipp |
Nationwide |
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) |
|
James |
Bacchus |
Nationwide |
International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy |
|
Ian |
Ballon |
Nationwide |
Privacy & Data Security |
|
David |
Barger |
Virginia |
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
|
David |
Barkus |
Florida |
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity |
|
Kerri |
Barsh |
Florida |
Environment |
|
Hilarie |
Bass |
Florida |
Litigation: General Commercial |
|
Jacqueline |
Becerra |
Florida |
Litigation: General Commercial |
|
Christopher |
Bell |
Texas |
Environment |
|
Donn |
Beloff |
Florida |
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity |
|
Norman |
Benford |
Florida Nationwide |
Tax: Estate Planning Wealth Management: Eastern Region |
|
Charles |
Birenbaum |
California |
Labor & Employment |
|
Daniel |
Black |
California |
Media & Entertainment: Transactional |
|
Brian |
Blaney |
Arizona |
Corporate/M&A |
|
Dennis |
Block |
New York |
Corporate/M&A |
|
Mark |
Bloom |
Nationwide Florida |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
Warren |
Bloom |
Florida |
Banking & Finance: Public Finance |
|
Theodore |
Blum |
Georgia |
Corporate/M&A |
|
Thomas |
Bond |
Texas |
Insurance: Regulation |
|
Michael |
Bonner |
Nevada |
Corporate/Commercial Gaming & Licensing |
|
Reggie |
Bouthillier |
Florida |
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use |
|
Francis |
Bradley III |
Texas |
Banking & Finance |
|
Timothy |
Bratcher |
Georgia |
Banking & Finance |
|
John |
Brewer |
Nevada |
Corporate/Commercial |
|
Alan |
Brody |
New Jersey |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
Burt |
Bruton |
Florida |
Real Estate |
|
Randy |
Bullard |
Florida |
Latin American Investment |
|
Rebecca |
Burnham |
Arizona |
Real Estate |
|
Andrew |
Cardonick |
Illinois |
Banking & Finance |
|
Michael |
Cherniga |
Florida |
Healthcare |
|
Lori |
Cohen |
Nationwide Nationwide Georgia |
Product Liability: Pharmaceutical Product Liability & Mass Torts Litigation: General Commercial |
|
Joseph |
Coniglio |
Texas |
Healthcare |
|
Alice |
Connaughton |
Nationwide |
REITs |
|
Jay |
Cooper |
California |
Media & Entertainment: Transactional: Mainly Talent |
|
David |
Coulson |
Florida |
Litigation: General Commercial |
|
Cindy JK |
Davis |
Georgia |
Banking & Finance |
|
Mark |
Davis |
Nationwide Washington, D.C. |
International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337) Intellectual Property: Litigation |
|
Richard |
Davis |
Nationwide |
Leisure & Hospitality |
|
James |
DeCarlo |
New Jersey |
Intellectual Property |
|
Albert |
Del Castillo |
Florida |
Banking & Finance: Public Finance |
|
Jean |
DeLuca |
Massachusetts |
Banking & Finance: Public Finance |
|
Stephen |
Dietrich |
Colorado |
Corporate/M&A |
|
Lucia |
Dougherty |
Florida |
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use |
|
Brian |
Duffy |
Colorado |
Litigation: General Commercial |
|
Richard |
Edlin |
New York |
Litigation: General Commercial |
|
Troy |
Eid |
Nationwide Colorado |
Native American Law Natural Resources & Environment |
|
John |
Elrod |
Georgia |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
Seth |
Entin |
Florida |
Tax |
|
Gary |
Epstein |
Florida |
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity |
|
Orlando |
Evora |
Florida |
Real Estate |
|
Kristine |
Feher |
New Jersey |
Labor & Employment |
|
Mark |
Ferrario |
Nevada |
Litigation: General Commercial |
|
Bruce |
Fischer |
California |
Real Estate |
|
Michael |
Fishman |
Illinois |
Real Estate |
|
Steven |
Fleissig |
New Jersey |
Real Estate |
|
Joseph |
Fleming |
Florida |
Labor & Employment |
|
Carl |
Fornaris |
Florida |
Banking & Finance: Regulatory Banking & Finance: Transactional |
|
Jonathan |
Forster |
Nationwide |
Wealth Management: Eastern Region |
|
Judith |
Fryer |
Nationwide |
REITs |
|
Robert |
Gang |
Florida |
Banking & Finance: Public Finance |
|
David |
Gitlin |
Pennsylvania |
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity |
|
Richard |
Giusto |
Florida |
Real Estate |
|
Jodi |
Goodheart |
Nevada |
Real Estate |
|
Matthew |
Gorson |
Florida |
Real Estate |
|
Scott |
Grossman |
Florida |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
Hamilton |
Hackney |
Massachusetts |
Environment |
|
Lawrence |
Heller |
Nationwide |
Wealth Management: Western Region |
|
Linda |
Hirschson |
Nationwide |
Wealth Management: Eastern Region |
|
John |
Hutton III |
Florida |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
Harold |
Iselin |
Nationwide New York |
Healthcare: Regulatory & Litigation Healthcare |
|
Robert |
Ivanhoe |
Nationwide New York |
Real Estate |
|
Clifton |
Jessup Jr. |
Texas |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
Kate |
Kalmykov |
New York |
Immigration |
|
Robert |
Kant |
Arizona |
Corporate/M&A |
|
Barbara |
Kaplan |
Nationwide New York |
Tax: Controversy Tax |
|
Michael |
Karpeles |
Illinois |
Labor & Employment |
|
Joel |
Katz |
Georgia |
Intellectual Property |
|
Paul |
Keenan |
Florida |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
Greg |
Kehoe |
Florida |
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
|
Justin |
Keith |
Massachusetts |
Labor & Employment |
|
Julie |
Kendig-Schrader |
Florida |
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use |
|
Leslie |
Klein |
Illinois |
Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation |
|
Gary |
Kleinman |
New York |
Real Estate |
|
Kevin |
Kudlac |
Texas |
Intellectual Property |
|
David |
Kurzweil |
Georgia |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
Stephen |
Landsman |
Illinois |
Corporate/M&A |
|
Wendy |
Lario |
New Jersey |
Labor & Employment |
|
Nancy |
Lash |
Florida |
Real Estate |
|
Matthew |
Lewin |
Illinois |
Banking & Finance |
|
Peter |
Lieberman |
Illinois |
Corporate/M&A |
|
Corey |
Light |
Illinois |
Real Estate |
|
David |
Long-Daniels |
Georgia |
Labor & Employment |
|
Kara |
MacCullough |
Florida |
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity |
|
Bruce |
Macdonough |
Arizona |
Corporate/M&A |
|
Jim |
Mace |
Nevada |
Real Estate |
|
Michael |
Malone |
Texas |
Healthcare |
|
David |
Mandelbaum |
Pennsylvania |
Environment |
|
Alan |
Mansfield |
New York |
Litigation: General Commercial |
|
Bruce |
March |
Florida |
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity |
|
Milos |
Markovic |
Illinois |
Real Estate |
|
Scott |
Martin |
New York |
Antitrust |
|
Joel |
Maser |
Florida |
Tax |
|
Terence |
McCourt |
Massachusetts |
Labor & Employment |
|
Richard |
McCrea |
Florida |
Labor & Employment |
|
Patricia |
Menéndez-Cambó |
Florida |
Latin American Investment |
|
Scott |
Meza |
Northern Virginia |
Corporate/M&A |
|
Nelson |
Migdal |
Nationwide Washington, D.C. |
Leisure & Hospitality Real Estate |
|
Peter |
Miller |
New York |
Real Estate |
|
Christopher |
Milton |
Massachusetts |
Real Estate |
|
Kenneth |
Minesinger |
Nationwide |
Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) |
|
Nancy |
Mitchell |
New York |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
Michael |
Murphy |
Florida |
Construction |
|
Marc |
Musyl |
Colorado |
Corporate/M&A |
|
Howard |
Nelson |
Nationwide |
Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) |
|
Christopher |
Neumann |
Colorado |
Natural Resources & Environment |
|
Kent |
Newsome |
Texas |
Real Estate |
|
David |
Oppenheim |
Nationwide |
Franchising |
|
Renée |
O'Rourke |
Colorado |
Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation |
|
Debbie |
Orshefsky |
Florida |
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use |
|
David |
Palmer |
Colorado |
Litigation: General Commercial |
|
Stephen |
Palmer |
Georgia |
Banking & Finance |
|
Nancy |
Peterman |
Illinois |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
Sanford |
Presant |
California |
Tax |
|
Stephen |
Rabinowitz |
New York |
Real Estate |
|
Laura |
Reiff |
Nationwide Washington, D.C. |
Immigration |
|
Barry |
Richard |
Florida |
Litigation: Appellate Litigation: General Commercial |
|
Bobby |
Rosenbloum |
Georgia |
Intellectual Property |
|
Ira |
Rosner |
Florida |
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity |
|
Martha |
Sabol |
Nationwide |
Gaming & Licensing |
|
Doreen |
Saia |
New York |
Energy: State Regulatory & Wholesale Electric Market |
|
Ralph |
Santos |
Texas |
Real Estate |
|
Gary |
Saul |
Florida |
Real Estate |
|
Elliot |
Scherker |
Florida |
Litigation: Appellate |
|
Barry |
Schindler |
New Jersey |
Intellectual Property |
|
Ozzie |
Schindler |
Florida |
Tax |
|
Mark |
Schnapp |
Florida |
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
|
Martha |
Schoonover |
Nationwide; Washington, D.C. |
Immigration |
|
David |
Schwartzbaum |
New York |
Corporate/M&A |
|
Jay |
Segal |
New York |
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use |
|
Ralph |
Selitto Jr. |
New Jersey |
Intellectual Property |
|
Philip |
Sellinger |
New Jersey |
Litigation: General Commercial |
|
Francis |
Serbaroli |
New York |
Healthcare |
|
James |
Serota |
New York |
Antitrust |
|
Keith |
Shapiro |
Illinois |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
William |
Siegel |
Florida |
Tax |
|
Gary |
Silverman |
Illinois |
Corporate/M&A: Private Equity |
|
Richard |
Sirus |
Illinois |
Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation |
|
Lori |
Smith-Lalla |
Florida |
Banking & Finance: Public Finance |
|
Robert |
Soriano |
Florida |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
Howard |
Steinberg |
California |
Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
|
Lesa |
Storey |
Arizona |
Real Estate |
|
Jonathan |
Sulds |
New York |
Labor & Employment |
|
Michael |
Sullivan |
Nationwide |
Leisure & Hospitality |
|
Alan |
Sutin |
New York |
Technology & Outsourcing |
|
Ben |
Tobor |
Texas |
Intellectual Property |
|
Christopher |
Torres |
Florida |
Environment |
|
Mark |
Trigg |
Georgia |
Litigation: General Commercial |
|
Gregg |
Vermeys |
Nevada |
Real Estate |
|
Jennifer |
Weddle |
Nationwide |
Native American Law |
|
David |
Weinstein |
Florida |
Environment |
|
Terry |
Weiss |
Georgia |
Litigation: General Commercial |
|
David |
Wells |
Florida |
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity |
|
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|
|
|
|
Quinn |
Williams |
Arizona |
Corporate/M&A |
|
Jéan |
Wilson |
Florida |
Banking & Finance: Public Finance |
|
Darrell |
Windham |
Texas |
Technology: Corporate & Commercial |
|
Todd |
Wozniak |
Georgia |
Labor & Employment |
|
Diana |
Zeydel |
Nationwide |
Wealth Management: Eastern Region |
|
Peter |
Zinober |
Florida |
Labor & Employment |