ATLANTA (March 27, 2014) — The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced today that 43 attorneys from its Atlanta office have been listed in the 2014 edition of Georgia Super Lawyers. Ten attorneys in the firm’s Atlanta office were included in the “Top 100” list, the highest number for any Georgia firm. Fifteen additional attorneys were listed as Georgia Super Lawyers and eighteen as Rising Stars. Additionally, shareholder Cindy J.K. Davis was named to the “Top 50 Women” list and shareholder Lori Cohen was named to the “Top 10” list, “Top 50 Women” list and “Top 100” list, making her the only attorney in the State of Georgia named to all three lists.
Attorneys are chosen for inclusion in Super Lawyers based on a multiphase rating process that includes balloting, peer evaluation and third-party research, according to Super Lawyers’ website.
The 10 attorneys in Greenberg Traurig’s Atlanta office named to the Super Lawyers “Top 100” list are:
- Lori G. Cohen - Shareholder; Chair, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice; Chair, National Trial Practice Group; Co-Chair, Atlanta Litigation Practice; Chair, Trial Practice Group
- Ernest L. Greer - Vice President; Co-Managing Shareholder of the Atlanta Office; Co-Chair, Atlanta Litigation Practice
- Joel A. Katz - Founding Shareholder; Co-Managing Shareholder Emeritus - Atlanta Office; Chair, Global Entertainment and Media Practice
- David W. Long-Daniels - Co-Chair, Global Labor & Employment Practice; Chair, Atlanta Labor & Employment Group
- Thomas J. Mazziotti - Shareholder, Commercial Litigation
- Bobby A. Rosenbloum – Shareholder; Co-Chair, Atlanta Entertainment and Media Practice
- Mark G. Trigg – Shareholder; Co-Chair, Atlanta Business Litigation Practice
- Richard J. Valladares - Shareholder, Litigation
- Terry R. Weiss – Shareholder; Co-Chair, Atlanta Securities Litigation Practice
- Todd D. Wozniak – Shareholder, Labor & Employment
The additional 15 attorneys recognized as 2014 Georgia Super Lawyers are:
- James S. Altenbach – Shareholder; Co-Chair, Atlanta Corporate & Securities Practice
- Allen D. Altman – Shareholder, Tax and Trusts & Estates
- Theodore I. Blum – Co-Managing Shareholder of the Atlanta Office; Co-Chair, Atlanta Corporate & Securities Practice
- Cindy J.K. Davis - Shareholder, Banking
- Michael J. King – Shareholder; Co-Chair, Atlanta Business Litigation Practice
- David B. Kurzweil – Shareholder; Co-Chair, Financial Institutions Practice; Chair, Atlanta Business Reorganization & Financial Restructuring Practice
- Victoria Davis Lockard – Shareholder; Vice-Chair, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice
- Margaret R. Marshall - Shareholder, Entertainment and Media
- Kenneth M. Neighbors - Shareholder, Public Finance
- Stephen D. Palmer – Shareholder, Business Reorganization & Financial Restructuring
- Jess L. Rosen – Shareholder; Co-Chair, Atlanta Entertainment and Media Practice
- David I. Schulman - Shareholder, Corporate & Securities
- Jeffrey M. Smith - Shareholder, Corporate & Securities
- Gary E. Snyder - Shareholder, Corporate & Securities
- Natasha L. Wilson – Shareholder, Labor & Employment
The 18 attorneys recognized as 2014 Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Stars are:
- John D. Elrod - Shareholder, Business Reorganization & Financial Restructuring
- Joel R. Feldman - Shareholder, Entertainment and Media
- Christiana C. Jacxsens - Shareholder, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation
- R. Clifton Merrell – Shareholder, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation
- Charmaine D. Smith - Shareholder, Entertainment and Media
- Sara K. Thompson - Shareholder, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation
- Peter N. Hall – Of Counsel, Labor & Employment
- C. Whitfield Caughman - Associate, Labor & Employment
- Charles H. Crawford III - Associate, Business Reorganization & Financial Restructuring
- Marcella C. Ducca - Associate, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation
- John J. Dyer - Associate, Business Reorganization & Financial Restructuring
- Gabriel J. Fleet - Associate, Entertainment and Media
- Sean A. Gordon - Associate, Business Reorganization & Financial Restructuring
- Amy M. Kelly - Associate, Commercial Litigation
- Brett T. Lane – Associate, Labor & Employment
- Jessica C. Odom – Associate, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation
- Stephanie L. Oginsky – Associate, Commercial Litigation
- Joshua Portnoy – Associate, Commercial Litigation