ATLANTA — Feb. 27, 2015 — The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that 42 attorneys from its Atlanta office have been listed in the 2015 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. Furthermore, shareholders Cindy J.K. Davis and Natasha L. Wilson were 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 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, National Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice; Chair, National Trial Practice Group; Co-Chair, Atlanta Litigation Practice
- Ernest L. Greer - Vice President; Atlanta Managing Shareholder
- Joel A. Katz - Atlanta Founding Shareholder; Atlanta Co-Managing Shareholder Emeritus; Chair, Global Entertainment and Media Practice
- David W. Long-Daniels - Shareholder; Co-Chair, Global Labor & Employment Practice; Chair, Atlanta Labor & Employment Practice
- Thomas J. Mazziotti - Shareholder, Commercial Litigation
- Bobby A. Rosenbloum - Shareholder; Co-Chair, Atlanta Entertainment and Media Practice
- David I. Schulman - Shareholder, Intellectual Property & Technology
- Mark G. Trigg - Shareholder; Co-Chair, Atlanta Business Litigation Practice
- Terry R. Weiss – Shareholder; Chair, Atlanta Securities Litigation Practice
- Todd D. Wozniak - Shareholder; Co-Chair, ERISA Litigation Group
The additional 15 attorneys recognized as 2015 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 - Atlanta Managing Shareholder; Co-Chair, Atlanta Corporate & Securities Practice
- Cindy J.K. Davis - Shareholder, Banking and Finance
- Michael J. King - Shareholder; Co-Chair, Atlanta Business Litigation Practice
- David B. Kurzweil - Shareholder; Co-Chair, National Financial Institutions Practice; Chair, Atlanta Business Reorganization & Financial Restructuring Practice
- Victoria Davis Lockard – Shareholder; Vice-Chair, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation
- Margaret R. Marshall - Shareholder, Entertainment and Media
- Kenneth M. Neighbors - Shareholder, Public Finance
- Stephen D. Palmer - Shareholder, Financial Institutions
- Jess L. Rosen – Shareholder; Co-Chair, Atlanta Entertainment and Media Practice
- Jeffrey M. Smith - Principal Shareholder, Corporate & Securities
- Gary E. Snyder - Shareholder, Corporate & Securities
- Richard J. Valladares - Shareholder, Litigation
- Natasha L. Wilson - Shareholder, Labor & Employment
The 17 attorneys recognized as 2015 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
- Clifton R. 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
- Amy M. Kelly - Associate, Litigation
- Brett T. Lane - Associate, Labor & Employment
- Jessica Cabral Odom - Associate, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation
- Joshua Portnoy - Associate, Litigation
- Sara Deskins Tucker - Associate, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation