100-Plus Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Recommended in The Legal 500 United States Guide to Outstanding Lawyers

NEW YORK – June 16, 2016 – More than 100 attorneys from global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP have been recognized in The Legal 500 United States 2016 guide to outstanding lawyers. In addition, the Guide recommends Greenberg Traurig as a “Top Tier” firm in the “Real Estate and Construction” category for the second consecutive year. The Legal 500 United States 2016 also recognizes 31 of the firm’s practice areas.

The four Greenberg Traurig attorneys below are on the Guide’s elite “Leading Lawyers” list:

• Lori G. Cohen: Dispute Resolution - Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices - Defense. Cohen is Chair of the firm’s Trial Practice Group and Chair of the firm’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Group.
• Judith D. Fryer: Real Estate and Construction – Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS). Fryer is the Co-Chair of the firm’s REIT Practice.
• Robert J. Ivanhoe: Real Estate and Construction – Real Estate. Ivanhoe is Chair of the 300-plus-lawyer Global Real Estate Practice at Greenberg Traurig and Co-Chair of its REIT group.
• Laura Foote Reiff: Labor and Employment – Immigration. Foote Reiff is Co-Chair of the Business Immigration & Compliance Practice and Co-Managing Shareholder of the firm’s Northern Virginia office.

According to the publisher, the rankings recognize practice area teams and practitioners who are “providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel.” The rankings are based on feedback from 250,000 clients worldwide, law firm submissions, and interviews with private practice lawyers, in addition to Legal 500’s independent research in the legal market.

Some of the commentary published in The Legal 500 United States 2016 guide regarding Greenberg Traurig and its attorneys include:

• …‘very responsive and incredibly knowledgeable’ team
• … ‘a deep drive for outstanding client service’
• … The ‘seasoned attorneys’ ensure that the ‘level of service is excellent’ and that the ‘advice is very good and always on target.’
• Greenberg Traurig provides ‘superior service and results.’
• Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s clients praise the ‘excellent’ service level supplied by a ‘dedicated team that fully understands our complex business model.’
• Greenberg Traurig ‘achieves a trifecta of quality, efficiency and availability’…

The Greenberg Traurig lawyers listed below are recommended in The Legal 500 United States 2016 editorial based on the guide’s industry or practice area designations as selected by researchers:

Overall, Greenberg Traurig is recommended in the guide in the following practice and industry areas:

• Dispute resolution - Appellate - Appellate - Supreme Court (federal and state)
• Dispute resolution - Appellate - Appellate - courts of appeals
• Dispute resolution - General commercial disputes
• Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action: consumer products (including tobacco)
• Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action: pharmaceuticals and medical devices – defense
• Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action: toxic tort – defense
• Dispute resolution - Securities litigation – defense
• Dispute resolution - White-collar criminal defense
• Finance - Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
• Industry focus - Energy transactions: conventional power
• Industry focus - Energy transactions: oil and gas
• Industry focus - Energy: regulatory
• Industry focus - Environment: litigation
• Industry focus - Healthcare: health insurers
• Industry focus - Healthcare: service providers
• Intellectual property – Copyright
• Intellectual property - Trade secrets
• Intellectual property - Trademarks: litigation
• Intellectual property - Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
• Labor and employment - Employee benefits and executive compensation
• Labor and employment - ERISA litigation
• Labor and employment – Immigration
• Labor and employment - Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
• Labor and employment - Labor-management relations
• Labor and employment - Workplace and employment counseling
• M&A/corporate and commercial - M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Real estate and construction - Construction (including construction litigation)
• Real estate and construction - Land use/zoning
• Real estate and construction - Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
• Tax - International tax
• Tax - US taxes: contentious

View a complete list of the rankings and editorial summaries by The Legal 500 United States 2016 researchers and editors.

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