ATLANTA – Feb. 14, 2019 – The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that three attorneys in the firm’s Atlanta office were included in the “Top 100” list in the 2019 edition of Georgia Super Lawyers. Additionally, Lori G. Cohen, co-chair of the firm's Global Litigation Practice, chair of the firm's Trial Practice Group, and chair of the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice, was listed on the “Top 10” list, ranking third overall. Cohen also ranked on the “Top 50 Women” list.
Overall, 33 attorneys from the firm’s Atlanta office were listed. In addition to those on the “Top 100” list, 20 attorneys were listed as Georgia Super Lawyers, and 10 were listed as “Rising Stars.”
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 three attorneys in Greenberg Traurig’s Atlanta office named to the Super Lawyers “Top 100” list are:
- Lori G. Cohen – Shareholder; Co-Chair, Global Litigation Practice; Chair, Trial Practice; Chair, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice; Co-Chair, Atlanta Litigation Practice
- Ernest LaMont Greer – Co-President
- David I. Schulman – Shareholder, Intellectual Property & Technology Practice
The additional 20 attorneys recognized as 2019 Georgia Super Lawyers are:
- James S. Altenbach – Shareholder, Corporate Practice
- Allen D. Altman – Shareholder, Tax Practice and Private Wealth Services Practice
- Theodore I. Blum – Atlanta Managing Shareholder; Chair, Atlanta Corporate Practice
- Cindy J.K. Davis – Shareholder; Chair, Banking & Financial Services Practice
- John D. Elrod – Shareholder; Vice Chair, Atlanta Financial Institutions Practice
- Joel A. Katz – Founding Chairman, Global Entertainment & Media Practice; Founding Shareholder, Atlanta Office
- Michael J. King – Shareholder, Litigation Practice
- David B. Kurzweil – Shareholder; Chair, Global Restructuring & Bankruptcy Practice, Co-Chair, Financial Institutions Practice; Chair, Atlanta Restructuring & Bankruptcy Practice
- Victoria Davis Lockard – Shareholder; Vice Chair, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice
- David Long-Daniels – Shareholder; Co-Chair, Global Labor & Employment Practice; Co-Chair, Labor & Employment Practice’s Complex Employment Litigation & Trials Group; Co-Chair, Atlanta Labor & Employment Practice; Co-Chair, Atlanta Litigation Practice
- Ian R. Macdonald – Shareholder; Co-Chair, Immigration & Compliance Practice; Co-Chair, Labor & Employment Practice’s International Employment, Immigration & Workforce Strategies Group
- Margaret R. Marshall – Senior Practice Group Attorney; Entertainment & Media Practice
- Jess L. Rosen – Shareholder; Co-Chair, Atlanta Entertainment & Media Practice
- Bobby Rosenbloum – Shareholder; Vice Chair, Global Entertainment & Media Practice; Co-Chair, Atlanta Entertainment & Media Practice
- Jeffrey M. Smith –Shareholder, Corporate Practice
- Gary E. Snyder – Shareholder, Corporate Practice
- Sara K. Thompson – Shareholder; Vice Chair, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice
- Richard J. Valladares – Shareholder; Co-Chair, Atlanta Business Litigation Group
- Natasha L. Wilson – Shareholder; Co-Chair of the Atlanta Labor & Employment Practice; Co-Chair of the Labor & Employment Practice’s Complex Employment Litigation & Trials Group
- Todd D. Wozniak – Shareholder; Co-Chair, Labor & Employment Practice’s ERISA & Employee Benefits Litigation Group
The 10 attorneys recognized as 2019 Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Stars are:
- Marcella C. Ducca – Shareholder, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice
- Sumaya Ellard – Associate, Labor & Employment Practice
- Joel Ross Feldman – Shareholder, Intellectual Property & Technology
- Sean Jessee – Shareholder, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice
- Brett E. Moskowitz – Associate, Banking & Financial Services Practice
- Jake Phillips – Associate, Entertainment & Media Practice
- Joshua Portnoy – Of Counsel, Litigation Practice
- John R. Richards – Shareholder, Labor & Employment Practice
- Mitchell A. Robinson – Associate, Labor & Employment Practice
- Sara Deskins Tucker – Shareholder, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice
About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) has more than 2,000 attorneys in 39 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. GT has been recognized for its philanthropic giving, diversity, and innovation, and is consistently among the largest firms in the U.S. on the Law360 400 and among the Top 20 on the Am Law Global 100. Web: www.gtlaw.com Twitter: @GT_Law.