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The Best Lawyers in America 2010 Recognizes 45 Crowell & Moring Attorneys

Firm News | 3 min read | 09.01.09

Washington, D.C. - September 1, 2009: The Best Lawyers in America 2010 selected 45 Crowell & Moring LLP attorneys as leaders in their field. Attorneys were selected through peer nominations. For over 25 years, Best Lawyers has been regarded - by both the legal profession and the public - as a definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States.

The following 45 Crowell & Moring attorneys were recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2010, listed by respective practice areas for which they were selected:

Orange County

  • R. Scott Feldmann - Intellectual Property Law
  • Kimberley Chen Nobles - Intellectual Property Law
  • Steven P. Rice - Commercial Litigation

Los Angeles

  • Janet I. Levine - Criminal Defense: Non-White Collar, Criminal Defense: White Collar
  • Michael J. Lightfoot - Appellate Law, Criminal Defense: White Collar
  • John D. Vandevelde - Criminal Defense: White Collar

New York

  • Dickerson M. Downing - Intellectual Property Law

Washington, D.C.

  • Terry L. Albertson - Administrative Law
  • Richard L. Beizer - Criminal Defense: White Collar
  • Timothy M. Biddle - Mining Law, Natural Resources Law
  • Jeffrey Blumenfeld - Antitrust Law
  • John T. Brennan, Jr. - Health Care Law
  • John B. Brew - International Trade and Finance Law
  • James Chen - Environmental Law
  • Dana Contratto - Energy Law
  • Alexandre de Gramont - International Arbitration
  • Kent A. Gardiner - Mass Tort Litigation
  • Eileen M. Gleimer - Equipment Finance Law
  • Alan W. H. Gourley - International Arbitration
  • Ridgway M. Hall, Jr. - Environmental Law
  • Thomas A. Hanusik - Criminal Defense: White Collar Securities Law
  • Harold J. Heltzer - Tax Law
  • Clifford B. Hendler - Insurance Law
  • Philip T. Inglima - Criminal Defense: White Collar Securities Law
  • W. Stanfield Johnson - Administrative Law
  • Paul W. Kalish - Insurance Law
  • Arthur N. Lerner - Antitrust Law, Health Care Law
  • Robert A. Lipstein - Antitrust Law, International Trade and Finance Law
  • Andrew H. Marks - Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial Litigation, First Amendment Law, International Arbitration
  • Michael L. Martinez - Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation, Product Liability Litigation
  • R. Timothy McCrum - Mining Law, Natural Resources Law
  • Thomas C. Means - Mining Law, Natural Resources Law
  • Stuart H. Newberger - Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial Litigation, International Arbitration
  • Mark D. Plevin - Insurance Law
  • Steven P. Quarles - Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law
  • Teresa Stanek Rea - Biotechnology Law
  • George D. Ruttinger - Administrative Law
  • Richard E. Schwartz - Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law
  • Wm. Randolph Smith - Antitrust Law
  • Jeffrey L. Snyder - International Trade and Finance Law
  • John I. Stewart, Jr. - Technology Law
  • Jeane A. Thomas - Antitrust Law
  • Jennifer N. Waters - Energy Law
  • Scott L. Winkelman - Product Liability Litigation
  • Clifford J. Zatz - Mass Tort Litigation

Crowell & Moring LLP is an international law firm with more than 450 lawyers practicing in litigation, antitrust, government contracts, health care, corporate, environment & natural resources, intellectual property and a variety of other practice areas. More than two-thirds of the firm's attorneys regularly litigate disputes on behalf of domestic and international corporations, start-up businesses, and individuals. Crowell & Moring's extensive client work ranges from advising on one of the world's largest telecommunications mergers to representing governments and corporations on international arbitration matters. Based in Washington, D.C., the firm also has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Orange County, Anchorage, London, and Brussels.

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